The BIG week!

It was a BIG week at the Vance house.  On Monday, Jason interviewed for a position in Elementary Special Ed. in Joplin, and by the end of the week accepted the position.  We were excited when Friday came, as we were able to officially welcome in summer and a time of rest.  Friday night we were able to hang out with some good friends, but headed home early so that I could get rested up for my race the next day. 

At 6 the next morning Sarah Corcoran and my dad showed up ready to head to the Joplin Memorial Half-marathon.  Sarah was kind enough to drop us off so that we didn’t have to deal with parking.  It was a beautiful morning for a run and a ton of people showed up for the race.  My goal was to finish in right around the 2-hour mark.  My dad ran with me for support, and even though he could have finished a lot faster, he stayed with me the whole time!  He was a real encouragement along the way, and I ended up finishing is 1 hour and 57 minutes!  This actually beat my previous time by a minute!

We spent the rest of the day packing a preparing for our vacation!  And that evening we celebrated the announcement, with my sister and brother and law, of a new baby girl who will soon be entering the family!!!!

After church on Sunday we headed to Lebanon to see family and drop the Amos Man off for the week!  Grandma and Grandpa are excited to keep them.  We’re going to miss the little guy but we are super excited to spend a week enjoying the sands of Mexico.

Amos just keeps getting bigger and bigger!  I told him not to do anything too cool while we’re gone.  Luckily he’s already started walking and just keeps getting better at it. 

I guess that’s all for now.  See you when we get back!