Living Room

Jeff working on electrical stuff in the living room. Notice all the construction mess :-O

More construction mess.

Jeff sheet rocking!

Jeffrey's awesome sheet rock job!

Texturing the walls in preparation for carpet!!!

Everything off the floor and floors mopped - carpet comes the next day :-)

Yay - carpet is in! Now we can start arranging furniture.

Walls are painted! The morning my parents came to visit, Jeff and Sarah arranged furniture and cutified the living room :-) Thanks guys! View of living room from kitchen.

Dad is getting his camera ready to take pics of the house.

Fireplace.

Futon. Window overlooking neighbor's yard.

Awesome chairs, very generously given to us.

Computer desk.

Yet another view. Check out the awesome stair that Jeff built - go hubby!

Progress on el bano.

My brother and sister-in-law came to visit with their two little ones the week of Thanksgiving. Knowing we needed to have the house "baby proofed" before their arrival really lit a fire under us to get us busy working on things. So here is the transformation of the bathroom

Here Jeff is fixing an area of the tile.

This is only a few days before their arrival - no texture or paint on the walls, no vanity, no sinks, no mirrors - LOTS of work left to do!

I guess I was happy about something - probably that progress was being made :-)

The finished product! Still need to paint the patch up job by the door though.

Thanksgiving in Memphis

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Memphis at Scott and Jenny's!


Sister-in-laws :-)

Super Mark!

The boys playing football!

Trent trying to get the ball from Uncle Jeff.

Trent and Luke tackled Uncle Jeff!

Luke protects the ball

David loves the swing!

Luke

Funny faces :-P

Jenny and Scott

My family loves playing games!

We ate lots of delicious food!

More games!

Nap time

William loved his cousins toy room!

Jenny and David making Thanksgiving crafts.

Grandmomma enjoyed reading to the kids.

Grandpa Bill captured Scott and Jenny's family up EARLY eating breakfast.

David

Trent

Thanksgiving Turkey Trot Relay

This year for Thanksgiving my family gathered at my brother Scott's house in Memphis. A highlight of the festivities was a 4 mile Turkey Trot relay a bunch of us ran in at 9am Thanksgiving morning. The family members not running came along to cheer us on, a wonderful time was had by all. The race was held at Shelby Farm, which is a fun and beautiful place!

And the runners are off!

Run!

There were a LOT of racers! It didn't thin out after the start like most races, there were so many people it was a constant dodging game to keep from running over or tripping someone.

Dad waited at the finish line and caught a few of the 2nd leggers finishing.
Here is Scott - good job!

Great job Mark!

William was there to cheer us on!

And so was David!

After the race, before loading up the cars to return to Scott and Jenny's, we all had a snack break on the ground in the parking area.

Here Jeff and I are posing with one of the relay batons - a frozen turkey leg!

The racers - Team Mark and Mindy, Team Sarah and Jeff, and Team Kibbie and Scott

We were really excited to have Jeff's sister Sarah join us for Thanksgiving with my family.

My favorite running t-shirt :-P

A beautiful picture my dad took of one of the ponds at Shelby Farm. They also have horses (much to my niece Vanessa's delight), buffalo, and plenty of ducks and geese.

5k

Robin and I have been running 3 mornings a week the past two months, and decided it was time for a 5k. It was Robin's first ever race, and she did great! Our goal was to not worry about time, and just finish. And finish we did! Good job Robin!


Here we are right before the start of the race. Brrr, I was freezing!
Here we are at the half way point.

Jeff and Raegen having fun during the race!

Almost finished!

Finish line is in sight!

Our cheering section - thanks guys!