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Thanksgiving morning my family did the Houston Turkey Trot - Carrie did the 10K and the rest of us did the 5K. It was early and cold, but we're ready to go!
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Some people came in costume.
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There was quite a crowd, and the streets were blocked off for us.
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Lots of people all waiting to start the race!
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...and we're crossing the starting line!
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We finished our 5K first, and here's Carrie crossing the finish line of the 10K!
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Here we are by the finish line. I'm not sure why I'm leaning over like I'm drunk or something.
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Later we went Christmas tree hunting. The farm we went to had this neat wood Snoopy that sadly wasn't for sale.
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We have a measuring stick and a saw, and we're ready to go!
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Jessica and Carrie amidst the trees that weren't good enough for us.
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This one was good enough for us...if only it wasn't big enough to go through the ceiling. Oh well!
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David handled his tree-measuring duties quite well.
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We survey the tree we decided on in a totally not posed manner.
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Then it's up to the girls to saw it down!
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Dad and Jessica drag our prize back to the front.
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On the way home, we saw this cute Duck Crossing sign :-)
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Jessica and Carrie show off their Spätzle making technique for the traditional Turkey Spätzle soup.
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A closeup of the Spätzle grinding.
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David and Maggie share a nap on the couch.
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Carrie and I play a rousing game of Balloon Cup. She beat me, but it was close!
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We saw these delicious looking turkey cupcakes at Rustika.
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Back at our house, we now have lights in the front yard!
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And a cute little penguin standing watch.
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Meanwhile inside, our tree is nicely decorated, and there are even a few presents underneath!
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Our tree with the lights off, in an attempt to show off the lights. It kinda works :-)
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I mixed the meatballs for my family this year. It was kinda gross and very, very, very cold on the fingers. I'm putting on a brave face though!
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Jessica enjoys a book on the couch. I'm pretty sure someone put that hat on her, though.
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David helped us make like 10 dozen cookies. I stopped counting after the first three trays, anyway.
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He even decorated this Texas cookie, with a chocolate sprinkle over Austin and Houston!
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One batch of Christmas cookies.
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David opens a present.
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We opened some good presents together, including this whale can opener. It's awesome!
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We opened our stockings together, too!
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Over at David's parents place, Eli is still cute.
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He likes his Uncle David!
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Many, many presents were opened.
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Winston is still happy and such.
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David and I in front of the tree.
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I ended up putting together most of Donovan's Lego Star Wars ship. It turned out pretty well!
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