Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. What's better than fall colors, cool weather, Cowboys winning, and lots of good food to eat! We were so blessed to have family in town this year. My Aunt Jo & Uncle Bill stayed with us along with Uncle Bill's mom Eris. Sarah and my Uncle Allen stayed at my parents house. We went to our favorite Mexican restaurant Las Haciendas on Wednesday night. On Thursday morning my Mom came over early to start cooking the turkey. We ended up with a huge feast for lunch - turkey, ham, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, corn, and about 4 more casseroles. Everything was so GOOD! The spent the rest of our lazy day visiting, talking, and of course watching football!

Rock N Roll San Antonio

I ran my first Half Marathon!

I started training with a local running club last summer. I've always liked to work out but was never into running. This was definitely a new and tough challenge. Every Saturday morning I wake up around 5 and meet up with my group for a long run. Most weekends we run 8-12 miles. I run 2-3 times on my own during the week for shorter runs, usually 3-5 miles. My group is training for the Houston Marathon but I've met several runners also running the San Antonio race. The San Antonio Rock N Roll Marathon is fun with bands playing at each mile marker but tough with a couple hills throughout the course. And who decided the race should end on a hill?!!

I ran this race with a group... we didn't run together necessarily but we did sign up and train for this race together and it was a nice support group for my first race. My sister Sarah, brother in law Brian and his brother Ron, and my brother in law Bryan all completed this race.

We went to San Antonio the day before the race and went to the Alamodome to pick up our packet and shop the Expo. After checking into our hotel we went to the Riverwalk for a late pasta lunch. We had a quick trip to the nearest grocery store before hanging out at the hotel that evening.

Early Sunday morning we caught the bus to the start line. It's exciting and overwhelming at the same time. The are so many people and lots going on before the race. We checked our bags, stretched, went potty and waited what seemed like forever waiting to start. Finally we're off and the first band at the start line is a mariachi band. Of course! It's San Antonio. I don't remember all the music except that mile 6 played Ice Ice Baby and everyone around me was singing... too funny. At Mile 2 we ran by the Alamo and saw Lisa and kids. We saw the whole group cheering us on at Mile 8. Around mile 10 I started to slow down and by mile 11 I had to walk for awhile. It was warm that day, mid 70's with 94% humidity. I crossed the finish line after that awful hill, got my medal, an ice cold towel and lots of food to eat. David and Alex were so excited for me and Alex loves my medal. Alex was happy to cheer on Aunt Sarah too!