There is always an adventure with the Williams family and this
Thanksgiving was no different. We drove down to Nebraska Wednesday morning…in a
blizzard. This was what it looked like in Mankato:
We slowly made our way through the snow, stopping at the rest area near
St. James. It snowed and was windy all the way to Worthington. Not cool!
Along the way, we got word that Bonnie was heading to KC because Hiram
was sick. Um…who is going to cook the turkey? Well we got to Nebraska around
4pm and dropped our stuff off at Bonnie’s house and headed to Chris and Leilani’s
house…with a stop at Starbucks first (of course!) We spent most of the night
over there. We found out that Hiram was actually in the hospital with IV
fluids. Wow! He got a flat tire on the way to the hospital so his boss picked
him up and took him in. So Bonnie had to get the car towed and spring him from
the hospital. Leilani and Banyan were going to her parents for Thanksgiving so
that means our Thanksgiving would be just Eric and I, the Morales kids and
Chris.
Turkey Trot 5K
We did the Joslyn Castle Turkey Trot 5K at 9am. It was a lot more
people this year. Chris joined us this year! You can read about the race in
race report post. After the race (which I did awesome!) we headed to Starbucks
for our reward! We couldn’t hang around though because we had a turkey to cook!
Cooking a Turkey
So Juliette and I had to figure out how to cook the turkey. I’ve cooked
one once but there other smart people there who knew what to do. This time
neither of us knew what we were doing. I made a call to my mommy when I could
find the gizzards bag (it was in the neck?) and realized it was still a little
frozen. Mom talked me through it and eventually
we got the turkey in the oven. I didn’t
know that when you use an roasting bag that the turkey will actually cook
faster…now I know! So after 3 hours the timer thing popped. I thought I popped
too early since the turkey bag said 4-5 hours. So I kept it cooking. I didn’t
realize until Chris came over and said something about the roasting bag
instructions. Doh! It wasn’t too bad though. Juliette and I also whipped
together the side dishes and by 4pm we were eating dinner! Delicious!
Shopping
We cleaned up and headed out shopping. Yes I’m one of those evil people
that went out at 7pm to go shopping. It was surprisingly slow. Target and Kohl’s
had checkout lines but nothing like I remember from years past. I got some
stuff, stopped at Starbucks and was home by 9pm. It was great.
Black Friday
Juliette, Michael and I headed out to the Outlet malls but we couldn’t
find a parking spot we just came back. We had lunch and Juliette and I went for
a run. It was beautiful outside…great temperature for a run…but not after
eating fried chicken. LOL! I did 5 miles and most of it was in the
neighborhood. We had lasagna at Chris and Leilani’s house for dinner and went
out shopping again…and Starbucks. Bonnie and Hiram came home around 9pm.
Saturday
I went for a run in the morning. I had to get 4 more miles in before
the end of the month to get to 50. Michael, Eric and I went to Starbucks
afterwards (the usually). After Bonnie and Juliette got back from boxing we
went shopping again with Maddie…we did a lot of shopping. Papillion had their
annual Christmas lighting party so Bonnie, Eric, Chris, Adam, Juliette, Morgan,
Banyan and I went to that. We got our carriage ride in, walked through an old
farmhouse.
After that Bonnie, Juliette, Adam and I went to the Midtown area to see
the window displays and lights. It was very pretty.
The Long Road Home
Sunday we went to 9am Mass and made our last trip to Starbucks for the
weekend. We packed up our stuff and started on the road by noon. It was a long
road back to Minnesota but it was nice to get home.
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