Fall Festival, Birthday, and more!

Last weekend was fun, but busy!

Friday night, we went to dinner with our new minister, his wife, and son.  We met them at Johnny's Pizza and we enjoyed our company.  We didn't get home till late, so we skipped baths and put our tired kids to bed.

Saturday morning, we woke up extra early, and I took all 3 kiddos with me up to north GA, where my parents live.  I was running in a 5K at a park near their house, and they so kindly offered to watch the kids and take them to breakfast.  Stephen was busy doing the "Mancathlon" event at our church.

The race was fun, though I was running late to get to the start, and then had to run my t-shirt and packet all the way back to my car, and then back again to the starting line.  I probably ran 1.5 miles before the race even began!  You have to love a small town race- they waited for me to get back before they started!  Luckily, I got back at 8:01, so it wasn't too much of a wait.

Anyways, the race was great- I ended up getting my PR!  (To all you people out there, I'm not a very fast runner).  The cool thing is that this included some walking time- there was about 3/4 of a mile that was uphill gravel that totally got into my head.  I probably walked a total of 2 minutes.

I went to the awards ceremony and got 2nd in my age group.  Then, mom, dad, and the kiddos met me and we went to the fall festival.  It was fun!  The kids got to play on bouncy houses, the playground, watch a puppet show, get balloon animals, etc.  We got some lunch and had a little picnic.  

 Right after lunch, we started to head back to the car, as naptime was approaching...

... and that was a good idea, as you can see.

The next day, I celebrated my birthday!  The big 3-4!  Stephen had to fly to Vegas early that morning for work, so he and the kids got me cards and a sweet present the night before.  The kids and I went to church, and then Sydney went to play with Raegan at her house.  The other two kids and I hung out, I took a nap (fitting, since I'm old now, huh?) and we went to our small group that afternoon.  It was Raegan's dad's (Tim's) birthday, too, so they were sweet and got us a cake!

Joe, enjoying a slice.

It was a great day!