30 and Still Kicking!

Back in February I signed up to run in the Baltimore 10 miler along with some friends. We've been training since the end of March. Those first few runs were pretty rough, but after time a 3-5 mile run became a short work out and I began to look forward to my runs. The run was scheduled for the day after my 30th birthday and we joked it was my little midlife crisis to prove I could still do crazy athletic stuff.
This is us the night before the run getting our carbs from Olive Garden

Us before the race. Notice the happy smiling faces

Us after the race. Notice the sweaty happy smiling faces.

I'm so glad I did it, but also glad it is over.

"Thank You"

These are Audrey's first words. She says them whenever you give her something or whenever she passes something to you. She says, "ank dooooo" and then stares you down until you respond with a thank you and a you're welcome. It is one of our favorite things she does.

Washing the Cars

Memorial Day Weekend

Warm weather, family hike, and swimming pool. Let the summer begin!

Goodbye Preschool

Anna had her end of the year party. The day began with a little circle time where they got their diplomas, sang their friendship song, recited the pledge of allegiance, and other daily stuff


The party was at one of the kids house and they had a moon bounce, pizza, a playground, and the ice cream man. It was a fun way to say goodbye to friends and teachers.
"Hmmm which one do I want.....?"

"Snow cone!"

Anna and her best bud Brianna

Out side the moon bounce

"We love ice cream!"

Waiting for the party to start.

Cub Scouts

Jared got his wolf the other night at the Blue and Gold dinner.
After the dinner and awards ceremony they had balloon animal making, origami, and animal bingo.



Lots of fun. He can't start working on his Bear till he turns 9 in October so for now we will be working on arrow points.

Soccer

Jared has been playing soccer the last month and loving it. Mostly he plays goalie, but for one quarter he gets to play on the field. A few weeks ago he scored a goal. He could not have been more excited.

Tiffany is helping out as assistant coach. Mostly she spends the time during games doing this:

One more month of games. Go Ravens!

Gardening and Trashcans?

Funny story. The other day we are at Home Depot picking out some veggies and some pots to plant them in. We pick out a few tomato plants and some pots for them to grow in. Nothing fancy just your old fashioned plastic flower pots.

We let Anna and Jared pick their own plant and a pot as well. Jared had some seeds from a scout activity he needed to plant and Anna picked out a strawberry plant. When it came to choosing a pot for Anna's plant we asked her if she wanted one like the the ones we had for our tomato plants. She, without hesitation, scrunches up her nose and says, "No way! I don't want one that looks like a trashcan!" Kevin and I lost it. We couldn't stop laughing. Maybe it's only funny if you know Anna, but we seriously could not stop. Anna ended up picking out a regular looking terracotta pot that we will paint someday.

Don't you just love her do it yourself outfit and hairdo? This is a girl who knows what she wants and does not settle for anything less. She is one of a kind!

Anna's Zoo Field Trip

Anna and her posse Brianna and Disha

Anna and her carpool buddy Andy

Climbing on the railing at the Giraffe exhibit

Lots of fun! Audrey was a trooper and Anna loved all the animals. The weather held out for us and we can't wait to go again.

Our little One Year Old

Audrey turned one this past week and we had a little family birthday for her. We web-camed with the Dunns in California for the event.

She loved all her presents from family and loved the frosting on her cake.

Audrey is our little adventurer. She loves to explore and climb. She is by far our biggest risk taker in the family. She loves to make us laugh. She certainly keeps us on our toes. Her favorite things to do are play in the utensil drawer, bang on the piano, be outside, climb anything and everything, play with her brother and sister. Her vocabulary consist of mom, dada, uh oh, Anna, bye bye, and ank oo (thank you) HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUDREY!