Our Life in the L.C.: Thanksgiving 2015

This year was our year to go to Texas for Thanksgiving. Given that Lexi and Will just put in a new pool and got 2 new puppies, we decided to stay in Houston to enjoy all of the above.

The kids and I took a 6 AM direct flight out of Boston on Saturday AM, so we got to Houston at around 11 AM. First stop? Mexican food! I am not kidding you when I say I ate so much that I was literally ill and basically had to rest for the remainder of the day. One of these days, I'll learn...

By the way - THIS? Never Ending Chips? That would be the culprit of my misery later on. No. Willpower.

Of course, that first day, the kids had to get in the pool and the hot tub (thank you Uncle Will for heating the pool to 80 degrees for them!). Needless to say, they had a blast and it wore them out!

We did our annual trip to the Houston Aquarium except this time it was just the girls who took the kids. Opa was still in WI hunting and William was working. Everyone had a good time - especially now that they are all old enough to ride on the big drop ride thing. Fun times!

And, of course, the hurricane tube. That is always a favorite...

The next day, we hit the zoo where we got to feed the Giraffes and get our obligatory beer after doing so.

This year, we had some extra excitement at the gorilla display. All of them were up and about and playing by the window nearly the entire time. It was pretty cool!

Thanksgiving was a relaxing day filled with food, booze and football - just the way it should be. Oh - except this year, we added Spin to the mix. Josh came for the first time and other than realizing that as a guy, he needs to be wearing shorts that are a bit more "controlling" in certain areas, he did well and seemed to like it. I'm just happy that he now knows what I'm talking about when I go and that he knows what a tough workout it really is.

Here is the before (disregard Josh's closed eyes)...