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Sunday, December 1, 2024

Thanksgiving

 It was a longer Thanksgiving break for me because 3 staff members tested positive for Covid, so they closed Red Bell for Monday and Tuesday, in addition to being closed W-F for Thanksgiving. We just didn't have enough staff members healthy enough to keep open. Between going shopping for food items and some other things with my mom and going to the pool, which included a flat tire, the 2 extra days went quickly. Suddenly, the kids were done with school and we enjoyed going to the movies to see Red One and preparing food for Thanksgiving.

Luckily, Jim was there to do the job!


Thanksgiving morning, Austin, Erik, and I ran in the Canton Turkey Trot. Austin decided not to go all out and be a top 5 runner in the race, but rather take it a little slower so he didn't injure himself off-season and be 19th in the race. His senior friend Isaac went all out and came in 5th! 

Erik was overcoming a cold, but still hit a PR of 23:56 for the 5k. I felt extra motivated, especially when I saw I was approaching Erik in the race, so I hit a PR of 23:58, coming in 2nd for my age group! We saw a lot of friends there, which was so fun!

Pre-race



We ate dinner at the Remingtons again. Kara's parents were there as well, and her neighbor who was there last year, so we had a couple sets of grandparents with us at our meal. The kids enjoyed playing with their friends, and we all watched the Lions pull off a win! That, and good conversation, made it a nice afternoon/evening.

Kade made a cheesecake for the first time. It was a hit!

The feast!


 

Friday morning, Mother Nature gave us the holiday weather of snow flurries and temps in the teens, just in time for our service project in Detroit of manning the Giving Machine. Our shift was from 12-2 and we divided up so that Grandpa Jim could go with Jason and the kids to try those coney dogs at Lafayette and American Coney Island (they all concurred as I did that American is the favorite) and my mom and I had soup at Potbelly, which was the closest place that looked good because I just wanted to get out of the cold wind as quickly as possible! We enjoyed our service there and watching/helping people choose an item to give to someone in need. There were options to give throughout the world and locally here in the Detroit Metro area. 







The rest of the weekend has been spent decorating for Christmas, playing games, watching football, watching movies/shows, and eating good food. 




I guess now we're officially in the holiday season! Happy Thanksgiving!

1 comment:

  1. WTG on the Turkey Trot!! Kade cheesecake looks divine. Happy Thanksgiving!!

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