What a week it has been for us! Although neither of us was as prepared as we should have been for the Houston Half Marathon, we did it and had a blast! We took a flight to Houston the day before (thanks Dad for taking care of Dixie), picked up our registration packets, and ate a carb-filled pre-race dinner with the family. The next morning we woke up extra early and headed to the race along with about 10,000 other people. Both of us were surprised by how exciting the whole experience was - It was a like an exhausting party for 13.1 miles. Seeing friends, family (thanks Aunt Linda), and the community showing their support made you fight to do your best. We both met our goals, so we are more than happy. Chris finished in about 2 hrs 11 min and Katie finished in 2 hrs 52 min, and we are motivated to improve our times next year as this appears to be a new family tradition to honor those we love together. We just received proofs for our pictures from the race, so as soon as we get them we will post them on here for you all to see. The last few miles were rough, with our legs cramping up so bad we could hardly move much less run, but what an amazing feeling to cross that finish line and realize what you accomplished! We are still recovering, but each day it gets a bit easier to move around. It was totally worth it!
In other news, we finished getting our bedroom put together, so we've posted a couple pictures. It really is nice to have a desk, drawers, and a working room for us again. Katie started nursing school this week, so needless to say we have a lot less free time. She has hit the ground running and we don't see it letting up until summer break. Please pray for peace and wisdom for her during these two years. The faculty have all been very supportive of her, and that has helped her confidence a lot. Chris has a couple work trips in the coming weeks, so he could use your prayers for safe travel. We are so blessed to have each other and to have each of you, our family and friends...
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish. He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy he knew would be his afterward. Now he is seated in the place of highest honor beside God's throne in heaven. Think about all he endured when sinful people did such terrible things to him, so that you don't become weary and give up.
-Hebrews 12:1-3
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