The Zorio Family: On the Road Again

Just like last week, this Tuesday John, Dawson, Bentley, and I loaded in the car for another road trip to Tennessee. For not having driven up since July, we went two weeks back to back this month! After getting in town on Tuesday we helped my brother, Logan, celebrate his 16th birthday! We had dinner at Aubreys (our favorite restaurant in Maryville and where our rehearsal dinner was hosted) which was great, as always. Logan passed his test like we knew he would, and is now a licensed driver! Congratulations to Logan! After dinner we had birthday cake to celebrate!
On Wednesday we just visited with familyand did some cooking for Thanksgiving.
Then Thursday was Thanksgiving and my birthday! We celebrated Thanksgiving twice at lunch and once at dinner. Although it is usually hectic going from house to house, this year wasn't bad, and more than anything, we are thankful to have family with whom we celebrate! We got to ee my newest cousin, Josie, who is adorable! We also go to see Corbin, my cousin's son, who is 2 months older than Dawson. He is a cutie too! It was great to see a lot of family members we don't get to visit on a regular basis.
That night we also had a delicious birthday cake (strawberry cake with strawberry icing-yum!) to celebrate my birthday. John's mom baked mine and Logan's birthday cakes this year, and they were great! My parents kept Dawson that night while John and I went to see a late movie. It was nice to get to go out on a date, especially on my birthday! We saw Couples Retreat which we thought was pretty funny.
This morning we got up, packed the car up, and drove back to Huntsville after saying our goodbyes. In the car on the way home I was excited to have some relaxing time to start reading Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, that I have been wanting to read and that John got me as one of my birthday gifts! It's really good so far, as I got to read a good amount while Dawson was taking a little nap in the car.
We are so glad we got to see a lot of our friends and family in the past two weeks, but now we're looking forward to spending the upcoming week at home (hopefully decorating for Christmas)! We hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!