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Ok I am going to try and think back in my brain and post from some races…

This was our first race. ever. It was an 8k called footsteps in hope. i was SO NERVOUS!
March 2009

Over Easter weekend in April 2009 we ran the Crescent city classic 10K in New Orleans with my family. I ran a 1:05 10K

Then at the end of May 2009 we ran the Magnolia meltdown 5k, very hilly course!

In August, we ran run for the Son, sponsored by First Baptist Church of Jackson = run downtown = lots of hills! in AUGUST in MISSISSIPPI. This was the most miserable race ever. I was drenched with sweat standing at the start waiting to go..the humidity was a nightmare! As you can see from this picture…

Then in October, on Halloween, we ran a very chilly strawberry classic. This is where I got my 5k PR

***Disneyworld Half Marathon January 2010
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***Mardi Gras Rock n Roll half marathon, February 28, 2010
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***March of Dimes 5k race, April 25, 2010
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***Race for His Glory 5k race, May 2010
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***Run for Life half marathon, October 9, 2010
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***Jazz Half Marathon, October 30, 2010
Part One
Part Two

***Disney Full Marathon January 9, 2011
Part One
Part Two

***Resolution Run 5k January 29, 2011
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***Mardi Gras Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon Feb 13, 2011
PART ONE
PART TWO

***St. Patrick’s Day 5k March 19, 2011
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***Nutri-Hut 5k May 14, 2011
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***Pursuit of Fun 5k May 21, 2011
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***Rock ‘N’ Roll Providence Half Marathon August 7, 2011
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***Disney’s Halloween 5k Fun Run October 1, 2011
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***Disney’s Wine and Dine Half Marathon October 1, 2011
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***Gulf Coast Half Marathon October 9, 2011
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***RnR St. Louis Half Marathon October 23, 2011
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***Turkey Trot 5k November 24, 2011
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***Rouge Orleans Ultra-Marathon Relay February 11-12, 2012
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

***Disney Tangled Royal Family 5k February 25, 2012
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***Disney Princess Half Marathon February 26, 2012
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***Rock n Roll New Orleans March 4, 2012
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***St. Patrick’s Day 5k March 17, 2012
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***Gulf Coast half marathon Pensacola beach April 15, 2012
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***Disneyland Half marathon with coast to coast medal September 2, 2012
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***Gulf Coast Mandeville Half Marathon: October 14, 2013
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***Jazz Half Marathon: October 27, 2012
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***runDisney Wine and Dine Half Marathon: November 10, 2012
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***Woman’s Half Marathon: December 9, 2012
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***runDisney Half Marathon 2013 (part 1 of Goofy’s challenge)
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***runDisney Marathon 2013 (part 2 of Goofy’s challenge)
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***runDisney Mickey and Minnie Royal Family 5k
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***runDisney Princess half marathon 2013
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***Run for Relief 5k
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***St. Patrick’s Day 5k 2013
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***Zombie Run 5k April 2013
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***Disneyland 10k 2013

***Disneyland half marathon 2013

***Tower of Terror 10 miler 2013

***Baltimore half marathon October 2013
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***Wine and Dine half marathon 2013
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***WDW marathon weekend 5k 2014
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***WDW marathon weekend 10k 2014
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***WDW marathon weekend half marathon 2014
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***WDW marathon 2014
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***Royal family 5k February 2014
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***Enchanted 10k February 2014
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***Princess half marathon February 2014
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***Crescent City Classic April 2014
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***Rock ‘n Roll New Orleans January 2015
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***Princess half marathon February 2015
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***LA Marathon March 2015
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***Crescent City Classic 10k April 2015
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*** Son Valley Rally 5k May 2015

***Expedition Everest Challenge May 2015

***Jingle Bell Jog 5k December 2015

***WDW Half Marathon January 2016

***runDisney Enchanted 10k February 2016

***runDisney Princess half marathon February 2016

***Crescent City Classic 10k March 2016

***Racin’ for the Seed 5k April 2016

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I used to think dairy-free desserts were “just o I used to think dairy-free desserts were “just okay.” Like, fine in a pinch… but never something I craved. 👀

But then this little picnic happened—just me, my girl, and a sweet treat we both loved enough to fight over the last bite. 😅

We’ve been trying to be more mindful with food choices lately (especially with summer travel coming up), and I grabbed these So Delicious treats at Kroger kind of on a whim. The new packaging caught my eye, but it was the taste that totally surprised us. Creamy. Indulgent. No weird aftertaste. And no, we’re not fully dairy-free—and we still loved them.

It’s one of those little swaps that doesn’t feel like giving anything up.

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🚨 Homeschool decision!! If you have been aroun 🚨 Homeschool decision!!

If you have been around here since Christmas time, then you know we pulled Emma Kate out of her private school after the first semester and put her in a hybrid homeschool for the spring. The main reason being we wanted more absences than the school allowed. 

What is a hybrid? In our case, she went to a school all day 3 days a week, and we taught her at home two days a week. 

It seemed like the best of both worlds, not having absences count since we were also her teachers, being able to stay home some, sleep in, and travel. 

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Teaching your kid is hard. There were lots of tears and frustrations, and she got bored since Bobby and I also work from home/I’m not a stay at hoke mom. We couldn’t just sit with her all day and teach her with our crazy long hours owning two businesses. 

It was tough to keep a schedule and while getting to travel a lot was great, she didn’t thrive on not having a routine and struggled with the randomness of everything.

She is also a very social only child who missed her friends and also wants to play sports for her school.

 In the end while there were a lot of pros to hybrid homeschool, the cons outweighed them for us so we are returning to her old school in the fall. 

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I thought about the right time to surprise her, and after then lost the state AAU tournament in the championship game, AND she was sick (crazy cough at the end of the video haha!) 

I knew this would be the perfect time to cheer her up. I think it worked. 😜

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