Mabry and Magnus

Florida friends come for a visit

Jennifer's college friend Michelle and her husband Tom visited us recently. They live in Miami where Tom is a pastor and were in the metro area for an extended stay with family. They came up for a day and we grilled out at the park and had their three kids test out the brand new playground the county has recently built. It is billed as the largest in Georgia, but I am a little suspicious of that claim. Afterwards we cooled off at the house (it was 95 and humid that day) and Alysia and Andrew watched Veggie Tales while Jennifer and I got some baby time with their five month old Anthony. Check out his full head of hair!

Fourth of July Race

This year on the Fourth I ran a 5k race that benefited our local crisis pregnancy center. Even though my training did not exactly happen as I planned it I still did fairly well. I ran my fastest first two miles. But I ran out of steam in the last uphill leg and killed my finishing time a little. Here you can see a pic of me fresh before the start of the race and then in my last push before the finish line to come in under 40 minutes. Maybe in a couple of years I will be doing the Peachtree Road Race on the Fourth.