Thankful!

It has been a busy Thanksgiving! I am thankful to have gotten off work early on Wednesday and came home and baked banana oatmeal cookies, two strawberry pies, and chocolate peanut butter Rice Krispies! (Doesn't that sound like Thanksgiving?!)

Then, we ate some great chicken fajitas with a friend at Uncle Julio's and then, we got to do something really cool. My friend is a pilot and he took us to a flight simulation place where pilots train on business jets. Flying a jet is much harder than it looks. And the simulation was really neat. Technology today is amazing. We crashed into an aircraft carrier and it felt so real that I had to close my eyes. It was a great way to kick off Thanksgiving!

On Thursday morning, we drove to Ben's parents and stuffed ourselves with all sorts of goodness. Then, we watched two football games. That is a lot of football!!!

Then, on Friday, we drove to my parents. We did a little Christmas shopping and then ate more good food. After taking a nap, we went to visit my Grandmother and then went fishing! (I got some running in both days.)

And now, we are back home and about to head to the Advent service at our church. This weekend, I will write up our Christmas newsletter and do some more shopping.

I am thankful for family, friends, and food! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

My First 5K

Ben and I have completed our first 5k!!! It was so much fun. I actually didn't think I would be running it because my knees and feet have been in bad shape AND I got a pedicure this week that drew blood. Yeah. Not fun.

But once we got to the run, I felt pretty good and ran the whole distance!! I ran very slowly but I was super excited to finish the whole thing!

Ben did a super job. There were some very small hills but you really do feel them towards the end!

I think we are going to do another 5K at Christmas downtown. I am amazed by others who run longer distance!