5K Day!

For those who may not know, I started a running class in January. Honestly I wasn't completely confident I would be able to do it. I've never been a long distance runner. I played basketball and softball many many many years ago which is all about sprinting and I could hold my own pretty well there. This long distance thing is a whole other animal...and let's not forget to mention 15ish years, minimal exercising and 2 babies since my more athletic days. Anyway...I've gone from hardly being able to run/walk a mile to being able to run a 5k and beyond. The class will end in a couple weeks with us running 5 miles!!! According to my iphone running ap I've run 20 runs, 52 miles, 12 hours, and burned 8200 calories since the beginning of January! I'm pretty impressed with myself and can't wait to see what else I can do....my ultimate goal is to run The Woodlands Half Marathon a year from now! Already signed up! Thanks to everyone who has been SOOOOOOO supportive. We even had friends come out to cheer us on early this morning! I have the BEST friends!

Me, Jen (my running partner in crime and the only person who can make me feel short!) and the rockstar Charity (who always makes me feel really tall!) :)


The top picture is us at the start and the other two are me coming into the home stretch and crossing the finish line!


I finished with a time of 38:40...which was way better than I'd ever been able to do before!

After all that running and excitement (and a yummy bagel from Panera) Mommy was tired so what do I do? toss the kids outside with a box and some paint...an hour of relax....I mean fun!


Messy kids = early bath in the big tub with bubbles!

Goodbye Training Wheels!

Katie can ride her bike without training wheels!!! I remember when she got that bike with the training wheels (It was Tinkerbell!!!)...it seemed so big and she had no idea how to pedal it... or stop it... or turn it...and she got so frustrated she wanted nothing to do with it for a long time. I honestly wondered if we'd ever take those training wheels off. But we did a couple months ago and had a not so successful run (for mommy literally) in the street in front of our house. She just couldn't get the balance. Well, I had an idea to take her to the parking lot of the school where there was lots of room and I didn't have to worry about cars and Ryan. She seemed positive and excited and the very first time she sat on the bike, I started pushing and held on tight to one handle bar and the seat, she started pedaling fast and I couldn't keep up. She said "It's ok mom, let go" (now if that's not a tear jerking metaphor I don't know what is!!) and I did. Next thing I realize is that she's halfway across the parking lot and we forgot to talk about stopping!!! So proud of my BABY!



Taking a break...and proof that Ryan was there :)

St. Patty's!

I promise...last of the crappy pictures! Or maybe I just care about that :) Anyway...my baby, I mean camera ca
me back from the shop this afternoon! yay!

On to the pictures! The Leprechaun's made a lot of mischief in our house! Chairs knocked over, crayons all over the floor, shoe baskets dumped out and more than I'd like to recall. They also turned Cali's water and our milk green!!! Green eggs and ham were on the menu for breakfast as well and for dinner corned beef and cabbage!



And this has nothing to do with St. Patrick's day...but just a cute pic of Ry and Grandma on the Lake :)

Catching Up!

My camera is in the shop so pictures haven't been my highest priority lately. SORRY! But I did clear of the pictures on my little camera so here we go!

Katie had Go Texan week last week and here she is all cowgirled up for Rodeo Day!


It's Spring Break around here this week so on Monday my mom's group put together a tour of the fire station. It's always a hit! Well, except with Ryan...he wasn't really in the mood. We hit up the donut shop right before for extra special treat ;)


And just some random pictures including one of Katie with her very own Library card!!

Katie Goes to Disneyworld....WITHOUT HER MOMMY!!!

I know...totally unacceptable! But...my parents got this crazy idea to take the grandkids on a special trip when they turned 5 and before they start "real" school. As much as I wanted to go, I knew she was going to have an AMAZING time soaking up all of Grandma and Grandpa's attention. And she did...she had such a wonderful time!!! Here are some pictures from her big trip!

We Love Parks

Spring around here means cram as much outdoor time in as possible and this year we've been loving the park. Today we met up with our pals and the kids had tons of fun!

Crazy Poodle

How many crazy poodles can you spot in these pictures?? Cali doesn't play like this very often with the kids but there was a stick she REALLY wanted and of course the kids had to keep it away from her :) And...I can't believe how tall Ryan is getting...for some reason he looks so tall in one of these!


And just a couple more from a lovely afternoon outside ;)


My camera is off to get a tune up so you'll be stuck with iphone and point and shoot pics for awhile!