Thanksgiving 2011

So, this year, it was the Manger-Sutton Thanksgiving.  Tyson and I have taken on the Thanksgiving tradition, and this year, we were lucky enough to get part of my family and part of Tyson's family together to celebrate this Thanksgiving.  We celebrated a day early because Tyson had to work on Thanksgiving day, as well as my stepmom and Dad.  We had a blast!  Luckily, we had gotten in our NEW dining room furniture just in time for our Thanksgiving dinner....YAYYY!!!......so we got to sit and eat in our dining room altogether.  And guess what?!!?  Everyone had a chair to sit in!  YAYYY!!!  Previous years, we've had to pull up my exercise ball for me to sit on, our computer rolling chair, the barstools....you name it!

Our new dining room furniture!

So our day started out with a LSRF (Crossfit) workout.  Tyson and I thought we better get in a good one before we pigged out!  Once we got home, I remained in my workout clothes, hair all disheveled, and began helping out with the day long process of cooking.  Thanks to Lululemon Athletic wear (LOVE THIS BRAND!) it kept me nice, dry, and comfy!   By 4 o'clock, Tyson was carving the turkey!  Sorry the picture is sideways.  It's right side up on my computer, but turns sideways for blogger.  :(

Tyson carving the turkey!

After all of the eating, we took family photos like we did a couple of summer's ago.  We set up the camera, and then everyone ran to a spot to get inside the frame of the camera!  

On the floor have my dad and stepmom. On the couch starting to the left we have my younger brother, Brandon, me, PRECIOUS!, Nancy, and Emmy! And of course, in the back we have Hugh and Tyson.

After eating and photo fun, we all played a few rounds of the game Apples to Apples, drank wine, and ate pie.  Nothing better than that right there!  The next morning, we began to set up our Christmas tree.  It's become a thing that after every Thanksgiving meal or day, we set up our tree.  Also, it's nice to have extra hands to help us get the darn thing put together!  Another sideways photo....sorry...  :(

Look! They're so HAPPY putting this tree together. Their smiles scream, "I wish I could do this every day!" (insert sarcasm here)

Move over boys, let the decorator take over!.......me :)

Overall, Thanksgiving was a huge success, and it was wonderful to have both families get together.  I hope everyone had a GREAT Thanksgiving!  Hopefully everyone has come out of their "turkey comas!" :)

Oh!  One more thing, for your viewing pleasure, below are just some extra pictures Hugh and Nancy caught with the puppies when they got in on Tuesday and we were at the gym!  Love my in-laws!  They're so funny!  We don't have any children yet, so for now, I say that my children are furry.....  :D 



Just Hugh and "the girls," hanging out!

Nancy and the girls!



Ooooo......sneaky, sneaky Rosco.  You see, Rosco isn't allowed on the couch. But!  He'll creep up on your lap everrrrr...soooo...sloooowly to see if he can get away with it.  Which, he usually does because he's too cute and it's hard to say no.

And there you have it!  Feeling like a lap dog and happy!

Our Hobby Together

Below is a commercial/video Lift Strong Run Fast created. This pretty much sums up our new hobby and what we do. Click to watch!


Lift Strong | Run Fast from 31Films on Vimeo.


So, this new lifestyle Tyson and I have decided to tackle together has become quite a hobby/passion.  As
you all know, almost a year ago Tyson and I joined this Lift Strong Run Fast program, which is a crossfit affiliated program.  Tyson started it to get his butt back in shape, as well as getting him in more shape for his job.  A month later, Tyson recommended that I'd give it a try since I was into keeping in shape.  He knew that this would take me to the next level that I wanted, as seen in video above.

Since then, Tyson has slowly become this health and fitness nut, and recently, he wanted to take it to the next level.  A lot of LSRF members see a sports medicine guy for aches, pains, injuries, etc.  At the beginning of the summer, Tyson was really worried about his flexibility and how his hips seemed misaligned, so he went to this guy that LSRF recommends.  He found out that this guy ALSO deals with nutrition.  Yay to that!  Over the past couple of months, Tyson has been toying with going and getting a nutritional plan mapped out for him in order for him to get bigger and stronger.  Tyson has definitely built up more muscle, but he's still skinny minny.  His pants are practically dropping off of him now.  I had made many suggestions that I knew about ( **cough, cough**) EAT MORE CALORIES (the good ones of course).  Personally, I knew Tyson wasn't eating enough, and I think in the back of his mind, he knew it too.  However, Tyson is not one to just dive into a nutritional plan unless he has a professional right up on his rear telling him he needs to do this.  Sure enough, he went to the nutrtionist/sports medicine guy and he recommended he take in 3600 calories a day!  "HO-LY COW!" was my response.  So, when all was said and done, the nutritionist put Tyson on a plan, and we hope to see some results in his strength and digestion in a couple of weeks.

Tyson mentioned to the nutritionist that I would like to come in and have a body analysis and be on a plan.  Apparently, he said that I can be on the same plan, I just have to cut everything in half.  For now, I will do this, but I still want to go in and get that body analysis as well as a plan tailored to my specific needs.  I'm not too concerned with what I'm going to eat with Tyson for right now because it's pretty much all of the same stuff I've been eating, just mixed and portioned out differently.  But, I'll give this a shot, see if I feel anything different, and if I feel that there might be something missing to the plan that I need, I'll go and see Tyson's guy.

So now, here I am, after hours and hours of food prepping on my Sunday, FINALLY just getting to sit and relax a little.  This plan requires us to food prep, and let me tell you that it's an overwhelming task.  We had to buy SO MUCH in bulk yesterday.  I couldn't help but laugh and wonder what the check out guy and bagger were thinking when the saw us with a giant family pack of eggs, cartons of spinach, and turkey, chicken, and sirloin stacked high in our cart!  This plan has us eating SEVENTY eggs in this ONE WEEK between the both of us.  We were egg boiling machines this morning, let me tell ya.

Overall, Tyson and I kind of reflected a little yesterday, and we both agree that it is nice that we have a hobby we enjoy doing together.  I really like working out with my hubs, and I'm really liking that Tyson was to eat healthier and just BE healthier.