Thanksgiving Trip - Day 3

[another good night in La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio - the girls slept in until about 0900 - I read a book and went walking on the hotel property - we’d received a letter that allowed us to get a free beverage at the hotel coffee shop and I texted the kids so they’d know to get theirs - when I got back to the room (1030), the girls were getting ready - we all skipped breakfast (although Mollie ate leftover pancakes) - we watched a little bit of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (JMU and Keller Marching Bands were involved) - before the kids were done getting ready, they got their free drink at the coffee shop - we then finished up and walked to Chuck’s room (staging area) - at 1215, we all walked to a place I’d found in the hotel ballroom area (with pretty recessed bells, ala San Antonio Mission) and took pictures - afterwards, we went for lunch at the Thanksgiving Feast - the kids and I ate a LOT and stayed for almost three hours - everyone enjoyed themselves tremendously - afterwards, the girls and I went back to the room and rested for an hour - Mollie got bored and went to visit with the family in Chuck’s room - meanwhile, the Twins took naps - Mollie started texting me constantly and asked me to come to be with her - at 1700, Brenna started studying and I went with Erin to Chuck’s - I found out that most of the kids wanted to dip their feet in the hot tub so I took all of them (minus Brenna) there for about 30 minutes - we had a nice conversation - by 1800, we rejoined the larger family and watched part of the NFL games that were ongoing - the kids ate dinner (leftovers) and started playing “Mexican Train” with their older cousins - Brenna joined us (but kept doing homework) by 1930 - we all had cheesecake and everyone was in good spirits - at 2030, I excused myself and went to my room to rest - Mollie returned and watched Movies for a while - Erin came by the room to tell me that her friend just learned that her grandfather died - Erin was thinking about going to the funeral in Roanoke and we talked about the logistics - Brenna continued studying and Erin went back to the family room, where she stayed late with our relatives - by 2300, everyone was back in the room and got into bed - I decided to let them all fall asleep before me so they might not be "distracted by my snoring" (it seemed to work) - I was asleep before 0015]