Christmas Festivities and FitMas Week #3 Giveaway

This weekend flew by so fast – I feel like it’s still Friday…or Saturday morning at least!  Sadly no, it’s Monday morning and Christmas is one day closer to being here. I feel like this time of year flies by SO fast and I don’t ever want Christmas to get here because that means it will be over just like that. Sad times. Ok now that I got super Debbie Downer on y’all, here’s a few snapshots of my weekend:



It all began at Bath & Body Works and their $8 candle sale! Did anyone else catch that one? I was super excited and purchased several for white elephant gifts!



Christmas present delivery (Madalynn for scale)!



My hometown recently reopened a Dairy Queen (we haven’t had one in at least 8 years) and the lines to get in have been INSANE. On Friday night, we noticed that the parking lot wasn’t overflowing so we attempted a visit. Y’all, people are cray. When I say it’s been INSANE, I mean that people have waited in line over an hour just to place an order. INSANE.



I had their Christmas peppermint blizzard. It was super delicious!!



On Saturday morning, I had a great 6 mile run with my BRF followed by a 2 mile run (mainly chasing squirrels) back home with Madalynn!



After the run, I helped my friend Mackenzie celebrate her birthday!



We had so much fun playing games, especially Quelf!



My poor brother in law had to wear this on his forehead the rest of the game (and yes, that’s Jesus in the background…lol).



After the party, we took our girls to Petco to meet Santa. Petco donated 100% of the proceeds from these photos to help with homeless pets which I thought was really awesome of them!



On top of everything else, our church Christmas production was this weekend. Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday morning, and Sunday night were all filled with rehearsals and productions.



This is how we all felt by the end of Sunday night. Hah! We might have stayed up WAY too late on Saturday night watching my wedding video…



The production went over super well. I love the look of the opening “market” scene!



Friends! :)



During the opening scene, I walked around selling fruit and this “Roman Guard” stole a piece from me! Shame shame…



My BFF and her family came out to show their support, too! It was awesome having them there! Her son had a shot at stealing a piece of fruit, too… haha!

Despite the business of it all, I really enjoyed my weekend and spending time with my friends. Now, I need a nap! Goodnight!

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Now for week #3’s giveaway…drumroll, please!

One lucky winner will receive:

• 1 “Every Mile Is Magic Tumbler”
  (made by yours truly)  :)

Enter through Rafflecopter below. This giveaway will run for one week’s time and will end next Sunday evening.

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Have a great week, Merry Christmas! :)

A Weekend in Pictures

Hello, there! Happy Monday! This week is an exciting week for us because we will be in Disney World soon! I love the anticipation that builds up to a trip but I don’t love how fast the trip flies by. Ah well…I will attempt to enjoy every moment!

Over the weekend, a variety of things took place so instead of a super crazy blog post, here’s a photo recap of my weekend!

The fence is stained and complete…thanks to Jason for his help!

Total Hours: 21
Gallons of Stain: 10
Paintbrushes used: 3
Episodes of Gilmore Girls that were listened to via Netflix: 23

Our first really cold snap hit the area this weekend. It actually grew colder as we ran on Saturday morning! I completed 7 miles in my final long-ish training run for the Wine & Dine Half Marathon. I was supposed to run six but my friends were running a 7 mile loop, so I tagged along.

First Peppermint Mocha of the season! Yay for red cups…they make me happy!

One word: Quelf. So many things were happening here…we had such a great time with our friends Melissa and Everett on Saturday night! Those Quelf blue cards are a trip. If you’ve never played this game and you like to laugh, get it! Trust me, it's worth it!

Sunday morning was Superhero Sunday for Children’s Church, so Kenzie and I dressed as Batman and Robin! (5 year old class) So much fun!

Kenzie’s mom (also our children’s pastor’s wife) dressed as “Nurse Karen” for superhero Sunday. This was by far the highest compliment I’ve ever received.

Remember that Sunday night ceremony I mentioned? It went GREAT!

The two ladies that were honored were beautiful and truly shined throughout the ceremony!

I also received a new toy to play with! Hello there, little friend! :)

Now I can truly focus on our upcoming trip and begin the packing process!

How was your weekend? Have you ever played Quelf?

Batteries and Birthdays

I had a completely different blog post idea for today – instead, I am going to share my story of yesterday’s events.

During lunch, I met with an ACS liaison to discuss the Gleaux Run. We had a great meeting and formatted a race plan, tied up loose ends, etc.

As I attempted to leave the parking lot (it was McAlisters, by the way), my car decided it wanted to stay. I assumed my battery was dead and needed a jump. Thankfully, my brother and sister in law were in town (yesterday was his birthday) AND Jason was off of work so he was hanging out with them. They were at the mall, right across the street and came to my rescue in minutes! Random the way that happened? I don’t think so!

I returned to work, my car went for repair – we were told that they were slammed and wouldn’t be able to look at my car until the next day. Within 2 hours, I received a phone call telling me that my battery was dead – they replaced it and called me an hour later to let me know it was ready! How’s that for service?!

I said all of that to say, I’m super thankful for the way things played out. Instead of having no one to turn to, my family was right there across the street and were able to help me in minutes. Yes - I could have called roadside assistance or something along those lines, but if my battery HAD to die, I’m glad it died on a day when everyone (who’s not normally around) was nearby to help. That’s no coincidence.

The remainder of my day was fabulous! I got to hang out with my brother, we ate a great dinner at a super delicious local restaurant, and we had legit cookie cake from GACC!

Opening gifts

We also played a game called Quelf. If you’ve never played this game before and you enjoy funny games, GO BUY IT NOW! Seriously this game will have you rolling with tears streaming down your face. We love it!

For this particular action, we had to draw bull's-eyes on paper and place them on our forehead. If we caught another player looking at our bull's-eye, they had to move back two spaces!

Overall it was a great birthday and we enjoyed spending time with family!

Do you like to play board games with your family? What’s your favorite one? We are always looking for new ideas!