Thanksgiving Weekend!!

This past week has been such a fun week.  Last weekend, I was able to have a fun weekend in Vegas with my good friend and neighbor, Joalah.  We had so much fun getting away and having a little "mommy break."  I am so thankful for Jesse letting me get away and everyone that helped with the kids while I was gone.  Jesse got a good taste of what it is like to be in my shoes.  Of course it was a super busy 4 days filled with fundraiser pick ups, birthday parties and Olivia even got to have a sleep over at her cousin's house.  The 2 days following my return, I had parent-teacher conferences, which is 2 - 12 hour days in row.  Jesse then had to take Charlie to ECFE and Olivia didn't have school on Tuesday, so he was definitely "Super Dad" for those days.  

Jesse has also had the last week off of work, which has been AWESOME!!  

We have had so much fun family time :)

Thursday, of course, was Thanksgiving.  Jesse and I got up really early and headed to St. Paul for the Turkey Trot.  We ran the 10K, and of course, Jesse did outstanding.  He took 11th place out of 1500 runners and ran 6.25 miles in just under 40 minutes.  I finished in just a little over an hour, which was my goal.  We then headed back home to my mom's for a wonderful Thanksgiving meal at her house and then later back to our house for another wonderful meal with the Babler side.  I am so thankful for such a great family.  Lots of fun!!

Friday we were able to spend the day doing a little shopping and just hanging around the house and on Saturday we once again got up early and headed to St. Paul for another race.  This time it was the Ugly Sweater Run.  We ran with the kids and they did awesome!!!!  Olivia finished her very first 5K in 40 minutes.  We were very proud of her and Charlie also walked/ran about 2/3 of the race.  The other 1/3 of the race he spent on my back.  I think I got more of a workout with that race, than if I would have actually ran it like I normally would...haha!!!  After the race, we went to one of my favorite restaurants, The Old Spaghetti Factory and of course it was delicious.  

We finished our weekend today with just a relaxing day around the house. I am really praying for a calm winter, so we can have more long weeks like this.  It was so nice spending so much time together.  We are all so busy with our own schedules, that it was great to sit back and spend some time together.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!