Today was packed. Halleigh woke me up at 7:15 this morning (she usually sleeps until about 8:30) and told me that she needed a bagel with cream cheese. So I got up, got Halleigh a bagel and decided to try a new bread recipe, since I was up and we can't trust HJ enough to go back to sleep and leave her alone to burn the house down.

I made the No-Time Bread that I read about on this blog (which should be called the One-Hour Bread because that is how long it actually takes). The loaf came out great, but I burned my fingers pretty badly because I forgot to follow the number one rule of bread baking: when you take the lid off a hot loaf pan, leave the oven mit or pot holder on top of it, or you WILL try to pick it up and burn the hee-yah out of your hand.

I ran in the Reality Ministries 5K at noon. As I mentioned before, I was going to be happy with any time under 30 minutes, and I came in at 27:23, which I am very happy with. I was second in my age group (30-39), with the winner running the course in about 21 minutes. I think I did so well because I got a psychological boost from a fellow runner who stuck with me for the first 1.75 miles and helped me keep pace.

After the race, I kept Beau while Brooklynne and HJ went to a cookie decorating party at Jen Hagin's. While Beau crawled all over the house, I watched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, which earned a solid B.

When Brooklynne returned, we packed up the kids and Katie and headed over to the Hayes' for our Sunday school class's Christmas party. We were there from 6-8, and then we went to our second party of the day (Brooklynne's third)--Kate's cereal and Nintendo birthday bash. That was alot of fun. I made it to the finals of the Super Monkey Ball tournament before losing horrificly due in part to mid-race HJ interferrence ("Dad, let me help you....What does this button do?...Let me have it....") We didn't get the kids in bed until after 11, but they were really quite good as usual.

All-in-all a very good day, but not one that leaves time for great blogging opportunities. So I'll pick up with a less listish post tomorrow.