fancy dates, races and parties

Last night was our top secret, super fancy date.
Up until 3:00 yesterday afternoon, I was under the impression that John Mark was going with us.
At 3:00 Micah told me that he was staying with Chris & Kelly not going with us, but that was all he would say.
At 5:00 I found out we were going downtown.
At 6:00 we dropped John Mark off at Chris and Kelly's. When we got in the car, Micah handed me an envelope and inside were 2 tickets to ANNIE!!

So we ate supper at a fancy little restaurant downtown and then watched Annie at the Civic Center. Dinner was fabulous, and the show was incredible. THIS is why my husband is the greatest husband in the world- not only did he WILLINGLY go to see a musical, he dressed up in a suit and tie just for me. What a man!

This morning I ran in a 5K with Marcy to benefit the children of Sierra Leone. It was a benefit race for OCS Heroes week.
This is our before picture.
I have a picture identical to this from 7 years ago in our brown house.
(is that POSSIBLE?)
Yes, we are wearing matching shorts.
We have no shame. None.
You should just be thankful our shirts are different colors!

This is our during picture. I know it doesn't LOOK like we're going fast at all, but I promise you- we were trucking it! We both finished the race in under 30 minutes. We were freezing cold with snot running down our faces, and there were moments we questioned our survival... but it was totally worth it!!

And this is the after picture.
We are proudly displaying our certificates we got for completing the race. From here we went to breakfast at Panera and shopping at the mall. Yes, we stayed in our matching shorts.
Dirty stares and hateful glances don't stop us- no shame, remember! It was a GREAT morning.

Finally, we rounded out our weekend by wishing miss Caroline a very happy second birthday. She had a great party at her house with lots of cupcakes, juice and giant Cinderella balloons. Unfortunately, this is the only picture I got all day because we were pre-occupied with the birthday girl.

It has been a busy couple of days filled with celebrating.
Celebrating love.
Celebrating friendship.
Celebrating life.

I love a good celebration! Don't you?