Friday, November 23, 2018
Thanksgiving Trip - Day 4
[from our hotel in La Cantera, I teleworked in the morning while the girls slept - I'd planned to meet up with my cousin, Sharon (from Austin), but found out that she was sick and was not able to visit with us after all (sad) - everyone was awake in our room by 0930 and we went to the family room to meet up with everyone - at 1030, we left for the Rim (I rode with Chuck) and everyone met up at the Santikos Amphitheater, where Mary had gotten us free tickets for the 1130 showing of the “Fantastic Beasts” sequel (and $0.50 popcorn!) - I also got beer for Chuck and Leo (1120) - we were all sitting in different parts of the theater but had a great time - we all met up again afterwards (1400) - we then went back to the hotel and Brenna did some studying - Mollie went to the hotel store and got some lunch (sandwich) with her own money - Brenna did the same thing later - we met up with the family again at around 1545 - Leo had let me borrow his car and we (our family and Sean) used it to get to their house in Boerne - we explored Mary and Leo's new house - we later drove into town for the “Dickens on Main” event - the girls and I walked around for a few hours, enjoying the shops and picking up a light dinner (Frito pie, beignets) - eventually, we met the family again for the tree lighting and then (after a lot of trouble corralling the group) went back to Mary and Leo's for hors de oeuvres - everyone had a very nice time and ate well - at around 2000, we drove back to the hotel and met up with everyone in the family room - most people watched football for a while and then started to depart for their rooms (tired) - I was in the room first but the girls were all there by 2230, when we went to bed]