have yourself a merry little christmas.....

hey guys,

i will write another blog friday after xmas right before we leave saturday for our cruise... lordy lordy we are busy, but in a good way!

tonight is of course xmas eve and i love xmas!!! i am all gitty with excitement. i get a half day off work which gives me some time to go finish running some errands (yes i am crazy) and go to the grocery (even crazier)!! tonight chan and i will be hurrying to clean the house and get it all set up for xmas day festivities at our house.

we will clean and get some food ready to go for tomorrow. i will also do some laundry to start getting us prepared for our cruise! woo hooo! i think we will pop open some champagne or something fun for tonight since we will be doing all that work!

since i didnt have time to send out xmas cards everyone will be getting new years cards. yeah, so get excited!!!

also, i would like to mention one thing that really peaves me off right now. i am needing to go shopping for a few clothes to spruce things up on my side of the closet and of course when i can go shopping i am not finding anything... i only finds gobs of stuff when i dont need to be shopping... murphy's law i think....

we had xmas last sunday with the balch side of the family at chans aunt and uncles house (jeff and toni) and it was a lot of fun. good food, fun presents and i love that family!! to bad we dont see them way more often than we get to.

everyone have a very merry xmas and i pray that you are blessed this year! love you guys!!!

kels.

TGIF

thank goodness its friday.... thats right folks... thank goodness...

ever since the marathon i have been fighting allergies/cold symptoms and i am tired of it. chandler had a day virus this week too... so we have been feeling a little under the weather. we are both feeling better today and so we shall celebrate with some drinks on the town ha ha, and some holiday shopping starting tonight. then tomorrow i will finish off shopping and grocery shopping and cleaning. well, chan will probably help with that a little....

anyways, i just wanted to say how thankful i am for the blessings that we have had this year. we are thankful to have a nice warm home, and nice cozy jobs, and cars that work to get us where we need to be, groceries for us to eat, and sweet dogs, and GREAT Family, and GREAT FRIENDS.

with everything going on right now, i am constantly reminding myself to just be thankful! thats it, just be thankful and happy and positive.

anyways, we are super busy this weekend and the next week really. i work everyday except xmas day, which is okay with me, but that just makes for a busy week. xmas day everyone is coming to my house.... i am really excited about that. this will be our first year hosting xmas and i hope it turns out well. also, the 27th of december we are leaving to go on a little cruise to mexico with our good friends tami and bryson and shelby and brandon... we come home after the new year so it will be a fun cruise to be on.... thats something else i need to remember to do... all our laundry and packing this weekend because i dont want to be rushed doing it the day before we go.

in other news: my little brother may be up for a promotion at sun and ski sports and so if you guys remember, if anyone actually reads this, please keep him in your prayers.... that would be a great opportunity for him and he would be very happy to get it. also, i am glad he has that job because he can get me a pair of uggs for a discount!! woop woop.... yeah boy yeah boy

annnyhooo

i guess thats really all i have to say for today! ill finish drinking my green tea lemonade and hopefully wrap this work week up pretty soon.....

oh yeah, sunday we have a get together with some of chan's side of the family that i just love.... wine food presents and family..... good combo to me!!!

ill have pics from that soon too!!

love yall, kels.

today

today:

is my office xmas party = fun

i am feeling sick, sore throat, all over yuckiness = lovely

it is so foggy outside i cant see any buildings around mine outside my office window

i have to get home, ready, and changed to be at julies house by 6 for our driver to take us to our party = rushing

pray that the medicine i am on helps more soon. i cant be sickly this weekend. we have far too much to do!! xmas shopping, pack for our cruise, cleaning the house for xmas day at our house.... xmas on sunday with the balch side of the family at toni and jeffs.

oh man oh man....

have a great thursday!!!

kels.

MARATHON 4hrs 22mins

soooo.... yes, folks i did it. 26.2 miles in four hours and twenty two minutes....
i couldnt have done it without all the support, especially from my awesome husband Chandler....he was my 'coach' and did a great job of keeping me motivated and going through ALL the training. he was so excited for me he hardly slept the night before...thank you to shelby and brandon too who ran it with me and trained all along the way too. thank you also to my parents, chans parents, and the beasley's (julie works with me) for coming out to support me. it means more than you guys will ever know... there were points that seeing all you guys got me thru!

now...enjoy the pictures out of order!!!! the one above is after the race in the AA center...i was tired

above my parents and me and chan after i crossed the line...look at those sweet flowers! beside that is me with the beasley family

exhausted... can you tell?? chan and i right when i finally found my family... i got teary eyed... i finally did it and did it well. what a sweet husband


me running with my pace leader to the right...that was about mile 21

me right before the race....i was nervous and excited ha ha

im there somewhere

there i am above coming towards friends and family...about mile 13

this pic to the right was at about mile 7 or 8 and i was still fresh and excited... especially to see family and friends ha ha...i wasnt too emotional yet ha ha

to the right...brandon and shelby running... we didnt run together, but we were pretty close

the last leg... that is chan giving me some 'electrolyte fruit snacks' and also encouraging words.... it was about mile 22 or so

signs like this were all along the way.... dont worry the sign wasnt lying.

right in the beginning... more fruit snacks or GU....they saved me during the race...

sorry its sideways... but this is us before we ran it... look how happy and fresh we look

me and chan before.... man oh man i was soooo anxious and nervous

writing shelbys name on her bib....they signed up late so it didnt have their names on their bibs, the positive thing that happens when you have your name on your bib, random people shout for you by name and encourage you... sometimes it is what keeps you moving....

and that is it my friends.... chan and i went to red robin for lunch afterwards... i hobbled in there and we ate a great lunch and had a BIG beer... hey i deserved it!

thanks for all the support... and YES i will do another one... ILL BE BACK

get ready!!!

kels

my nervous faces for the marathon

my office xmas tree... its a charlie brown tree :)
chan and i at dave and busters for his office xmas party!! fun fun fun

today is the day.... packet pick-up!!!!

oh yes my friends... really i dont know who reads my blog but anyway, i am going to pick-up my packet today after lunch (cant miss that). woo hoo, a new race t-shirt and hopefully some cool freebies... i also get to walk around the expo, which is sure to have awesome stuff for running that i will want and enjoy!!! i am going to look for some special 'fruit snacks' and some more electrolyte stuff to enjoy while i am running.... yeah i have a little pouch i wear while i run long distances.... it keeps my goodies like the stuff above and ibprofen when i am hurting etc.... its awe....

i am getting more anxious and totally pumped.... whoa baby.... after Sunday i will be a MARATHON RUNNER! i am totally excited about that... the finishing part! i will totally do another one, i already know!

please keep me in your prayers... ill need them for sure!!!

a few for your viewing pleasure

above....us at the 'Thanksgiving Photo Shoot'
below... me after the half marathon... just one more of those added on and you've got a FULL

MARATHON

OH MY GOSH.....


the marathon is in 3 days!!!! aghhhhhhh! that is crazy to me. i have been training for over 7 months and it is all coming to a head this sunday. i am going to run 26.2 miles! i am ready, but still nervous, but excited at the same time.

please keep my in your prayers as i am getting ready for it.

in other news, it seems like i am lying, but i do have pictures to post. here is the deal... i have a lot and blogger has a sucky way of uploading them that takes forever. they need to be like facebook where you can upload a bunch at once, not just 5 at a time.

anyways, we have had a lot going on and i have a ton to post pictures of. ill get to it one day.

tonight it chans office party and that should be fun. then the marathon... then my office party next week... one weekend off to do EVERYTHING...pack for cruise, get ready for xmas, clean the house top to bottom spick and span. man we have a TON to do. then we have xmas, then 2 days later we leave on our cruise. thank you LORD!

with everything going on in the economy and in the world right now, i am ready to start fresh! this has been a great year with many blessings that we are SOOOO thankful for, but with all the negativity right now, i am ready for some new attitudes for the new year. start happy and fresh and new.

anyways, have a great week and wish me luck for sunday woooo hooo im totally going to be a marathon runner!!!

love yall, kels.

ok ok ok

hey everyone

i do have pictures to post but i do not have them uploaded and some of them i dont have in my posession yet. so, as soon as i get them i will post them.

we have been super super busy with family here over the week of thanksgiving. it was so fun spending time with them and seeing our sweet niece Judah. she has grown so much and is talking a lot and its so fun to hear whats going on in that little mind of hers. it is sad that they live so far from us.

we also went to cut our tree down the friday after thanksgiving at a christmas tree farm... ill take a picture of that too and post it later. it was rainy and cold like it was last year and we have decided that, that is the weather that makes it fun!

we went to abilene last weekend to see them play another playoff game in the championships, but they lost. it was a good game though, despite losing both my heels in sinking decieving mud. it was funny... and we werent prepared for how cold it got up in the stands, but we still had a great time.

this week marks about two weeks til my marathon and i had my last long run until the marathon this last sunday.... from now on it is shorter runs up until the marathon. we are both very busy at work right now and chandler's company is hosting a HUGE bomanite 'convention' at their offices this week and that is making him very busy on top of everyday work. but we are very thankful for our great jobs. i cant say that enough in times like this. it is tough out there, but we are still thankful.

anyways, this weekend we are traveling to houston to visit my cousin jennifer and her family for zacharys (her oldest son's) birthday! he is turning two and we cant wait to visit with them this weekend.

i will try to upload the pictures soon....


have a great week everyone.... love yall

kels.