Spring Break!

Spring break 2012 was great. :-) I very much enjoyed my days of relaxation at the beach, and I definitely needed that break from school.


We didn't have the best beach weather while we were there, at least not for me... I am the kind of person who likes for it to be sunny and at least 90 degrees when I go to the beach. Now obviously this wasn't going to happen in mid March, but I still managed to soak up some rays.

One day was especially foggy and it wasn't even really worth going to the beach... So we went shopping. I did not mind at all. J Crew outlet + Banana Republic outlet = happy Amy

exhibit A: foggy day, ALL day
(so I added the "sun" myself)

 The next day we had better weather and we got to lay out all day.

(still added the sun, it's cute)

 And this begins my collection of monogrammed beach accessories... I think I may have a problem...

so this is actually my therapy bag, but it works wonderfully as a beach bag too!

the beach towel- monogrammed by my friend Holly for only 5 dollars... I love it.

And my favorite... the Marley Lilly beach hat!

And the Marley Lilly thermos... This one is a little harder to see

Overall, we had a great trip and I did not want to come back. School has already been crazy busy, and I don't expect it to slow down. It will only get even more packed full from here until the end of the semester. Will I ever graduate?? Sometimes it seems as though I am going to be in school for  the rest of my life.

First 5K and Spring Break!

It is officially Spring Break! Woo hoo! It couldn't have come fast enough... I am in need of a week off!

And today I celebrated by "running" my first 5k. Now I will be the first to admit that I nowhere near ran the whole thing. I just alternated walking/jogging as I felt like it. And then of course I pushed at the very end and ran the last stretch. It was A LOT of fun and was for such a great cause. I will definitely be doing more of these in the future, and I encourage everyone else to try doing one as well. It really is a great experience!

The shirt.

During the memorial ceremony, the children let purple balloons go in honor of Amanda Price.

Molly Addison let a special white dove balloon go to her mother.

Purple was Amanda's favorite color.

Before. I was SO cold.

...and after! 

Our bibs with result stickers...

And for the life of me I cannot figure out how to make this picture rotate, but you can see that "UM- Dept of Communicative Disorders" was a sponsor for the race.  It was such an honor to run for a fellow Ole Miss speech grad.

My heart continues to break for the Price family. Even though I never knew Mrs. Amanda, I am so indescribably touched by what happened back in December. Everything I have heard my professors, and her friends and family say about her is such an inspiration to me. She was the kind of person I aspire to be... as a woman, as a wife, as a mother, and as a speech-language pathologist.

It was such an honor to run for her today.

Amy