Ella Barnes Running Club

Ava's new love is the running club at her school. She is too young to be on it but they allow her to run if I run with her. We have had so much fun and she is doing so well. Fortunately, she has some experience in "pacing" herself and most of the other kids just want to go all out and burn all of their energy in the first half mile. We are so proud of her. Last week her club ran a fun run at Texas A&M CC and Adiah was kind enough to run with us. Ava blew us all away. I hope she sticks with it because I really think she has the ability to go far with this.

If someone knows how I can turn these pictures please share...

Mrs. Collins, Ava's running coach and wonderful 2nd grade teacher.

A little warm-up before the race.

And she's off..

A small part of the running club.

After the race

Just a Normal Saturday in Corpus

The view from the incredibly long line.Watching the sailboats...what a wonderful way to wait in line. Getting tired of waiting...The Christmas tree forest. I was expecting extravagant. Ella Barnes sponsored tree. Australia



Adiah's school sponsored India but we didn't get a picture with that one. Oops!

I am really starting to feel the very near move tonight. I don't know why it is hitting me so hard now but ouch! I am really going to miss my life in Corpus. Today was such a beautiful day. 85 sunny and windy. Perfect. The sun was hot and the wind was cool. Just the way I like it.

The girls and I started our day off by going to the Art Museum of South Texas with our friends. Well, it was supposed to be fun and festive but, after waiting in line for about 45min just to get in and then waiting in line to see the Christmas tree forest everybody was just ready to go. I was a bit disappointed with the exhibit. I expected so much more. At least Adiah and Ava were able to spend some time with Karston, Camee and Kayden.

While we were waiting in line or, while I was waiting in line and they were running around playing, I was able to enjoy the beauty of Corpus Christi bay. You may laugh at that last statement but, it was so pretty and I am going to miss it every day.

Later this afternoon the girls and I took a walk down to the bay and they ran and played with the tumble weeds and I sat and texted pictures of them to Jason. I had never seen tumble weeds until this fall. They are so strange to me. The girls loved running wild and we had a great time.