Thanksgiving Day

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. Bright and early this

morning I put the turkey in the oven at 6am then Shane and

I headed to Sedona for a 5K Turkey Trot. So now that we burned

off some calories it was time to get home and start preparing the meal.

Shane's sister, brother, and niece Destiny and Jason and Great Grandma

Barabara came up to have dinner with us. It was a great time, the food

was excellent as well as the company. Shane and Kenneth even had

a 100 yard race outside on the road. It was quite funny, we have

that on video. Hope everyone had a great day today as well!

Our Princess

We had Elise's 6 month pictures taken 2 weeks ago

and I just got the CD in the mail today. I was so

excited and very happy with how they turned out.

She has been such a sweet thing and we just love

her to pieces and her big brother too!

A trip to the fire department

Today we took a trip to go a see the fire trucks or

Christian like to call them fillo trucks. We wanted to get

out of the house today and we were trying to think

of what we could do. So I suggested going to the

fire department. Shane and I enjoyed it just as

much as Christian did. I had never been in a

fire truck or inside the fire house.

This is fireman Bob who showed us around. He

was more that happy to answer all of our questions.

So if you ever want to get out with the kids and not

sure what to do, stop by your local fire department it

is sure to be a hit for your kids!

My first 5K as a mom

Today I ran my first 5K since I was in high school. I am

training for a half marathon with my friend Lisa. So we are

going to try to get a few races under our belts before the

big one.

The race was here in Flagstaff at a place called

Buffalo Park. It was sponsored by Girls on the Run. It a

organization the is for young girls, teaching them about

self-esteem and being happy with who there are.

It was great being part of something that is so important

in our culture and the struggle girls can have.

It was pretty windy today but it felt good when we finished.

It was a great sense of accomplishments and the bonus

is that we are training at high altitude. I am hoping

that when we run our race in Phoenix it will seem to

be a lot easier.

Spending time with our cousins

We headed down to Phoenix last weekend and stayed

with my cousin. It was fun to see the kids interact

and play together.

Lexi loved Elise and was being the little mother.

Kalli and Christian are only a few months apart from

eachother. Being 2 years old can be tough

especially when it comes to sharing.

Splish Splash we are taking a bath

Shane's new golf buddy

Shane took Christian to the driving range for the

first time and he absolutely loved it. I can

see them in the future playing together.