GoVember

Lively, a running store in Oak Park, puts a challenge out every November called GoVember. 

There are three levels you can attempt to complete:

The Ernest Hemingway - all E/W streets in Oak Park (~40 miles)

The Betty White - all N/S streets in Oak Park (~70 miles)

The Ludacris - all streets in Oak Park

For those of you who don't know this, I may have a bit of a competitive side to me.  Last

year I finished the Ludacris challenge only halfway through the month, which is...ludicrous!

I won and was super excited, but I also could barely walk and had to walk my last 6 mile run

because my knee was so sore.  I may have let my competitive side get the best of me.

This year I knew we were going to be in Disney for a week, and then in WI for another week

over Thanksgiving so I opted for the Betty White challenge.  My goal was to be done

before we went to Disney (and to win of course). ;)

I'm proud to say that with the help of Katy and Jessica, I accomplished both of my goals.

Katy and I were the first two to turn in our completed maps on November 11th.

Over 70 miles in 11 days.  Not bad!  And good news...I can still walk.

What's even better is Jessica and Joe's teacher Nancy were 3rd and 4th to turn in their maps, so we all got matching shirts.  Another successful GoVember is in the books.

Thanksgiving 2017

We got home from Disney on Friday, had the weekend to unpack and do laundry before
repacking and heading up to WI on Tuesday for Thanksgiving.  It was a bit of a whirlwind,
but I was so excited to go visit.  The week was filled with all of my favorite things...snuggling,
Big Buddies full of Mt. Dew, eating good food, shopping, and being together.

  

 Happy Thanksgiving!!

I'm Thankful for the Pool

Even though I miss having them at my mom's house, there's a huge perk to Sarah and

Stacey staying at the hotel when they visit.  At least one night we all meet at the

hotel so the kids can go swimming.

Not only is it tons of fun, but it's a great way to tire the kids out right before bed.  :)

Thanks Sarah and Stacey!!

Thanksgiving Bowling

Thanksgiving just wouldn't be complete if we didn't go bowling.  The kids love this tradition,
and it is actually really nice to get out and move a little bit after pigging out all day.

Guess who the big winner was...

...Owen!!

Turkey Trot

This year my dad, Ryan and I decided to run the Eastbay Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving
morning.  I was really torn on whether to race it or run for fun with my dad, but the latter
won out.  I'm so glad it did because we had a great time.  And we had one of the best
cheering sections around!!  Thanks guys!!

This was a great way to start the day and I'm hoping we can make it an annual tradition.