He did it!

Andy ran the St. Jude marathon Saturday and did great! He finished in 3 hours 34 minutes and 28 seconds. There were 43 people from Greenville that ran either the half-marathon or the whole. The first picture is a group shot of some of the people from Greenville. The second picture is Andy, Matt Kirkpatrick, Chad Freeman and Phillip Doiron. These crazy four have trained together since the beginning and as you can see, they were all very happy to have made it! I was so proud that I was crying when Andy finished and didn't get a picture of him crossing the line - it is such a HUGE accomplishment and he has worked so hard! Next year he will take on the role of coach as he helps me train and runs the marathon with me. Congratulations to everyone from Greenville who participated and finished the race - you are truly an inspiration to us all!

Off to the races!

This weekend is the St. Jude Marathon in Memphis. Andy has been training since June and it is finally here. I am so incredibly proud of him and can not wait to watch him cross the finish line. Please keep him and everyone from Greenville that is running in your thoughts and prayers on Saturday! I'll post pictures when we get back. Good luck to everybody and stay warm!

Oh Christmas Tree!

We decorated our Christmas tree Sunday and it was so much fun. Usually I follow my rule about not doing Christmas until after my birthday but we are going to be gone the next two weekends so the rule had to be broken. Wenn was so precious! This is the first year she has really understood everything and she has been so excited! It is so much fun to experience Christmas with her! Now if Santa can only keep up with her ever growing list!

Cookies with Santa

Wenn sat in Santa's lap for the first time this year. Every other Christmas she was too scared to get close to him. It was a major break through. She even told him what she wanted for Christmas. She is such a big girl!

Sibling Class

Yesterday we took Wenn to Sibling Class at River Oaks where we will be having the baby. It was really cute and she had a blast. They taught the basic big sister skills - how to hold the baby, how not to hold the baby, changing diapers, gave them a tour of the baby suites and showed them a real newborn so she could see how tiny her little sister would be. She got a t-shirt and a certificate so she is now officially ready to be a big sister!

Honesty is priceless

So last night Wenn and I had dinner with Jamie and Keeton Murrell. We went to the Country Club and while we were there a funny thing happened. We were sitting there and Jim Allen walked by in a hat and a pullover because he had been coaching soccer. Wenn said "Why that man have a silly hat on?" so Mr. Allen turned around and said "You think my hat is silly, watch this". He then pulled his hat up where it was standing on the top of his head. The girls laughed and gave him high fives and he walked off. When he walked off, he pulled his hat off to reveal his bald head. Wenn then said "Why that man not have any hair?" of course, loud enough for him to hear it. He chuckled and came back again explaining that he had been shaving his head for a long time and that was why he didn't have any hair. He tried to get Wenn to touch his head but she would only give him another high five. Jamie and I were trying so hard not to laugh but it was hysterical. It really is precious how honest Wenn is at this age, a little embarrassing at times, but precious and priceless none the less!

Growing pains

Andy and I woke up to a thud followed by crying this morning. Wenn somehow rolled off the end of her big girl bed and the result was a big fat lip. She was fine until she looked in the mirror and then it hurt "really, really bad". Andy took her to get doughnuts before school so hopefully she is feeling a little better! I guess this is all part of growing up.