Zach, Emma, and Carter all did track together this summer!  I loved that it got us up and going 3 mornings a week, that it was everyone at one place, that they tried to beat their personal bests throughout the season, and I loved watching them run!      Zach and Emma both ran the…

I am not sure how I have made it this far in motherhood without having kids run a lemonade stand!  (Although I did have kids run a used baseball ticket stand once.)   Emma and Carter have been dying to have one this summer, though, so we loaded up on lemonade, cups, and ice (which took…

There is something special about some friendships, that last through separations of years and continents and even periodic lapses in communication.      (we were laughing so hard while Zach was taking a picture for us!) We spent a fun day at the Church Museum of History and Art with friends like that!  And it…

   The wonderful thing about princess night at the Bees game is that Meg thoroughly enjoyed the night at the ballpark.    The not-so-wonderful thing about princess night is that she now thinks that the princesses – like the bee mascot – are there every night.  Next time might not be pretty…

We started Independence Day with the traditional parade/breakfast with the Adams family:      Zach hangs back and watches from the chairs, and Emma and Carter are on the front lines scrambling for every free thing tossed their way.  (Emma actually chased an RC Willey truck quite a ways down the parade route when they…

We met the cousins up at the capitol for a self-guided tour and lunch on the lawn one afternoon…   Meg and Carter were rolling down the hill on the grass and with Independence Day just a day away I thought it would be a great pic with the flag in the background… and of…

Even if you haven't run in 10 plus years, if your out-of-country friend asks if you want to run a 5K with her when she's in the states, the answer is obviously yes!  It ended up being great for a bunch of reasons:  1- it got me running again.  which, after the first 2 weeks…

He's the best!  Glad to see I could get the "big fish" smile out of him on father's day this year.  :)