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Well, it's done! I did it! My family was a huge source of support and encouragement and I achieved my goal of completing my first 10K run. I am so proud to say that I am a runner! (Well kinda, anyway!) My hubby and my boys were there to greet me at the finish line when I shamelessly hammed it up going across. My sister-in-law, Kathy ran it with me, but she totally smoked me for time, but that is NOT what the race was about. We did it together to accomplish it together. It was great. I'd like to thank all my fans....seriously...I'm totally kidding.

While I was getting ready for the race, Michael took the boys to a free pancake breakfast that one of the local places was having for Stompede weekend. Stompede is similar to our rodeo in Houston and they pull out all the stops with events and parades and things like that. After the race my family and I went for ANOTHER free food event around the corner from us. This time we had burgers, hotdogs, snow cones, ice cream and cake. I did "donate" $3 for my entire family to eat, so we technically aren't THAT bad. Once we knew we weren't winning anything in the draw, we were out of there. When we got home Michael and our neighbors, Reid and Terry, helped each other to put up some of the fence. We are almost done! We are basically trying to keep these 2 kids from coming across the alley everyday. We feel like prisoners in our backyard at times because they just show up unannounced when we are back there and we still haven't even met their parents. Too weird. After the fence building conference, the ladies put together an impromptu supper of burgers, steak, salads, chips and dip and we all just had the best time eating and drinking and having a fire in the firepit. Good times with the neighbors. I DID have to celebrate, remember. The kids always have such a blast with the neighbor kids, they are like their own little gang or posse. Too cute! There they are...the Mission Heights Posse: Mackenzie, Mason, Adiyan, Parker and Max!