This past weekend, Chris and I ran in the National Guard Marathon in Lincoln, NE. We had a great weekend and got to meet olympian Jeff Galloway. Lincoln put on a top notch race!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
National Guard Marathon
This past weekend, Chris and I ran in the National Guard Marathon in Lincoln, NE. We had a great weekend and got to meet olympian Jeff Galloway. Lincoln put on a top notch race!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Recap
Since my last real post (in January) . . . :
Chris and I both had birthdays, turning 37 and 32 respectively. The kids had a lot of fun helping us celebrate-they are really into musical cards this year and had a great time picking them out and playing them over and over and over. :)
Quick side note: Musical cards . . . you know the ones that play a song or a message when you open them? I am afraid that these are becoming the new "digital cameras" for their generation. When I was little you put film in a camera and had to wait a couple of days for it to be developed before you got to see the pictures. Now (as we're all well aware) you can see your digital pictures as soon as you take them. Every once in a while we will run into someone with an old camera (non-digital) and they can't understand why you can't see the picture right away. The same premise holds true with the cards. If they open a card and it doesn't play a song they think it's broken. It makes me wonder about the consequences of technology. What is being lost . . . is it worth the gain? Remember handwritten letters? (sigh)
Anyway . . . last week was Spring break for the kids. We were blessed with beautiful weather and gladly spent the majority of the week outside. Monday we went to the zoo, and Tuesday and Wednesday we played in the park and took long walks. Thursday, the kids went to Chris's mom and dad's for a sleepover with Grandma and Grandpa and Friday the girls and I painted pottery and the boys had a "boy party" with their Uncle Scott and Grandpa Mike. Saturday was absolutely gorgeous and we spent the day outside raking the yard. I was sad to send the kids back to school on Monday morning-it was so nice to have them home and be schedule free. I can't wait for summer and the carefree days it will bring.
Chris and I both had birthdays, turning 37 and 32 respectively. The kids had a lot of fun helping us celebrate-they are really into musical cards this year and had a great time picking them out and playing them over and over and over. :)
Quick side note: Musical cards . . . you know the ones that play a song or a message when you open them? I am afraid that these are becoming the new "digital cameras" for their generation. When I was little you put film in a camera and had to wait a couple of days for it to be developed before you got to see the pictures. Now (as we're all well aware) you can see your digital pictures as soon as you take them. Every once in a while we will run into someone with an old camera (non-digital) and they can't understand why you can't see the picture right away. The same premise holds true with the cards. If they open a card and it doesn't play a song they think it's broken. It makes me wonder about the consequences of technology. What is being lost . . . is it worth the gain? Remember handwritten letters? (sigh)
Anyway . . . last week was Spring break for the kids. We were blessed with beautiful weather and gladly spent the majority of the week outside. Monday we went to the zoo, and Tuesday and Wednesday we played in the park and took long walks. Thursday, the kids went to Chris's mom and dad's for a sleepover with Grandma and Grandpa and Friday the girls and I painted pottery and the boys had a "boy party" with their Uncle Scott and Grandpa Mike. Saturday was absolutely gorgeous and we spent the day outside raking the yard. I was sad to send the kids back to school on Monday morning-it was so nice to have them home and be schedule free. I can't wait for summer and the carefree days it will bring.
Long Time, No Blog
It has been brought to my attention that since I have joined Facebook my blogging has decreased significantly. I must agree, and for this I am sorry. I'm sorry for those of you who check this daily/weekly (are there any of you really?) and hoped to see an update, only to be disappointed. I am also sorry for me because the purpose of this blog is to record memories as we are making them and I have not been doing a very good job at that. So here's to new beginnings-there may not be an update every day or even every week, but I will try to do so at least on a bi-monthly basis. :)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Grace's Birthday-Take 3
That's right, par-tay number 3! Enter Hannah Montana (or is it Miley Cirus?). Here are all of the kids who came to celebrate at our family birthday party.Grace's Birthday-Round 2
As I've said before, we like to fully embrace to concept of birthday celebration-and therefore often end up celebrating birthdays with multiple parties. Here is party number 2 for Grace. She wanted to take a few friends to Chucky Cheese's for pizza and games but plans changed when a snowstorm rolled through town (one of the few times I've been thankful for snow this winter-not a fan of Chucky Cheese). Anyway, we stayed home and had her friends over for a High School Musical themed pizza party at our house.
7 years old!
Grace turned 7 on January 5th. We celebrated with Pizza Ranch pizza and my first ever attempt at an ice cream cake. She requested a chocolate cake with mint chip ice cream. It turned out great and was soooo yummy!
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