Finished!!!

I made it!!! 1 hour and 51 minutes later I finished (just a few minutes shy of my best time). It was a long race the hardest one I have done yet. There was a big hill on mile 12 that just about killed me. As we were running we looked ahead and Chaelaine (my cousin) said is that the hill (we knew there was one close to the finsh line) and I looked and said "oh crap" but we made it. I love doing these races especially when they are over:) It really is a cool accomplisment.

I love running!!!


My cheerleaders!! (the other kids were at a primary activity day they wanted to come, I'm sad they missed it).


My cousin and I. We all got medals for finishing (I wasn't wearing mine) my kids think it is the greatest. I just want to say a bit about Chaelaine she has lost over 80 pounds since January and this was her second half marathon, and she shaved 16 minutes off her first time. I am so proud of her.

I can see the finish line yahoo!!!

I did the pictures backwards but this is just as I was coming up the road to the finish line.

Just to put a smile on your face

Who Dun it?

We have been either sick or busy around here so sorry it has taken me so long to post. Here's a little quiz to update you.

See if you know...

1. Who finished up his football season and ended up making 5 touch downs and an extra point?
2. Who split his lip while diving for a flag at a football game and ended up with 7 stiches?
3. Who had the swine flu?
4. Who knows just about every rymn and chant they sing at Nampa Classical Academy and love to come home and share them all with us?
5. Who is enjoying and learning so much at NCA?
6. Who has been a very big helper to her mama?
7. Who makes me smile really big?
8. Who is the cutest 6 month old baby around?
9. Who ran 11.9 miles two saturdays ago 8 last saturday and is running a half marathon tomorrow?
10. Who loves to wrestle?
11. Who is playing TCU tomorrow?
12. Who has the awesomeist 5 kids in the whole word?

Answers:

1. Kyle
2. Joe, thank goodness that my brother is a Doctor in Nampa so we were able to skip the ER and meet him at his office so he could sew Joe up, it was so nice.
3. All of us except Joe, we don't know for sure if it was the swine flu but I was vaccinated for the regular flu and I got it and it was a BAD flu whatever it was.
4. Kambree, she loves singing and memorizes very well, it is fun hearing about all she is learning.

5. Kyle and Kambree
6. Kayelee, she is so much help when the kids are gone at school, I can't believe she is almost 5 and leaves me next year, I will be so sad.
7. All my kids do but this one goes to Kapri, she is a Keeper:) if you know us well enough you know that is her nickname so thats why the smiley face, but she really does just make me smile, I love it.
8. Brittlee or Lizzie whatever you want to call the cute girl:)
9. Deb, and let me just say the flu wasn't fun to get while trying to train for a half marathon. I hope tomorrow goes well.
10. The answer is not Kyle so guess again. Seriously it's Kam's, she loves wrestling Kyle and she is good at it to.
11. BYU, and they better win or I will have a very un-happy hubby.
12. Joe and Deb of course but you can think yours are the awesomiest if you want:)

Here are some pictures of some of the highlights of the past couple of weeks. Sorry it has taken so long to post we have been busy and sick.

The 5 awesomiest kids:)


Kyle and his coach and the coach's son.


Kyle playing football he did awesome this year!! I wish I could have gotten a picture of his touchdown. Let me just say Joe and I have become the embarrassing parents on the side lines, good thing we love our kids so much:)


Just a sweet helper and a sweet little girl.

Twins?

I finally got these girls together and remembered to take their picture. This is our sweet little friend Sadie Ann. The coolest story goes along with this cute little girl. She belongs to Jenna and Glenn Yearsly, some of our really great friends. They adopted her a little less than 3 weeks after we had Lizzie. They had had their adoption papers in for over a year to adopt and were just waiting and about a week before we had lizzie they got chosen by a birth Mom and she was due in early May with a girl so you can imagine my excitement for them when I found out their news. So we got to have baby girls at the same time.
It's amazing how God works and I love all his wonderful tender mercies he places on each of us daily. I know these little girls were friends in Heaven and knew all about this little plan to come together way before we did. Sadie is such a sweet little girls and she is so blessed to have Jenna, Glenn and Baylee.

Picnic?

Where's a good place to have a picnic? Well I wouldn't think the electric box in our front yard but thats where they picked:) They asked if they could go outside and eat their lunch and I said sure thinking they would go in the back yard on our little picnic table but they headed out to the front, I guess they thought this would be more fun.

My girls and their babies

They love using the real baby stuff and filling it up with their own babies.

I'm Off!!

Tomorrow I am running a whopping 10 miles aaahhh! I am running a half marathon on October 24th (the first one since I had lizzie). I am excited and a little nervous. I do love running though it is such great therapy for mom of 5:)

I started back running in June of this year and I have been running weekly with Bobbi it has been a lot of fun (thanks Bobbi for putting up with me:)

I ran 9 miles last friday and I'll run 10 tomorrow. Wish me luck and if anyone wants to come with me let me know:) the more the merrrier!

5 Months

This cute little thing is growing way to fast!!

Lizzie Brittlee at 5 months...
She has discoverd her hands and that they work she is loving learning how to play with toys.
She is a great roller she has been rolling since about 3 months.
She is my latest teeth getter all my other kids have had teeth by now, I think she is working on some but dosen't have any yet.
She loves her siblings but I have to admit this one is a mama's girl she loves being held by me, how can you be sad at that:) except when you want to get something done:(
The kids can really make her belly laugh and it is so so cute.
She sleeps in bed with me every night. (I know I'm a softy in my old age she starts in her bed and then ends up with me)
She is a sweetheart!

Here are some fun pictures of her at 5 months

Isn't she such a Joe baby, she looks just like Joe to me (with a feminine flair of course:).