Sunday, November 27, 2011

Thanksgiving with Levi and Chelsey

This Thanksgiving Levi and Chelsey invited us to celebrate Thanksgiving at the home they bought this summer. Mom of course had to up the ante a little and so we ended up convincing Jarom and Allie to abandon their families and come with us. We flew to Sacramento late Wednesday night and spent Thanksgiving Day at Levi and Chelsey's house in Auburn. Thanksgiving night we drove up to Chelsey's family's cabin at Lake Tahoe (about 90 minutes away) and spent all day Friday (including skiing) and Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon we drove back to Auburn and visited a famous bridge, went bowling, and had In and Out Burgers for dinner. Sunday morning we left to come home having had a wonderful time.

Hanging out in the frequent flier lounge at Denver Airport


Thursday AM feast preparations


Allie enjoys a little breakfast


The puppies: Ari Gold

...and Zoe

The puppies know they have to stay out of the kitchen, but wait just outside hoping for a handout

Levi poses under one of about 10 redwood trees in their beautiful and huge backyard

Allie makes apple pie dessert

Levi puts the finishing touches on the turkey

Chelsey teaches us a new holiday breakfast favorite: sausage and cheese balls



What is becoming a Thanksgiving tradition at Levi and Chelsey's: watching the national dog show with the puppies (who are very interested and have to be calmed down now and then)

Levi exercising his right as the head of the household: the first drumstick

Papa Randy whips up the gravy

Grandma Jane makes the homemade rolls

Our Thanksgiving table


We are thankful for the food which we are about to eat


Friday the snowboarder (and skier) head to the Sugar Bowl ski resort for a few hours on the slopes






Friday evening we head into the town of Lake Tahoe for a little site-seeing and lake-side dining


Nothing says "vacation" better than relaxing in a mountain cabin with a warm fire, good food, family, good books and funny movies









The ForestHill Bridge is California's highest bridge, and was used in the opening scene of the Vin Diesel movie, "XXX" (triple X).


In a sad but sort of funny way, there are suicide help phone lines at both ends and in the middle of the bridge: Jarom talks to the operator about his options

Lots of love messages scratched into the railing



Winding up Saturday with In and Out Burgers and bowling




Allie made sure we had lots of pictures of Levi





Tasting some really hot chili sauce and attempting front flips on snowboards at the Sugar Bowl ski resort

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