Turkey Trot, then Turkey Eat

The morning of Thanksgiving, Forrest and I drove to Houston to join Amberly, Aaron and the boys in the Turkey Trot. We did the 10k which so far has been my longest race.  Afterwards we spent the rest of the day at the ranch where we enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving meal and spent the rest of the day outside. We were outside when the weather changed instantly. Within a matter of one gust of wind, the weather felt like it dropped 20 degrees. It was unbelievable how fast it changed. It definitely made for good autumn weather for the holiday.

I played with Amberly’s new camera – hints all the pictures. I have been wanting a fancy camera like all the moms out there have but figured I would wait until we had kids. Playing with her camera made me realize I could get some good use out of one now and maybe a little practice! So I asked for one for Christmas, which I will blog about later. ;)

 

  

 

What a Season!

Aggies had a great football season this year and I feel like what kind of Aggie would I be if I didn’t blog about their success? We enjoyed tailgating and going to the games to support them. Forrest just found out a few days ago that he gets to go to the Cotton Bowl, lucky dog! His dad came across some tickets. Here are some pics of all of us tailgating before the Nebraska game. We won which made it our 8th win of the season. After beating Texas the following weekend (whoop!), our season stood at 9-3.

 

  

  

IRONMAN 70.3 Austin, TX

I am so terribly sorry to my dear blog for neglecting you. It is very hard to get motivated when you are so behind, but we just got a little busy. No excuses though and I will try not to let it happen again!

Back in October, shortly after my triathlon, Forrest completed the Ironman 70.3 in Austin and did absolutely AMAZING. Aaron, Jeremy (friend), and Will (Aaron’s friend) joined him in the race. They all did so great- all of us girls were so proud.

I wish I could share the book I made Forrest– it has all of his thoughts, all pictures, it is so great at telling the story. In fact, if it is not too long I will maybe try and add some of that into here. Anyways, I am so proud of him. He worked so hard to get to this point. I cannot wait to cheer for him in the IRONMAN Texas in May 2011.

   

   

  

A note from the athlete himself:

“First and foremost.... I want to thank all of my family who made the trip to Austin to support Aaron and myself in the Longhorn 70.3 Ironman this past weekend.  I was completely taken back at numerous moments of how much support we had.  It would be ZERO exaggeration to say that Aaron and I had the best and loudest fans of anyone in the race.  So a BIG THANK YOU to Aunt Dede, Rob, supa dupa paratrooper (Dyron), Kim, Madison, Rocky, Rod &Donna, Amberly, Natalie, Aiden, Ashton, My Parents and a big thank you to Megan as if it were not for her I would have never signed up for the event.  Also, thanks Pop for picking up my slack around the ranch while I was training for the event.  I am often reminded how lucky I am to have such a wonderful loving family that cares so much about each other and what is going on in each of our lives.  Family is what makes everything in life all worth it.” -Forrest