On The First Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me…

Date: November 28, 2013
Author: astottler

One AMAZING family. I am so thankful. And how appropriate that the first day of Christmas fall on Thanksgiving? They are the best. Image

Even though my sister is in Michigan right now!

Today just proves how awesome my family is. My parents woke up at the crack of dawn (well, it was dark) to take to and support me in a Turkey Trot.

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Also-so much respect for this guy: he ran the whole 10k with the ship!

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I had plans to take a fast for me but still easy pace of 9:00. I went out pretty fast-my first mile was 8:10-so clearly I have no ability to not go hard. This race was pretty hard, but definitely a ton of fun. And it was nice to see my race pace in the 8s again!Image

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After cleaning up, we headed to my Grandma’s house. She really outdid herself on the cooking front this year. I was SO blown away. Check out all these desserts-dark chocolate pecan pie, key lime pie, pumpkin cheesecake-all from scratch.

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We had a 24 pound turkey (for 6 people), mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, 3 types of cranberry sauce, ambrosia with homegrown oranges, butternut squash soup, green beans, rolls, orange maple sweet potatoes.

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Check out that concentration!

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So thankful. I have no words.

What are you thankful for?

10 comments on “On The First Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me…”

  1. Shawn @ Fruity 'N' Nutty

    Congrats on the turkey trot, sounds like a really fun race! So jealous of the pies and the cakes and the 24 pound turkey. 😛 It’s wonderful that you got to spend some quality time with your family and this is definitely the perfect post to kick off your 12 days of Christmas series.

    Hope you have a great weekend Aurora!

    1. Aurora

      Thank you! I was just blown away by the meal my grandma cooked-it was amazing!

  2. smilemilegirl

    Great job in the Turkey Trot! (: What a wonderful thanksgiving!! (:

    1. Aurora

      Thanks!

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