Thanksgiving

So I know it has been a couple of weeks since the Thanksgiving celebrations and my blog has been a little neglected. But I am going to try to get back on track :)

 Thanksgiving Day was a little crazy for me and as I look back I am not sure how I got through and I imagine some reading this are going to think I am nuts ;) Eric and I started our day out pretty early. Since I have been back running I look at the races to see which ones might be fun to try out. Over a month ago I decided I wanted to try the Turkey Day 5K. The race was held downtown so I pre-registered and was set to go Thursday. Eric didn't know if he wanted to try it because he hasn't run a quite sometime but I think the running bug got to him and he decided that Monday or Tuesday that he was going to try it.

After a late Wednesday we were up at out the door at 6:30ish so we could register Eric and warm up for the race. We didn't have to worry about the boys as our family visiting from town were going to bring them and cheer us on. The race started at 8 am and there were over 1500 people there for the face. We both had a really fun time and it was nice to be able to do it again. I was able to shorten my time by 2 minutes from my last race which I was really proud of. Eric being male of course still beat me (and very much expected) but since he hasn't been running he felt it for the rest of the weekend where I was just fine because I have been so that made me feel a little better ;) 

After we got home from the race it was time for us to start prepping for our Thanksgiving feast. We had a lot of yummy pre-dinner snacks and dinner foods to prepare. We always try to have some special foods and snacks and this year was no different. We were in the kitchen the majority of the day and I think we had dinner around 5 ish. After filling our tummies I finally had a chance to sit and look at the ads for the infamous Black Friday sales. Eric and I were able to figure out what we wanted to try and get and come up with a plan. Eric was excited to go out with me this year as he hasn't been able to because he worked retail. After clean up from dinner and putting the boys to bed, left the boys with family and headed out the door around 9:30pm. (I know I am crazy after already a long day and really no time to sit I was going out shopping)



I was hoping to get a little nap before we left the house but with more of the stores opening at ten and midnight I didn't have that chance. I was a little disappointed at the earlier openings but it seems that this is going to be a trend. I was actually doing pretty good up until about 3 I think. We stopped and got a little breakfast I guess we'll call it and that help to wake me up a little. After a few more stores we got home around 5:30 am, so yes if you do the calculation I was just 45 mins shy of the up and going for literally 24 hours. I hit the bed and I was out, but I was back up around 10:30 so we could visit with our family. Although it was a long crazy day we really did have a lot of fun :)