Marathon Weekend.

This past weekend we went to Florida again. We went so Chad could participate in the Disney Marathon for the 4th time. He has been training all year to do this 26.2 mile race. I am so proud of him having the endurance to do these types of races. I have never been a runner. I really admire people who do it. I know you have to have a drive to be a runner. I have never had that drive. I know I need to exercise to keep my weight down but long distance running has never been my thing. So anyway back to Chad's big accomplishment.

He did the marathon this year with his mom and his sister, Kitty. Besides Chad accomplishing this amazing feat, this was Chad's mom's first marathon and Kitty just had a baby 3 months ago. Just amazing!!!! They all did an amazing job despite the Florida heat. This is my 3rd year spectating the race which is quite an adventure. The marathon course goes through all of the Disney parks and you have to get at certain viewing areas at just the right times so you can see your "runners". I managed to see Chad a couple of times and then at the finish. Joining me in the spectating adventure was Casey,Westin, Clinton and Amy. It is nice to have someone with you to chat with while you are waiting to see the amazing runners pass by. So hats off to Chad, Kitty, Pat and everyone else that did the marathon. I admire you!!
(p.s. Jess--I kept thinking you were going to come around that corner at mile 9-you were in my thoughts-miss you!!)

Christmas Vacation!!

Happy New Year!!!

I can't believe it has been two weeks since my last post. It has been a busy two weeks though. We had an amazing trip down in Florida. Christmas in 80 degree weather is absolutely amazing. It was a nice change from the lows in the 30's here. It was great spending time at my moms and dads. We also drove down one day to South Florida to see Chad's mom and grandmother. We also were able to stay 2 nights over at the beach at my mom's place. While we were there Chad's Dad and his wife came over and for dinner. We are so thankful for all of the gifts we received but I am most thankful that we were able to see all of the family. ( I guess I should have told you all earlier that I didn't really need any presents -just your presence is enough for me!!!) It was a great time. Well today is the last day of 2007. What a year it has been!! I am so blessed. I have an amazing family. A lot of things happened this year with our move and all, and everything has just been great. I love my awesome husband and my incredible two children. I love our new home and town. I love our new church and new family there. I love that we are only 6 hours away from seeing my family. (The drive seems shorter and shorter each time). I love that I have amazing friends that I am able to stay in contact via email. I AM BLESSED!!! I hope everyone is thankful for everything that they have in their lives. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

p.s. I will post some pictures from our trip when I get them on the computer!!

Lots of LOVE!!!!

Yesterday evening we went to our church cantata/Christmas dinner. It was wonderful. It is really great to have a second family at church here in Georgia, since I am always missing our family in Florida. The people here in Georgia are just amazing people. I have never heard more "I love yous" from adults to each other. The love is just amazing. They love God and each other.

Anyway back to my sweet little angels. I really wanted them to look extra spiffy for the cantata that was put on by our choir. It is a small church and small choir but their voices were truly amazing.

So here are the kids.......love to all.

p.s. This tie and jacket were handed down from his awesome older cousin Gunner!! How special!!

p.s.s. We are leaving for Florida for 8 days on Wednesday so I wont be posting while we are gone but will have lots of pics to share when we get back. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Guess what I have been up to.................

As most of you know I am a candle maker. I started it about 3 years ago this Christmas. We are always on a tight budget for gifts for family and friends. I always like to make homemade gifts too, so this began my candle making career. Since we are leaving in like a week to go down to Florida for Christmas I wanted to make sure I had everything wrapped and ready to go this week. So on Sunday I cranked out 41 candles. I did it during nap time and Chad was outside working so it really didn't cut into our family time. It is really a lot of fun. So this explains my lack of blogging recently(not like I do a lot to begin with_. As of 3pm this afternoon I think I am done with Christmas gifts. Well it wont be official til I ship a couple of packages which I am planning on doing in the morning. Blah...blah ....blah....I am sure you like to hear me think out loud. By the way I am loving the weather here this week in middle Georgia. It is up in the low 80's today. It's like a Florida Christmas for sure!! But I know it wont be around very much longer-it's supposed to be back in the middle 50's this weekend. Well it is nice while it lasts.

We are now experiencing technical difficulties....please stand by....

Bear with me as I learn out to do this blog decorating stuff.....

Guess what?? More pictures!!