Red Envelope Day

Tuesday, March 31, be a part of a nationwide anit-abortion campaign. Address a RED envelope to: President Barack Obama, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20500. On the back, write the following message: "This envelope represents one child who died because of an abortion. It is empty because the life that was taken is now unable to be a part of our world. Responsibility begins with conception." For more information on this campaign, go to www.redenvelopeday.com

Take Your Mark ... Get Ready ... Get Set ... GOO!

What a glorious day it was today at the 32nd Annual Gate River Run. Dustin and I woke up at 5:45 a.m. this morning and began getting ready. We were meeting his parents, and my mom at Dustin's parents house and left at 7 a.m. to pick up our niece, Reagan. It was EXTREMELY foggy this morning and we were pretty bummed. It's a good thing God knows what He's doing, we were actually very grateful for the fog. Not once did we feel hot. Once the cannon was shot, we were trying to shuffle our way in. It was SO CROWDED we started 8.5 minutes late. So we finished the race in 1 hour 52 minutes. During the peak of the race I was asking myself "why did I decide to do this?" I was really feeling the BURN on my legs and feet. I also didn't think the Hart Bridge was going to be all that bad ... holy moly was I in for a "treat". This was, physically, one of the HARDEST things I've ever accomplished. I plan on training A LOT more for next year's race.

Springing Forward to New Beginnings

House
Hi everyone! I hope you are enjoying your day. Well, last time I wrote you I announced that my wonderful husband and I were building a house. As expected, we've had some frustrating moments but we continue to pray them away and accept the things we have no control of. We knew it wasn't going to be the easiest process. Meanwhile, we met with the builder last week who showed us our house plans. We then went to the actual lot and he showed us where the house would sit.

We were supposed to break ground this week but our house would have been done way sooner than we needed it to be. So, with that being said, we found out that we would be breaking ground in early April and our closing date is now July 15.

While we wait, Dustin and I have been busy packing our apartment. We've packed the office (which took forever and it's one of the smallest areas of our apartment ... go figure?) We will be moving out of our apartment April 11 and we'll be moving in with his parents, who have been nice enough to let us stay at their house rent free, as we wait for our house to be built. What a praise! We'll be saving a lot of money thanks to their kindness and generosity. I'm also excited to live with them because they eat so healthy and I know that I'll finally loose those pesky pounds I've been trying to get rid of. :)

Upcoming Events
A week from this Saturday Dustin and I will be running the 32nd Annual Gate River Run together. For those of you who don't know what this race is here's a little blurb about it ... "Last year over 18,000 runners and walkers participated in one of the three featured events. The 15K is the main event with over 14,000 runners and walkers. The Gate River Run is the largest 15K in the United States and will once again served as the USA 15K Championship. The other featured events are the Florida Times-Union 5K for Charity and the adidas Junior River Run. Both of these events had over 2,000 participants last year." For the past two years I was running/walking the 5K. I'm so proud to be running the 15K with Dustin. This will be his 8th year running it. He is very excited to reach his 10th year, he wants to have a BIG party. If you'd like to read more about the race please go to Gate River Run .

Two weeks after that, we will be attending a wedding of one of my good friends (whom I've known since the 8th grade). I'm so excited for April and Robert. I can't believe how fast time goes by.

Please continue to pray for each other. We need to lock arms, especially in these hard economic times. It seems as though no one has job security these days. The only thing that will not change is our trust we have in the Lord. It's not always easy to think that way but we've been trying to more than ever. We keep reminding ourselves that God will always provide. "Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed." Prv. 16:3

I'd love to hear how everyone is doing! Enjoy the rest of your day and weekend. :)

P.S. Several weeks ago Dustin and I bought a camera at Target, it was on a MAJOR sale, so I will be taking a lot of pictures of the building process.