Thanksgiving 2012 Festivities

I love Thanksgiving.  :)  Every year, we wake up early to run the Greensboro Gobbler 5k at Country Park, where we see half of Greensboro... always fun to run into old friends!  And then we get to spend the rest of the day with Aaron's family & my family.  Here are some pictures from this year... but I don't have any pictures from the Thanksgiving dinner at my parents' house. 

Bundled up... ready for the Gobbler!

Such a fun family tradition  :)

Apparently we like black & grey!

I love my family!

Handsome Little One!

Emily!

Thanksgiving dinner at Grandmama & Papa's

I'm so thankful for these two!!

The Riddle family

Grandmama & Papa and most of their (great)grandkids.

Papa with his great grandson.  :)

I'm so thankful for all of God's many, many blessings.

Triple Lakes 40 Mile Trail Race

Oh, don't you worry.  I did NOT run a 40 mile trail race.  Not a chance.  But... I did go watch & cheer this morning for my hubbs and four of our other sweet friends from high school who ran the relay race together.  :)  It was an absolutely gorgeous morning, perfect for a run and perfect for cheering!  And it was so great to hang out with this group of friends.  Everyone came over last night for a pre-race dinner (so fun!) & then we all got to walk & talk this morning while they were waiting for their turn to run.  Michael, Lynn, and Cooper... don't you guys want to move back to Greensboro?! 

The Trail Tamers...  :)
Turner, Lynn, Emily, Aaron, & Beahm

Pre-Race

Oh, hey cutie  :)

Typical.

"I'm pretty sure all these people do is run. And eat carrots."  - Emily
{ referring to all the runners running the 40 mile trail race solo }

Cuddling  :)

They're off!

Walking with my Little Man to the spot where Aaron finished.

The Beahms.  Minus Cooper.

Davis & the ladies!

Go Aaron, Go!

Finishing his leg of the race... with a smile.

"Baton" handoff complete. Go Lynn!

Such a pretty setting for a race!!

And First Place goes to the Trail Tamers!  :)

Nice job guys!  Next year I expect you all to run the whole thing by yourselves.  Deal?!  :)

The K-Vegas 5k

On Saturday, most of our small group (we missed you Turner & Agustina!) ran in the Kernersville 5k together.  When we woke up, it was thundering and lightening and pouring down rain... but thankfully the rain slowed to a drizzle / mist for the actual run and wasn't bad at all.  And it was fun to run the race with lots of friends.  :)

The whole group

Where the 5k started

Aaron, me and Davis  :)

My running partner!

Our cheerleaders  :)

This is Davis's 2nd 5k...
he's training to be a marathon runner.  :)

Crossing the FINISH line... all together  :)

Disclaimer: Our bibs say we ran the Beer Run...
But don't worry, I didn't actually run the Beer Run while pregnant!
Not sure why we had the bibs from that run??

I think this was my last pre-baby run.  But don't worry, I'm not too upset about it!  :)

Gobble, Gobble, Gobblerrrr!

Thanksgiving means Greensboro Gobbler time!  :)  The Greensboro Gobbler is a 5k at Country Park on Thanksgiving morning that my family usually runs together.  It's a lot of fun & it makes me feel a little less guilty about all those calories I eat throughout the day!  One of my favorite things about the Gobbler is that I always see dozens of people I know but don't see often, since it's a fairly big event.  Here are some pictures from the Gobbler this year...

Team O'Hare/Riddle, pre-run

And we're off!

Dad in his festive Gobbler shirt

Team Riddle looks a little too excited here  :) 

Pretty Ricky & Easy E

Beahm & Cooper!  He was so cuddly (Cooper, that is!)

Dad finished first for our family 

Aaron, me, Eliza, & Isaac finishing.
Now it's time for Thanksgiving food!!

I always enjoy running this as a family!  :) 

High Point Half Marathon

A few years ago, if I had told my dad that he'd be running a half marathon, he would have laughed at me.  Eliza too.  But after a few months of diligent training, they just finished their first half marathon in High Point a week ago!!  They ran the whole way & did it in a faster time than their goal time.  I'm so proud of them!  :)  

Dad & Lib with their fan club.
Except mom, who took the picture.

Go team O'Hare!

Ready or not... here they come.

Eliza tried to hide from all my pictures.  Lame.

At mile 5. 

At mile 10.

Thumbs up from Eliza... good sign.

At mile 13....  .1 to go!

Done-zo!!

Gold metals at the finish line...  ;)

Next year, maybe I'll run it with y'all.  Maybe.  :)