Saturday, December 19, 2009

How can you get upset...

with



When you scold him for being naughty
and he tickles your arm and kisses your hand
and tells you you are SO SO pretty,
and he loves you ALMOST as much as he loves Jesus and God...
Even when you do catch him with a HANDFUL of blue birthday cake while you and all the rest of the family are watching a family movie downstairs... and he hides a blue frosting rag in the towel drawer and tells you it wasn't him....
Oh Turner... You melt my heart you stinker!

Monday, December 14, 2009

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Please Pray

Please pray for this sweet family. I have been so blessed to get to know them this year by watching their son, and now Julie is in pre-term labor with a precious daughter.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Beach Babes

First time at the Ocean!




Loved it!
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RACER

We are so proud of our "little" racer. Here he is at Nationals. He finished mid-pack. The experience was awesome. Way to go Tyler!






The race was held at Disney's Wide World of Sports. It was amazing!
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Cupcake Cutie


Carly loves her sweets...




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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

GYMNAST

Leah is now on the Andover All Star Gymnastics team, and LOVES it... Can you tell?



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SEVEN!

Let's skip over the start of school, and Halloween OOPS! Leah is now SEVEN! So Hard to believe!



I will give you more updates on our busy life soon!
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Mr. Incredible


Here he is before the race, runner number 745. You can see Pikes Peak off in the distance. No snow, rain or clouds... a beautiful morning.
Here he comes... The guy in the red shirt and hat. He explains the finish as a "boulder crawl" rather than a run!

Here he is coming up to the finish line. SERIOUSLY... looking down was a little frightening!


13.32 miles in 3hrs and 42 minutes. Number 311 out of 1800 (that signed up)..That may sound "easy to some accomplished street runners" BUT
The Pikes Peak Ascent redefined what Adam called running. Sure, it started out like a lot of races on Any Street, USA. But your first left turn had him turning in the direction of up! During the next 10 miles, he gained almost 6,000 vertical feet. But it wasn't until his last three miles, (where he could actually hear the runners names being called as they finished) with still over 2,000' of vertical to go, that he realized where the Marathon (when other crazy people turn around and go right back down, but it's not run until the next day) got its moniker—America’s Ultimate Challenge. (s0me people actually do both races!! Those crazies say it's more fun than Disney World, and I don't think they are kidding.)
There’s a reason trees don’t bother growing above 12,000' on Pikes Peak. They can’t! Makes one wonder if trees are smarter than runners. Above treeline most runners take 30 minutes or more, some much more, just to cover a mile. What little air remains (60 % oxygen..) can’t satisfy the endless stream of zombies hoping only to survive their next step—a death march right out of a scene from Dawn of the Dead.
I can't wait until next year because he says that he is doing the FULL MARATHON! He will run back down for the second half of the Marathon. Along the way protruding rocks are waiting to send him crashing to the ground mangling flesh and only temporarily masking the pain of blood filled blisters. AWESOME!!! At least I won't have to drive four kids to the top. That was an accomplishment for me!!! I am SO scared of cliffs especially when there is maybe SIX inches of shoulder before the 300 ft drop off.



Here is Mr. Incredible at the top. (I think he looks a little ashy in color) He is sporting the finisher's jacket and medal. We didn't stay for any more pictures, because he felt the need to get back DOWN!!! SO we hurried off... as fast as the 10 mile per hour speed limit would allow us!

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BE WARNED!! This video was taken by an amateur videographer who is 8yrs old... this may cause dizziness or nausea for those who get motion sickness!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Daunting

My husband is running to the summit on Saturday.


I hope he makes it!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

We LOVE Sam's Club...


Where else could you find a container of Cheese Balls the size of your daughter?



I think Carly likes Cheese Balls as much as we like Sam's Club!
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