Little Rock Marathon

This past weekend, we went to Little Rock so Kirk could run in the LR marathon on Sunday. We left Friday afternoon after we picked McCoy up from MDO and arrived just in time for dinner. My parents also happened to be in LR because dad was having surgery on his hand (more on that later).

On Saturday, my parents took McCoy to El Dorado with them so Kirk could get rested up for the big race (or fun run, as Kirk likes to call it!). So, on Sat. night we planned to get to bed early so Kirk could be ready to go early in the morning, but some guests in our hotel thought that was a bad idea!!! There was some type of convention going on and there were some teenage girls in the room next to us. They played music, talked REALLY loud, and jumped on the bed until the cops finally showed up at 2 am!!! The girls had to be put in rooms with chaperones and we were finally able to get to sleep around 2:30 and woke up at 6:00 for a total of 3 1/2 hours of sleep!! It was fine for me, but not so fine if you're wanting to run 26.2 miles in the morning!

"Wake up, Kirk! The fun run is about to begin!"

There's a smile! Good luck!

Even with lack of sleep, Kirk finished the marathon in a little over 4 1/2 hours. I was standing at the finish line looking for him, but somehow he managed to run right past me without me getting picture!

At one point, I saw 4 girls cross the finish line in cute matching tops, holding hands, and looking really excited. I got this idea in my head that maybe I could get some friends together and we could train and do it next year. So I started thinking of who I could call and then about 2 minutes later, I decided I'd rather just be a spectator! I've gotten pretty good at that!!!

After the marathon, Kirk and I went to El Dorado for the night. McCoy was having lots of fun and was acting like he didn't even miss us!!! But, I'm sure he did! Or so I keep telling myself...

Throwing the ball with Pop and Gigi!

Hugs for Pop!

Notice the HUGE cast on dad's arm?? He broke a little triangular bone in his hand last summer playing golf. It's a bone that is hard to find on x-rays so they thought it was just sprained. He finally went to a specialist when it wouldn't quit hurting and found out it was broken, had fused back together incorrectly, and had formed a cyst. He had also torn some ligaments. So he went in Friday for surgery and they were planning to do everything laparoscopically (I know that spelling is wrong!). However, he woke up with a full cast because there was more damage then they thought so they had to cut into his hand! McCoy was giving Pop lots of hugs to make up for it, though!

McCoy's new thing is that he loves to sit in chairs at the table. Probably because everybody else does it. So he had breakfast on Monday in a big boy chair. He is growing up way too fast!