Happy Turkey Day and Seattle marathon

Happy Thanksgiving to everybody! We had a very nice day. We went down to Tacoma to have a nice dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Tracy, Grandma and Grandpa T, Don and Jill, and Uncle Bubba. We had a very nice dinner and lots of fun chatting and visiting. We hope everybody else had a great day too.

On Saturday we went into downtown Seattle to the 1st ever 5k in conjunction with the Seattle marathon. The race was right on the waterfront, making for a fun morning. And the weather was nice too! What are the chances of that in Seattle during November?? It was chilly, but not raining, for which we were grateful. Josh ran his race and did very well. He got 26th overall, and 2nd in his division. He was mostly excited for the shirt. Instead of just a t-shirt, like most races, he actually got a really nice running shirt. WooHoo! That made it worth the entrance fee right there!

So here are some pics from the race:

Caught Red Handed!

Yesterday we went to play at Grandma's house, and one of the things we did was make our gingerbread house. We'd never actually done this with the girls yet, so they were really excited and proud of our creation. I think it turned out pretty cute!

So this morning, as I am getting the kids ready to go to church, I see Joshy climbing up to get something... but I wasn't sure what. I figured out what he was getting into. Those little fingers were already pulling candy off the house!

And doesn't he look like he's pretty proud of himself doing it so quietly? This kid is sneaky!

Too bad we can't use the Santa Claus list to coax this one into behaving the way we want, it's working sometimes on the girls, though :)

Josh is old...

and getting older by the minute! We had his birthday party on Sunday because it was also Isabel's primary presentation, so Grandma and Grandpa were already up here.
Isabel's part was, "The prophet is the prophet of God." Can you tell they wrote their own parts? That's total Isabel-eze.

So we all had a nice dinner and jello cake, with Martinelli's, yum! Here are some pictures from that night.






The girls made him their version of "Mopar Action" to go with his subscription.


And here he is with his fancy schmancy running watch.