Blogger Laziness

Yep, that's me...the Lazy Blogger! I have so many things to Blog about but just haven't been that motivated lately! I'm laying out some great photos from Thanksgiving with the promise to post very soon about my last two AMAZING book club dates with my Lafayette Ladies!!

Last Saturday I ran the Turkey Trot in Davis, CA with some of my close girlfriends! We had a blast chatting-running-eating-chatting.... In that order!! I had a pretty good race time averaging a 9 minute 10 second mile. That is including the first slow mile when you can't get a pace because there are so many people in the race... Anyway, I ran next to Robin the entire time and loved every step! We set a good pace together and ran happily the entire 6.3 miles. My only problem was that I grabbed the wrong socks at 6:15am. So, the socks rubbed against my arches and my orthodic shoe inserts creating small blisters on the arches of both feet. Ouch!! Immediately following the run I had a 4 hour dance rehearsal! As long as I kept moving, my body was fun but once I stopped - I stiffened up. About midnight I woke up with a lot of pain in my joints. Bryan gave me a great massage (I love him!!) and I woke the next morning feelin' fabulous! See - I'm not old! 38 is great!!

Monday-Wednesday
The boys were out of school this week so we filled it with some playtime with friends and a trip into San Francisco too! Oh yeah - Bryan and I have 2 weeks to finish our bathroom - a time set by the appraiser for our loan refinance! So, Bry's been up late working on it and I've been doing clean up for him and priming the bedroom and bathroom! Yikes! But it'll be done!! YAY!!


Thursday

Thanksgiving was beautiful and relaxing this year. The morning started out with Bryan, Griff and Isaac playing in the Turkey Bowl at Acalances. It was the Lafayette Ward vs. the Walnut Creek II Ward. They all had a great time! I love to see my boys' excitement over football. It's my favorite sport to watch and I'm glad they are catchin' the football fever!!

I stayed home with Noah and we prepared our portion of the Twitchell Family Thanksgiving dinner! My favorite yams - with brown sugar and pecan topping! Yums! I also fulfilled the green bean/cream of mushroom soup/pearl onions/fried onion casserole requirement this year. Oh yeah - we prepped Noah's meals for the day and made sack lunches for our little family as well. Due to the Turkey Bowl, we missed the Twitchell brunch, so I needed something to tide my family's tummies over until the Feast at 5pm!

We had a relatively easy drive to Dad & Linnie's. Gorgeous weather too! I love California! (I don't think I say this enough....but I really really love California!!) We arrived to a warm house filled with most of my siblings. Dave & Emily, Candy, Scott, Dad & Linnie, Gramy & Grandpa! So fun to sit and laugh, watch football, the boys played football, set the table and fix the meal. The turkey was wonderful as ALWAYS! I don't remember a time that my Dad and Linnie didn't have an amazing Turkey! They are absolute geniuses when it comes to roasting a turkey! Emily made a fabulous green salad - Yums! rolls, mashed potatoes, turkey, yams, stuffing , beans, green salad, cranberry-orange salad on the turkey, cranberries, martinelli's, wine for the rest of the fam, pumpkin cheesecake (Emily's Mom made it! yummy!), pumpkin pie and apple pie! Wow! I'm stuffed just typing it all out! It was a Feast!!!

The family time was the most special part! We really missed Heidi & Dan and Stacie & Jaiden! I'm looking forward to seeing them for Christmas!

HaPpY hAlLoWeEn!!!

Happy Halloween from the Holts!
Griff - The Mad Hatter
Isaac- An Oompa Loompa
Noah - A Karate Dude
Cathy & Bryan - A Cougar with her College Boyfriend

Let's face it - Bry & I have been accused of this one so many times! It was an easy costume to figure out!

We had a blast hanging out with our friends, enjoying yummy food and watching trick-or-treaters come and go. Thanks to Chris & Steve for hosting the party! I thought the "Vampire" Wine was hilarious! The Chili and the Cajun Shrimp soup was awesome!! I loved just hanging out with our friends, watching the games & trick-or-treating with our kids.

It was our first year that Griff asked to go with his pals. Isaac ended up trick-or-treating with his pals too. They both had a blast! Bryan and I took Noah out and about through the Baywood community as well. Fabulous neighborhood! Sorry to any kiddos that dropped by our house to see our bowl of candy sitting out on the porch but no one home!

Noah was hilarious....running from house to house. Kids and families everywhere!!! One of our friends that lives in Baywood was giving out full sized candy bars. As of 8pm, they had handed out 250 candy bars and the night was still young! We were walking in the dark, passing tons of people and suddenly we would here some kids yell - "Hey, there's Noah!" Suddenly and very randomly, groups of kids would come over to greet Noah. One group of girls said - "Hey Noah, it's us, your "Super Girls!" Apparently Noah plays at recess with a group of 2nd and 3rd grade girls. He has titled them his Super girls and they love it! So funny!

Isaac made a great Oompa Loompa! He walked just like the characters in the movie. He came back to the house with a boat load of candy! I'm not sure how he will eat it all - but I'm sure he'll manage. He loved trading candy later with Griff's friends.

Griff won the "Best Costume" at his middle school in the Fanatasy Category. That's fabulous since it was a trip to the Goodwill during which I slapped it together. I can't stand the Goodwill, so I'm glad the struggle paid off! Yay!

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN everybody! Hope it was fun and safe!