My 3 sister-in-laws (Yolanda, Christina, and Vanessa), Sarah (MIL), Z (Foriegn Exchange student), my oldest daughter and her 2 cousins her age and I went to the craft fair…
I am not a shopper at all (I hate clothes shopping). But I decided to go anyway.
It was so crowded but it flowed nicely… There was a lot if neat things for sell.
I actually bought a pair of boots…
I have never spent more than $10 on shoes before until today. I hope they look okay… I don’t normally wear boots because as most people know… I don’t know how to dress. Thanks to my in laws…
Anyway, we came home and got the kids and ourselves (and our spouses) ready for our lunch/dinner… We went on an early “Christmas” family dinner (because most of the family, minus 2,
are here) to Tucano’s.
You had to roll all of us out after we ate! The food was great… We then had to take a picture with grandma (G-Goat) and all the grandchildren…
We came home and had our “Christmas” pass around exchange. We read the Christmas story, The Night Before Christmas, and every “and” and “the” we pass our gift around. At the end we open up our gifts.
It is always fun to see what everybody wraps up.
We (Mac, Beth, Amber, Rachelle & I) ran up Provo Canyon. A few miles into our run we hopped on a trail that was a whopping 30 sec long… It was intense and injury free, but we got through that trail and owned it. 😉
We ran a total of 9 miles in 1:10.03. My legs were shot and tired today! I kind of struggled but it was nice getting out with the ladies…
Now back to the chaos and fun!
We had to get the kids out and play a little soccer before the big dinner…
It was quite the ordeal trying to get “Striker” the dog out of this…
We came back and finished up with all the preparations of our dinner…
Then it was dinner time. I am so thankful for everything I have! My family, job, a roof over our heads and food on our table. There is so much I take for granted!
I ran the Thankful 13 1/2 marathon today but as a Pacer. Beth Ericksen and paced the 1:35 group. We came in at 1:34.48. It was a 7:15 per mile.
We ran with a pretty great group the entire way. The last mile we urged the people with us to go ahead. It was great and they did great. Probably the best group I have paced!
I was hoping to see my mother-in-law on the opposite side of the trail but she ran a PR of 2:12.24. So I guess you could say it was good not to see her on that little loop. 🙂 I felt great at the end…took a few pictures of the other pacers…
My friend Melissa (that I helped this summer with training and is now running with us when she can) took 1st in the women. She did great! Beth and I took 3rd and 4th overall. That was a nice surprise. 🙂 I also carried my water bottle with XOJO in it, the entire race. I drank some before, during, and after and I felt and feel great! I love this product!!!
I am so glad I ran this. I put in a 10 min warmup before the race and a 15 min cool down… Ran back to find Sarah. (about 16 total). It was a beautiful morning. Happy Thanksgiving!!!
The kids played with their cousins all day. I took the girls to a friends house… We are watching/feeding their animals…
I then took all the girls for a hike…
They played in the half done tree house…
They played on the rope tire swing…
They built traps to to catch turkeys…
They worked on crafts…
Made messes…
Played games…
Took naps…
We began our pie making…
And who knows where the guys are at??? You get the brothers together and that is trouble…
Mother Racer 