The day before Thanksgiving we decided to check out Dinoland, which was a wonderful exhibit here in Austin. They had 30 life size dinosaurs downtown at Zilker Park. Thanksgiving day we stayed around the house watching football and eating all day! I survived hosting my first Thanksgiving. We had all of the traditional items like turkey, cornbread dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, squash casserole, green bean casserole, and my favorite...baked macaroni and cheese and Bo ate it ALL. To finish it off I made a Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie!! Friday morning we woke up early and headed down to San Antonio to take Jarrod's parents to the Alamo and Riverwalk. It was a fun road trip and Bo did fabulous!
Saturday morning we woke up again and headed downtown to the Children giving to Children Parade. It is an annual parade here in Austin benefiting "Blue Santa" which is put on by the police department. They collect toys for children here in Austin who would normally be without. Everyone takes a toy and towards the end they stop the parade and collect the toys from everyone. It's such a great way to get into the Christmas spirit and teach children about giving.
It was such a fun and relaxing holiday for everyone! Hope all of you had a wonderful holiday as well!
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