Turkey Trot

Mom decided to run a 5K race on Thanksgiving Morning. You couldn't beat the location -- the local streets of our little neighborhood. Dad, Nate and Sean got outside early to watch Mom run by. We took this photograph of Mom from our front yard because the race went right by our house! Nate and Sean cheered Mom along.

Dad took the kids down to the park to find Mom. Somehow they walked down there just as Mom was crossing the finish line. Here is Mom on her final sprint at the end.

Nate and Sean were glad to congratulate Mom on her fantastic finish. She didn't look tired at all.

Mom waited to see if she might have finished in the top-3 for her age category. We think she came close but the race was so small that they didn't record people's times. So we'll never know exactly how well she did, but we thought she was a winner anyway.

Sean didn't really know what was going on but he was happy enough to spend the morning playing on the ladders and slides.

Reunion Weekend

Mom and Dad went back to their old school for a reunion. They took Nate and Sean along and showed them all the sights. This was the grand setting for a long walk around the University on a crisp Fall day.

Mom and Dad took them to see the house where the reunion was being held, a special place where Mom and Dad had spent so many wonderful times. Dad even lived here during his final year at college!

Nate sure enjoyed touring through the house and made Dad take him up to his old room about a dozen different times. Here is Nate on Dad's old balcony high above the street below. He wondered why the roof was so close to the balcony but decided it probably wasn't a good idea to climb out there.

Sean partied like a frat boy. No, really he just took a nap. But you never know what might happen to you when you fall asleep at a fraternity house!

Down on the Farm, Part I

While we were visiting our friends in out in the country, Nate and Sean got to spend some time outside with the farm animals. Apparently Sean had a near miss encounter with a huge cow patty, but no one got a picture of the event.

Here they are chasing chickens. Sean is yelling "no, sorry". Not sure why the no part, but his new "thing" is to do something he shouldn't while saying sorry at the same time.