We had a truly wonderful time with friends and family in Raleigh for Thanksgiving. Lisa, Alison, Rob, Stephen, Momo, and I all ran the Ridgewood Turkey Trot 8K and Mary Grace ran the kids dash. We were pretty speedy, too! My official time was 42:65 but my time on my watch was 42:10. Apparently, they only clocked us at the finish line, which we didn't know when we lined up so we lost a little time being at the back of the crowd. Still a great time for me, though! Lisa and Rob did the best. Both ran it in under 40 minutes! Whew!
Mary Grace ran as fast as her little legs would take her for 100 yards and received a medal at the end! I'm thankful that she had a positive experience for her very first road race. I hope that she'll have many more to come!
After the run, we went back to the house and joined the rest of the family for breakfast. Then, in true Thanksgiving tradition, we just ate, cooked, and washed dishes for the rest of the day.
Stephen and I went shopping with Mary Grace and Haley (our cousin) on Friday afternoon. Chatham and Johnathan had a small housewarming party to celebrate their purchase of their new townhouse later in the afternoon. After that, we returned to Mom and Mike's for more turkey! The Martins left late on Friday night to drive back to Maryland.
On Saturday, Stephen and I took advantage of the free babysitting services being offered by Nana and Dr. Danks to take care of much of our Christmas shopping. We were able to knock a lot of that out.
We enjoyed a beautiful first Sunday of Advent at Trinity. There's nothing quite like singing along with almost 1,000 other voices! After church, we went to the cafeteria for lunch. That evening, we celebrated Nana's birthday by having dinner at the house with Monahans and Momo.
We left around lunchtime on Monday and arrived back home to warm weather around 7:30. The trip was comfortable because we still have Nana's van!
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