Each year the turkey trot gets a little bigger. This year we were up to 4,800 signed up as runners (this means so many more as observers and families supporting each other). I was able to slow down somehow a little more this year and just take it all in:…
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Turkey Trot
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Come join us at the Gilbert Turkey Trot!! This is our 12th year at this sucker and every year is a new adventure. Sure, so much stays the same, but SO much changes: New traffic patterns to deal with, new sponsors to find, meetings with the town of Gilbert, so…
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Last year was the tenth anniversary year of this little thing that has grown so much over the years from just a little neighborhood group in the park by our house to this: And this: I don’t know if I ever even posted about what happened last year…the “Turkey Trot…
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Remember when it was the first ever Global Awareness day for BBS? (Yeah, if you don’t, I wrote about it back HERE.) Well, we have our own little local BBS awareness here in the desert each year when we hold the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. One hundred percent of the…
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Our traditional Thanksgiving gratitude tree was looking a little measly on the leaf deal up until all the kids got home, and now it’s starting to rock:) (Lots more about our traditional “Thankful Tree” back HERE and HERE.) Let’s take a look at all those thankful people: (Ok and Dave…
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Ha! Ok, I don’t really believe in weather gods, (although I do believe in a God who can fix anything…maybe sometimes things don’t really need to be fixed…and oh that’s coming out all wrong but bear with me here!). I think even if it would have rained like gangbusters on…
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In the midst of the Children for Children prep we were simultaneously in the thick of the Turkey Trot prep. Dave and his team have been hard at work getting things situated, which is always a pretty huge job. But one that he and his team are pretty good at…
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The turkey trot continues to amaze me each year. Amazes me how many good people come out to support. To work their tails off on a holiday (before and after that morning). To make a difference for the two charities we support. And it amazes me how fun it is. …
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Happy December! For the first day of #LIGHTtheWORLD let’s talk about the Turkey Trot. Because the people who helped with this thing are lighting the world, I’ll tell you that! The Turkey Trot went off with flying colors on Thanksgiving morning. Each year I sit in awe at that thing.…