Happy Halloween!

We had our Trunk-or-Treat last night. For the first time ever, we ALL dressed up. We were Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Jonah was Percy Jackson with a backpack with a lightening bolt sticking out and holding shoes with wings. I was Medusa, Brian Zeus, Benjamin Poseidon, Mollie Aphrodite, Amie and Mia were cupids/cherubs. We all had a great time! I need to get better pictures of Benjamin and Jonah and Brian and I when we dress up again.

Turpentine 5K

Guess what?! Mollie and I ran our very first 5K! I really can't believe we did it! I've been wanting to do one forever, but then it got hot and then I hadn't trained and excuses excuses. So, Mollie reminded me of this one and I told her we weren't ready. She insisted we could do it. So the thursday before the race we "practiced". I just wanted to make sure I could kind of do it before I wasted my money. Well, we did. Took 54 minutes, but we did it. Mollie had a hard time (more on that in a minute), but we decided to do it. Mollie convinced her friend and her dad to do it with us to. So we were on. Saturday we were so excited... up early and everything. Ready, Set, go..... we were off. And man, Mollie was off. I kept telling her to be careful because we've never gone that fast before, but she wanted to keep up with her friend and her dad. I was left behind. It was kind of tough with all the hills, but so fun. It went right by our house and my kids and husband were cheering me on. They told me Mollie was 5 min ahead. I got to a point and they told me it was only 3/4 mile left. What?! I can do this. I saw Mollie up ahead and encouraged her to keep going (she got left behind her friend too). When I got to the end. YEAH!!! I got 39 min 58 seconds. and Mollie.... who had had a hard time with her mom, got 35 min. I ws so proud of her. I realize to you who may have done this before, 40 min is a slower of time, but for me, who couldn't even run 6 months ago, and had never ran more that 2 miles in her LIFE (well, I'm sure I've done enough bleacher running to equal that... but that was another life) I am happy with me. Now I can see how this can be addicting. I told Mollie we could get matching shirts and we both need new running shoes. But yeah! Anyways, here's the pics.

Wish time would slow down.....

It seems like when we hit September.... life flies by. My baby (well, my second baby) was baptized at the beginning of this month and we were so lucky to have both sets of his grandparents here as well as his Aunt. My parents stayed for a few days and we had a blast (not sure they enjoyed the DAYS worth of traveling, but we were thankful they came.) Benjamin was so excited for his baptism and had been talking about it constantly and even the morning of woke up talking about it. He is an amazing example to me and to our family.

After everyone left I had a pampered chef party and was in charge of our church's Relief Society service project... whew... I am just about to relax, but no, had to craft all day yesterday for our next RS activity for some samples and such. It's fun, but I need to be better about organizing my time. Here are some pictures to hold you over.

On a Brighter Note

Amie gave me a hug when I was trying to explain to her that we don't play with the Vaseline and she sure had a beautiful glow and baby soft skin. My kids are doing extra chores on their own and I'm calmer. Writing has sure helped me. Maybe that's what I'll do when counting to 10 doesn't work.

Alert! Danger to Your Home, Your Sanity, and Your Children's Bottoms. Do NOT Have in Your Household!

Ok, so many have heard the story.... the week of my birthday 5 years ago, Jonah was a baby, Mollie 5, Benjamin 2, we were at the ER in the middle of the night because Mollie had an ear infection. We came home and in the afternoon I was in dire need of a nap. I laid down and was woken up to being sprayed with something.... that something..... PAM. AHHHHH. Come to find out my kids thought it was like silly string and had sprayed the WHOLE house. Not to mention we were trying to sell it. It was a disaster. I called Brian and told him he had to come home right then. I had lost it..... Flash forward 5 years......

I'm painting the sunroom and told Mollie if she kept an eye on the others she would get a music download. They had been watching a movie so it wasn't a big deal. Well, I heard them start to run around and scream and laugh. I asked Mollie to get something and she told me she had to wash her hands that they were messy.... Messy? With WHAT? Amie got into the Vaseline and was chasing them all around the house. They were covered and not only them, but my walls (ones I just painted), my floors, my doors, my curtains (I just made)...... I LOST it! I understand Amie... maybe Jonah... but the others. I called Brian, didn't ask him to come home, but he calmed me down. My kids are in there scrubbing everything..... and Amie, I hear right this minute that she's pouring water on everything. I thought I had angel children (and one little demon), but apparently I've been deceived. I guess I'm just not allowed to take my eyes off of them. Anyways, hope your day was better.

Don't forget to check out my projects page. I'm going to try to keep it updated. The Knockoff House is located HERE

August 11, 2010

Monday was the first day of the Fall Wellness Challenge. This time the blog is open to everyone. Check it out HERE  I am super excited to be on the RED TEAM!  I have not been the best the past 4 weeks, but thankfully I only gained 1 pound.  I am ready to work harder and have the rest of the weight come off.  For my reward this time I am going to buy myself a Silhouette if I reach 136 lbs.  I'm saving the money and trying to sell a few projects so that I will be able to by November 1st.   The best thing about these first 3 days has been that Mollie has been running with me every morning.  She has set a goal to run the Savannah River Run in December and we are going to work towards that together. Our reward for that will be matching running outfits. (her idea... cute huh).  Can't wait!