We spent the day with Brian's family in KY. The kiddos had lots of pool time before the rain. Hopefully that will make for easy bedtime tonight!

These next pictures are for Auntie. I would leave captions but something tells me that you and H can fill it in for me!!

Under the Sea

I loved doing this dress for Miss J. I think it was the smile on her face when she realized that it was a mermaid!

Happy Friday

JD had his first popsicle tonight and then decided to show off his stepping skills!

Marathon..check

I love the show "The Biggest Loser". After watching their marathon last season, my friend Cassie and I decided that we could do that. So we began to train for Nashville's marathon. As you know we were unable to complete it due to weather so we searched for a new one to enter and that is when we found the trail marathon in Chattanooga. For those of you from home that read this, it was like they dropped us off in the Samburg hills and said now run home!


They marked us so we would know who to follow.


Our pre-race picture



And we're off!


This was somewhere around mile 3.

This was at mile 9, always time to pose for a picture!

That is Cassie (the red dot) in front and me (the black dot) behind her.

Our fabulous cheering section. Cassie's brother, sis-in-law and their kiddos were all there to cheer us on. We could hear them before we see them! This is Cassie's husband, son and nephew. Yes, Brian too had writing on his chest. We LOVED having them out there!

This was at mile 20.5. They had Pringles and M&Ms here and they have never tasted so good.

Off for the last 6. Brian ran with us from this point. It was great to have our cheerleader to push us on.

Up we go!

Around the bend

At last the finish. Yes it took us 6 hours and 34 minutes but we did and now I can hang up my marathon shoes!

Brian, thank you for all the Saturday mornings you let me be gone to train for this. I love that you believe in me and that you are my biggest fan. I couldn't have achieved this without you!!

Clap your hands and Sing to the Lord

Last night Nate sang with the preschool choir at church. This is the last song they did and you can tell they ready to call it a night!

Big Catch

Brian and our neighbor Brian took the kiddos fishing today. I stayed behind hoping that JD would take a little nap but when he shot that idea, we walked down and joined them. Nate had already caught a fish but I did get there in time to get sister reeling in hers. I also caught one while we were there and I am trying to be humble about that around the hubs. Well I am off for my LAST long run before our marathon next weekend. I have decided that no matter what happens in this race this really is my last one...for now:)

The hubs got us a new camera. I am THRILLED!! Our old one was literally falling apart. I had rubber bands that held in the batteries. That man does know my love language!





We are still without our van. I think we are all ready to get it back:)

Strawberry Festival and more Ballet

We headed out to the Strawberry Festival Friday morning with all the little strawberries in tow. We decided that we should have had our own float!

Here are a few more pics of Miss J before her recital.