OK! Exclusive: Britney & Boys Head to Kentwood

It's time for a very special Spears family get-together as OK! has learned exclusively that pop star Britney Spears, along with her father — and her two young sons! — left L.A. on Friday morning to make an early holiday pilgrimage to her Louisiana home.

Around 10:30am PT on Friday, the pop star and her young boys, Sean Preston, 3, and 2-year-old Jayden James, boarded a private plane at an airport in Van Nuys, Calif., where they flew with the pop star's papa, Jamie Spears, to Kentwood, La.

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This trip marks not only the first time that young Jayden will get to see Serenity, the family home in Kentwood, but also the first time since ex-husband Kevin Federline was awarded physical custody of the boys that Britney has been able to take them out of the state.

Insiders tell OK! that the reason for the trip is twofold. First, so that Britney can have some quiet family time away from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood before the release of her new album, Circus, on her 27th birthday (Dec. 2).

And the second reason for the family getaway is so Sean and Jayden get the chance to spend more time their cousin Maddie, the baby daughter of Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge.

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Friday's flight to Kentwood comes not even a full day after a revitalized Britney made a not-so-surprise appearance at Madonna's concert in L.A.'s Dodgers Stadium. The duo had the star-packed audience roaring with their performance of Madonna's 1994 hit, "Human Nature."