What a fun Thanksgiving we had. All the kids were here except Mark of course and we missed Mom...but she had to help her sister so we understand. We decided to start out the day with a fun (and slightly competitive) turkey trot. There were 36 of us in the different events (4 mile run, 2 mile walk and kids races). It was a freezing morning - in the low 30's the whole time, but we managed to have a good time anyways. Some of the highlights are that Danny finally beat Sherry in a race (but not by very much). Danny took 2nd in his age group in 25:29. Sherry took first in her age group in 25:55. I squeezed out third in my age group in 31:40 (my PR since High School...woo hoo). Cody took first in the men's division of the walk and George took third. And Audrey took first in Girls 3-4 years old with a 400 meter run in 2:27. Full results are on the website.
We decided it would be fun to get shirts made for the turkey trot with our numbers on the back. The hardest decision was of course what to do with Mom and Dad since we kids have always been 1-10. So they ended up as 0 and 00. Numbers are based on when you came into the family and so far we are up to "38" which was pinned onto Jeannie's tummy for her new baby boy.
We also ate dinner....and what a dinner it was. Everyone helped out and it ended up DELICIOUS. The only close call was when Dad broke the glass bowls right over the turkey Todd was carving. Thank goodness the turkey was still tasty even after being rinsed with water.
And what kind of Thanksgiving would it be without lots of computer gaming? Todd, Timmy and Dad spent the two weeks before Thanksgiving setting up the basement and getting everything ready for the big weekend. Every day and every night the computers were filled with people playing non-stop.
2 comments:
It was the funnest Thanksgiving I can remember. I fell asleep at 8:30 on Sunday night after the festivities were over, and didn't wake up until 9:00 the next morning! Already looking forward to next year.
Hey Kathy,
I am glad to see you back. I don't think I could stand to see Claire's 18 month check up one more time!!
You guys are so fun. I love the shirts. That is awesome. I am also amazed that you all run so much....so impressive.
Glad nobody got cut on turkey because it would have been a crying shame if you all didn't get your chance to nerd it out on the computers.
Your whole family is so NERDY!!! I guess you can just blame it on the genes. Man, can you hand over some DNA so that my kids can have a fighting chance at BYU someday. he he
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