Home for the holidays

The week at Alexandra's school before the Christmas break was so crazy! Alexandra's class had a different thing to do each day for example slipper day, pajama day, crazy sock day, and I just realized I only got a picture of pj day! She had her class holiday party Thursday ( I forgot my camera). The Friday before the break the school had a Jingle Bell Run to raise money for diabetes. So Avery and I went to the school to join Alexandra on her run. It was a fun week for Alexandra and made the week go by so much faster. I look forward to having her all to ourselves during the break!! We can't wait to spend lots of time with family and friends!!!























pj day






















Avery ready for Jingle Bell Run

Alexandra and her friends at Jingle Bell Run

13.1

My very good friend Sarah and I ran the Whiterock1/2 marathon in Dallas December 5th. It all started back in June when she asked me to start running with her. I laughed and said "I am not a runner I am a speed walker". She said "just try it, you will get addicted". Well, I did and she was right I LOVE running! Who would have thought. We began training in July and started running 15 minutes a day and then added to that each week. She is a wonderful trainer! We started out running 3 times a week and the closer it got to the big event we ran 6 times a week with early Sunday morning being our long runs. It really worked out well and was hard at times but we pushed through it and did a fantastic job at the 1/2 marathon. We enjoyed it so much we are trying to figure out when to do a full marathon! Call us crazy but it was an amazing experience I would highly recommend it to anyone, runner or not! We made some great memories during training and plan on making many more during our full marathon training.

Sara and I eating our Gatorade energy booster before the race

stretching

Sarah and I before the race picturing ourselves at the finish line!

My wonderful sweet hubby and my # 1 fan!

Alexandra on Cheryl's back

Papa and Avery

My family and friends! Thank you for your support!!

Me putting on my 13.1 sticker. Yay!!!!