Cousin Sleepover!

Last weekend we had our nieces Reagan and Rylie spend the weekend with us while my SIL & BIL were in Chicago.  If we were going to have 5 kids, why not have 6?!  We had to have our other niece Kinsley spend Friday night too :)

We had Little Ceasars pizza, made ornament crafts, and had a slumber party in the basement (complete with a movie and popcorn of course!).

Everybody slept in the basement....except for Mommy and Kendall, we got to sleep in our own beds!  Kendall definitely enjoyed playing with the big kids before bedtime though :)

The next morning, we had breakfast and then I went downtown for the Jingle Bell Run......it was a brisk 10 degrees outside.  It was fun to run with this group of girls from work despite the cold weather!

Lori, Heidi, Liz, Alyssa, me, Danielle, Michelle, Kelly

After the race, I raced home and we ALL went to Adam & Liz's new house in Chillicothe.  They picked the coldest day of the year to move in!  Such a cute house though and I can't wait to see it all put together :)  We had to leave fairly quickly because Alyvia and I had a bridal shower for my friend Caroline!  Poor Reagan had been complaining that her ear hurt since Friday night and Alan and I decided we should have it checked out.  So when Livi and I got home, I took Reagan to the Peds after hours clinic.  Luckily her ears checked out fine, but what a CRAZY day it was!!!  I had to work Sunday, so Alan had all 5 kiddos by himself.  He's such a good daddy and uncle though, it didn't even phase him.  It was so fun to have all the girls over and they get along so well, they even let Colson in on their fun.  I love that they are all such good friends!

Warriors!!

Today Anne and I completed the "Warrior Dash".  To quote the website "Warrior Dash is a mud-crawling, fire-leaping, extreme run from hell"!!  It was 3.25 miles of crazy running in mud, up hills, through creeks and completing crazy obstacles (most which involved lots of climbing up walls).  It was so much fun to do with Anne!  She got me to sign up in January and I started training (for the running part) in March.  I'm proud to say I've lost 10 lbs since I've started running, a feat I've never done before.  I can normally run 3 miles in just over 30 minutes now and I feel so much better about myself.  I don't love the running, but I do love how I feel after!  Back to the race...Anne, Alan, my mom, Alyvia and I left our house in the afternoon for a farm in Channahon, where the race was (Colson stayed home with Mamaw).  There were waves of participants that started every 30 minutes from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.  So many people!

Gas station off the Interstate exit welcoming us!

Livi and I before the race-she spent the whole week telling me she didn't want me to race, I still don't know why!

Before

Coming out of the woods where we just climbed up a really steep, muddy hill

The last climbing obstacle-there were so many!

Fire-jumping!

Mud crawling (me on left in front, Anne on right in pink tank top)

After

Warriors!!  Helmets and all!

The littlest warrior :)

I had so much fun!  I plan to continue running and need to find my next race to motivate me!