Behold, the picture-fest below.
I love this girl. She is so cute and fun and spunky. I ran the first lap while Jessie bladed and we had a good time goofing off. She loved being rocketed ahead by the Mom slingshot. I ran one more lap with Dave and Toby riding their bikes. Toby is a speedster. We call him our sight hound because he sees the goal and doesn't stop until he's there. 
That crafty Denise. She made this cute sign and organized some delicious "puny snacks" as they are known in our family. 
The huge man-trike. Mr. Bennett, aka Gimpy ;), couldn't walk or run because of the sprained ankle, so he opted for the conspicuous pair of wheels. That thing takes up 1/2 the floor space in our office/storage space at the apartments. I think it comes out once a year. I guess it is worth the novelty because everyone took a turn on it and it does have a basket for carrying things. Just look at the sweet cargo it had that morning. Sydney was the designated water girl. She was so thoughtful to drop bottles every 100 yards or so for people to have as they ran laps.
The siblings. It's nice that all the Bennett's live close to each other. We miss Ken and Cassie A LOT when we get together for activities like this. We missed Tori too who was in Hawaii. loser. We missed Dan and Lauren who were up at her parents cabin too.Our kids all biked and bladed the first lap which was a mile. Logan barely made it the one lap around. Toby could have ridden 5 more but wanted to play with his friend Jacob more. Jessie's feet were sore after one lap, so she ditched the blades and started crafting with Grandma. It was the perfect set-up to have our route start and stop at the park so the kids could play there while we started the day with negative calories. If only I could find the time and motivation in the morning to do that every day........this baby weight would be gone quick! I have to change my night-owl tendencies first so I can get up before the kids. That's a hard one for me.
Grace saw this in a magazine I think and brought all the supplies for us to make one. Jessie started one for our family, but got frustrated because we asked her to stop using so much glue. We had all the park gathered around watching us make these. It was a great activity to do outside and we hung ours up for the rest of the weekend. Thanks Mom!
We ate our Thanksgiving Feast, as Toby calls it, late afternoon. My parents, Tom & Kristy, and our neighbors the Gilstraps all squeezed into our apartment and had a good time. Some of the food was a little cold (dangit!!) but still delicious. The big and little kids watched Wall-E and then we scooted over to Gram's for Dad Sr.'s b-day.
It's always fun to get out the china and set a nice table once in awhile. Jessie had fun folding the napkins and the big kids helped peel potatoes, set the table and general gopher chores. They were pretty good helpers.
"Uncle Tom Sandwich"
