As November dawned we knew we wanted to go to Connecticut for Thanksgiving but we weren't sure how we were going to get there. Flights were expensive so we delayed getting tickets. Then Callie's soccer banquet was scheduled for the Tuesday night of Thanksgiving week, which made flying even trickier. Ultimately we made the decision to drive. We left on Tuesday night right after the banquet and made it to Clarksburg, West Virginia before staying at a hotel for about 6 hours. We got back on the road before sunrise the next morning and pulled into Madison on Wednesday evening around 5pm.
Nana Banana and Sport were very excited to see us and the time we got together made the drive so worth it. John ran the turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning and then we spent the day at the Balestracci's house. Michael and Brendan were both in town and it was great to catch up with them. For a number of reasons, including the covid years, we hadn't been in Madison for Thanksgiving since 2016, so that made this time around that much more special. The only thing that felt off still was that the Hannens weren't able to make the trip.
We were only in town for a short period of time so we wanted to get as much time with everyone as we could. We had to make sure we got a picture of Katie and Chris with their birthday bandits, of course. Unfortunately we were not on the top of our picture game so we didn't do a good job of taking more photos. But we did get to see the whole Skonieczny clan on Saturday night when Sport and Nana Banana invited everyone over for dessert.
We woke up before dawn on Sunday and got on the road with the goal of finishing the drive in one day. It is worth noting that John started working on his control issues and let Sarah drive the first stretch, which took us into Maryland. The girls made productive use of the drive and slept the majority of the time. We made it back to Lexington safely before the sun set and prepared for the next phase of the holiday season.
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