Thanksgiving 5K

Here are the kids at the Sprint 5K Thanksgiving Day Run. Grace did really well and completed the race approximately 120th (women) with a time of 25:55. This year the largest number of participants ever entered this annual event (over 5000 people). The other picture shows one lady dressed up as a turkey (her husband or boyfriend was dressed up as a cook). There were also a few people wearing feathers to represent Indians. The weather was great (no snow like in Michigan) and Grace was happy to be able to run in shorts!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone! Here is our turkey after the legs were removed and we realized it was cooked upside down. It's really golden brown on the other side:). We had a wonderful meal with turkey and all the fixings with Jenny, Ed and baby Eryn.

Update...

Ok. Here's a quick post. I am not sure how everyone feels about the current economic crisis in the US, but here's a couple articles I will just say are "interesting" to read. Sorry if someone is offended by these.. no, actually, I'm not sorry. Happy reading!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112101348.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

http://www.freep.com/article/20081123/COL01/811230371/1210/BUSINESS

On that note, I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving!

Oh.. one more... you should check out the weekly (every Wednesday) articles posted at http://www.autoextremist.com/ too! Feel free to read some posts on this website from previous weeks. Very good reading!

I also added a "Feed Subscription" on the top right portion of my blog. Feel free to subscribe so you are notified of updates. If you have trouble with it, just let me know. I'm not too technologically advanced in my little world:)

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Grace was in the Pilgrim Pacer 5K Race on Saturday. The weather was very cold and snowy. The course was very hilly. Grace's shoes came untied about 1/2 way through the race (I guess her parents forgot to double check them this time) and she ended up losing one of her shoes near the finish line (of course it was the shoe with the timing chip on it). You can see several snapshots of the end of her race at the following link (pictures 9957, 9958, 9960, 9961, 9962).

http://00673d3.netsolhost.com/photoalbum_index.htm/11-15-08pilgram_action2/index.htm

She is also in picture 0001 enjoying her hot chocolate at the end of the race. Grace ended up getting 3rd place in the Women's age 10-19 category with a time of 27:47.

Zachariah was in his first Fencing Tournament on Saturday and seems to really enjoy it. I will try to get some of those pictures online soon.