Our Thanksgiving weekend was wonderful – we did a little bit of everything:
- Relaxed and cuddled with the pooches
- Ate lots of yummy food
- Finished every meal off with pie and ice cream or cool whip
- Watched football and movies
- Went shopping on Black Friday (I went with friends at 4:30 and then again around 11 – the crowds were worse in the afternoon!)
- Walked the dogs in the warm, yet crisp fall air
- My mom and I sewed a valance, tablecloth and curtain tiebacks for my kitchen
- Went out to eat for sushi and fish tacos
- Drank wine and coffee
- Played Rummikub and Chinese Checkers (Travis won, of course.)
- Drove up into the mountains and saw about 50 elk all in one spot!
- Caught up on family news
- Cuddled with the pooches
- Travis and I completed a crossword!
- Went to church
- I got in all of my planned workouts somehow:
Monday: 5.97 mile run (1:07:13, 11:15 pace) – ran first 2 miles outside with the dogs and the last 4 at the Rec on the track
Tuesday: 1.7 mile walk with dogs
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 4.1 mile run (46:05, 11:14 pace)
Friday: 1.88 mile walk with dogs
Saturday: 35 min weight training, 20 min elliptical intervals – I was very sore the next day from the weights. I think it was because I hadn’t used the weight machines in a while and I did 30 pushups on my feet!
Sunday: 3.04 mile run (34:11, 11:14 pace), 1.3 mile easy hike
I love balancing relaxation with productivity!
We all remarked how it seemed like my parents would be out here for a while but the days flew by and all of a sudden, it was time for them to leave. This is perhaps the thing I am most thankful for during the holiday season: how awesome and amazing our families are. You don’t get to choose your family, much less your spouse’s family, and both Travis and I have been blessed to have wonderful, kind, thoughtful, well-adjusted, non-crazy families who we truly enjoy spending time with. We are always sad to see them leave, or be leaving ourselves. This is one gift that I am very aware is rare. Good friends that understand you are rare. Absolutely loving your family is even rarer.
My parents are amazing people – so generous, thoughtful, tender-hearted. So dedicated to their family. So interested in their children’s lives. So welcoming of sons- and daughters-in-law. I feel so incredibly blessed to have such awesome parents and want my future kids to get to know them. Thanks Mom and Dad – for coming out here to visit and for being such great parents.
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