A shout out to Brian

I am very proud of my husband. He just completed his first half marathon this past Sunday and he's still recovering. He will tell you he would rather sleep and watch TV when he's not working or playing with the kids so I know that training has been no easy thing for him. He has been getting up early in the mornings when it's dark out and has run all the way to the George Bush Tollway and back...and if you know where we live you know that is far!

I am not only proud of his self discipline but also because of why he wanted to run. We are mentoring some great kids that go to school in West Dallas (one sister and one brother) and the chances of them going to college is slim to none. We have talked about what we could do for Dajia and Trey in encouraging and helping with their higher education.

Then one day Brian came to me and told me he had an idea....which was to run marathons for the next 10 or so years raising money for their college. I thought, "Brilliant." So he signed up for a half marathon in Houston and started training. I honestly didn't know if he was actually going to go through with it. I knew his heart wanted to but he had setbacks with a hurt knee and a hurt achilles tendon but as the time came closer I could see that he was going to run this thing even if he had a broken arm!

The kids and I got to see him at the 11.5 mile marker and cheered him on....

If you'd like to donate to Dajia and Trey's college education you can do so on Brian's blog here.
And congratulations to Brian, Nancy and Jonathon for finishing!!!!!!

While in Houston we also celebrated my dad's birthday...

and connected with our roots at the Korean Festival:)...