Catching up on Thanksgiving

Yes, it's almost Christmas and everyone is busy hanging their stockings by the chimney with care, but I never posted about the nice visit we had with my parents over Thanksgiving.  So, before it officially loses its status as most recent holiday, let's get caught up.

Banjo celebrates Thanksgiving too!  He even ate his green bean this year.

Since we are only going to be attending the Denver family gathering over Christmas, my parents were nice enough to come out for a Thanksgiving visit.  We had a great time, great weather, great food, and some good laughs.  I think mom checked off nearly of all the activities on her "to-do" list, which took up most of a sheet of paper!  Aside from having a standardly delicous and plentiful Thanksgiving feast, we:

• Went on a good long hike in with Banjo, followed by a period of tick removal (despite the preventative medicine he gets)
• Played lots of frisbee in the field
• Mass-produced some delicious biscotti and homemade granola - yum!
  

• Took a rain-soaked day-after-Thanksgiving trip to get our traditional, misshapen discounted Christmas tree, followed by some festive decorating (we like to get our tree early so we can enjoy it all month before we go away for the holidays

• Went up to San Francisco where we walked across the Golden Gate Bridge and along Crissy Beach, then North Beach for some yummy Italian lunch, and finally a stop atop Twin Peaks to take advantage of the clear skies for the sweeping city views.

• Played a variety of board games, always a Nichols favorite
• Went to the Stanford Art Museum and especially enjoyed the piece there by Duane Hanson
  
• Had some quality time with Banjo on the sofa

We were all sad when they finally had to go!  Thanks for the visit!