Mimi Makes Gravy AKA Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving celebration always starts out with the 2 mile Turkey Trot in Wichita the weekend before Thanksgiving.  We get a free turkey per registration so it basically pays for itself!  Kelton had just got over pnuemonia, so Konny wore his bib and our friend, Ana, ran with us while her parents did the 10 mile.

Immediately after, we headed home to shower because some of our friends from church couldn't use their WSU tickets and gave them to us!!

We donated a meal to a local family again.  I'm trying to instill into the children that giving is a way of life so that it will seem very natural to them when they're adults.  It's something I am far from perfect at myself, so it's an ongoing process and we're all growing together!

Then of course......Mimi came over and made the gravy!!  We all look foward to this and I ran many miles in preparation of eating it with reckless abandon!

Can't forget the matching jammies!

Thanks to online shopping, I didn't venture out in the middle of the night that eve and instead just rested up to ring the Salvation Army Bell the next morning.

Later that weekend, we were able to get most of our Christmas decorations up.

Things seemed to be going really smoothly!  We got our shopping done earlier than usual and I was on track with all the gifts I was making. We should have known there'd be a bump in the road!  A week later, Kelton would have his appendix out!  That's the next post!