We were in Wausau this year for Thanksgiving and for an early Christmas (this time we gave the weekend before Christmas a spin).
Thanksgiving
Scot and I signed up to run Wausau's 2nd annual Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving morning. So, that meant we packed up on Wed and shuffled off across the border so we'd be ready for our early morning run the next day. There were about 1000 runners, the weather was decent, the route was nice...all in all, it was a fun time! Best of all, I finished with a 5K PR of 28:29. I've only run 3 5Ks, but hey, I keep shaving off minutes so I'll take it. My goal was to finish in under 29 minutes. Poor Scot was a trooper to even have run at all, considering he spent part of Wednesday night in front of the toilet. He seemed to have picked up the bug that Reese had a few days prior. By race time, though, he was feeling OK. And then the bug transferred to me on Friday. Ah, fun holiday weekend!
Before
After
Thanksgiving itself was nice - we got to enjoy a Packers win, tons of great food, and family!
I love this Packeriffic picture!
Christmas
So, yes...3 weeks later we were in the truck again, loaded with presents and enough gear to make it look like we planned on staying for weeks. We pulled Ava out of school at noon on Friday the 16th, picked up Reese from daycare, and headed east. That night, Grandma & Granpa babysat the girls while we enjoyed a dinner out with JoAnn, Greg & Gus. It turned out to be a celebration of sorts, as 13 year old Gus bowled a 300 (!) just that afternoon. Because it was during practice, he doesn't get the official accolades from the Bowling Association, but nonetheless it was AWESOME and I suspect there will be more 300 games in his future!
We played it pretty low key on Saturday morning. Grandma, Grandpa, Ava and I took a family trip to Fleet Farm to get Ava some new ice skates and snowpants. We took the girls out on the rink when we got home - Ava picked it up again just like riding a bike (well, she can't ride a bike yet without training wheels, but hey, she can ice skate). Reese wasn't feeling the ice rink love, so she mostly sat on the ice when I wasn't breaking my back trying to push her around.
In the afternoon, the gang came over and we did our usual snack-feasting, present-opening, and lasagna-eating. We really had such a nice time hanging out with everyone! As usual, the visit was over too quickly and we were back on the road on Sunday.
We took LOTS of pictures over the weekend because Scot & I splurged on 2 new Christmas cameras - a new point & shoot and a Canon SLR. It's been a lot of fun experimenting with the SLR and we're looking forward to taking a series of 3 classes in January/February.
It looks like I'll have to resize them before I upload though...I'll do that another day.
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