Race for the Cure and Birthday Weekend!

This weekend my mom and I ran in the Houston Race for the Cure. We had a great time running and getting all the free stuff afterwards. I actually ended up getting 5th place in my age group (yay!!), and I reached my goal of running faster than a 24 minute 5k (my time was 23:11). I'm hoping next time I can beat 23 mintues. Jacob, Jayda and my dad were all able to come along for support and it was so great having them all there. Jacob and Jayda had to get up at 6 a.m. to go with me, so that was super sweet of them. I always love doing the race for the cure and seeing all of the women (and men) that come out to support breast cancer research, survivors, and remember those lives that were taken by the disease. It is such a moving experience and really makes you realize that breast cancer can strike anyone. That's why early detection, self exam, and mammograms are SO important! Ok, I better get off my soap box! After the race we all came home to relax and take naps since we'd all been up so early. Oma opened up her birthday gifts and we sang happy birthday to her and enjoyed some yummy carrot cake. That evening we took Oma out to dinner at Kona Grill to celebrate. The food was delicious! Afterwards we walked around and did some window shopping and got some coffee while Jayda played and introduced herself to every single person that walked by! We had a great weekend of celebrating!

Jayda sporting the energizer bunny ears that they were giving out at the race.


Running for mom! Celebrating 24 years of being cancer free!!


Mommy and Jayda after I finished running.


The whole fam!


Singing happy birthday to Oma!


Oma and Oupa with Jayda at Kona Grill.


All 3 of us hanging out after dinner.


Family pic before church!