Minnesota Memories

Since this is likely our last year in Minnesota, I find myself beginning to get sentimental. I will probably be blogging a lot about our last winter in Minnesota. This year we had a great Thanksgiving. Charlie's parents joined us and we went to the home of the parents of one of our friends on staff with us. We have frequently gone to their home to celebrate the holidays when we've been unable to get back south. This year it was fun to have Papa and Bebe come along as well.

The weather was typical bizarre Minnesota! When I woke up Thanksgiving morning, it was a balmy 54 degrees. That was perfect for our race. Here's a shot of us turkey trotters right before the big (only 3.1 mile) race. This was my third year doing the Minneapolis turkey trot. It was a fun one to end on. It was one of those days where the high occurs first thing in the morning and the day gets colder and colder as a front moves in. Almost as if on cue when we sat down to eat thanksgiving dinner that evening, it started snowing.

We have our little family tradition of cutting down our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. This year did not disappoint! It was a lot of fun getting our tree in the snow. Made for a memorable time!

At this point, we're getting pretty cold!

We were surprised that they had free pony rides this year. We couldn't pass that up!