Thanksgiving...

This past week has been soo nice! Jake has had a break from school... aaahhh... so great. Seems like he's at school so much lately. We got just about all of our Christmas shopping done... in record time for us!! There were some killer deals at the stores Friday. I love sales! Also, Jake's brothers came to spend Turkey Day with us. We had lots of fun. Luke loved having his uncles around to tease and play with him! Big thanks to Daniel and David for making the long drive to TX! It wouldn't have been the same without you guys! Aaron and Kristen and kiddos joined us for our Thanksgiving dinner too, so it was a fun little group.

Luke and Uncle Boon

MMm... Yep, we're good cooks ;)

Smith guys seem to gather around TVs and computers...

Luke was impressed with Davey's tower building skillz...

Yeah!! Sweater weather finally came to Texas...

Downtown Running :)

This morning I ran my first official half marathon. Woo hoo! Ya, maybe that's bad to do on Sunday but that's the only time marathons are held outside of Utah.... or at least I haven't found another state other then Utah that holds them on Saturday. Ha. I love running with lots of people. The energy is so awesome, and there are so many great runners. It's inspiring, really. There were over 3000 other people running. The majority of them were running the half marathon and others continued on for the full marathon. We started at the Alamo and ended at the Alamodome. The course took us through different missions and historical sites. I was planning on running it in under two hours and everything was going perfect until the end of mile 6. My back started hurting, and looking back I probably should have stopped. Hopefully it's not messed up for a long time now! I've NEVER had a problem with my back. Ever. Even on the long runs I've been doing over the last few months. So, this was weird and new to me! Well, to make a long story short my back spasms continued getting worse through the end of the race and I had to slow down a lot. I finished in around two hours and twenty minutes. Ugh... so frustrating to feel great and have annoying pains slow ya down! Oh well.. I'm glad I know now what these events are like. Next time will be better! :)

Sunny Day...

Elmo and his friends came to Texas! We took Luke to see Sesame Street Live "Elmo Makes Music" on Saturday morning. It was so fun. Jake and I even liked it. Luke has loved Elmo since he was tiny. Elmo's world on Sesame Street was the only thing for so long that he would watch on TV.
The show was a couple of hours long and I think it's the best behaved Luke has been in public in a long time. :) He was so excited to see all the characters. There was even an "Elmo's World" segment with Mr. Noodle. Funny!