Weekend with Biggleton

I've gotten to spend a ton of time with my sweet Biggy Poo Kristina the past few months.  It has been so sweet and fun... anyway, this past weekend, I drove to Montgomery to celebrate her birthday, her acceptance into seminary... and... well, other things... :) Whenever we get to spend time together, we really don't end up doing a whole lot.  We sleep.  And talk.  And hang out on the pier on campus // Kristina's back porch.  Its just really refreshing time... but we SUCK at taking pictures. Okay, let me rephrase... I HATE taking pictures.  We took some this weekend.  They are hideous, but I'm going to put them up anyway, because I love time with Big.  And I love you, Big, huge.

Kristina is currenlty living in a cottage in Montgomery... with sweet Christmas lights on the porch.  This place is straight out of The Secret Garden. I loved it, clearly.

We're excited!! About a lot of things :)

Secret Garden House.

We didn't get any good pictures... but this is a typical Big/Lil picture :)

I don't know what this is, but I love it.

St. Louis Weekend

What a wonderful weekend.  Richard and I have been training to run the St. Louis half-marathon (yes, that's 13.1 miles) since January, and this past weekend was the big race! We drove the eleven and a half hours to St. Louis on Friday afternoon and drove back on Sunday after the run.  We needed this time together.  Granted, we were cooped up in his car, and our legs were hurting so so bad on the drive home, but it was so good to have time to just talk... and, added bonus, Richard got to hear me sing for probably four or five consecutive hours... he heard the entire Rent soundtrack, the entire Hairspray soundtrack, and a whole lot of Glee.  I think he's been converted to a showtune lover :)

On Friday night and Saturday night, we got to stay with our friends Katie and Ben.  They moved away from Mobile last summer and are in St. Louis while Ben goes to seminary.  It was SUCH a blessing to spend time with them and their sweet twins :)  On Saturday, we went to Anheuser-Busch on a tour... we got to see the famous clydsdale horses (or "neighs," as the twins called them) and we got free beer samples!! Totally sweet.  Saturday afternoon, Richard and I went to see the St. Louis arch... Richard was fascinated by this thing.  It was a pretty amazing structure.  That evening, we got to spend some sweet time with Katie and Ben.  Seriously, we were so encouraged by ya'll and are so thankful that you let us crash at your house for the weekend.

Richard and the twins :)

The gigundo clydsdale horses.

Richard and I... and a lot of beer.

The beautiful tulips that were everywhere in St. Louis.

And the arch :) It was hard to get it all in one picture, it's massive.

And Sunday was the race! It. was. brutal.  The course was 13.1 miles of hills. Like, 10 minute long hills. Not even a little bit fun.  In fact, they ran out of paramedics because so many people passed out (because they also ran out of water), so they cancelled the full marathon about halfway through.  The half-marathon was fine (so we still got to finish), but a lot of people were turned around at the 10-mile mark.  But, we both finished... and Richard ran his first half! I'm so proud of him, he did such a good job. 

We finished! We. are. exhausted.

Moral of the story: amazing weekend, so great to get out of Mobile and spend some sweet time with fiance and friends :)

Also, I fell in love with these purple trees.

P.S. Ben and Katie gave us their old bed for our spare bedroom.  WHAT?!? You guys are the best.