We left Wednesday morning to visit Mass MoCA, an art museum in North Adams, Massachusetts. We had a beautiful drive through the Massachusetts country and even managed to find a full service gas station! Who knew those still existed!? After sitting in traffic FOREVER (said in a voice similar to the boys from The Sandlot) we finally got to Mass MoCA. It was a great museum, to say the least. The building alone was great to look at, let alone all the great art and art videos there were to see.

Our favorite pieces were the Sol LeWitt drawings. There were over 100 drawings and each one was amazing! Russell even remembered seeing a few of these pieces in the St. Louis art museum, which we took him to years ago, before Max was even born! His memory is pretty fantastic! We walked around in amazment looking at these drawings until the museum closed and then headed to our hotel room. It was a cold and rainy night so we went out only to find food at a little diner then we headed back to the room to turn on the heat and watch more T.V. in one night than any of us have watched in years.

Sol LeWitt entertains the boys:

We all had a good nights sleep and a quick breakfast in the lobby and then we were off to finish the last leg of our trip. We arrived at Aunt Holly and Uncle Bob's well over an hour before we were expected, but we were still welcomed into their beautiful home, and once again (as I said last year at this time also) it felt great to be with family for the holidays. The boys were thrilled to see a bit of the Thanksgiving Day parade and chase the cat and dog around the house. We had a wonderful meal (as I'm sure most everyone did on Thanksgiving) and then relaxed, played games and chatted, while the boys continued to chase the dog and cat.

The boys had everyone's attention during the meal (except maybe R.C.'s, due to him trying to block them out) and kept people entertained with story after story. They talked about everything from Harry Potter to R.C. and I getting bit by spiders. They were kind enough to describe in detail what the bites looked like, what size they were, what color they were and where they were on our bodies. It was lovely dinner conversation. :)  When they tired of stories they decided it would be a good idea to play "telephone" around the table. Everyone agreed to participate and we all enjoyed a few rounds of "telephone" before they were distracted by the dog once again. 

We had a great 2 days!