Once again, we were so excited to spend our Thanksgiving with our Tennessee family! My sister, Amy, and her husband, Todd are always so gracious to open their door to our whole family. We have had such a busy year and still plan on one more vacation to Disney World at Christmas, so Randy didn't think he could take off for Thanksgiving. With my mom in tow, and my brother Jordan and his wife Jen in their car... we headed off for our long road trip. 
Luckily the weather was super nice, and we spent Monday playing in the leaves! Uncle Todd got out his riding lawnmower and trailer. The kids would fill the trailer...
and then jump in! They were on a mission to create a super big pile of leaves!
Uncle Todd would drive them over to their pile and they would dump the leaves. After about 4 trips, they had a pile that satisfied them.
And they took the plunge!
This was all that was left of Austin after he jumped in! They enjoyed throwing the leaves in the air and jumping in over and over.
They were such good sports to pose for one quick pic with the sun in their eyes! And then they decided they were ready for more rides! But this time they wanted to add one more person!
Nana got talked into riding with the grand kids! They went around a couple of times and then my mom said she needed to get out... it was getting too bumpy.
Well, now we know why it was getting too bumpy! Todd is letting us all know what happened to his trailer!
The poor tire gave out!! 
So the kids took off for the hammock while Uncle Todd put the trailer away. But he wasn't done with them yet... it was time to put them to work!
Actually it was just another fun ride! Everyone got a turn at driving the lawnmower.
And in between their turns, I grabbed some more pics! What can I say, my camera is almost always by my side when I go to the Jensen's house. Too many great opportunities and memories I don't want to forget!
Austin's turn seemed like a long time. When they came back around, Todd said that they ran out of gas on the other side of the house, so he had Austin push him. HaHaHa! 
Austin is such a good sport! He loves going to Tennessee. Of course he was missing his cousin, Kyson, who is on a mission in Sophia, Bulgaria. Austin and Kyson are buds- especially because they are both the only boys in their families. But he did great playing with all his girl cousins and sisters!
Addie looks like she is really concentrating! It reminded me of when we were go-carting. She really loved this because it made her feel so big!
Even before we left Auntie Mamie's house, she was already saying that she wanted to come back! And I heard it a couple of times on the road back home... so I think we won't be waiting too long to go back!
My mom was very impressed that Ashton wasn't scared of the lawnmower. Each kid got to go on two rides, and Ashton would walk straight over and jump on when it was her turn.
Ashton had a sweet connection with Uncle Todd. One time she was crying and my mom put her arms out to hold her and then Todd put his arms out and she took a quick turn straight for Todd. She loved being around her Tennessee family and I loved it because I didn't have to hold her all the time! She was comfortable with everyone there!
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