Did Ya'll Know the Civil War isn't over??

WELL! Those of you who read my post, know it is over, but you couldn't have guessed that if you were at the Battlefield Half-Marathon this weekend! We (Eric, Coon, Izzy, and I) headed down to Chicamauga, GA this weekend for the Battlefield Half-Marathon pasta dinner and race Friday and Saturday and let me tell you....There were folks dressed up in "Civil War" time outfits, playing "interesting" tunes, and both the American flag and the Confederate flag were being used as centerpeices for the dinner tables. Not to mention the cannon firing at the beginning of the race and "Confederate Soldiers" dressed up on race day. Now, I would have REALLY been concerned if they would have fore-gone the National Anthem at the beginning of the race, luckily a man played it proudly on his trumpet!

Well anywho, lets just say that the "northern boys" that Izzy and I cheered on at the race gave those southerners a what-for! I was so proud of them both! They both beat their race goal times by at least three minutes and Coon even got an award! Eric finished in 1:55 when his goal was 2:00 and Coon finished in 1:26 when his goal was 1:30. Coon finished fourth overall and SECOND in his age group! Can I get a whoop whoop for the boys? Whoop whoop!! :)

After Coon got finished, we watched Eric bring it in strong, and then Eric escorted me quickly to Battle Academy in full Renessance attire for our Renessance Festival so I could work my 2nd grade booth for a couple of hours. Yes, it was quite the sight....luckily for me there are NO pictures of that part of the day! :) The rest of the day was spent relaxing, watching football, and napping! It was a great weekend but we missed the rest of our usual troop, Sarah and Wrigley, we wish you could have been here!

"Why would you want to reinact a war that you lost?"

-Ryan Coon

Well, hello there friend!

Ok, per the persistent requests of my dear friend Ryan James, I am back! I can't promise an exciting post, but I will do what I can! :) We have been fairly busy over the last week or so, and quite busy since my last post! Eric got back Wednesday night from Niagra Falls and I had a late night at work Thursday. In fact, I left the house at 6:30 Thursday morning and got home Thursday night about 8:30. Way too long of a day for pregnant lady, especially one who is sick 24/7! But on a lighter note, last Thursday (Oct. 29th) we had our first doctor's appointment and not only did everything look good, but we got to hear the little one's heart beating strong and got our first picture of the little bean. We have another appointment right before we go back to the QC for Thanksgiving so we are crossing our fingers that everything is still going well!

Here is my first picture at about 9 weeks. Stay tuned for fatter pictures later...

Its not very clear, but if you can see the little blob in the middle of the picture, thats our little one!

Other news around here is pretty slim, Izzy is doing well and Eric has been busy training for his half-marathon thats coming up next weekend. We were pretty pumped about our Cyclones beating Nebraska two weeks ago, and have faith in our team for the rest of the season and next year too! Anywho, stay tuned for updates, I will really try to blog a bit more often! :) Have a great week ya'll!