day of giving thanks!

as the rush of the holiday season begins, we are hoping to savor the bits of peace and calm we have as a family... especially amidst ryan's crazy schedule. we had a great thanksgiving, although ryan is currently back in the hospital to work the remainder of the holiday. but, even though it was a short celebration at the smith household, we have so much to be thankful for.
and today in honor of the Biber family tradition, lily completed her first turkey trot! with about a 1/4 mile to go, we passed a man with a stroller who we had been gaining on for a while. my cross country instincts set in and i got a little bit competitive. i knew we could take him and we went in for the pass. i tried to be all friendly as we went by and said, "good job! happy thanksgiving!" but deep down i was thinking to myself, "don't pass him if you can't keep the lead!" anyway, lily was the first baby to finish and it was a great race. although at the end as we were walking through the chute, he came up to us and said, "you are mine next year!" whoa... watch out turkey trot '08!
we hope you all have had a wonderful day of celebration with friends and family! happy thanksgiving!
courtney