I had a great time running the Hot Chocolate Run again this year in Northampton, MA. Last year, I ran it with Kory, but I don’t think he’s run since – except for football practice, so he wasn’t up for running this year. Instead, I got to run it with a bunch of wonderful ladies from my church! Two of these ladies are in my Five Aspects of Woman study on Wednesday night – Rachel, the tall blonde next to me – a senior at UMass (I was intimidated by those long legs today!) and Jenna, on the far left – a new Engineering professor at UMass. It was about 28 degrees outside, but not windy, so a bit better than last year’s wind chills in the teens! Here we are with our reward mugs of hot chocolate – complete with marshmallows – and a photo op with a race mascot – Mr. Penguin!

I think I mentioned Jenna below – she was a huge help to me on Thanksgiving – cooking and cleaning! She and her husband have been such a bright spot in our lives and church recently – so fun to get to know her better over coffee and 5K races!