The first event of the month was a big one for me. I ran in the Rudolph Red Nose 5k run on December 2nd. For those of you who know me I have been running since Halloween to train for this event. I was very excited to run. I had ran a 5k before and loved the feeling of completing the goal. So because it was such an awesome experience I am going to start from the beginning of the day and do my best to remember how it went.
The morning of the race I had to work at my favorite school to sub at so I was bound to have a wonderful day. After work I went home to get ready to run. I was worried that Shaine was not going to be able to see me run. He was trying his best to get off work early. I was so happy when I called him to see if he was able to get off early he said that he was almost to the house. YAY! The weather was in the 50's and no wind it was going to be a perfect day, now off to Nashville. The drive up was uneventful and hardly any traffic. I registered, stretched, and got ready to run. Dad met up with us and hung around to see me off. This was a treat and it made me even more excited to run. At 6:00pm they started the race.
My race began at 6:03pm it took that long for everyone in front of me to go through the cattle gates (starting line). The race was mainly up hill well up and down hills the whole way. As I started up the first hill I could hear the firemen's chanting getting closer so I moved over to let them by. That was so awesome to watch about 15 firemen running together while chanting. As I topped my first hill there were a ton of people on each side of the road cheering everyone on. That was a great motivator. About a mile in my shoe came untied : ( I had just found a good pace and everything. When I found my pace again I was starting to get a little tired. As I looked through the crowd there were so many younger kids with their hand out waiting to give you a high five. I made my way over to the side of the road and gave out a few high fives. This was such a joyful moment for me. Because of this I was able to continue running longer. As I got close to the finish line I spotted Shaine. He yelled encouraging words that helped me finish the last leg of the race. I completed the race in 43.20mins which was below my goal of 45mins. Score I beat my goal!!! For meeting my goal Shaine and I went to Steak and Shake for some burgers and shakes. Yummy!
The next event in December was Courtney's birthday. Well Courtney, Jimmy, and Taylor's birthday. It was so nice to have everyone together. We had 3 different cakes. So we had plenty of cake for weeks. Courtney turned 8 and Taylor turned 21. It was a great day with plenty of stories.
The following weekend we headed down to Marietta, GA to have Christmas with dad's side of the family. It was a 3 hour drive. We left around 7 and arrived about 11:30pm. Shaine likes to take his time when we go on trips. We stayed with my aunt in her new house with all of my family. It was so nice to spend the whole weekend with everyone. I think the babies had the most fun because of all the attention. Here are some pictures of Riylie and Aurora they are 6 months apart.
Then there was Christmas. That was a very busy but yet very fun filled weekend. We managed to visit our grandparents and our parents all in one weekend. It still makes my head spin when I try to figure out how we did it. But it is worth it in the end.
Christmas Eve at Granny and Gramps was so much fun. All of the grand-kids were there except for Ashley. This year all of the kids were worried about the elf. When we got to Granny's the elf was on the tree. When the kids started acting silly and getting a little wild in the garage the elf magically moved outside the door. We heard knocking and Connor went out to see what it was and found the elf. Needless to say the rest of the night we did not have to get on to the kids. The elf is wonderful and the kids get really worried about what he will tell Santa. The best part of the night was when Kris came home early and surprised Mom. I wish I had my camera ready when he came in. Mom was completely shocked when he walked in at 8 we were not expecting him till 11. It was the best surprise ever!! Here are some pictures from our night.
Christmas Day at Mom's was just as fun as the night before. I stayed with Mom on Christmas Eve. Courtney had been begging me to stay with her so I let her sleep with me. Oh my goodness is she hard to sleep with. All she did was kick all night and roll all over me. But that is what you get when you sleep with an 8 year old. I woke up about 7 and she was still sound asleep. When I was in the bathroom she knocked on the door to ask if she could go down stairs yet. When we made it down stairs Santa had left Courtney a note thanking her for the cookies and for donating her own money to the Salvation Army. Because she donated her own money she got 3 extra presents. She was so excited about this. We opened presents, ate breakfast, and Shaine and I left to eat lunch at Grandma Carol's. We had soup and man did it hit the spot. We spent a little time at her house then we headed to Shaine's house.
Christmas Day at Shaine's house was very calm and a great change of pace. We took our time opening presents and enjoying the company. After we finished opening presents we packed up the truck and headed to Shaine's Grandma's house. There we had a big dinner and exchanged presents.
That is our December busy, busy, busy! I hope you and your family had a great holiday and our off to a great start for 2012!!
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