26.2

Run Pop run!  Yea Pop!  The whole family packed up and went to Memphis last weekend to cheer on Bill as he ran his first marathon.  And for a great cause too - he raised money to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  Jon and I have only completed half marathons, never a whole, so we give him props for sure!

This is the pre-race pajama party with Anna and Ben practicing their cheering

The start line

We caught up with Bill around mile 15 to cheer him on...

Anna and Ben had fun playing in the dirt and leaves

Then we ate lunch and went to the finish to meet up with Pop and cheer him on in the final stretch.  While waiting for him, we saw a banana, and it was necessary to take a picture.

Here's Pop rounding the corner at the finish line

The guy on the left tried to give him a high 5 but Bill was too focused to see and totally left him hanging ...too funny

Congratulating our Pop after the race.  Then we went back to Clarksdale for a short trip to see some friends at church Sunday and watch UGA's amazing first half and then sad loss to LSU (sniffle sniffle)

Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Atlanta with family and definitely packed a lot into our long weekend trip!  Anna and Ben's favorite activity at Grandmommy and Papa's house - climbing the stairs.  We often had to make a barricade because they are not so good at going down!

Anna having special time with Papa

This is everyone except our hostess with the mostest my mom, and we're also missing Uncle Ralph.

We were able to see two of Caroline's basketball games that so conveniently were in Atlanta!  Anna and Ben had fun crawling around on the court after the game.  Go Panthers!!  Doesn't Ben look cool in his jersey Aunt Caroline bought for game days?

This is back at home, but a cute picture of our Anna bear 

Our latest trick - playing peek-a-boo.  Here's Anna hiding while Ben plays in the storage bins for Christmas decorations.

Peekaboo - here I am!!  Except Anna says "ta".  We think she's trying to say peekaboo but not too sure!