Happy Post Thanksgiving!

Hello all!!!

Well, Thanksgiving has now come and gone. What a day it was! We had several people to our house.

My day started with running my first 5K race! Our local Y(mca) that I work out at hosts an annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. I think this was their 14th or 15th year doing it. And for the first time ever, I participated!

Hubby and I registered about a month ago. Zak also agreed to run it with us, Hubby and I were going to walk it with the girls. Well, Zak kept putting off registering. And we kept inviting people to Thanksgiving dinner. So Hubby decided he was going to need to stay home that morning and cook, and so Zak could run as Hubby. So Zak was my 40 year old Hubby! LOL, for the first (and probably last) time ever, Hubby ran a 5K! Kind of....

The forecast was for extremely cold weather. Whitney and her girls were also going to walk the Trot with us. But because it was forecasted to be so cold, Whitney and her girls came over to our house to help Hubby with our girls while I was running the race.

Anyway, Thanksgiving morning came, Zak came and picked me up at 8:15am, we were all bundled up, and we hit the road. It was 16 degrees when we left the house, and 19 by the time we got to the Y. Brrrrrrrrr

We finally started the race just after 9am. I didn't know if I was going to be able to run any of it. But because it was so cold, that is all I found myself wanting to do! So, I really surprised myself! I ran most of it! There were only 3 times where I stopped to walk. And when I did stop to walk, it didn't last long because it was so cold! We ran through the neighborhood just across the street from the Y. Colorado Springs Police Department had all the roads blocked off for us. Some of the people who live in the neighborhood were outside to watch about 2000 people run, jog, or walk by their house. It was quite a site! Some people really got into the spirit with costumes and decorated with turkeys and such. It was fun!

I am now hoping to run the 5K at the Race for the Cure in September next year! There's my goal!

Zak (aka Hubby) finished in 26:53 (minutes) and in 660th place. I finished in 37:22 and in 1425th place. That is out of 1744 timed contestants. They gave us these cool little chip things to wear on our shoe. We had to run over these blue pads in the road when we started and when we finished. That did our time for us! Pretty nifty! Of course the Y sent out an email Thanksgiving night informing all of us that someone set the course up wrong and it was actually only 2.8 miles instead of the 3.1 to make a full 5K, so I guess technically I didn't run a 5k. Boo....

Anyway, we didn't stick around for long after we both crossed the finish line. We got in the car, and turned on the heat. Then we went to Starbucks. It was so cold, that to drink cold water was painful. Drinking warm coffee was MUCH better. I felt almost good by the time we got back to my house! Zak dropped me off and headed back to my parents house. I ran inside and jumped in the shower.

After I was done showering, the fun began. The fun of cooking and getting all the food ready for lunch! We made ham and turkey breasts. Not any ham, FRESH HAM! Just about all hams you get are precooked or presmoked. It is hard to find fresh ham that hasn't been cooked. But Whole Foods had 2 of them. I got one and we smoked it! Hubby put the turkey breasts and ham out on the smoker at 11pm the night before.

We also made manchego mashed potatoes, smashed sweet potatoes, some with chipotles some without. Plus corn muffins, crescent rolls, dressing, and assorted munchie foods. One family brought a veggie tray, and Kaluah cake. I made a pumpkin gooey cake for dessert, and my mom brought a pie. Oh and Susan made a platter of deviled eggs that didn't last long at all.

We had our babysitter's and their family. They came for another Thanksgiving years ago, and since they didn't go anywhere this year, we had them over. Plus Whitney and her 2 girls. Plus all my family. We also had our neighbor's dog because they went to Denver all day. And Phoebe was here. The dogs ran around the back yard most of the day.

I had such a good time, the food was yummy and I just enjoyed all the people here. Whitney and the girls planned on staying overnight. So, after we fed them some dinner, we plopped them in the tub and then got them all down for bed. We stayed up a bit and played some Spades. What fun!

Friday we didn't do much of anything. Hubby made homemade waffles for breakfast, and then Whit and the girls left. I stayed in my jammies all day. My muscles were so sore and I was just beat. So, we did a whole lot of nothing. It was wonderful.

Today we need to recover the house, and I need to go get dog food. Hubby and Courtney are out having some Daddy/Courtney time. So I think soon Kasey and I will run our errands. Tonight we are going to my parents house for another Thanksgiving dinner. Tomorrow I am having a 31 party at my house.

Well, I guess Kasey and I need to get moving. I hope your Thanksgiving was awesome!