We headed down to Charlottesville again for Thanksgiving. This year only Doug, Vicki and Nana came down as well. We had a gorgeous long weekend and were able to eat dinner outside (again). Doug did the deep frying and we all agreed, this was the best turkey we’ve ever had. Dave got the rub just right, and Doug has the oil temp and timing down.

We brought Petunia with us and she met Vahid for the first time. She was fascinated and a little nervous, but then started to try and bit her shell (dumb dog), so we had to separate them.

One night the girls had a sleepover at Becky’s new townhouse – but I don’t think they got much sleep.

The day after Thanksgiving we went to a whisky distillery that was a converted house in a beautiful spot at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Even though the weather was much chillier than the day before, we all sat outside around a fire pit – and the whisky also helped to keep us warm 😉

On our last night there we went to Winterfest at Boar’s Head. It was an outdoor lighted walk around the property that ended with Santa.

It was a lovely trip and really nice just to hangout with the family.