Turkey Trot

What a fun and unique Thanksgiving we had!   Since we recently returned from a long vacation with family, it only made sense to stay home for Thanksgiving.  An all-time favorite past time of mine is being our family travel agent/program director, so I took it upon myself to find something fun to do as a family for Turkey day... here's what we did:

We drove early Thursday morning through the rain to Dana Point to run in the 31st Annual Turkey Trot.  We hopped out of the car to clear skies, pulled out the stroller, threw the little ones in and made a run for it (literally). The 5K race had already begun, so we brought up the rear. Dallin busted it out and ran the entire race with only a small break in the middle.

 He was determined to win. I told him that we definitely won first place in the "2 parents, 3 little kids" division. He was pleased. Even little Claire got in on the running action.  

We had a great time and finished in under an hour which we thought was pretty good considering our current family situation:). 

After our nice morning jog-by-the-ocean, we checked in at our hotel for the night (which happened to be only 2 blocks away).  It was a beautiful Marriott resort and I think we may have been the only ones there.  They upgraded our room to an ocean view, 

gave us free breakfast vouchers for the next morning and free parking to boot.  Needless to say

we all enjoyed ourselves.

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That afternoon, we grabbed some lunch and went swimming.

  That evening, we had Thanksgiving dinner reservations down the street at The Beach House (beautiful restaurant right on the water).  The kids really enjoyed themselves and the food (especially the butternut squash soup and pumpkin pie).  

We took turns throughout the day saying what we were thankful for... there sure was a lot.

  How blessed we truly are in so many ways, and I am especially thankful for moments like these that we have to be together as a family!  

Happy Thanksgiving!