This year, Thanksgiving was with the Cramers. Several months back, we all had decided to spend some quality time together and utilize the entire holiday weekend by taking a mini-trip. We drove down to San Antonio for a long weekend and stayed at the beautiful Hill Country Hyatt. I thought this was best idea ever! Even though we live in the same town, it's a rare occasion we spend four days in a row together. It was a wonderful way for some bonding time with the entire family... from having the kids run around, to playing cards with the adults, to the guys golfing. And, as an added benefit, we didn't have to do any work with cooking and cleaning for a Thanksgiving feast! Where are we going for our next holiday trip?
The resort did an amazing job planning family activities for the entire weekend. There were a few "firsts" for Sophie. She roasted her very own s'mores in a fire pit the first night. Sophie, with her sweet tooth, was loving the melted chocolate and marshmallows!
On Thanksgiving morning, Gayle (Gigi) and I walked around the resort and saw Santa (who Sophie told she wanted an "orange present" for Christmas), the clowns, as well as a Texas cowboy who lassoed Sophie. We then went to find Daddy on the driving range and Sophie hit her first golf ball. Daddy was a pretty good teacher! We met back up with Gigi and Sophie made her own fun in the golf pro-shop by finding a tricycle and a big teddy. We pulled her away from the tricycle and enticed her with a game of pool. As Sophie's favorite color is orange, it was apropos to find her trying to shoot the "orange" ball. After a busy, but fun morning, we got ready for a delicious Thanksgiving dinner.
The resort did an amazing job planning family activities for the entire weekend. There were a few "firsts" for Sophie. She roasted her very own s'mores in a fire pit the first night. Sophie, with her sweet tooth, was loving the melted chocolate and marshmallows!
On Thanksgiving morning, Gayle (Gigi) and I walked around the resort and saw Santa (who Sophie told she wanted an "orange present" for Christmas), the clowns, as well as a Texas cowboy who lassoed Sophie. We then went to find Daddy on the driving range and Sophie hit her first golf ball. Daddy was a pretty good teacher! We met back up with Gigi and Sophie made her own fun in the golf pro-shop by finding a tricycle and a big teddy. We pulled her away from the tricycle and enticed her with a game of pool. As Sophie's favorite color is orange, it was apropos to find her trying to shoot the "orange" ball. After a busy, but fun morning, we got ready for a delicious Thanksgiving dinner.
The day after Thanksgiving, David, Jeff, Josh & Rick went to play a round of golf, so Kristin, Gigi and I took the kids to the playground. You can see Sophie was freezing outside, so we came in and introduced them to hot chocolate. Look at the mustaches on both Ethan and Sophie's faces. They loved it! The rest of the day, we had some quality family time playing games and cards. My kind of vacation! Of course, unfortunately all vacations must come to an end. This was wonderful, but too short of one!
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