We did it!

Somehow, we finished 13.1 miles on the 26th! And boy was it BRUTAL! We definitely did not train enough for the hills or the heat. The high temperature was 95* (it probably got up into the upper 80's by the time we finished, but the heat index was of course much higher), and we had some pretty big hills to climb along the route. For those of you familiar with Columbia, here was the map:

Before the race:

Sunday with our medals:

Momma crossing the finish line:

Kim & I after the race:

And, I won't post my finish line photo because I literally looked like I was about to keel over, but Kim looked like a stinkin' machine crossing the finish line (in 2 hrs 11 mins, too!)

She's all ready to do more, but I think I'll take a little break before my next one!

Fall Family Photos

Here's a peek at our family photo session from last weekend...

More can be found here!

Glamping 2011

Last weekend, we went "glamping" with my co-workers. Despite a night of little sleep, it was a great time of caving, chatting, and sitting around the fire.

We call it "glamping" because we had a house right next to us and some modern-day essentials.

It was Lily's first time camping, too. Unfortunately, she had to stay in her crate most of the time because we were afraid she'd run off, but she did great. Another dog was there so she got some play-time in.

Eric even bought a new tent for the event, which ended up being completely dwarfed by the 8+ person tents around us. In the end, I think I would have preferred to have that and air matresses like everyone else...sleeping on sloped, hard ground with a flat pillow wasn't exactly comfortable. ;)

Snow Days

We've gone from this much snow.... (around 8")

To the blizzard that brought 18"!

Anyone else ready for spring yet?!

September in Photos

Since I've been neglecting the blogging scene lately, and for those of you not on Facebook, here's a photo update of some of the things we've been up to this month.

We tested out one of the local golf courses one weekend before Eric's big HMI golf tournament...

We also checked out a few of the local trails that we hadn't been on yet...

And then last weekend we went back to Fayetteville to see the heartbreaking Hogs game...

A few more posts coming up next, and more to come next week. Eric is heading home to Memphis and I'm flying off to Ohio to see my parents and Kim for Franciscan's Family Weekend, so there will for sure be pictures from that!