We did it!!

My neighbor and I decided in August to start training for a marathon. Our first goal was to fun in a 5K on Thanksgiving. Our main objective was to be able to cross the finish line still running and we did it! Our next goal is a 10K probably in February.

Here's my running parnter, Julie Wright and me at the starting line.

Me just about at the finish line!!

Casey almost at the finish line. He ran the 10K. He's a little more advanced than Julie and me. He finished in 47 minutes and 13 seconds...pretty speedy!

One day maybe we can run together and I will be able to keep up with Casey!!

Doesn't get much better than this....

We were lucky enough to be able to go to the Florida State Georgia Tech game a couple of weeks ago. It definitely made our "Top 10 Family Activities".

Casey and Tyler's idol - Coach Bobby Bowden!

Had to wear our "colors" to the game!!

All the cousins came over...

One evening in October we decided it would be fun to have our cousins and some friends come over and hang out at our house. The girls layed out some blankets in the front yard and the crew played freeze tag, hide and seek, and 911 (a law enforcement game made up by I'm sure you can guess - Barnes kids). Whitney and Hailey are very good at keeping everyone entertained.
After a while the neighbors left and we moved the games inside. Hailey, Emily, and Jordan are playing school. Emily and Jordan are great students.
Here's a class photo including Jackson who sometimes "attended class."
Couldn't resist putting this picture in...while Hailey was teaching school I gave Sydney a bath in the kitchen sink. We love when Stephen and Amber let her sleep over at our house.

Whitney turns 12!!!

It's hard to believe but Whitney turned 12 years old on October 27, 2008!! I'm not sure where the time went but I do know that it has gone by too fast. I keep begging my kids to stop growing and stay just as they are but for some reason they don't listen to me. Whitney celebrated her birthday a couple of times over the course of a week. We started off the celebration at her favorite restaurant, Longhorn Steak House, with her favorite meal - steak. She had her aunts, uncles, and cousins from Georgia and her best friend from school, Brooke, there to help celebrate.
From L - R we have: Emily Price, Whitney, Hailey, Brooke Harrison, and Jordan Price. The only girl we are missing is Sydney in this picture. Whitney loves her cousins and they love her.
After we all stuffed ourselves we had Amber take our family picture outside Longhorn. It was the perfect birthday meal.
The celebration continued 2 days later with a family party on Whitney's actual birthday. For her birthday dinner she requested steak (of course), wild rice, and fruit. Dad, once again, did a good job of grilling the steaks. She also wanted a birthday cookie with frosting on top. It was another great time with family celebrating the day Whitney was born.
We had to celebrate Whitney's birthday one more time with our traditional family first Sunday of the month dinner at Stephen and Amber's house. Aunt Amber made a delicious meal for everyone and Uncle Stephen made a soccer ball cake complete with candles to blow out. The Prices gave Whitney some cute jewelry that she wore to school on Monday and the Snows gave her a small soccer ball and special wrap for soccer. Whitney is so lucky to be surrounded by so many aunts, uncles, and cousins who love her.