December is the new November!

So who ever wanted to read a boring blog post during the month of November? That's what we figured and decided not to write anything until month #12 arrived.

Of course we had to go to California for the annual Turkey Trot.

For the uninitiated, the Turkey Trot is basically like a double marathon conducted under extremely low oxygen conditions. There are only two ways you can qualify to run it:
1) climb Everest or 2) win the Boston Marathon

Rachel during pre-race warm ups. You can tell by her face that the Turkey Trot is all business.



Here we are nearing mile #38. Don't let those ladies in the background fool you. We're all sprinting right now.

Catching our breath after the race!



The next day we played an all-Martin family soccer match.
Jeff (in orange) won the offensive MVP award.
Rachel won the award for the cutest player on the field.



Brian organized a boys vs. girls ginger bread house contest.

Greg and Brianna acted as judges from Provo

The boys hard at work. Brian and Austin didn't get the memo that their team color was orange.

The boys' final product.
Don't ask me about the snowmen in front because I don't know.


The girls putting the finishing touches on their submission.

Guess who won? The boys.

(like it was ever in doubt)