Tree Decorating

It is a tradition in the Coon house to decorate our tree on Thanksgiving night!I usually just sit on the couch and watch the boys decorate the tree. I love just taking it all in!

They always do such a wonderful job!

Merry CHRISTmas!

Our Thanksgiving FEAST!

We had a wonderful lunch at my parents' house on Thanksgiving Day! We had Peanut Butter Pie (Big Bob Gibsons) and homemade Pecan Pie!
Yum!

.... and more Yum!!!

David cutting our fried turkey!

Patton's tradition! He loves to eat the turkey leg!

Sweet cousing

Papa throwing the football with Sam and Smith!

Papa and Patton chilling out with full tummies!

Thanksgiving Morning

Shelley Webster's husband, Mr. Web, came over early Thursday morning to help us fry some turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner! We did one for an appetizer, courtesy of Web, and then 3 others!
When I walked downstairs, I saw Mr. Web doing all this! I thought he was perfoming surgery or something?

It was a gorgeous day for turkey frying!

They tasted so, so good!

Thank you, Mr. Web, for your expertise!

A Surprise!

It is an ongoing joke with my grade level that the "rocket" thing gets on my nerves. Yes, I know we are the Challengers at JHES, but does everything have to have a rocket it on it! Well, my co-workers, especially Mr. Thomas, want to put a rocket on everything (notes to parents, t-shirts, etc.) just to get on my nerves. Therefore, they threw me a ROCKET party for my birthday! I had a Toy Story plates and a rocket cake made by Mrs. Sikes!
I have to admit it was pretty cute! It was also pretty yummy!

I laughed at the comments those crazy co-workers made in my birthday card!

I work with an awesome bunch of people!! Thank you, TEAM! You guys are the best!!!

Peace, Love, and Hills!

Well, we survived the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon in Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee! We got tye-dyed shirts, too!

Here we are before the race! We had no clue what we were getting ourselves into!!

We were all smiles at the start! That changed pretty quickly! Hee-Hee!

Shawn and Megan going up and up and up!

Mr. David and I coming down a hill! That is why we are smiling!

This where we started and finished the marathon, in a field????

This was mile 23! I wanted to just sit down and cry!!!

David and Shawn heading to the finish!!!

Megan on her way to be DONE!!!

It was a gorgeous course even though it was so brutal!

It was an adventure! One of our inclines was 3.2 miles long. The elevation went from 0 to 3500 feet OUCH!!!!

Even though it was painful, we met some really nice people! We had a good time!

Celebrating Thanksgiving

Jairus came right in ready to celebrate....

The boys and girls had a wonderful time last Friday celebrating Thanksgiving at JHES. They came into the classroom ready to work on a Thanksgiving packet (see above) while our breakFEAST was being set-up by our moms and dads! After we ate our yummy food, we spent the rest of the day watching Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving and Sarah, Plain and Tall!

We have so much to be THANKFUL FOR!!!!!

My next adventure!

I will be running my 8th marathon this Sunday morning right outside Nashville, Tennessee. I will be running The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey with Mr. David, my brother, Shawn, and my running buddy, Megan Miller. We are not looking for a PR (personal record) due to the 3500 ft. elevation change that will occur during our run. We just want to FINISH ALIVE!!! We are just hoping to enjoy ourselves and have a good time!
http://www.harpethhillsmarathon.com

Check out this marathon's website. It is quite interesting. This marathon filled up in 32 minutes after opening up for online registration. Why? I am not sure after reading more about it! This will be the smallest marathon I have participated in so far. It shall be interesting!