And The Winner Is...

The Great Gobble Hobble was a huge success!  We had perfect weather and everyone did a great job.  Tim mapped out a route in a beautiful nature reserve so we even had pretty stuff to look at as we gasped for air.

For those of you reading for the first time, take a look at the last post about the race to understand the full scope of what the Gobble Hobble was.

The Hubs and I are really proud of how our parents have been taking care of themselves by exercising and loosing weight, so we wanted to do something together as a family to encourage them to continue.  And now, without further ado... I present the 2012 Great Gobble Hobble!

 Tim and I went out the morning of Thanksgiving Eve to mark the way with sidewalk chalk.

 We also put distance markers along the way.

On race day, before we left the house, everybody put in their money and wrote their predicted time on the super official time card.

 Some had to make a pit stop before the race ever started, but we finally all got to the start line.

 Tim finished first, with me pretty close behind and then we grabbed the camera to capture all those photo finishes.  Poppa Cave smashed his predicted time of 60 minutes by running a race of 40:30!

 The Mommas finished together with smiles on their faces.  They also had a cheering section of sons and barking dogs.

Jonathan did some stretching to keep himself loose after the race while cheering everyone else on.

He correctly predicted that he would be the last to finish, but Poppa Speegs finished well under his predicted time!

So who was the winner?  According to our super official time card, Mom S was the closest to her predicted time.  She was only off by 24 seconds!   

Here she is with her prize money!  And the lucky winner of the autographed commemorative race day photo is Cheri!  She is the only reader who had voted for The Cloggin' Momma.  

This may just be the best family photo ever.  Cheri, be on the lookout for your copy... it's coming soon!

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, full of blessings to be thankful for.  As the day progressed and my body began to rebel against me for having put it through a 5K, I reflected on how much I have to be thankful for- a healthy family that loves each other and is willing to spend time together, a house that we have made our home, college students who keep us on our toes, friends who teach and encourage us, understanding of my Savior's love and grace... well I probably won't understand that fully until I get to see my Jesus in person.  So much to be thankful for.  My heart is full!

Thanks for being curious enough to read.