Thanksgiving

We began our Thanksgiving festivities this year the way we always do: with the Turkey Trot.  We made our way downtown Minneapolis early Thursday morning for the run and it was cold!  We only completed 3 of the 3.1 miles of the race because Emily kept taking off her mittens and her little hands were like ice, which she was NOT happy about.  We eventually made it back to our warm cars, got cleaned up at home and headed to Patrick's aunt Tracey's house for the first meal of the day.  Tracey prepared a delicious feast and we all had a great time!

Patrick and I also got to attend Emily's Thanksgiving lunch feast on Tuesday.
It was fun to see her in her school element and I'm so glad that I made the time to be there!

Pre-race!

We then went home, checked in on the dogs and headed to Ham Lake for round two.  Everyone was there and ready to eat!  We mustered up the ability to eat one more Thanksgiving meal and spent the evening letting our food settle and watching the babies play.  Once we could barely keep our eyes open we hopped in the car and headed home to get some rest.

Baby play time!

Friday was filled with Christmas decorating, a little shopping (nothing noteworthy) and hosting a cookie exchange with my mom's family.  It was a great time and nice to get the family together around the holidays!

That's a lot of cookies!!

Now the Christmas season is officially upon us and we're looking forward to the busy month ahead.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving as well!
Happy Holidays,
The Harrisons