No, the picture above is not the wild plains of the safari park we drove through in San Antonio. It’s a shot from a webcam inside the boarding house in Dallas where Cosmo and Kramer stayed while we were gone. Jessica heard about this place called Pappy’s Pet Lodge from a friend. They have the webcam where you can check in on your dogs while they are in “doggy daycare” during the day. Being the obsessive parents we are, in addition to this being the first time to be away from the boys, we spent a lot of time staring at the webcam while in our hotel room. We were even able to change our flight home last night to an earlier time so we could go and pick them up before Pappy’s closed at 7. However, due to a combination of bad weather, American Airlines, and bad drivers on George Bush, we didn’t get to Pappy’s until 15 minutes after they closed. But luckily Jessica was able to beg and plead with the staff over the phone and they stayed late to let us pick up the boys. If you ever need to board your pet, this is the place you need to go.

Our pictures from Thanksgiving have now been posted. We had lunch at Jeff and Kristi’s house and then had dinner at Cary and Lois’s house in Fort Worth.