Turkey Trot 2017!!!

 I did it you guys, I RAN (Ran/jogged/power-walked) MY FIRST RACE!!!

I didn't come ANYWHERE close to winning...

buuuuuuuuuuuuut...

IF there was a BEST-DRESSED-RUNNER AWARD...

I SOOOOOOOOO WON!!!

 In fact, I would VERY HUMBLY like to give myself that award...bahahahaaaa!!!I did it up right!!! My #thankful in gold glitter shirt, with my black sequin skirt, that my sis-in-love so kindly cut and hemmed for me so I could wear it in MY FIRST RACE, annnnnd my Hobby Lobby turkey headband!!! People LOOOOOVED IT!!! As soon as I walked in someone that worked there came over and asked if they could take my pic for the website! I was like, SUUUUUUUUUURE!!! LOL!!! 

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Our WHOLE GROUP of trotters...Next year we expect some of the LPC MEN to join us...COME ON PASTOR...I see you running the aisles... YOU CAN DO IT!!!! Whoop, Whoop!!! 

Odie did GREAT and he LOOOOOVED the turkey!!!

Especially when he got down and talked to him!!!

 

 Happy Birthday JUDAH!!! Sweet 13!!!

 Getting ready to run...

 Ready...

 SET...

ANNNNNNNNND GOING!!! 

 More than halfway done!!! 

 And when I got to the HOME STRETCH, I heard my peeps cheering for me!

AWWWWWWWWWW!!! 

 Annnnnnnnd FINISHED!!! 

 

Then we all went and chowed at DJ's bagels because they have THE BEST everrrr...even better than Chompies BAGELS!!! NYC APPROVED BAGELS!!!! Nom, nom, nom!!! Ooooh annnnnd I got THE BEST ICED COFFEE EVERRRR THERE...The Hawaiian Beach latte...YUMMMM!!!

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 What, what, WHAAAAAAAAAAT????

YES, Annnnnnnnnnd then I went hiking, IF ONLY cuz I had NOTHING else to do...annnnnd cuz I've ALWAYS wanted to go hiking in a sequin skirt!!! AHAHAHA!!!! Now I'm just finishishing up baking my pies and I've had 3 iced coffees and am SOOOOOOOOOOOO HYPERRRRR!!!! 

♥Mary Frances :)

P.S. Wait till you guys see my BLACK FRIDAY OUTFIT!!! Once dinner is over...it's OFFICIALLY CHRISTMAS TIME...me and the sis and kiddos HIT THE STORES!!! Whoop, whoop!!! 

Turkey Trot 2017!!!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeelllll here we go, TURKEY TROT TIME!!!

My first everrrr RUN!!! It's NOT a marathon, buuuuuuuuut it is a 5k which is 2.5 miles!!! I'm superrrrr excited about this!!! I did a practice run last week in Fountain Hills..2.5 miles...Ran/jogged/powerwalked it in 45ish minutes...NOT to shabby considering in high school I ran the one mile in about the same amount of time!!! and the good news is I shouldn't be coming in LAST place since I checked the times for last years race and there were people that ran it in over an hour...SO PHEW!!!

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Oooooh and WAIT til you guys see my special outfit for this run...JUST WAIT!!! Hee, hee!!!
♥Mary Frances :)

Thanksgiving Day 2016!!!!

Yesturday was an AWESOME-funnnnnnnn Thanksgiving Day!!! We started the morning off with the Turkey Trot in Fountain Hills. Met up with my sis, MJ, Odin, Sis. Abbott, Janelle and Everleene from my church! It was GREAT FUNNNNN! Next year I am sooooo RUNNING this and NOT just doing the fitness walk...which was still funnnnn!!! Annnnnnd I'm gonna go ALL out with my Turkey Trot outfit...hee, hee!!! Just wait, Turkey headband, Thanksgiving Turkey Tutu over my skirt!!! OH YEAH!!!

VERY, very, VERRRRRRRRY excited to have my FIRST marathon ribbon...

SOOOOOOOO going up on my wall!!!

 Managed to talk the big sis into it THE NIGHT BEFORE...wooooohooooooo!!!

 There MAAAAAAAAAAAY have been ONE person that wasn't exited about this morning activity tho...bahahahaha!!!

Afterwards we went and celebrated at DJ's Bagel shop in Fountain Hills...YUMMMMM!!!

After that, I was going to go hiking buuuuuuuuuuuuut opted out for a NAP instead...LOL...Gotta get ready for SHOPPING TIME!!! Hee, hee!!! After my nap I headed over to Dad's house to start setting up and baking stuff...

 

I liked our table get up, we ain't fancy folk but festive and funnnnn is our style!!! My mom's picture was in the middle of it all...a constant reminder of her there with us! Her greatest fear about dying was leaving us and that her grandchildren wouldn't know her...BUT they will...her legacy is continuing on...She planted the seeds, we'll never forget!!!

Before dinner started, I read to the kids, "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" I just LOVE being a Auntie!!!

Eating, talking, laughing and having a great time together!!!

I pretty much wore this outfit for the whole past week...LOVE IT!!!

 The one thing we forgot this year...

My family wouldn't let me use it...they thought I would get drunk...LOL!!!!

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More fun, playing, walks, desserts, leftover distribution and CLEAN UP!!!

Feeling extra festive and happy!!!

Annnnnnnnnnnd NOW SHOPPING TIME!!! NOW for me, as soon as Thanksgiving is over, its CHRISTMAS time!!! Soooooooo being the very festive person that I am, it was TIME to get all decked out...wooooohoooooo!!!  It was a blast and I'm definitely GLAD that I took that nap!!! We went to Walmart, The mall and the outlets...where my sis waited and the LONGEST EVERRRRRR LINE to get in the Kate Spade store...she got some cute stuff tho!!!

Overall, it was a great day!!! I had been worried about being sad without my mom here, buuuuuuuuut, I was to busy to get sad, just moments of thankful reflection on her life with us and gratefulness for where she now is!!!

Thank you God for a great day and a wonderful life!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

November Weekend Smorgasbord!!! Youth Rally-Hike-Birthday-Thanksgiving-Feast-2016!!!

LPC YOUTH RALLY 2016

Starting off with this past Friday, we had an AWESOME Youth Rally!!! Bro. Garrett preached a very much needed message to us all about living for God and if we want to make it to heaven and if we want to live for God it's NOT going to happen UNLESS we do something about it, we're not just going to make it coasting along!!!

 After wards all the young people had a great time socializing, eating and playing games. We had out fire pits, a coffee bar, an air hockey table, a ping-pong table and of course basketball!

Annnnnnnnnd we had something VERY COOL at our thing and that is a HOT COOKIE TRUCK...it was GREAT!!! A big hit!!!

Deedee's First Hike

I took Deedee up to Fountain Hills early Saturday morning and we hiked! She absolutely LOVED it! She's so athletic, I'm all hauling myself up the hill and she's like, YOUR TIRED??? LOL I was just a little disappointed tho that the fountain wasn't going, its soooooooo BEAUTIFUL and I wanted her to see that, buuuuuut oh well NEXT TIME!!!

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BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!

Annnnnnnnnnnnd after the hike Deedee and I headed over to Scottsdale Ranch Park for the birthday party of some of my favorite kids, Arie, Sammy, MaKenna and Isacc!!!! Their parents decided since all their first 4 kids birthday are real close together in the fall that they would have one big party for all of them! It was great and funnnnn!!!

It was Arie's actual birthday tho!!! Love this girl, she's such a sweetie and fun, pretty much has my love life all planned out...I'm glad someone's working on it, bahahahahaha!!!

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 Us ladies even joined the potato sack race!!! I was the first one to volunteer to join...LOL!!!

Annnnnnnnnnnnd off we go!!! Hopping like bunnies!!!

 Sis. Abbott WON! She's basically an athlete runner now...;))))

Annnnnnnnnnd there I am, coming in LAST and cheering for myself!!! LOL!!!

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Deedee!!!

I LOOOOOOVE THIS GIRL!!!

 MJ, I looking cute!!!

And games and FUNNNNNNNN!!!

 It was a great time, so glad I got to join!!!

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THANKSGIVING FEAST 2016

Had a great time today with my church family!!!

Its an LPC tradition to have a Thanksgiving Feast every year, memories of this from when I was a kid, was one of my FAVORITE times...LOVE IT!!!

Candy Rain after wards...parents were like, MORE CANDY??? Lol weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllll some of them...some of them were OUT THERE GETTING IT!!! BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

 

 

Annnnnnnnnnnnd that was my awesome Smorgasbord weekend!!! I'm so grateful for such a funnnnn and busy weekend!!! Looking forward to MORE funnnnnn this week!!! Thanksgiving, birthdays, pizza making with my bro, black Friday shopping, a play...Wooooooohooooo!!!

♥Mary Frances :)