Nashville

I headed up to Huntsville on Friday (had the day off!!) for my best friend, Lauren's lingerie shower! We went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner & then headed back to her sisters house for the shower! It was so fun just hanging out with the girls! Lauren and I lived together all four years of college and this year is the first year living in different cities after being together for 6 straight years. It has been hard to say the least but I am so thankful for the time we do get to spend together!

Saturday morning we headed up to Nashville for the bachelorette party! We shopped for a few hours, checked into the hotel & got ready for dinner. We ate at Margaritaville & then hit the town! Dinner was so yummy, if you are ever in Nashville, you have to eat there!

Nashville is such a cool city. I love country music so much that I could honestly just sit and listen to music all night long and be content! I just love it!

One of my college friends lives in Nashville and sings so we stopped by to see him play. Being with Lauren and seeing him reminded me so much I college and made me sad!!! He used to sing to us all the time sittin on the front porch at night. Brings back so many memories! Those 4 years went by way too fast...

All in all, We had a great weekend!!! The wedding is June 9th and I can hardly wait!!!

Perfect weekend!

I updated Saturday about my run, which was just the start of my fabulous weekend! I am loving this weather that makes me want to go barefoot all day long. I spent all afternoon Saturday and Sunday outside barefoot. It reminds me of summers as a child, running around my neighborhood with my sisters & friends with no shoes on. I just love it.

I washed my car Saturday afternoon (oh, and yes, it downpoured on me this morning...of course) and we played with Emma outside. I kept spraying her with water and she had no clue where it was coming from. Too cute.

Sunday I slept in and played Hookie from church. I needed sleep. I hadn't slept past 6am in over 2 weeks. I finally got up around 10 & did 5 loads of laundry and changed my sheets. I still had my flannel sheets on my bed along with my electric blanket (yes I'm aware it's April in Alabama)!! I felt oh so accomplished by mid-day!

Ty and Emma came over to play and we introduced her to Granddaddy's dog, Scooter. Emma is slightly annoying to adult dogs right now because she jumps right in their faces and bites them, ha! Scooter wasn't too impressed with her & did not understand why she was at his house, lol!

Christen and the kids came over to play and we spent awhile in the backyard playing with the dogs. Luke wore Emma out playing chase around the yard.

This weather has me longing for long summer days with nothing to do. I cannot wait! Only 26 more school days! I can't believe this school year is almost over, I feel like it just started!!! Crazy!

Happy Monday! We have a short week this week with no school on Friday! Yippee!

Flapjack 5k

I ran the Flapjack 5k this morning for Ty's church and did it in 29:01! I am super pumped about that time! This is my 4th 5k and my second time in under 30 min! I ran in the same race last year and it was the same flat course (yippee!). I had a blast and am so glad I ran it in under 30. The church served flapjacks after the race, which I inhaled in about 2 minutes. It doesn't sound appetizing right after you run but I didn't care, it was carbs to refuel!

I haven't slept in past 6 in 2 weeks so after the race, I took a nice long nap, which was much needed!!!

I think I may have become addicted to running in races. I already found a 10k on May 5th that i want to run in here in town. And I just signed up for the color run (have y'all heard of these? Looks like so much fun), which is a 5k on September 3rd. If I do the one in
May, i might make it a goal to run in one race a month...10k or 5k.

I have thought about training for a half marathon but I think for now I need to run a few more 10Ks first. We will see where that takes me! :)

Hope everyone is having a great Saturday! It's a beautiful day here in Alabama!!

Meet Emma!!!

We FINALLY got our puppy!!! And she is just about the cutest thing ever! I am already so in love!!!

10k!!

I did it! I ran my first 10k in 1:02:37!! I am very pleased with my time! My goal for my next one is under 60 minutes! The course was very hilly which I was NOT prepared for. I never run hills do that was a challenge. There was one huge one and I literally thought I was going to have to stop after because I couldn't catch my breath....but I didn't! My best friend, Melissa, came over from GA and ran it with me! I couldn't have done it alone!!! I am so proud of us for pushing ourselves and doing this! It was so fun and makes me want to do more! We shall see where my running journey takes me next... :)

My mom and dad came from GA to be there Saturday morning for the race, which was so sweet of them. Ty and his sister & mom and dad also came to watch! We actually ran right by Ty's house so they were all in the front yard cheering us on & then went to meet us at the finish line!

I drank a HUGE thing of water on Friday and I could totally tell that it helped me. I never once felt dehydrated!!! It was a great race!!! Can't wait to do another one!

5 miles

Just ran 5 miles!!! Today was my last long run before my 10k next Saturday!! Let's hope I can knock out an extra 1.2 miles next Saturday! I am following a training program and it jumps from 5 to 6.2 on race day so I hope I'll be ok. :)

I seriously cannot believe I have made it this far! When I started, I really thought I'd make up some excuse and not finish the training program. I can't believe my race is next week! I can't wait!