Sunny Saturday Morning

This morning Jonathan got up at 6:30 to head to the men's breakfast at church. He has had some cold/allergy stuff going on so the past two nights I have tried out sleeping in the recliner downstairs - not just to be away from possible germies but also because I've heard it can be pretty comfy for preggo ladies. It is. Anyway, he left a little before 7 and I went back to sleep - then about 20 minutes later I about had a heart attack when I woke up to the door being unlocked - the breakfast is actually next Saturday - whoops! Both of our brains must be distracted...

No worries though - we had other big plans! We headed out to a cross country meet where we had some runners to cheer for - here are couple of shots I caught - they all had great runs!

Justin coming out of the woods.

Sister Lauren cheering her bro into the finish!

Jonathan and Justin.

Friends and competition today! Blake and Justin.

Lauren representing MCA in maroon out in front.

Lauren coming into the finish!

It was a great time - Jonathan and I are hoping to see some more meets and games even with Baby Schallmo. We also hope to get back into some running...the Virginia 10-miler is next weekend, which we have done for the past 2 years and have some friends running in this year, and we miss it! Tomorrow my cousin Jill is doing a HALF IRONMAN (she is an ironwoman, for sure) in Syracuse and is going to kick butt! If you've not heard of an Ironman triathlon, it includes a 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 112 mile bike ride, followed by a MARATHON (26.2 mile) run. Even 1/4 of that would be excruciating, I'm sure - and tomorrow Jill will do half of each of those distances, including an extremely hilly, challenging bike portion. Hopefully I will get some pictures to steal from all of my family that is cheering her on. We wish we could be there too - GO JILL!

Last note of the day - when we got back from the meet this morning, my dearest husband rescued a turtle from the middle of the road right outside our house. There are a lot of small "lakes" in our neighborhood, but we think someone must have actually moved him there (sad) and that his shell looked like he may have been run over a little already. Anyway, he swam away in the water after his hero walked him over!