Thanksgiving in the Valley

We traveled to Brownsville, TX (aka The Valley) for Thanksgiving. There are few places where you can celebrate Thanksgiving and go to the beach in the same vacation. The kids had a lot of fun with their cousins. They played a lot of soccer both in the driveway and at the park. Then a funny thing happened at the park (well, funny depending on who you are in the story, sorry Daddy). We all learned that a nearly 40 year old body is not meant to race a 14 year old. The loser is the almost 40 year old hamstring. Daddy ended up on the ground and Mommy quickly learned that he did not pretend to fall and lose the race (anybody seen Mr. Mom?), but he really was hurt. We now are big fans of Icy Hot patches and are grateful he is returning to a computer job rather than one where he’s on his feet all day.