Jingle Bell Run

 

Christmas Eve! What a great way to spend the morning before all of the Christmas festivities began. My friend (Tami), my girl, and our dogs headed to Tacoma for a super fun 5K in a park. Everyone was dressed up in Christmas outfits! The course was 3 undulating laps on a gravel path. It was cold, but calm and sunny. Tami is recovering from knee surgery. She's following doctor's orders and doing fabulously.

  

 

 

 After the run, which we started at 10am, it was time to get home and cleaned up so we could begin cooking Christmas Eve dinner. I always look forward to Christmas Eve and having cheese fondue! It's my tradition. I love using the china, silver, and crystal. It makes the table so festive.

 

The table is set for dinner!

 

 

After dinner. It was a success.

I hope everyone had a peaceful Christmas full of love, family, and friends.

Reindeer Romp 5 Mile

Photo by Michael Lake

It's already been a busy holiday season. My daughter sings in a community choir and she has six performances during the next nine days. So after this morning's race, we headed straight to Benaroya Hall to sing. She changed her clothes in the car while I drove. It rained during the whole race and we were soaked to the bone.

Our race was at the Redmond Water Shed. I love running races on the trails there because they are smooth and wide. This race was 5 miles--the longest race my daughter has done. She is used to the 5K distance, and she admitted those last two miles seemed a lot longer than the she thought the would be. This was her second of four races in the Winter Trail Series.

Singing at Benaroya Hall