Up & Down Weekend

This was a great weekend for a lot of diversity. Saturday morning, Steph and I woke up to join our running groups for a much needed distance run after eating all that turkey on Thursday. My run was in Eastern Overland Park, so I had about a 30 minute drive ahead of me. About 5 minutes into my drive, it started to snow...very light, but still snow. I ended up running the full 10 miles with snow coming down on an old country road with trees hanging over the roadway and the snow picking up just a bit - it was a very nice run!
Saturday afternoon, we went to my brother-in-law's (Craig & Nedra Mitchell) farm for a thanksgiving meal with Nedra's side of the family and our close, immediate family. It was a very nice drive out to Winchester, KS. Steph and Shirley, my mother-in-law, and I all rode out together.
We made sure to leave early enough to get home to watch the MU vs KU Border War that night. It was a pretty good game; it was nice to see MU finally get the recognition they deserved in the polls following the game (it didn't hurt that LSU lost earlier that day).
Sunday morning, I was up by 7am to get ready for the Chief's game. A good friend of mine got tickets earlier in the season and asked me to go - we had been to one Raider game before (a couple of years ago) - there's just nothing like it. The Raider's fans didn't come out this year like they have in the past...with a 2-9 season, I guess they weren't very confident.
The Chief's had some shining moments in their loss: 150 yrds on the ground by Koby Smith (rookie running back) and some good down-field passing by Brodie Croyle, some tremendous hits by our defense...they just couldn't put it all together for a complete game. My biggest problem is the conservative play-calling that the offensive coordinator and Herm Edwards are coming up with. The Chief's have some very leathal weapons with a few key receivers and one hall-of-fame tight end; they just need to take a chance once in a while and put the opposing defense on their heels! Alright, the Monday Morning Quarterback is stepping down for the week.
I hope everyone enjoyed the time with family and friends over this weekend we set aside to remember everything that we are thankful for! May God bless each of you through this holiday season.