Disneyworld...where dreams come true

The second weekend of January, we packed up and headed out to Disneyworld.
I ran in the DisneyWorld Half-Marathon on January 9. It was amazing. God is more amazing.

These are a two different videos from the event.



We arrived at Disney around 4:15a.m. and by 4:30 it was snowing... SNOWING in Orlando, FL. The snow didn't last long but it sleeted and rained the rest of the morning. It was below 30 degrees....very unusual for Disney. Leaving the hotel early early early in the morning

Rebekah and I bundled up before the race

I finished in 3 hours 2 minutes and 3 seconds. I was the 12,752 person out of 17,127 people to finish the half-marathon. The 6,549 woman out of 9,688. There were 1,256 women in my division alone. I was the 907th finisher for my division. I'm very glad I wasn't last!

I'm planning on doing the DisneyWorld Princess Half-Marathon in 2011 with a dear friend (and anyone else who is up for it).

We spent two days at the Disney Parks. We visited the Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and Epcot. We all enjoyed it.

Magic Kingdom Epcot

Here are even more pictures for your enjoyment.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Inside "Its a small world"... I think this was R's favorite

Lego people and dogs at Disney marketplace....very coolDancing in Mickey's Playhouse LIVEOn a train in the Magic KingdomCarosuelDumbo ride

On our way home we stopped for a walk on the beach.Bekah-sandwich

My favorites!

We didn't skip Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is my FAVORITE holiday celebration.

Rebekah and Momma's collaborative artwork.

We had the Carter Family Thanksgiving the weekend before. It was very nice.

Marie, Jeremy, and Will came down from Atlanta.

MawMaw and Aunt Bill came up from Kentwood.

We took some great family photos outside.Me and the sweet babes.

Will and Rebekah "riding"

Rebekah and I went to Jackson the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving.

Wednesday morning we got to play with Cousin Miles at his house.

Aunt Nichole pulled out her Barbie dolls for Rebekah.

Thanksgiving day, I ran a 5 mile "Hobble then Gobble" race in our neighborhood.

Then we had lunch with the Carters at our house and an afternoon of family down time.

It was lovely.

The Lake Caroline 15K

My uncle, Jay, and I completed the Lake Caroline 15K this weekend.

In case you are wondering that is 9.3 miles.

I am a very slow runner, but my time is improving.

Having the energy to go the distance is more important to me than speed.

God is amazing.

I am training for this half-marathon in January. My friend, Brooke, and www.runnersworld.com have helped me come up with a training schedule. Today I ran my first 10K...The Bridge. A 10K is 6.2 miles. The farthest I had run before today was 4 miles. My God is so amazing me. He carries me.

4th of July...long day

We started the day off in Jackson. We ran the Watermelon Classic (results here). Rebekah enjoying her breakfast in Granddaddy's chair, before the race.

After the race, we drove south to Kentwood to visit with Oma's family.We all took turns loving on baby Will. We enjoyed a nice lunch before we headed for the pool.

The Beks strutting her stuff.Showing off her new "swimming" skills. Swimming three days a week at camp has turned her into a fish.She enjoyed playing with her cousin, Katie.Rebekah was trying to tell Will how to "swim" for the first time.He didn't really want to swim as much as he wanted to sleep.

KaaKaa loving on Will and Will still wanting to be asleep!

After Kentwood, we drove back to Hattiesburg to take a nap before visiting with friends at Paul B. Johnson State Park. Our good friends, the Rogers, rented a cabin for the weekend. We enjoyed cooking out, visiting, and watching fireworks with them.

At the end of the night, we were very glad to get home and go to bed.

KeithAnn's Birthday

We got up early and drove to Poplarville for the Blueberry Jubilee.Our Little Miss en route to Poplarville.

I ran in the PTA Blueberry Run 5K.

It kicked my tail. It was very hot outside and the "slightly hilly" course was a little much for my out of shape body. I think it would have been easier for me to roll than run. My goal is always to finish in under 40 minutes, and I did. Go me.

After the Jubilee, we drove hope to recuperate before driving to Jackson.

We spent some time with my grandmother, my momma, and my seester.This was Rebekah's first visit to her Aunt Hayley's house. Rebekah was very interested in Hayley's dog. First from afar and then up close and personal.After visiting at Hayley's, we headed for Renaisance at Colony Park.

I wanted to browse Anthropolgie for some inspiration.

We left Anthropolgie with this and this.

J.R. was not really enjoying browsing Anthropolgie so he took Rebekah outside. We got a text to go to the right when we left the store. So we did and this is what we found!!!

A sopping wet girl.

And my mind immediately returned to this post by my friend Emily (Emily, I hope you don't mind the "friend" label), and I thought "why didn't I think of this?"
Of course, our tot enjoyed the fountains.She even made a new friend.

Enthralled.

Since we were planning on going to dinner, we stripped and dressed RG and headed on our way.
This is the only picture of my girl and me on my birthday.

She was still more interested in the fountain than me.

We had a great dinner at P.F. Chang's before heading back to the 'burg.

Thanks for a great day. I love my family.

Run for the Roses 5K, Prentiss

This is Jenny (she's the one in pink :P) being awesome!This is Jenny with her award for being awesome!

Yay! Go Jenny!

This is our cute family after the race where we were less than Jenny awesome, BUT we tried!

I ran 38:35, which is slow compared to the other runners.

But I am very proud of myself.

I might could have some Jenny awesomeness one day if I would run between races.

The following is a list (with links) to the four 5Ks I have completed.

My time has gotten a little better with each one.

God continues to carry me through the last mile so I can finish.

To Him be the Glory.

October: My First 5K

I can't find my official time for this one. I think it was like 44 something, but I walked with the stroller for at least half of it.

November: HealthTrust Scrub Run results 42:00

Oh the hills!

March: St. Thomas results 39:23

I love the running on LongLeaf Trace...have to appreciate the flatness!

April: Run for the Roses results 38:35

A hill at the very end is punishment!

Good friends.

What makes a good friend?

Loyalty, rocking listening skills, a loving heart?

Definitely those things.

But it doesn't hurt for them to be giving...

Like our friends the Alfords in Pensacola.

Who passed on this bike trailer for Beks and a jogging stroller.

Yay them!

Thanks so much.

Try to ignore my cartoon character voice is this.

The new blog I found

Yesterday I wrote about the new blog I found. It is written by a handsome and wonderful guy. And I got permission to share the address with you...http://bigmanrun.blogspot.com

For B,D,T & K....my school babies

So...I got a little video happy tonight. I haven't posted a video since November. And like I mentioned in the previous post, I'm doing it for the kids.

If you've talked to me one or two times since August, you'll know I haven't been as thrilled about my job as I have been in previous years. It has been hard being a wife and a mom and a teacher.

But God gave me an attitude adjustment over Christmas break that has recently been reaffirmed by the following quote...

Here's a radical idea: next time you're tempted to complain about your work, praise God for it instead. -Mark Buchanan

I have been doing a few things very differently. I've been praying and talking with God about work a super lot. I've been setting small short term goals at work, so I can leave there knowing I accomplished something (because I got to check it off my goal list) instead of feeling like a failure. And I've been trying to have a God-consciousness (thank you, Priscilla Shirer)...you know working like God is looking over my shoulder, and He actually is. He put me in this job for a reason and I need to do my very best at it to bring him the glory. All these things are really affecting how I deal with my sweet school babies. And they are sweet even when they are driving me up the wall!

That said, we still need your prayers. We have 13 weeks of school left and A SUPER LOT A BIT to accomplish.

And I found a new blog, it is written by this really handsome extremely wondeful guy... whoever is married to him is super blessed and I bet she is proud of him too. And I bet she may have permission to share his blog address with you very soon.

Health Trust Scrub Run 11.8.08

In the beginning...At the finish line...Chillin' with her JennyJust some more cutenessRebekah and her sweaty 'rents Chris and J.R., First and Second Place in their age groupI'm so proud of him! I got a medal too.

After the run, Jenny's Mama made us a great lunch.

Quality time with Mrs. Becky