A bit more Dash and We Gather Together...

Lest we forget to show a pic of the Dash Elvis...rememba him? Beck and I got our pic taken with him last year...always nice to see old friends. ha ha.

can I just say YIKES...(me)....?

hardly a flattering pic (of me, as if)...but this is proof that we finished and that my hair was drenched with sweat...Beck, you look picture perf, as always...see below

while I was taking pix of the Turkey Day eaters, I was closing in on Mom and Scott...and this is what I got. crazy girl!

yes, there is predominantly more stuffing on my plate than any other food...it's only like this because I forgot my stuffing so I just threw it on top of everything. good thing we don't eat like this very often. but oooh, it was sooo good.

Tom, could u at least try to smile for the picture? fake it. this was the "kids" table.

goofball...

his offspring follow in his tongueprints.

Levi looooooves sitting at the princess table...he does. he told me so.

Nora was cheesin' it for me...good job, Uncle Tom could learn a thing or two from you!

Happy Anniversary, schweetheart!



Again, this won't be a long post, as I'm walking out the door to shop till I drop...just kiddin...I'm meeting my parents for breakfast since I only have two kids...and because they are just nice...

I didn't do very good on the picture front at dinner yesterday. Good thing Tom did...Mom, I got a pic of you but you told me not to post it. Dad, I got one of you too but you turned your head...and I was too tired, sore, to fight for good pix...so my bad. Mom and Dad were there. how unfair that I didn't get any decent pix of them...they financed the whole gathering (mostly) and that just seems wrong. Forgive me. I will make up for it at Christmas. Or at my big 36th Birthday bash that I'm sure they will throw. ha ha. just kiddin.

Man, I'm hilarious today.

Ok, so Dad, I posted for you...hope you enjoyed the pics of most of the people that call you Dad, Jim, Pa, Warren or whatever...

Love to you, wherever you may be.

drumstickin' it...

I will keep this brief, as I would like to get to bed tonight whilst the two little spuds are sleeping...but I wanted to get these posted for your viewing pleasure, followers. Dad.


little rays of early mornin' sunshine...this was not too long after Becky threw her Frappucino all over us...she went to shake it up and forgot the lid was OFF. look on the seat behind her...there's the proof. Mel's number is covered in peppermint mocha frappy too...kinda funny. Beck, we think it was pretty darn funny...pls know that.

the self-portrait queens...look closely between my hair and B's chin...and you can see Mel peeking thru...she is self-portrait queen in training. our apprentice.

my loving hubby of 15 years...isn't he cute?

I just realized how truly short I am. I'm not short..I'm fun-sized. got it?

cool, cool.

really cool cool...'twas so very cold but not for long...once we started jogging a bit...I sweat like the beast that I am.

bustling with activity and excitement...

pretty early morning exercisers...

anticipation...we were listening to Dave Calabro, sportscaster from channel 13...as he spoke and then opened the event in prayer...not just any prayer, folks. he prayed to the Heavenly Father and in Jesus' name...it was pretty cool and made the event just a bit more special to us.

we, of course, opted for the LOOOOOOOOOONG course. my legs are jello tonight...

E. is the little blackclad figure to the left of the 3 mile marker...the big black box is a speaker...it's cute how the residents would play music for us...it never lasted long, as we kept walking/running...

ahh, sweeet relief...the end is in sight...

Jerry Gobbler...a real live turkey

this pic is cool to me and i want to remember why...in the dead center of the pic, way up the road, you can see the mass of people...so cool, the turn out was amazing...I don't know the stats yet but if you go to tuxbros.com, you can see our times and the stats on today's event.


Jeff did the 4.5 mile run in record time for him...26 minutes. youch. not too shabby.

Melanie finished in 54 minutes...you GO, girl!

David and Will did it in 56 minutes. Way to go, guys!

Beck finished in 1:08 minutes.

E and I were in last place for our group at 1:13 minutes...much better than last year but we have a goal to get in under one hour next year.

Beck, I was impressed at your endurance...I thought I would be able to stay neck and neck with you...but having to tinkle, being much more ancient than you and all those other excuses I could enter here were all working against me. Good JOB, sis!

What an AWESOME memory to make with my family...I am so blessed to be a part of such a cool group of cats.

Thanks again, Mom, for getting up so early to be there for Mollsy and Levi...

Good night, folks.

Triptopan kicks in

Levi's checking to see if Dad's really snoring...
Scott doesn't look all that comfortable...poor fella!
My Dad, resting nicely in David's "special" chair...
baby snoozypalooza...too cute!!
self-portrait queen strikes again! this is a good one!

I'm sure I spelled that incorrectly...but you know what I mean, right? The ingredient that is in turkey that makes you sleepy? yeah, that's the one. It hit us all hard...David, Scott and Dad were all snoozin' in the living room. Tom konked in the boys' room, Mom konked in Mel's room...Beck found the camera and proceeded to take more self portraits. (thanks to you also, Beck, for taking all the pix in this post!!) What kind of holiday would it be if she DIDN'T?? I think it's a gift! The kids all played video games or dress-up...and I took over where Mom left off with the clean-up! The days' events kicked in though, when I layed down to nurse Molly...it felt sooooooooooo good to lay down and I could've slept the rest of the day!

I have a few more pix to post after these...I was a slacker on all the pix I wanted to take...didn't get all of the ones that I really wanted. Christmas, that's when I will come thru. Ok, before next post, gotta get goin' on the house clean-up so I can put up the tree and Christmas deco and blog THAT! I know you are restless with anticipation! see ya later.

The Drumstick Dash!!

Elvis was in attendance...this guy actually ran in this get-up My loving hubby of 14 years!! wow. either he left his eyes at home or he was still sleeping.
Beck and her fellow racers!! check out that shirt design
E. is wearing last year's design...Mel, this year's.

See the starting line...white banner?? we were far back!
Not too far into it, there was a Starbucks...bummer, and we couldn't stop!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Hope your day was spent eating good food and enjoying the blessings of being around those you love and enjoy! I know I did...it was a fast-paced yet fun day!! I will have to do two posts to accomodate all of my Dash pix...

It was quite cold today...there were over 4,000 people at the race, which benefits a local homeless shelter...David, Will and Mel ran ahead of us. Beck, E. and I went with the walkers, though we did try our hands at "jogging" and found that it would be nearly impossible, since Beck had to use the bathroom on the entire jaunt and we are both nursing mothers. Makes for some painful running. (Aren't you glad to know THAT???) I think the 3 of us made the 4.5 walk in less than an hour and 20 minutes...we had a few setbacks, we had to wait also while the cops let some traffic go...soooooooooo, I wasn't going for any awards...I went for the shirt. I will have to take a pic of the kids in theirs! They are pretty nifty and you might be able to see them in the above pix.


All in all, it was a blast, glad to be able to be with my sissy and my son (and the rest of those crazy "runners" in my family)...it was incredible!! I am not sure how much of our entry fee actually goes to the Wheeler Mission but it has to be pretty amazing! When we got done (finally) we devoured what was left of the offered snacks...bagels, Starbucks hot choco and coffee, bananas, energy bars...and I'm sure there was other stuff but when you get there after the runners, you take what you can get and boy were those bagels good. gimmmmmeee the carbs.


I will post some more of the pix...This blogger will only let me post 5 @ a time. be back....then after that, I hope to post a few of the rather odd pics we took of our Family Thanksgiving...it was a nice, relaxing day, and I didn't even get to take a nap. das ok.