It's a Race - Blogged by JME

I've had a really hard time keeping up on our blog lately. With the holidays, life has been busy. This was one thing that I really wanted to post about, however, even though it is about a month late. 

It's been a little bit of a tradition for my sister-in-law and I to go to ORMC early on Thanksgiving morning to do the walk/run before having our feast.  We've been three times now, missing one year because of the weather being too cold.  We've had others come with us, like Pookie's husband FireRyan and my N8. 

This year we left the hubbies home and had a great girl day with Pookie, me, and our girls.  It was fun to take them, even though it was cold.  June Bug loved seeing people walking their dogs and jabbered away at them.  Pooh Bear really liked listening to her little cousin talk. 

We had to bundle up pretty good.  Even though it was a sunny day, it was super chilly.  I made sure to have gloves for June Bug but forgot to bring any for me.  My hands got pretty numb from pushing the stroller with nothing protecting my hands. 

While we were waiting for the prayer and the race to start, a life-flight helicopter flew in.  It was the first helicopter June Bug has ever seen.  She didn't act too thrilled about it though. 

Sister Stephanie gave the prayer like she always does.  It is so sad.  Apparently the nuns are leaving ORMC so this is the last year they are doing the race.  We always loved doing this race because the entry fee is donating food for them to take to the homeless shelter and it was great to burn a bunch of calories before eating a big meal.  What better way than that to celebrate Thanksgiving?

 

It is also really sad because the nuns are so sweet, especially Sister Stephanie.  They will be missed!  I'm not sure if the race will be sponsored by someone else next year or if they are going to discontinue it all together.  If they do, Pookie and I will need to start our own race to run on Turkey Day to keep up our tradition.