Hope your Thanksgiving was great and you enjoyed all the yummy goodness that comes along with it!
Eli's first Thanksgiving!
This year I ran the Manchester Road Race here in CT and it was so much fun. The event draws quite the crowd with over 13,000 participants. This was the first time I ran it and I have to say I would really like to make it a tradition if I can. The race is 4.8 miles and it is quite the party the whole way. Tons of support and drunken fans partying along with lots of "people watching" to do. So many people come dressed up in costumes and they run the whole course that way. My results were pretty good for not getting to train as much as I would have liked for the race.
My official time was 43:21 and I placed 3,208 out of 12,037 runners. Adam came out to support me and enjoyed a nice frosty beer at a bar while I was running. But the race did spark a little interest with him so he might join in the fun next year with me.
After the race was done we went over for a Thanksgiving day feast at Adam's parent's. I made a yummy sweet potato dish with caramelized apples on top from the Barefoot Contessa's Parties cook book & another sweet potato dish with the standard gooey marshmallows on top. After an awesome meal & dessert assortment the family sat around the fire pit enjoying some hot toddy's. The weather was perfect outside and Eli enjoyed the campfire too (please excuse my socks & shoes in this picture, I came ill prepared to be outdoors!).
Here are some pics from Thanksgiving day at Adam's parents house:
Uncle Bill & Aunt Brenda with Eli
This was Mimi's idea (Adam's grandma) to put Eli right on the table because he was fussing quite a bit and it turned out he LOVED it. He was kicking,smiling and loving all the attention he was getting while we were eating our dessert!
Then on Friday we spent the day with my family at my Aunt Lydia's house. We did the leftover Thanksgiving meal and that was equally yummy! It was so nice to spend time with my family and see my cousins and the kiddies. Adam played the drums in Rock Band, my cousin James played the guitar, and we listened to my lovely sister sing her heart out as the lead singer. It was a crazy house as you can tell and surprisingly with all this going on Eli was taking it all in just fine. I guess Tammy's voice is soothing to some people out there. Hahaha...
Mom making Eli giggle :)
Uncle Ed with Eli, every time Eli is with Ed he doesn't cry, Ed seems to have the "touch"
Cousin James & My sister Tammy hanging out with our little guy
Saturday we had tickets with Adam's family to the Uconn vs. Syracuse football game and my mom came up to watch Eli for the day. Thank you mom! We tailgated which is always very fun. It was so windy & cold out but I love going to any Uconn game - basketball or football, it brings me back to my college days and makes me so proud to be a Uconn grad. Uconn won & Eli cooperated very nicely with my mom so the whole day was success!
Now I am thinking tomorrow will be a day of preparing the house for Christmas. Every year we have an annual Christmas party which has become a tradition with our friends. The party draws in a crowd to our home of anywhere from 30-35 people. I love hosting the party with Adam and since I absolutely love decking the halls of our home for Christmas it is my favorite time of year :)
I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving festivities as much as we did, boy do I need to find a way to get myself moving tomorrow and work off those extra calories I have consumed over these past 3 days! It is so hard to not snooze on the couch with this little guy sometimes. Here is Adam showing how it is done....
