Beautiful flowers from a beautiful friend
Crazy kid!
Getting ready for the race the night before
My fun runners
The 5k runners
Michael couldn't wait to race with the cow!
On your mark...
Boys with their "Piston Cups".
After we found Nate, he was just too quick!
My 3rd place runner!
Silly Head!
John loves to work in his yard!
Caught in the act. I hate when he "trims" the trees, and he knows it!
Trying to add more storage. The kids are testing it out
Making rock crystal candy
Yep, you are being naughty!
Baby-zilla stricks again!
Eating Mom's salsa and loving it!
We did it! We ran the Thanksgiving Point 5k and Kid Fun Run
on Saturday. I was able to run just over a mile before having to walk and then
ran off and on. I loved feeling the burn, but my knees were totally killing me
by the end. John did great with a time of 31:18 and beat his time from last
year, which was his goal for this race. He wants to be able to do a 5k in under
30 min and I am sure he will if he continues to train. We went out to dinner
that night and then out for yogurt with our friends, the Ryan’s. Thursday was
my Oncology appointment and all went well with that (See previous post). I implemented
a “no media week” this last week and it was wonderful for me! The kids didn’t
ask once if they could play and I didn’t have to hear fighting about whose turn
it was, etc. For Family Night we did our treat on Sunday and made rock crystal
candy that will be ready next week (if it works), then Monday Nate read us a
poem that he wrote about the first vision to pass off his faith in God award.
The boys then went to the Garden again to run around and get tired before
coming back home to bed. We did our “Cheer you on” before the lesson and again
Jakey loved it!
Connor – Connor did amazing in the 5K. His time was 27:40,
pretty impressive if you ask me. We lost him right at the beginning and didn’t
even get to start with him. He was pretty tired after and very sore. Connor was
nice enough to start the Kids Fun Run race with Michael until John could catch
up with Jake in the stroller. Connor just came up with his tooth in his hand.
Connor has lost 17 teeth now and has only pulled out 2 on his own. Yep, I have
pulled 7 and the dentist has pulled 8. Connor was not happy about the no media
week, but I do think he enjoyed jumping on the tramp and hanging out with his
brothers a little more than he would have, had he had media.
Nathan – Totally impressed with Nate at the Race. He chose
to do the Fun Run (because it was cheaper, he is my little financially thoughtful
boy, sometimes to a fault) and got 3rd place in his age group! Nate
got a trophy and a metal! Nathan has a biography report to do at school. It is
the wax museum project one and he has chosen Jim Hensen. He has spent the last
few weeks reading about him, making puppets and getting things ready for his
report that is due later next month.
Matthew – Matt did great at the race and ran right along
with Michael, John and Jake. They came in just over 15min, about 5 minutes
after Nathan. Matt has been going to his friend Owen’s to play this week and
has been practicing soccer with him. He spends a lot of time outside and is
really starting to get a nice little tan.
Michael – My little racer! He ran the whole time and if
there would have been an award for the 3 year olds, he would have gotten 1st
place! Unfortunately, he was in the 6 and under bracket and came in 42. Michael
was so happy to get a metal, and he called it his Piston Cup! Later that night
Michael told me that he needed medicine because his body hurt all over. I knew exactly
how he was feeling! Michael has been asking all week about when he gets to play
with the girls again (Hallee and Addie). Michael played with Keaton as much as
he could this week and we even got to eat dinner with their family twice this
week, once at their house and again at ours on Sunday.
Jacob – This crazy kid is so busy all the time. He loves to
go down the stairs, sneak the remote or phone and push the buttons and empty
the recycle bin. He still likes to sit on stuff and is now climbing onto things
to sit on, like toys and boxes. He likes to watch “Signing time” and has picked
up baby, all done, and of course eat! That is his favorite and will run over to
the cabinet where we keep his food and sign “eat”. We found out on Sunday that
Jacob loves mom’s salsa. I will have to make a double batch from now on so we
can all get what we want of it! Jacob is getting very smart and will fold his
arms when we say it’s time for a prayer and if I say it’s time to say nigh
night everybody, he will go to the shelf that we keep the pacifiers and reach
for one. He will then walk to his room, get his blanket if he can and wave.
Love that kid. This is one of my favorite ages and I look forward to feeling
better soon so that I can enjoy it more.
I am going in for a blood transfusion this Wednesday. I am
hopeful that I can get feeling better very soon. This illness has really put a
strain on my family and marriage lately and I really need to get back on my
feet before everyone gives up on me completely.
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