Family Get-a-way

Without going into too much detail, it is easy to say that this fall has been quite challenging on our family. While the situation is really out of our (Tim and I's) control, the last few months have been quite taxing on us. I don't think I realized how much until we got back to school after Thanksgiving break. I think I probably could have skipped the last three weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas break and been just fine! It didn't take too long into this three week stretch that I realized our nuculear family needed to get away! I asked Tim about trying to get away for a few days as soon as break started and he agreed whole-heartedly. When we started talking about where to go, we both were thinking about Indianapolis! We have never been there before and we knew it wasn't a very long drive. So, this past Saturday we loaded up the car and headed to Indy. Thanks to Tim's mom, we were able to stay at the Residence Inn right downtown and just enjoy each other and some well deserved family time with Hannah. We didn't really have a plan or schedule, so we just took in the sights. We pretty much stayed downtown going to the mall, the Indiana State Museum (where Santa and Mrs. Claus were visiting) and eating at a few different places. We also just enjoyed some downtime at our hotel. I've never really been anywhere before Christmas, so it was nice to enjoy some Christmas decor somewhere else besides St. Louis This is the beautiful huge tree at Monument Cirlce in the center of Indy. Each street off of the circle was lined with lighted trees - it was so awesome!Hannah's first visit with Santa! Although she looks a little dazed in this picture (this is usually nap time), she did great with Santa. It was a fun first experience!
Our attempt at a family picture -- at least we captured the moment of our family time!