Go Fish - The Mom Song

Royals vs. Diamondbacks

My family ventured to Kansas City this weekend to check out the new Kaufman stadium. The Royals did not look so hot, but my family sure had fun exploring the stadium!

How can this sweet little boy be sooooo much WORK!

Amy and Chris's Wedding

Wow what a great night! My amazing running partner's daughter got married last night! What a beautiful celebration it was. Way to go Chris and Amy!










the running clan...Aimee, Steph, Judy, Shay, Ash, Jen, and Juls



cutting the cake

My Baby Brother is Engaged

Yeah..Hip-Hip Hooray...my baby brother is engaged. Its official last night in Chi town Nate popped the big question.

Congrats to an awesome brother and his adorable fiance, Morgan! We can't wait for November! Love you guys!

Hospital Hill 1/2 Marathon

What an amazing weekend.......the girls and I tackled Hospital Hill 1/2 Marathon on Saturday and what a great day it was. Decent weather, a P.R., and a ton of fun!

Can't wait till 2010...anyone...anyone...anyone


Post-race at Panera

Mom and Me

A little pre-race pasta with our favorite running buddy Bob!

Happy National Running Day!!

June 3rd is National Running Day!

http://www.runningday.org/

Quirky Kids and Dad...homebound by Summer

MeMoRiAl WeEkeNd 2009!!!

What an excellent 4 days we had at our cabin this past Memorial weekend. Great weather...Great food, and Great fun with friends and family.

Its Official

Its official school is out and I now have a 1st and third grader! WoW TiMe FlIeS!!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Karli's Kindergarten Field Night

As you can see......Karli's Kindergarten field night was interrupted by the 3 year old brother...Gotta luv it!

My perfect Mother's Day!

My perfect Mother's Day was.....a day at the lake. When Scott asked what I wanted to do. It was not hard to come up with something. A lazy Sunday at the cabin with my 3 little blessings. What a treasure it is to be a mother!

Scott and Kade taking the first run of the season...and yes it started on the first try!

Karli enjoying the beautiful day on Saturday!

Kiersten even got in the frigid 66 degree water--YIKES. She loved every minute of it...my little fish!

and...at the end of the day...Kade threw all the sand toys in the lake...this is pretty typical in our world :)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Brownie Induction

Our weekend continued...with my little "Daisy" getting baked into a Brownie on Friday night. Her Daisy troop were all promoted to Girl Scout Brownies and presented with certificates, cute little blue jeans purses (Ms. Monique made), and they also gave their Mommies hand-made honey butter! Congratulations Karli!

Busy Weekend!

As the school year is about to come to an year...there are many activities that seem to happen all at once. On Friday Karli had her Kindergarten "Months of the Year" music performance at school, as well as a farewell party for their class intern. The class surprised her with a potted plant with Gerber daisies, hand written signatures and pictures from the kids. Good-Bye Miss Clare Stump...the kids will miss you!

80's Spirit Day at School today!

Today it was 80's Spirit day at the girl's school today. We had a blast dressing Kiersten up...and oh how it brought back so many memories! I had to look up an old picture of me in 1988----all I can say is I am not to excited this era is trying to make a comeback. Have you seen the newest styles out there for our kids...no thanks!

Gillam in 88'....my hair at one point measured 4 inches high...I was so proud!

Boys will be BOYZ!

Kaden and I had a great day today....Library....Mc Donalds, and the Insect zoo and Butterfly gardens. At the end of the day, the boys found the alluring fountain, and there was NO stopping them. Berkley and Kaden had an absolute blast splashing in the water.

Dance Recital

The girls had their much anticipated dance recital on Sunday. They performed in three numbers and did fantastic! It is a joy to see their improvements from the previous year. Great job Kiersten and Karli

Beer Buddies

Mercy Wild Run

The kids ran in the Mercy Wild run fun this morning, while I volunteered at the finish line. It was a lot of fun until Kade kicked down all the orange cones during the obstacle course and then proceeded to skin his knee.....and I thought he had a chance to place!!!!

goofy kids

not sure why this is fuzzy