Thanksgiving Weekend Trip

We took a 1-night family trip after Thanksgiving this year. It was part fun, part educational, and 100% quality family time. We started off with Thanksgiving dinner at my parents' house.

The next morning we got up bright and early and drove to San Jose for a Sharks game!

The game was especially fun to watch at the end when it went into a shootout.

After the game we checked into our hotel. It was the tiniest suite I've ever seen, but it fit all 6 of us.

The kids wasted no time getting comfy.

We went out to dinner at Chili's. Afterwards we planned to go to Christmas in the Park in San Jose, but the kids were incredibly tired by this point. We did drive by it on the way back to the hotel and it looked like absolute chaos. I'm glad we skipped the crowds.

After a poor night of sleep we enjoyed a complimentary breakfast at our hotel before checking out.

We took the kids to Santa Clara University to show them where Mommy went to college!

It was so fun being back on campus and I really enjoyed showing them where I studied for 4 years.

Inside the church, which was on my list to show the kids since we studied CA missions last year.

The original wall of Mission Santa Clara.

So many memories from this campus! I'm not sure how exciting it was for the kids but I had fun.

We stopped by Monopoly in the Park and ran around the board for a while.

After lunch we took the kids to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum!

The artifacts were SO cool to look at up close because this is exactly what we've been studying this year for history.

Real human remains. Jenna may have been slightly scarred by this (and the accompanying video we watched).

Going inside the pyramid tomb was a neat experience.

I spy a pyramid....and Jenna!

After the museum we couldn't decide what to do before going home. I decided to look up local Christmas tree farms and found one in Dixon, right on the way home!

Silveyville Farm was so cute! Hot cocoa, roasted chestnuts, friendly employees in matching red plaid, and Christmas trees available to cut down for a very reasonable price!

The sun was setting so we got right to work looking for the perfect tree.

The kids said cutting down the tree was really hard work!

What a fun (freezing) way to end our little family trip! We came home with a 10-foot Christmas tree and many fun memories.