Thanksgiving Weekend "96"

A happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone!  We had a fabulous 96-hour weekend.  And Tommy only had to go to work once!! :)  We kicked it off at our friends' the Nelsons home with lots of friends on Thanksgiving Day. It was quite the feast - they cooked THREE turkeys in the turkey fryer so that everyone could have lots of leftovers!  They were amazing. Each one had a different marinade injected and it was YUMMY!! My favorite was the garlic pesto. The kids played, the adults ate and drank... everyone was happy!

The next morning I hit the black Friday sales.  LOL!!  They "try" to have black Friday here but... well, it is just not the same!  The BX has a sale on TVs and cameras... the gift shops on base have like 15% off certain stuff... and that is about it... :)  But my friend Amber and I hit up Starbucks and hit the holiday bazaar and the gift shops and had a fun girls morning out nonetheless!

The whole weekend was absolutely beautiful - 70 degrees and sunny, so we took advantage of it and took the little ones to Bios on the Hill.  We had been wanting to go their forEVER but something had always gotten in the way.  I can't really explain what this place "is."  It's part forest, part flowery garden, part river, part playground.  In any case, we had a great time.  Tommy and Wyatt walked across the floating bridge to the Dragon topiary and somehow managed not to fall in...

Then we went on the boat ride and although we couldn't understand a WORD the Japanese tour guide was saying, he must have been pretty funny because everyone around us was laughing hysterically.  Then all the Japanese people would look at us and laugh like we were supposed to know what he was talking about!  It was pretty funny to me.  We were the only Americans there and they Ooh-ed and Ahhh-ed over Olivia, it was very sweet.

Next up we hit the play area.  The fun thing about this place is that I think Tommy and I actually had more fun than the kids!  They had stilts, huge tree houses, hammocks and extra-large swings!  It was so fun to play.


Then we fed and walked the goats.  I don't really understand why, but they want you to go unclip the goats from their posts, feed them carrots and walk them.  Wyatt thought it was hilarious!  Which it actually was.  My goat was very stubborn and kept pulling me over to leaves so he could eat them.  The goat was actually walking me, not the other way around!

Anyway.  The next morning I had a girls' brunch at a restaurant I've been wanting to try and we finished up our Christmas shopping at the BX. We had a fabulous weekend filled with sun, fun, family time, and great friends.  What more could we ask for?