We start off the day way earlier than should be humanly possible to run the "Catch the Gobbler" 5k. It is so much fun and the kids had a blast with it this year! Layne and I did the 1 mile with them. Although, I'm pretty sure Ernie can handle the 5k next time! He did awesome. He ran the entire way and came in first! Like first place, the real deal! Caleb also ran nearly the entire thing, and I was trailing behind him as he sprinted to the finish line in fourth place. (He would have been third, but an older lady speed walked right passed him in the home stretch. Have a heart lady!) Anyway, everyone thought it was so cute and would cheer caleb on as he ran, he then would run a little faster.
Nat, Mark and Ernie after they finished
Claire and Ernie
Yeah dad! He took first in his age group! We were quite impressed. I can't remember his time now, but it was like 25 min or something.
Layne was Ernie's mile run budy
Claire (she won't be able to do the piggy back pose for a ton longer since he will probably pass her up soon)
Caleb laid down in exhaustion after he was done.......
Which only lasted a few minutes and then he was racing Ernie
The proud 5k crowd (We missed you mom)
And I mention lastly that we were the proud winners of 4 turkeys this year!!!
Well, that about covers the first few hours of the day. As for the rest of the traditions of the day.... a brief run down:
nap
get ready
eat
go to movie
and finally
home for pie with the Roskelley's
Our movie this year was Fantastic Mr. Fox. And let's just say it wasn't my favorite Thanksgiving movie of all time. (But we know Layne and Micah, you liked it :) My favorite was actually when we saw How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We spoke in Dr. Suess inspired rhyme the rest of the evening.
We had a great Thanksgiving.
And yes, it is defanitely time now for Christmas. Even if I wore a skirt and flip flops today.
Looks like fun! Don't rub it in about the skirt and flip flops--I made my kids wear their coats rather than jackets for the first time today. Jacob will still have his off by lunch time though!
ReplyDeleteI love this blog, mainly because once in awhile, I run into your family at the Turkey Trot. You need to start coming to my stake's Turkey Trot. We had about 300 runners and it's free....
ReplyDeleteWow, you guys are crazy!! I don't know if I could do Thanksgiving with you guys, I'd feel so guilty for sleeping in and missing the run! But, I'm glad you all got together and had a fun time, especially at the movie!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you'll even see this since this post was awhile ago, but when I saw your Thanksgiving Day agenda and saw the movie on there (of course!) I totally remembered when I came home with you for Thanksgiving of our freshman year and we saw How the Grinch Stole Christmas. That was so fun and made me smile that that was your favorite. It was mine too--especially since it was the only one I've seen with you guys on Turkey day :)
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