November 30th, Ruby's actual birthday...

Ruby's birthday fell on a Saturday, which was an obvious choice for the Hamm's to pull out of town for Utah. SAD! So we went the day after Thanksgiving to a pool and swam with cousins (everyone but Jeff and Mary's family because they were hosting Mary's family at their house all weekend). Robb and Heather were busy packing up final items for the trek, and so they weren't there but we got to have Hailey and Emma for the day which meant a lot to Ruby.

We had a family party that evening for Ruby.

We woke up the next morning (11/30) around 5 or 6 am and said final goodbyes. There were lots of tears...I cried some the night before watching Heather say goodbye to her close friend, Kelly and seeing the cousins sit around the table and cry together after saying goodbye to Kelly's kids. The morning was rough.

Sitting room only? No. No sitting room. The entire van was packed to the square inch and the Jetta was used to transport people...

Hailey in the Jetta.

Off they went.

We had a special breakfast at Oma's house (in the random November post) and then went home and decorated for Christmas.

After Leo went to bed we got a sitter and went to see the new Disney movie, Frozen in 3D. It was good, so I hear...I slept through it. Sad!