It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Happy Fall! I LOVE Fall. My fave month of the year is definitely October...not only is the weather in Southeast Louisiana beautiful, but the area is full of fairs, festivals, and lots of other outdoor activities! That also means it's a really busy time of year!

The kids have been into the swing of school now for the past 6 weeks. Morgan is adjusting to a whole new world of Kindergarten, and Maddie is her usual laid-back self, adjusting to whatever. 

We've been staying very active - since my last post (August 5th), we've participated in 7 more races and continue to train during the week for our upcoming 1/2 Marathon on October 9th.

I also participated in a 30 mile Bike Tour of Tangipahoa Parish last weekend. It was beautiful!

I'm down 22 more lbs. since my last post bringing my total weight loss to 122 lbs. I'm less than 15 lbs from my goal, so factoring in a few cushion pounds for Disney and the holidays, I should hopefully reach that by Christmas with no problem.

Since the last post, I am also happy to say that my team won the Biggest Loser - POOLCORP! We lost a combined total of 67 lbs as a group in 6 weeks (6.61%).

Here are a few picture highlights from the past few weeks:

Morgan's First Day of Kindergarten - August 2011

Morgan was flower girl in Dustin and Melanie Lively's Wedding - September 2011

Maddie was crowned "Baby Miss St. Tammany Parish" - September 2011

Morgan was crowned "Petite Miss St. Tammany Parish" - September 2011

Because they were both crowned "Queen" of their divisions, they will ride in the St. Tammany Parish Fair Parade this Friday, kicking off a busy few weeks: we're heading to Hattiesburg for the USM Game on Saturday, I'm headed to Dallas on Sunday for a few days for work, next week is Homecoming at Northlake Christian with a TON of daily activities, Morgan has a field trip, we have the 1/2 Marathon and then recover for a week or 2 before heading to Disneyworld! Then Halloween...then Thanksgiving...then Christmas.... where has the year gone???

Always running (literally and figuratively) - 

Janel