Christmas road trip - Texas

Given Ryan's newfound return to receiving a Christmas break, we all hopped in the car and road tripped back to the Midwest to see family for the holidays. Ryan drove all night and made it almost to Louisiana before Andra took over in the morning to get us to the hotel. We stopped in Baton Rouge for a little while and got to see some of LSU's campus. We really enjoy getting to tour around and visit the different college campuses whenever we can. Grayson did really well in the car.

The next day, we pushed on to Bastrop, TX to see Andra's father's family. Grayson got to see his great-grandparents Nanny and Papa and Uncle Gregory and Aunt Melanie. He's the first great-grandchild, and it's hard to describe the feelings present when four generations are together. It was truly a special time. We also got to attend a graduation party for one of Andra's cousins where Grayson got to meet all kinds of extended family that we don't get to see very often. After a few days, we all drove up to Oklahoma, and Grayson was a little less enthusiastic about more car time, but we finally made it up to Tulsa.