THANKSGIVING

Clyde, Meredith and Sofia have made it a tradition to join the Sacramento Run to Feed the Hungry on Thanksgiving morning, and they invited us to join them this year. So we were part of the 28,500 people who ran or walked on this beautiful, happy day.
Our crew: Friends Kristin and her dad, Bob, and Clyde . . .

. . . Sofia, Meredith and me . . .

. . . Dan (his wife, Meg was there too, but she ran the 10k, while we walked the 5k), and their son, and Sofia's best buddy, Jake . . .

Meredith and Clyde brought and shared coffee cake and mimosas while we formed up and waited for the run to start . . .

There were several live bands playing along the way, people dressed in funny Thanksgiving garb, friends and families, gorgeous weather and general good cheer and great fun . . .

Back at our house, we all gathered and prepared for the traditional feast . . .

Meredith and Clyde took pictures of Sofia in her beautiful holiday dress, hoping to capture the perfect Christmas card image. How could they miss with such a cute subject . . .

A person can only be so tolerant with all this picture taking . . .

Hanging out . . .

Elizabeth brought champagne and visited for a while. Mom brought the pies. Meredith, Clyde and Sof took care of the vegatables. Sofia helped me mash the potatoes and Clyde carved the bird.

YUM . . .

Christmas Snoopy came to kick off the Christmas season, and he and Sofia rubbed noses in greeting . . .

Relaxing after a full and lovely day . . .

Clyde and I are so incredibly fortunate to have our health and a happy life. We are most thankful for all of the people in our lives who we love, whether or not they were with us on this particular day.