Top Ten Updates

1.) We went to Branson this weekend for a family reunion on Kent's Mom's side. It was fun to get to spend time with family that we never see. I discovered the part of Branson where people actually live - it was sooooo much better than the traffic jammed strip.

2.) If you are EVER driving from Central Arkansas to Branson on Highway 65, you must stop in Clinton at Toga Moe Joe's. It's a super cute cafe with awesome food. I've had the Greek salad, spinach/artichoke dip, the salad bar, and Kent said the pizza was exceptionally good. They also have fried green beans!

3.) We attended the Arkansas-Alabama game two weekends ago. This video is of students camping out  - watch it! The night before, on Thursday night, Coach Petrino, Jeff Long (the athletic director), Ryan Mallet, and many other football players bought pizza and handed it out to the hundreds of students camping out.




4.) I'm running the Soaring Wings Half Marathon on October 23rd in Conway. I'm really excited about this race because a.) it's relatively cheap for a half marathon; b.) Amber is running it, it's our first race together AND my first chance to smoke her! and c.) at the finish line they have Sonic cheeseburgers, Papa John's pizza, Snickers Bars AND lots of fruit! That beats a banana and granola bar any day of the week!

5.) I had a GREAT 26th birthday last week. I'm 26 now. I feel like that is a good age, you know, more mature than 24 or 25.... Here is the picture only I took on my birthday... I'm so vain, I already know, you don't have to tell me. However, I'm not helping myself here with my Jay Leno chin theory. Ok, enough self over-analyzing.

Kento was taking me out to dinner.

6.) Since I turned 26, that marked my 10 year anniversary of my first wreck. ON MY 16TH BIRTHDAY I was driving a car that was NOT mine. I ran a stop sign in front of the junior high school (YES everyone saw me have the wreck) and T-boned a police detective's wife with 3 kids and a dog in the car. All that to say, there is now a 4-way stop at that intersection instead of 2-way stop. I know how to get things done!

7.) I've been teaching a Bootcamp Class at 5:15 AM two days a week for the past month and I LOVE it!  Kent thinks I love it because I get to tell people what to do for a solid hour. Maybe he's right...

8.) I found a bunch of my Mom's Mom's gold jewlery and I have been wearing it constantly. I'm slightly obsessed with it.

9.) I ran 15 miles last week and actually wanted to keep going - this is a good sign since I am wanting to run the White Rock FULL Marathon on December 5th. Eeeeek!

10.) Deer season started last Friday, October 1st. Which means I am about to become a deer widow. Which reminds me of this picture, two years ago when I found Kento in the backyard climbing a tree with his deer stand. Wierd....