We had a jam-packed, funfilled weekend. It all started early Saturday morning at the Reggae 5k in Black Mountain where I attempted to run my first race. It was tons of fun and I do believe I may become addicted to running 5Ks for the next year or so. (that is usually how long my obsessions last on average) I literally have not competed in anything since I was 12(?) and I played rec league basketball. It was very strange to feel those little jitters in the first 30 seconds of the race. Actually, I hated it and thought to myself, "if I feel like this the whole time, I am NEVER doing this again." But it passed and the rest of the race was quite fun. I sure did hate when people passed me though. In the end, I did surprisingly well and enjoyed the whole experience.


The boys had loads of fun because we got to ride the shuttle over to the race and then they spent the morning running wild with Willa and Gray in the creek nearby.



Beth ran the race with me so uncle Jonathan came. He helped the boys tie dye shirts and then cheered us on to the finish line.



The Pittman family was there too! Uncle Chuck pushed Lucie in the stroller and ran, while Aunt Amie walked with a few of her buddies and their kiddos. You should have seen Uncle Chuck and Lucie racing through the finish line! It was a little bumpy and Chuck was sprinting......and Lucie was screaming and crying. If I had my wits about me, I would've gotten a picture.






















Did I mention that it was FREEZING cold and raining off and on the whole morning? Thankfully, Annabelle slept in so I left her with Seth. They showed up about midday and had some food and drinks with us. I did like running the final stretch with rain pouring in my face while I listened to Won't Back Down by Tom Petty on my ipod. I felt so hard core:)











After that, we all went up to the Bobilya's rental house on top of a sweet mountain for none other than.......DIRT BIKE DAY!!!!!! It was Dana's birthday so they all brought the 4wheelers and dirtbikes out to ride the trails through the mountainside for the day. Annabelle and I hung out around the house with all of the dogs and girls. It was great! We got to see Eli (Dana and Amy's little guy). It was amazing to see how much he is drawn to the dirtbikes even at 11 months old. He would slowly make his way over to them each time he was put down. The boys hope to pass their 4wheeler downt o him one day.




Around 4:00 or so, the guys all took off to go fishing in the river below. I am pretty sure they didn't catch anything, but, for some reason, the boys were soaked to the bone when I picked them up later to go home. I had forgotten their clothes back at the rental house so they had to ride home naked wrapped in some random pieces of clothing I had in my bag. It was a pretty funny sight to behold. You know, anytime they get themselves all wet and nasty, I make them ride home in the car that way so maybe it would deter them from getting that way the next time. It doesn't phase them though.

Then I drove home, got the kids settled with our babysitter and went back to the house to hang out with just the adults. We hung out around the campfire and sang a few tunes until much too late in the night...........

good times, good times