Country Music Marathon Results

They posted the results yesterday afternoon...
Shannon and I both finished at 2 hrs 37 min 58 sec.

Oh, and about the chill bumps I mentioned yesterday (which I thought were due to the experience)...this might possibly have been from heat exhaustion!! I also felt very lightheaded and my legs hurt (we even had to move off to the side and stretch for a few seconds)...I haven't had any of that happen during my training. I drank a lot of water for the last few miles...I've never wanted water so bad in my life!!! As soon as we finished, I had to hold onto Shannon to keep myself up.

Matt wants me to run it with him next year...we'll see about that :) I'm just glad it's over for now. But I'm definitely excited that he wants to do it...I think he'll do great (and will be able to beat my time...he mentioned wanting to do that) :)

I was a little sore when I woke up this morning, and felt even better after stretching...however, as the day goes on, I get even more sore!!! And my ankle is hurting worse than ever (I hurt it about 2 weeks ago)...I've been icing it and taking tylenol :(

Have a wonderful Sunday!!!,
Shanda

I finished!!!

I actually finished it!!! And I'm so glad it's over!!!

It was incredible, and awful!!! :) We've been training in cool weather for the past few months, so I didn't handle the heat very well. I wanted to quit at every mile, but Shannon helped me get through it!!! Thanks Shannon!!!

We had set a new goal of 2 hrs 15 min, but didn't make that. I was just so glad to see that finish line!!! We haven't received the results, so I'll post that at a later time.

We put Hebrews 12:1 on the back of our shirts. It was great how many people stopped to ask us what that verse was!!! Thankfully, Shannon was able to tell them because I didn't feel up for much talking.

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." - Hebrews 12:1

The bands and encouragement from the people watching were wonderful...really helped take my mind off it somewhat :) And the people with the hose pipes were such a blessing...I really needed that!!!

We found another verse recently that is awesome, too...

"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize." - 1 Corinthians 9:24

Most importantly, I want to thank the Lord...he carried me!!! I give him all the glory for my accomplishment today (and for putting people in my path to help me along)!!!!

It was an incredible experience...I had chill bumps the whole time and even shed a few tears!

Cute Hair!! :)

Mere's getting more hair on top, and we have so much fun playing with it!!!!

Her daddy gave her a little Pebble's hairdo, and it made us laugh!!! Here's some pics of it...she didn't want to take her finger out of her mouth (that's her new thing...it's constantly in there).

Meredith loves the bath again!!!

Meredith went through a phase of being terrified of taking a bath, but she loves it once again. She asks to take one all the time now :)

Here are some pics of Mere and Carter that I took on April 17th. We were over at Shannon & Matt's house and the babies decided that they wanted to take a bath.

2009 FIJI Pig Dinner

Matt and I attended the 2009 FIJI Pig Dinner on April 18th. This was my first time being able to attend (women are only allowed to attend every few years, and this was a special event as they were showing the new house plans). It was really cool to be a part of it...although, there's a lot of things they do that I don't understand :) and a lot that makes me laugh (when no one else is laughing)...

Here's a pic of us...



Matt with Brent (his first big brother (top row, left)), Jon (his little brother (top row, right), and his grand little brothers (and I apologize, I can't remember their names)...

Here's a pic of me with LeMarbre and Josh. I haven't seen them in so long!! It was so great to see them!!!

Yes, they really did roast a pig (thankfully, we didn't have to eat it)...

Another pic I took at the end of the evening...

This is Matt's fraternity, but it really does hold a special place in my heart. Because of it, we met!!! And I met some wonderful friends!!! I have such great memories of the FIJI guys, and going back to Cookeville for this event brought so many of them back.

Happy Easter!!!

Hope you all had a very Happy Easter!!! Our's was wonderful!!!

Here's a pic of Mere digging into her Easter Basket to see what the Easter Bunny brought her.

Meredith wanted to wear her pink cowgirl boots with her Easter dress...she was adorable!!! She also wanted to wear her pearls after she saw me with mine on. And she took her sweet little Kitty purse :)

Mommy and Daddy with Mere:

After Church, we went to Shelbyville for lunch. Meredith and Caitlyn had an Easter Egg Hunt, and we also celebrated Nanny Burrahm's birthday (her birthday is mid April).

1st Church Easter Egg Hunt

Meredith had her first Easter Egg Hunt at Church on April 11th. She did awesome!!!! She filled up her basket quickly and even helped others collect eggs.

We got her the cutest little Hello Kitty basket.

She was scared of the Easter Bunny, but I was able to get one picture...

She won a door prize, too...a Veggie Tales CD :)