End of Summer BBQ

I decided to have an end of summer bbq bash

at my neighborhood park.  I made these cute

center pieces for the tables.

We had hamburgers and hotdogs and

lots of other yummy food.

The weather was great and it was a fun night!

This is the pavilion 

The food table with my homemade tablecloth

made out of scrapbook paper

Nash sliding down the slide

Katy and Naomi

Beckie and Chelsea and Evie

Stacey and Jeff- Wendi and Aaron

Pushing kiddos on the swings

I look terrible, I was so sweaty from setting everything up

But I had fun and hope everyone else did too!!

Maybe I'll have to make it a yearly tradition

My first 5K

On Saturday Sept 8th I did my first 5K

I had been working all summer to build up

the stamina to be able to do it.  

(I hate exercise) 

The day finally came. I was nervous but excited.

My friend Katy agreed to do it with me so

that I didn't have to walk alone.

I'm so glad she did.  She challenged me to 

walk faster then I would have if I'd gone alone.

We even jogged a little.

I was hoping to finish in 54 mins doing 18/min mile

which is what I've been doing on the treadmill.

But we did it in 48 mins doing 16/min mile

I was so happy to finish and do it faster then I

had planned.  It was a tough coarse with some killer

hills and I was pretty tired at the end,

but I was proud of myself.

Maybe I'll even do another one- MAYBE

 Katy and I before the race

After the race

It was a memorial 5K for fallen soldiers from Athens.

It was a great day for a great cause.

Thanks for going with me Katy!!

Labor Day 2012

Once again I chose to labor on Labor day

My brother Nic came over that morning and

pressure washed the outside of my house.

I trimmed bushes, picked up all the branches,

Pulled weeds and mowed the lawn.

The house and yard look so much better now.

It really needed some tender loving care.

Here is the before and after he pressure washed

the house. It was gross.

This is the after, before it was covered in green stuff

He also pressure washed the patio.

I didn't realize how dirty it was.

It's beautiful now!

I was pretty sore after all that work but

it was worth it.