Thankful Thursday

 I'm thankful for our 9/10 CONFERENCE CHAMP!!!

Kylee had such a great race last night!! It was a beautiful night for a race and Kylee showed up- big time! I could tell she was feeling great right from the start.  By midway through the race, she and two Johnston girls had pulled far ahead of the pack.  Kylee passed one of them and then a ways before the finish, she overtook the other girl and WON!!!! She had such a great kick and strong finish and I was SO happy for her. She was smiling and happy all race and when she finished too. 

The two Johnston girls beat Kylee last week but she got redemption when it mattered!

Thankful for a friend who got these shots of Kylee at the finish.  His son and Kylee ran together years ago through ATC and he still continues to follow Kylee and cheer her on!

Thankful for our village who comes to support her! And bring her Tropical Smoothie between races and chips and salsa for afterwards! Our fam is the best.

Ankeny Centennial team!

I'm seriously thankful for her coaches and former teammates parents who came out to cheer the team on as well.  Thankful for Kylee's hard work all season and how she's kept up such a positive attitude.  She said, "I've never won before, that was fun!"  I had to laugh because Kylee has won TONS of things before but not an outright winner in a cross country meet I guess! Never mind all the triathlons and fun runs she used to win-ha!

Kylee's time would have won the JV race also- by like 30 seconds! So putting those two races together she was 1st place out of almost 250 runners! Her time would have put her in the top 40 for varsity as well.  

I just can't say enough about her and not just because she won but because cross country is such a tough sport and I'm so proud of her that she has stuck it out through some hard times and continues time after time to find success and happiness. Love this girl and so thankful God gave her to us!