Thanksgiving 2012

I can't believe Thanksgiving was a week ago already.  This means I will be saying the same thing in a month when Christmas is here.  Time just speeds by and hopes you can keep up!  We are a little slow deciding what we are doing for the holidays so our somewhat last minute decision to travel to Kansas City to celebrate with family meant we were going to look like the Clampetts going down the highway.  The dog sitter was booked so we loaded the two dogs in the back of the truck, the two kids in the back seat and us in the front along with most of the house and refrigerator.  Luckily it is a quick trip there!

I did a couple of projects with the kids before we left.  They made a turkey picture for Aunt Shelley's fridge and we also made some pretty cute turkey sugar cookies.  Lorelai's is the one with only two candy corn feathers on top and if you look close enough, you can see the little bite out from between them!


We had dinner Thanksgiving eve at my sister's apartment and started the festivities with tons of food and family time.  We were all piled on top of each other and it was perfect.  Grandpa and the kids were under the dining room table having a ball.  Leave it to my Dad to completely get my kids laughing under a table with his silly faces!

We ate too much and then speculated whether or not we were going to make it the entire 5K we had planned to run or walk on Thanksgiving morning.  Considering none of us had really ran much over the past couple of weeks, then piled the food on, the jury was out.  We headed back to my Aunt and Uncle's to get some rest before the early start, which turned into a complete fiasco.  Those of you who currently have young kids will know what I am talking about.  Kids NEVER sleep well when they aren't at home.  And this was no exception.  Lorelai hasn't been the best sleeper over the last month or so but now we added Wyatt to the mix and by the morning there were two adults and two kids sleeping in a double bed.  Good gracious.  I had been up since 4:30am trying to keep the kids to sleep and somehow had to get my mind wrapped around running a race. 

Uncle Max trying to get Lorelai to settle down for bedtime

But Happy Thanksgiving!  Everyone except my Uncle loaded up and headed to participate in the Ward Parkway Thanksgiving 5K and it was a blast.  We did get there later than we wanted too but really, I think we did okay considering.  There were some great costumes and you can't find a better atmosphere than a 5K race.  Everyone is having a good time and I don't think anyone takes themselves too seriously.  My Dad, Mom and Aunt pushed the kids in my stroller and after Shelley, Mike and I got done running we headed back to intercept the walkers.  Wyatt of course wanted to run the rest of the race.  Nothing like burning off some energy running a mile up a hill!  Mike gave him his number and off he went.  He to this day thinks he won the race!  Lorelai was more into watching the people but she crossed the finish line at a jog and was just stinkin cute! My Mom made us all these adorable purple animal print scarves to wear and it was the perfect amount of warm weather clothing to make the race comfy.

Aunt Shelley

After we raced we headed to Starbucks for a little treat and then back for a big, yummy dinner and my Aunt and Uncle's.  Oh and here is a picture of Mike with his enormous pie.  Yep, he ran a 5K then took a pie home with him instead of a t-shirt!

 My Dad and Uncle actually went to Walmart Thanksgiving night and experienced a little Black Friday madness.  Amazingly all the women stayed home!  We had such a great time, despite the lack of sleep.  The food was fabulous and the family time was cherished.  So much to be thankful for!