Piano recital

Kate had her first piano recital on Saturday and she did fantastic. There were 42 kids in total that had solos. We got there early so I had Kate practice her song. Halfway through it she stopped and said she couldn't remember the rest. I called her teacher over and she helped Kate remember it. Mrs. Kim(teacher) had all the students sit to the side and wait for their turn. I was nervous for Kate and hoped she wouldn't forget her piece. When it was her turn, she took a bow and sat down and played her piece great. She didn't forget or mess up. We were so proud her!! We had promised her TCBY after the recital, and she didn't let us forget it. I can't wait for her next recital.

Race weekend

My neighbor and I ran in the ABB 5k on Saturday. The weather was muggy and humid but nothing too bad. We decided to jog the race since we were both running our big races on Sunday. My whole reason for running the 5k was to get the triple medal on Sunday after our second race.

I ran in the Houston 1/2 marathon on Sunday and it was cold, rainy and miserable. My knee had been hurting pretty bad leading up to race so I was a little nervous about it. I was also nervous about the weather. It was cold and rainy-two factors that I don't like to run in. To make it worse, I forgot my running watch at home, so the whole race, I didn't know my pace or time. It rained the first 3 miles, at mile 4.5 I warmed up and took off my rain poncho and sweatshirt. At mile 9 it started to rain again but didn't last long. My fingers were numb the entire race and several hours after. Since, I had forgot my watch, I knew I wouldn't get a PR so I then changed my goal to run it in under 2 hours. When I crossed the finish line, I saw the clock and knew I had run it in under 2 hours. It wasn't until I got inside to collect my medal, shirt and checked bag that I checked my actual time. I had to check three times because I didn't believe it. My official time was 1:54:41. Not only did I run it under 2 hours but I also PR'd by 4 minutes.

                                      

New Years Eve

For the second year in a row, we went to my friend Lindsay's NYE party. It's a great party because the kids come with us and we stay the night so we don't have to worry about driving home late. The kids have a blast as does the grown ups. Win-win.

Christmas part 2

We drove to San Antonio on the 26th to spend a couple of days with Justin's family. Kate and Brody love playing with their cousins. Kate and Brody ended up getting more toys and clothes and having a great time.

Christmas pic #2

More Christmas pictures.

Christmas

Justin and the kids built a Gingerbread Man house together this year. His only rule was that I couldn't tell him how/what to do. I had to bite my tongue on several occasions.
Justin's dad and stepmom came up on the 23rd and stayed until Christmas day. The kids love when Grandma and Grandpa come up to visit. Grandma helped Kate make candy cane cookies while Grandpa chased Brody around the house. Since they were leaving Christmas day, we had our big meal, Christmas Eve after candle light service at church. Christmas Day started with opening presents followed by cinnamon rolls for breakfast.
Kate and Brody both got an ipod touch from Santa as well as toys, books, games and clothes. Their favorite gift was by far their ipod touches. Good thing Santa downloaded movies and games for them.

Santa

We took the kids Bass Pro Shop to visit Santa and I was pleasantly surprised that Brody sat in his lap and wasn't scared of him. Kate wasn't shy and told him exactly what she wanted. After pictures with Santa, we let them play some games that were set up around the store. Will definitely go back next year, cant beat free pictures.