Thanksgiving at The Preschool

All of the pre-K students at Lauren's preschool get to tell the story of The First Thanksgiving at our Friday Chapel. Here are a few shots from the morning. We had a great time! Lauren was a turkey, and her line was, "Gobble, Gobble." She is in the front row with the green shirt. Each group (indian men, women, pilgrim men, women) each had about two words to say. They sang a bunch of songs and were too cute for words!

Father Daughter Camping Trip

Last year, Scott and Eric began a yearly tradition: a father-daughter camping trip with Dailey and Lauren. This year the trip had to be postponed due to Strep hitting the Gillies household. By the time another weekend rolled around, it was just too cold to be sleeping in a tent with 4 year olds. So instead this year they made a day out of it that started with hiking, nature collecting, and cooking camp food in a pavillion, and ended with a movie and McDonalds. They all had a great time!

Hot Cocoa

It just so happens to be cold, windy, and somewhat miserable in Atlanta today, so we decided to have our first hot cocoa of the season! They both drank out of big kid mugs, and were so proud of that!

Silver Comet Half Marathon

Eric and I recently ran the Silver Comet Half Marathon, which is a nice, flat, close-to-home race! There were 1,500 runners, and it was a perfectly cool morning. We both ran PR's, as it was the first time that we've both really challenged ourselves at the half marathon distance. Eric ran a 1:34:53, which is a 7:15 pace, and came in 65th out of 696 men, 12/121 for his age group. I beat him (only) by a minute, he is closing the gap! My time was 1:33:50, which is a 7:10 pace. I came in 8th out of 782 women, and 2nd in my age group. We had a ton of fun and thanks to our babysitting co-op, got some "free" babysitting from a runner friend!

6:52, 6:55, 7:19, 7:14, 7:02, 7:12, 7:23, 6:52, 6:55, 7:20, 7:17, 7:29, 7:09, 0:45 = 1:33:50

Lots O' Lamphiers

Boo at the Zoo!

The Atlanta Zoo has this great Halloween event where you can go and trick or treat at the zoo in the evenings. They set up a little Halloween town to trick or treat through, there's a carnival, and you can ride the carousel or zoo train in your Halloween garb. It was our first time going, and Princess Jasmine and Thomas the Tank Engine had a great time!

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