Thanksgiving Shenangians

 We've been in Utah for a couple of days now, and it's been grand, but every single pic of our trip came from today haha. 

They're all golden. 

He was mad that nobody would walk the longer way home instead of taking the shortcut, we all wanted to go home since it was cold.

We can't resist a Snapchat filter. 

Thanksgiving!

 Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! This will be my first Thanksgiving in 30-mumbles years that I haven't been at my family's house. It's a wild first to have to do, but we all have to do it at some point! So it was just Husband and I for the day, and I actually didn't even do a turkey trot this year (I don't know how the racing scene in Cali works yet, I still have a lot to learn about this area) so it was just a weird year in general. For dinner, one of Husband's co-workers came over with his family, so we had a bit of interaction outside ourselves. It was fun to get to know new people, but of course I stressed about meeting strangers all day long haha. 

Then, in the evening, I got a pic of Lady G's Thanksgiving outfit, and boy, it did not disappoint. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Happy thanksgiving, y'all! 

More Thanksgiving Shenanigans

 I finally got a hold of more Thanksgiving Day photos. Epifanio was playing with a Nerf gun, and having a great time. He was trying to hand it to me (I'm pretty sure) but when he had this stance, we couldn't resist making it look like something else. 

He's too cute! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Happy Thanksgiving! Today was a fun day. We kept it small of course, for Covid. We made sure to celebrate today, since we can't celebrate Christmas this year. We had a yummy meal and some games and just good times in general. 

Too much ranch, buddy.

Just happy to be here.

Epifanio will not look at the camera, no matter what. 

This is when I told him to smile. 

Basically, he's just using the cracker to get ranch into his mouth. 

Hope everyone had a safe and great Thanksgiving! 

Happy Thanksgiving !

Guys, this was not a great thanksgiving. Our basement flooded, so we spent a good portion of the day fixing that and trying to get under control. But hey, let's focus on the positive! I ran in the turkey trot this morning and although it was the worst every because of the dang blizzard, I got 5th place in my age! (For the slowest race I have ever run for this - the storm definitely effected everyone's times!

 I was happy to get my small ribbon haha!
Then I made my first charcuterie board, and it actually turned out okay! That class I took was very helpful and made me feel so fancy.

After dinner, we were eating some pie, and the fellas requested some "bubbles" (what they call Martinelli's sparkling cider) and we served them to Gecko in a mason jar mug. He's a little sweaty because they had all been running around and playing some very rough-housey games. 

 Darth was mad at us, as you can see here, because he was drinking his bubbles out of a champagne glass and looked so extra and was so cute, but when we laughed at him, he got very embarrassed and traded to a mug like Gecko. He wouldn't pose for a picture and instead was just mad.

So, despite the flood, it was a great day! We had so much fun, great food, great family, and great times.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Eve

Well friends, we've made it. Officially, it is Thanksgiving Eve. I spent the day as any person would - cleaning and cooking. I cleaned the house from top to bottom - vacuuming, mopping, cleaning toilets, sinks, walls, dusting, etc. Just trying to make the place look good, of course. Then when everything was cleaned, pies were made. My sister made the mincemeat as I cleaned, (GROSS you guys, who puts beef and fruit in the same pie?!) and I made the classic PB pies when I was finished, as she made a chocolate chip cookie pie.

To say that I'm jazzed for tomorrow would be an understatement - I am so excited! I love Thanksgiving, what a great holiday. Hope you guys are getting ready for yours!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I started with the standard race, which I got 4th place in my age group, not too bad for having not run fast with this cold I've had!

After the race, I had breakfast with some siblings, who would be at other Thanksgiving dinners that evening. Tiny Darth held new niece Ken, and so cute! Look at these jokers, what a pair of cuties. 

Hope everyone had a great day today! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy thanksgiving everyone! I kept tradition alive, and ran in the Turkey Trot this morning, getting my four miles in to earn all the food I was going to eat. I didn't do too badly, I finished in just a hair over 32 minutes, to get me third place in my age group! The weather was beautiful, and not freezing cold as it has been in years past.

After a lovely morning of Darth locking us out of our bedroom, and having to use the roof to access the room, off to the parents house for some turkey time. Dinner was crazy delicious, thanks to my dad for preparing it. Then, home to sit in a lovely food coma. I hope everyone had the amazing holiday they wanted!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! I ran the Earn Your Turkey race this morning, and boy was it cold. And I did my best, getting a PR! PLUS! I got 5th place in my age group! Here are some grand pics to see.

 Here am I, before the race, being mostly warm. What a cool outfit I'm rocking.

And this is me with my sweet ribbon. The fella in the back is PJ's bro-in-law, who ran it with us.

Hopefully you enjoyed your turkey!

Happy Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving! I started the day as I usually, the Earn Your Turkey 4-miler near my house. I finished it pretty good, I thought:

Finished the 4 (well, 3.97 according to my watch) in 33:42, not too bad! My goal was 35 minutes, so I feel all right with it. It was so bleeding cold this morning and so windy, I was surprised I didn’t freeze to death there. But luckily I finished, and came home and sat in front of a space heater for a bit.

Then it was time for the delicious pies that I spent all night baking. Here are two of them, cherry-apple and peach.

These were pretty good, I won’t lie. Hope you had a good thanksgiving too!

Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! In light of the holiday, I’ll keep it brief. I did my standard run this morning, and I finished it almost 10 minutes faster than I did last year! I ran by myself this year, PJ isn’t running anymore, so I finished it in 33 minutes, going at my own pace. Pretty cool!

I enjoyed a delish thanksgiving breakfast with Husband’s family, and then had a great dinner with my family. After eating too much food and pie, I came home and laid in a food coma for the rest of the night.

I hope everyone else had a great holiday!

Canadian Thanksgiving

It was Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday, but sadly, we couldn’t celebrate this fine holiday until today. Husband and I actually hosted it at our house, our first time hosting a Thanksgiving celebration, no matter the country. We spent all day cooking, and figured out that we had used every single dish in our house. Honestly, by the end of everything, we had to run the dishwasher 4 times to wash everything! I made homemade stuffing (my dads recipe) for the first time, and it turned out awesome! I was so proud of myself. We had all of Husband’s family over, and the delight was E-Money, looking super adorable for the occasion

I made a tasty dessert, a layered pumpkin pie in a jar, and I added just the right amount of whipped cream to mine.

That was good, and if you’d like to make, it, I’m doing this lazy and just going to post the blog here where I found it. It was a fun night, and I always love to eat Thanksgiving food until I’ve eaten so much that I hate myself. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has had a lovely Thanksgiving day today. Myself, I ran the Earn Your Turkey 4-miler this morning, and while it was of course cold, it wasn’t freezing – by the end of it, I was really warm. I’ve eaten 2 delicious dinners, and had a lot of fun times, and now that it’s the evening, I feel confidently that my turkey is going to help me get to sleep in about 5 minutes. Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying the holiday. So far, I haven’t done much, but it’s been fun. I ran the Turkey Trot yet again, and I did a lot better than I thought I would, a week after surgery. I even finished faster than I had thought, since I assumed I’d be crawling to the end. Since I don’t have a lot of things to say today, since I want everyone to just enjoy this holiday, I’ll leave you with this video clip of a thanksgiving song.

That makes me laugh so hard, its one of my favorite thanksgiving scenes in a movie. I hope you enjoyed.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Today, I am thankful for my dad slaving over a hot stove all day to make delicious food.

Gobble Gobble Gobble

We had craft club again last night, and we’ve almost out-done ourselves. Everything we do is cute, but there are just some crafts that when you get done, you think “this is awesome” and last night was one of them. We all convened at Mama G’s house, and got to business. After only 2 ½ hours (that might sound like a long time, but in this situation, it really isn’t) we were finished. The only thing I couldn’t get to work right was my turkey’s eyes. To me, they made him seem like a slow, dumb guy, or someone that was drunk all the time. I named him George, and even had a voice going for him. (For those that know my dog, Sarge, it’s also the voice that accompanies when I talk for Sarge.) Here’s George up close:

See? But its ok, no one will be really close enough to see his eyes. When I got home, I set up everything for a final pic, and I think it looks awesome.

And no craft would be complete until I get it up on the ledge. Poor George lost an eye in the process, but I still have it, I just need to remodgepodge that back on. After I put everything up, I realized I had done it with socks on, which didn’t seem very smart, being on such a high place wearing socks, so that my feet had a higher chance of slipping off. Especially being home alone, if I fell doing this, I wouldn’t be found for a long time, probably. But I lived to tell the tale, and to snap a final pic:

And now, it officially feels like November, which is good, because holy smokes, Thanksgiving is next week! And in my head, every time I walk near George, I can hear him say “Happy Thanksgiving” in his dumb voice.

Today, I am thankful for the laughs provided by everyone during the awesome craft club time, and for Mama G providing the awesome letters we all used.

Gobble Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope all of your holidays were amazing. This morning I had the standard Turkey Trot, the one I’ve done for the last 4 years. Thankfully, this year was way warmer than last year. Last year, the temp the morning of the race was 2 degrees. This year, about 30-40, so that was a world of difference, and oh so better. It was a good run, felt really good when finished. I went to my parents’ for dinner at 2:00 which was of course delish. One of their dogs (he is technically mine, I suppose, but I think he likes living there way more) has his own chair that he sits on. I was dying laughing when I saw him, I had to take a picture.

Isn’t that adorable?! Sarge is such a card.

I hope you spent the day thankful for any blessings you have. I did – I’m thankful for so much. I’m thankful for my family, my friends, the warm weather today, and my the computer I have to blog this from. ;) Of course, I’m thankful for many many things, but to list them all on here would just be crazy.

Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, kids, Happy Columbus day! Today is a glorious day…ok, I won’t lie. Columbus Day really means nothing to me. Its not a day you get off of school, it’s not a day you get off of work, it’s not really a day I observe, so to me, sadly, it doesn’t really mean anything. But last year I learned that Canadian Thanksgiving is today. And, having married a Canadian, this means I get two Thanksgivings a year!

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I’m not really sure why Canadians are weirdos and hold it a month early, but I’m happy to celebrate it as many ways as I can. I don’t treat Canadian Thanksgiving the same way I celebrate American Thanksgiving. On our holiday, I run the Turkey Trot, I sit around all day watching parades, and stuff myself to the gills at dinner, and then spend the rest of the day in a food coma on the couch, watching Thanksgiving-ey movies. (thank you, Lifetime and Hallmark channels, for airing those types of movies, that I can Tivo). But today, because it’s not a holiday Americans celebrate, I get up…go to work…wait until the day is over, and then eat a regular sized dinner. It’s still turkey, and all that jazz, but the feeling isn’t quite the same.

Maybe someday this great nation of ours will start to celebrate the holidays of other countries. Maybe we’ll have many days off a year, for things that we don’t really understand. But for now, I will celebrate the Canadian Thanksgiving the way everyone does – by mostly ignoring it. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone is enjoying the festivities of this fabulous day. I ran in the 'Earn Your Turkey' 4 mile run this morning held by Orem city. It was super cold-my legs and hands were numb until like, the last half mile, but it was invigorating!
I don't know my results yet, but I think I did way better than last year-I got sick during last years race, but at least I finished, and that's all that matters. I am glad I did better this year though-I love to improve!
Happy eating everyone!

The results are in...

I didn't do quite as well in the race as I'd hoped I would. I had high hopes for it, of course, but then when it came down to execution, my body had other ideas for me. It started at 8-and we were supposed to check in at about 7 or so. We got there at the crack of dawn (it seemed!) and then just had to wait around for the hour. Luckily, we could do all the waiting inside, since it was raining. Thank goodness the rain wasn't falling too hard though. We gathered at the starting line, heard the gunshot, and took off. After about a half a mile, my shoelace came untied! I couldn't believe, I had to quickly stop and tie it. Of course, wearing gloves made this a difficult task, but I got it, finally, and resumed pace.
The four miles went pretty quickly, and I did ok until about the last mile and a half, when I felt pretty sure I was going to throw up. I just had to breathe through that, and slow down a bit, hope I wouldn't get sick. PJ was a champ though-she slowed down with me and talked me through it. When we rounded the corner to the last little bit before the finish line, PJ took off, and I stayed my pace. At this point, I was just hoping to finish the race-I didn't care about placing. So PJ beat me, fair and square, and I'm just happy I ran the whole thing. Our times were pretty good-I know we can improve, though. We'll get better. And because I had ran that whole thing, I felt pretty good about eating my giant Thanksgiving dinner, complete with two pieces of pie. Hey, I earned it!