Thanksgiving

We've gotten kind of used to a huge crowd at Thanksgiving since some or most of Jacob's family has come for the last several years. But this year it was just the Knights. We still ended up making the same amount of food, mostly, so we had plenty of leftovers, and it was a great day with family. 

Savannah invited Annie to help them make pies, and the chef in her was very happy to help with that. They got that taken care of the day before Thanksgiving so on the day of we'd have time to chill.

 Rain was forecasted, but held off long enough for all of us to do our 2nd annual Turkey Trot 5k. I meant to have these shirts made for Fall Break so we could wear them on our adventures together, but Thanksgiving was good, too. The kids' shirts say Knight Adventures. By the time we got to the adults' shirts we were low on vinyl, so ended up doing just Knight Fun and a smaller picture.

 No one will get lost as long as we're wearing our shirts.

 The 5k went well. I rode my bike so I could check on progress at the front and back of the pack, and if kids needed a break they could ride in the bike trailer. (I also hate running, so it was a good excuse to not run. :D)

 Rachel and Ryan were at the front of the pack of runners and Rachel barely beat out Ryan, even though he was ahead for most of the time. They both did great and amaze me with their endurance and speed.

 Others used scooters or caught rides for part of it, but all the kids did amazing and made it most or all of the 3 miles on their own power.

 We set up a kid table in the front room so we wouldn't be bothered by their natural volume.

 And we enjoyed a delicious meal in relative peace. With the meal prep split up between 3 houses it was really very low key to get it all ready.

 After the food Todd kept the kids (and adults) entertained with games, like always.

 Rachel and Annie begged me to take them Black Friday shopping. I agreed to take them on Friday after most of the craziness had died down from the Thursday night insanity. I didn't think Annie would last long, so I took her on her own (she ignored the deals and got some toys she could have bought any old day). Rachel's friend, Eliza came with us and they had a good time running around together.

 They are pretty funny to shop with.

They mostly ditched us, but luckily my mom had decided to come along, too, so she and I shopped together while Eliza and Rachel ran around together. They didn't get much, but had a good time doing it. They did get matching pajama bottoms. Then after I found a shirt I liked that said "Fleece Navidad," they decided they liked the shirt, too and got one each. So we can all be twinners.

When I would end up wearing it the same day as Rachel she would make a big deal of being embarrassed, and I would just remind her that I found the shirt first. She's the one who chose to copy me. It's kind of fun to have reached the point where Rachel is occasionally (or claims to be at least) embarrassed of what I'm wearing. It gives me a goal to shoot for. ;)