Thanksgiving & Thanksgiving Weekend 2016

We had a very busy Thanksgiving weekend this year. We had two Thanksgiving meals, took a road trip and went out to see a movie!

Since we didn't have any family in town this year for Thanksgiving, we decided to celebrate a day early with our own "Sidesgiving" on Wednesday. That way we got to make and enjoy the best part of the holidays anyway - the sides.

On Thanksgiving evening, we went over to a friends' house to celebrate with their families and the kids got to relax with a little TV.

After Thanksgiving, we took a road trip down to Madison, Indiana, on the banks of the Ohio River. Reese and I got a chance to see the river from the Visitor's Center in downtown Madison.

We had lunch at the famous Red Pepper Deli, which was delicious.

Madison is surprisingly hilly and taking State Road 7 into town brings you on a winding descent past great rock structures like this.

 Our two little turtles...

We enjoyed several hikes in Clifty Falls State Park, one of our favorite State Parks and one that Lindsay and I visited way back in 2007.

It was chilly, but we all had fun hiking, even on the rugged trails of Clifty Falls.

We stayed overnight at the Clifty Inn and had a fantastic time there. In addition to the nice suite we stayed in, they had a huge room full of games, puzzles, and a nice warm fireplace.

What Williams vacation is complete without trying on some silly hats?

That evening we wandered into downtown Madison to explore the town.

We got to read in the children's section of their downtown library...

...and had a great dinner at Hinkle's.

After dinner, we hopped into a few shops and checked out the Christmas Tree and Fountain all decorated for the Holidays.

On Saturday (also, our Anniversary), we took the morning to explore one more trail at Clifty Falls State Park before heading home.

After a long, busy Thanksgiving break, we chilled out on Sunday and went to see Moana at the movie theater. I think Palmer liked the electric reclining chair just as much as the movie! Even though they look bored, we all loved the movie.

Palmerisms:

"You made me sadder than a sad goose!"

When we were listening to the Beatles and he heard another song that sounded like them he asked: "Is this the bugs?"

From a while back, when we were in Florida, he saw waves coming and would say: "Here comes a beautiful, beautiful wave!"

Just before election day Palmer went and unlocked the door as we were getting ready to head into the house. He let Lindsay go first and said: "Ladies first!" Then he said; "Now can I vote, because I'm a gentleman?"

Reeseism:

Reese and Palmer were playing in the basement and Reese came up to let us know there was a bug on the floor. We asked where Palmer was and Reese told us "Oh, he's in the basement". We know Palmer doesn't really like to be in the basement by himself, so we said we'd need to go down so Palmer didn't freak out. Reese's response: "It's okay, the bug is keeping Palmer company!"