Happy Trails!

My dad calls me today and says he and Esther will be here in a half an hour. I look out the window and see him and Esther riding down the driveway on Paco and Molly, my dad's horses. They had ridden here all the way from my parent's house, which is about 7 miles away. They were having a blast. I put a video of Esther riding at the bottom of all the pictures.

Esther on Paco

Hannah on Molly with Grandpa

A Bun in the Oven

Yes! There is a "bun in the oven"...just not my oven (PTL!). My brother and his girlfriend are expecting a baby in July and we had a little family party to reveal the sex of the baby. We all were sitting around the table awaiting the cutting of the cake. The inside icing would be either pink or blue, indicating what the baby is. It was BLUE! I am really excited to have another little boy around here. Now I can buy some blue clothes and not have to pack them away from for maybe someday!

Just Turn Your Head

We went to Kobe's Japanese Steakhouse last night for Esther's birthday dinner. We had a ton of fun. The hat they brought out was way too big for her and kept falling down over head. Esther is so excited to be 6 now and kept making "6" hands in all the posed pictures. I tried unsuccessfully to get the one picture to flip clockwise and the computer keeps unflipping it when I upload to the site. Oh well...just turn your head! :)

Another 1st Birthday Party

Lydia turned one on January 30th. Here are some pictures of her party! I don't know who my photographer was here, but Thank You!

Fun times

Above is a picture of Rachel, Hannah, Esther, & Lydia coincidentally dressed in the same outfits. The lady at Target thought they were all mine...I probably will have another girl someday to dress all four alike :)

Esther and Hannah went to a Rodeo with Grandma Sheila and Grandpa Ken. They dressed the part!

I took the below picture of Lydia crying while I was laughing hysterically. She had just begged me to get her out of the tub (where Hannah was still bathing). As soon as I changed her into her jammies, she crawled right back into the bathroom and fell into the tub. She wasn't hurt at all, but was screaming at the top of her lungs. It was hilarious!

One week, 4 days!!!

The final countdown is upon me...11 days til run time! I have been diligently training (and overtraining) for this Half Marathon race. I cannot wait for it to start, just so it can be over. I have been so nervous the last few months at just the thought of running 13.1 miles at any one given time. However, my wonderful hubby has ran my last two runs with me and has really built up my confidence. Our first last week was about 4 miles and I felt great! Then, Saturday night he ran with me on my final 11 mile run and we finished in 2 hrs 15 minutes. I was really proud of myself. That was the fastest time I have ever been able to run one of my "long distances". It's amazing to me that he can be that much of an encouragement!

I also have a partner change in my big endeavor. My friend Sarah, who was supposed to be running with me, hurt her knee and is unable to run. She offered for me sister-in-law, Joy, to take her spot. Poor Joy only had 2-1/2 weeks to train, but I know she's going to do awesome!!!

My goal time all along has been to finish in under 3 hours, but after my run the other night, I am really going to shoot for 2hrs, 45 mins!

Disney World...here we come!!! :)

5K Distance Challenge???

We are all holding our finisher's prizes: stawberries!

So last week, Caleb, Isaiah, Joy, and I ran in the Strawberry Distance Challenge for a fundraiser. I have to laugh that it was labeled a "distance challenge" since a 5K is only 3.1 miles, which is my lowest training distance. We had to get up early, of course, which seems to be a common race theme, but we had a lot of fun. Caleb finished in like 23minutes and took 1st place for his age group. I was hoping to finish in under 30 minutes, but ended up taking 32min, 34 sec. Oh well! I have been training for distance not speed, right? :)