Thanksgiving

Our computer is finally back and I have a lot to catch up on! Starting with Thanksgiving. We had a nice one---it's always hard to be away from family on a holiday, but we had a good surrogate family for this one. Dan and Barb Pfaff (Dan is the coach here) had all the athletes over on Thanksgiving. They did the turkeys and ham, and everyone else contributed a few dishes--and we had lots of great food. It was nice to eat and relax in a home for the afternoon...and we had lots of laughs watching a bunch of world-class track and field athletes compete in those same events on the Wii. Let's just say the skills don't always translate.

Rowan helped me prepare apple pie, jello salad, and green bean casserole for the meal. We also made this Thanksgiving Tree which she added to each day in the weeks preceding Thanksgiving. She's old enough now to "get" the meaning behind holidays, so it was fun to experience it with her this year.

It just happened to be a rest week for Joe--which meant that he had Tues, Thurs, and Saturday off. So that worked out well with the holiday--although I think he's seriously craving a day off to get a bunch of stuff done. He has been training Mon-Sat from about 10:30 or 11:00 until 5:30. Since it gets dark at 5:00, that doesn't leave much time for anything else. He is getting really strong and is very encouraged about his training. I'll get him to post soon.

To see a few more pics of Thanksgiving, click here.