Thanksgiving

Now that our guests are gone, I can put my feet up and write a post about what a great time we had on Thanksgiving!  Zach's brother, Tom, flew in from Buffalo, with his girlfriend, Christy.  They arrived on Tuesday afternoon after spending a few days in Los Angeles.  Dan and Ben were thrilled to see them and insisted on a trip to the rock pile to welcome them to our home.

On Wednesday, we made a trip to the Safari Park so Dan and Ben could show Uncle Tom and Aunt Christy all their favorite critters.  Tom and Christy wanted to see lions and tigers and elephants, but Dan and Ben forced them to look at Madagascar hissing cockroaches and pythons instead.

That night, Zach's cousin, Tom, drove down from LA with his childhood friend, Erik, who is a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton.  Confused yet?  The six of us grown-ups went out to dinner in downtown San Diego and had a great time.  The kids actually behaved for the baby-sitter, so maybe Zach and I will be able to hit the town a little more often.

Thursday was spent prepping and cooking and running the dishwasher (three times in one day!).  Well, I did those things while everyone else relaxed and had a great time.  We don't have a television, so the football fans in the group found other ways to entertain themselves--board games, soccer outside with the kids, reading.  Lauren and Jesse came over for the whole day and then two of their friends came for Thanksgiving dinner that night.  It was a really great day of being with family and friends.

(Sorry for the lack of great pictures--we were having too much fun to worry about documenting everything!)