THE MARONEY MOB

Monthly Numbers

2012-01-31T17:35:00.001-08:00

Well I sure like my numbers this month, so why not brag on myself--haha!!....I looked back at January of last year and my monthly total was 58 miles....

Today I logged 6 more miles to total 92 miles this month!!!...Doubt I have many months of this high of a number....It was a good month and I'm really enjoying running....

And 9 hours of gym classes isn't too bad either....Those account for zumba and a new bootcamp class I go to once a week....It kicks my bootie in a good way, but completely wears me out on Tuesday....

Note to self---don't run a fast 5 miles, walk a mile, then go to an hour bootcamp class....Especially when the class was 85% legs/butt....I'm toast and will be in bed early tonight:)

Father's Night at SLP

2012-01-31T17:15:00.000-08:00

Last night was Father's Night at School for Little People...Kresee was super excited about Daddy going to her school...She kept telling me that he was going to come and paint with her...Then he could choose a snack---cereal bar, gold fish or fruit snacks....

I kept telling her that they were going to go on a dinner date...She kept thinking I was saying they were going to eat dinner with Tate...She doesn't even have a friend named Tate?...Anyways, he did take her on a date to McDonalds before they headed to school...I did not snap a picture beforehand...I wanted to wait until they got home with all their projects:)

My favorite thing is when they ask the kids questions about their Daddy--here are her responses:

Daddy's favorite color is pink
He is 3 years old
Daddy likes to eat french fries from the super market
He gives me hugs and I laugh
Daddy likes to play with toys
He watches "baby Kohen" ride horses
Daddy works at the pizza place

Then I thought it was neat that they did a little one about themself:

Pink is my favorite color
I am 2, but I'm going to be 3
I watch Bubble Guppies
I eat hot dogs
I like to watch my car roll around when I push the button

She couldn't wait to hang it all on the fridge:)

Sunday with Friends

2012-01-31T16:32:00.000-08:00

Sunday afternoon was spent at the Maroney's like every Sunday afternoon....But this was a good one b/c it's the end of January and the weather was so pretty...It was a bit breezy at times, but nothing would stop these 5 kiddos from enjoying their play time outside....
Kohen thought his almost 40 lbs self could pull about 75 lbs of girls:).....

My friend Stephanie brought over her 3 kiddos to play in the pretty weather...They were in town, so I was very excited to get to see them...

I brought plenty of cars and scooters over so each kid would have a ride:)....

Adeline taking Kenzie for a ride in the barbie jeep

Adam and Audrie Kate riding on the little 4-wheelers....Jaxson zooming around on the scooter...

Jaxson took Adam for several rides on the go-cart...Then Kohen would take Adeline...Here she is giving the thumbs up approval for her go-cart ride:)

The kids had a really, really great time...They drove around and around for a long time:)

Petting Zoo

2012-01-31T16:01:00.000-08:00

We went to Hutch's 2nd birthday party on Saturday....You had Kresee at petting zoo...She was very excited to see all the animals---there were bunnies, goats, ducks, chickens, and 2 day old chicks....So Kresee basically stayed with the baby chicks for an entire hour:)

Kohen sat hesitantly outside the fenced off area just taking it all in...

He eventually with lots of coaxing came inside and held a baby chick or two....

Kresee finally decided that she would ride the pony...She wasn't too sure about it at first but with Daddy holding her hand, she was OK....

Then she was good on her own

Henry and Maggie took a ride together as well:)

I put my camera up but then Kohen decided he might like to ride the pony before they left...He was determined that he did NOT want to ride...But I'm glad he decided too....The birthday boy was pretty content so he hopped on the back with Hutch....

We had a great time and what great weather they had this weekend!!

100th Day of School

2012-01-31T14:02:00.000-08:00

Today was the 100th Day of School....So my baby has been a big ole KG student for 100 days!....Crazy....What's crazier is that it is January 31st and 70+ degrees outside!!

Mrs. Evans giving the low down on the afternoon...They had 4 stations in her room, then they switched classes for more stations in the other KG room...Kohen's first station was lots of exercising...100 of 6 different things---running in place, jumping jacks, arm circles, etc...They had to count to 100 for a partner....Here and Tanner running in place....
Bella doing 100 arm circles...

Here is Kohen's group exercising hard....

Sam was at the counting by 10's station...They had packets and a choice of lots of stamps to have 100 stamps on their papers...

Kohen was sitting at the front of the room, so I had to snap a few of him:)

Kohen and Bella lining up 100 dominos in the hallway...They had to guesstimate how far 100 dominos would go and mark it...Kohen guessed 2 far...He probably needed about 20 more dominos to get to his marker....

Sam in the exercise station....

Then Mrs. Yonts made sausage and bagels...The kids had to lay them out so the sausage was the "1" and the bagels were the "00"...Then they got to eat them up....

Then I had to leave and get my next group...So I didn't get to see them switch to the other class....I love having him at my school and being able to peek in and see what they are doing on special days like this....I was in between groups and took advantage of my little break to hang out with my big guy:)

Bulls WIN!!!

2012-01-30T14:12:00.000-08:00

So glad I took my camera to the basketball game this past Saturday...I conteplated not taking it, but thank goodness I did...But I got to snap some pictures of possibly the Bulls only win this season!!...They won 16-10...Kohen played great...No baskets but he did get several shots...We were proud that he was aggressive and got in there...Dribbled well and is one good defender--haha!!He's like in mid-air...I think he's excited to throw the ball in bounds....

Dribbling down towards the basket....

After the game, he was jumping up and down...Daddy giving him a high-five

Everyone was so stinking excited about winning...Even the parents were super excited...I know I sure was...You would have thought we just won the NBA Championship...But it sure make your heart smile to see the boys having fun and how happy they were....

Coach Jordan was the most excited...He didn't want to have a win-less season!

Kohen's bud Sam...They are in the same KG class and are great friends....

After the game, Sam was still so excited...He ran after Kohen outside to get in a few more hugs!!

So we are currently 1-5...We have 2 games left...Maybe we can pull out a 3-5 season:)

Sweet girl

2012-01-30T14:07:00.000-08:00

Kresee dumping out one of her many bags of "stuff"...We end up with a 1,000 bracelets, necklaces, hair clips, hair brushes, fake makeup, etc all over the the place....She knows I've caught her about to make a big ole mess:)

A glimpse

2012-01-30T07:00:00.001-08:00

I snapped this last night. Kerry and I were laying in bed. Kohen was busy trying to slam dunk his basketball. Kresee was sitting in her baby's potty chair licking her fingers while turning pages in a book. One of those moments where you just love right where you are;)

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Bulls Pics

2012-01-28T14:04:00.000-08:00

Just some pics from basketball the weekend before last....

The Duel Half-Marathon

2012-01-23T10:11:00.000-08:00

I completed my 3rd half-marathon (The Duel) yesterday morning here in town which was really nice....It was very weird to just drive on over Saturday evening and pick up my packet in 2 seconds....Then sleep in my own bed...Roll out of bed around 7 with plenty of time to eat and get ready and leave the house by 7:45 for the 8:30 start time....

But let me back up by saying that I DID NOT want to run this thing....After White Rock, I've kept up my long runs on the weekend...I got in an 8 miler, then 9, then 10, then 9 again so I went ahead and signed up for this a few weeks ago...Eventhough I hadn't been as consistent on my weekday runs (I'm trying to squeeze in this new bootcamp class and some zumba), I thought I would just go for it....My problem started last week when it was 70 degrees one day, cold the next, warm the day after...So my allergies turned my nose into a complete faucet by Thursday evening...Friday I didn't feel great...Saturday I knew I had a cold--my head was hurting, sore throat, congestion...All that fun stuff....We promised the kids we would go to the hockey game Saturday night but I was in bed by 9:30 thankfully....

The alarm going off at 7 am Sunday was not fun...I really, really, really had to make myself get up...All I wanted to do was sleep, but I hated wasting $65 dollars...So I decided I would just force myself to go...And if I had to walk it, fine...If I was super slow, fine...I just needed to finish....I was emotional the whole way over there which is not like me...Nervous--usually, but emotional--no...I guess b/c I felt so stinking bad and I had zero confidence...Going up and down the stairs at work on Friday was exhausting...How am I going to run 13.1 miles for 2+ hours!!!

So I get there and my friend Kim was running the 5K...She gave me her cell number in case I needed to call her if I died on the trail somewhere and needed someone to come and find me:)...So I felt a little better about having a back-up plan....

We started right at 8:30...the 1/2 marathon runners also ran with the 5K runners...We headed over towards Lucy Park....When we circled back around 3 miles later to the starting line and I saw all the 5K people heading right towards the finish line, I really thought about just turning and calling it quits....I still had 10 miles to go--how am I going to do this!?!....But I didn't, I kept going....

I had made the mistake of wearing a really tight long sleeve shirt under my short sleeve shirt...I was getting pretty warm fast...So at the 1st rest stop (mile 4.5), I opted to take a good 3-4 minutes and basically undo everything (headphones, headband, arm band, top shirt) to take off that long sleeve shirt and then I had to put everything back on...But again, not running for time or I wouldn't have done that....

Then the real fun began...Getting out of the woodsy area part of the trail and more out in the open....Since the wind was OUT OF CONTROL on Sunday it was a blast running head on into for many miles...Yes, it wasn't as horrible as the wind got later in the day, but it wasn't fun....There were times I just ducked my head and ran especially on the hills....I've never ran on that section of the trail and had no idea where the trail even was on that part of town....But finally we hit the turn around over at Patterson Auto Center and had about 4 miles left...That was nice b/c the hard wind was now at our back....So if I would have been healthy and felt awesome, I could have really used the wind to speed up...But honestly I had nothing in me....I just coasted as best as I could....

I hit that last rest stop and took about a minute break to get my long-sleeve shirt that I had left lying on the ground...Grabbed some water and ate some gummi bears....I only had 1.7 miles to go...Noooo problem...That's nothing....But it was honestly the longest 1.7 miles of my life...I've never checked my runkeeper so much b/c I just knew that it had to be longer than that...I was just tired...And done....I had nothing left but mangaged to make that last mile one of my fastest of the day....

In the end I finished with a 2:18:21....(White Rock was 2:11:38)...So a lot slower BUT I was pretty proud of myself since I did stop for a good 4 minutes all together ....I really proved to myself that my body can do things if I just believed in myself a little more...That no confidence thing really gets to me a lot:)

But it's exciting knowing I completed my 3rd 1/2 marathon...I plan on doing another one here in town on March 3rd and I would LOVE to go back to Rock N Roll Dallas at the end of March since that's where it all began!!

Oh and when I got home, Kohen had been throwing up the entire time I was gone...Fun times....So he and I stayed home today...I am sick and I felt he definitely could use a day to recoup as well....

Stomach Bug

2012-01-22T14:18:00.000-08:00

I went to my run this morning and came home to find out that this guy had thrown up about 5 times in the 3 hours I was gone...I guess I wasn't surprised since a few of his classmates had this virus last week....The good thing was that he didn't get sick after 10:45 am and was able to keep food/drink down the rest of the day....By this evening, he was pretty much back to his normal self....I, on the other hand, have a not so fun cold....So we are going to stay home tomorrow and rest together...I think we could both use it:)

Wildcat Hockey

2012-01-21T13:15:00.000-08:00

We took the kids to the Wildcat Hockey game this evening....I don't know why we don't do it more often...They love it and we always have a good time....But I always forget how cold it is in there and I end up freezing!....I need to wear more layers:)

Kresee and her new baby:)

2012-01-19T13:02:00.000-08:00

We finally took the kids to see Baby Cayden....Kresee has been dying to go and hold her...I don't think she quite believed me that she was here...She would ask constantly if "Baby Cayden was out of Kimberlie's belly?"....But like Kresee does, she was soooo quiet and wouldn't hardly say a word....I had to have her sit in my lap b/c I think she was a tad nervous to hold her...But I know on the inside she was very excited.....She would not smile for a picture though!!

After we ate dinner, she wanted to hold her again....Still couldn't get her to smile for me??...She held Cayden for a long time...So long that I thought Kresee might actually go to sleep....But she didn't get upset when I told her that it was time for her to leave and go to bed....I promised her that we would come back and she could hold her again....

Cayden was perfectly content....Kresee was just soaking it up.....

The next morning I went into get her up...The first thing she said was "Where is baby Cayden?" "Can we go see her?"....I assured her we would another time....So when I picked her up from school later that afternoon she asked "Can we go see baby Cayden now?".....That evening she grabbed one of her baby dolls that she named Cayden and carried her around and fed her the rest of the night;)

MLK Day

2012-01-16T12:52:00.000-08:00

We got lucky today to have 2 groups of friends come over and play....Jamie brought over Reid and Reece in the morning to play...We tried going outside but it was crazy windy and wasn't very pleasant....We played inside and let the kids eat lunch....

Kresee and I took a much needed nap....Then Ashley brought Jude and Ezra over later that afternoon....I was determined to play outside since it was a gorgeous day!!!....

Ashley got stuck pushing the girls;)

Ezra

Kresee

Kohen

Jude

We are having such crazy pretty weather for January....And the kids love having friends over:)

Cayden Paige

2012-01-14T14:42:00.000-08:00

My cousin, Kimberlie, and her husband finally had their 1st baby on Monday the 9th...Cayden Paige was born at 1:25pm weighing 8 lbs 2 oz....I couldn't wait to get up to the hospital that evening so I could take some pics and hold her:)

Papa and his newest great-granddaughter...He does not hold babies...This was a big deal...I don't recall him wanting to hold my two---he would just peer over Nana's shoulder and look:)
Sweet face.....

Proud new grandma...I know she has been waiting a good while on this:)

Very proud Daddy....

Sweet girl with her mommy

Family of 3

Nana with her great-granddaughter

And I needed to hold her a little bit before we left:)...

Kresee and Kohen can't wait to go and meet her...They were both coughing this week (from allergy drainage) and I didn't want them to be around the baby...Hopefully this week!

And I can't believe this is my 1st post for 2012...I better get on it!....But with getting back to work and everything else, we've been super busy (as always)

2011 Accomplishments

2011-12-31T18:37:00.000-08:00

I never make New Year's Resolutions. Never really have. But I did have one main thing that I wanted to accomplish for 2011 and that was a 1/2 Marathon. That was something that I always thought was crazy. Something I thought I could never do in a million years. And I proved that even in 5 months that goal was attainable. I ran my 1st ever 5K in October of 2010 and my first 1/2 marathon in March 2011. I'm not very fast. I will probably never run a sub 2 hour 1/2 marathon, but it's awesome knowing I did it:)

I also wanted to run/log as many miles as I could in one year's time. I ended up with 641.5 miles for the year and 118 hours of Zumba/bootcamp classes. I was pretty proud of myself for all of that. The most exercise and the most healthy I've been in who knows how long. The best part was finding a new love for running. I LOVE Zumba, but I also like mixing it up during the week. And I'm so happy that I completed not only 1, but two 1/2 marathons in 2011. Completing White Rock and beating my previous time by 9 minutes was an awesome way to end the year. And then 6 days later having a PR in my 5K was also pretty great.

I plan on keeping my running mileage and gym class hours for 2012 as well. Maybe I can do the same or even better this year. We shall see:)

2012--I would like to complete a few more 1/2 marathons. I would like to sign up for a few more races too. I only did 1-10K and 2-5K's this year.

And my main thing would be for Kerry to be able to join me again in 2012. He got hurt several months ago. Tore his patella tendon in his knee (not from running though). So he has been out of running commission for awhile now. It was weird training for White Rock without him. It was hard I know on him letting me go and run it wishing he were there with me. He just now gave it another go and has ran a mile 2 or 3 times on the treadmill. So I'm really hoping it holds up, that it heals completely and that it doesn't cause him too much discomfort. I know he is tired of doing the elliptical at the gym for his workouts.

Go Cart

2011-12-29T14:11:00.000-08:00

Since the weather was so pretty over the Christmas break, the boys got a lot of use out of their go-cart...They spent several afternoons over there driving around and around:)

Kerry was not going to let me snap a picture of him....

Sweet girl likes riding around too....

Jaxson taking Kresee for a ride

Fall Family Pics 2011

2011-12-28T16:43:00.000-08:00

We had Family pictures made back in October so that I could have them ready for our Christmas cards...I've not had time to upload them all on here so I will have to come back and add to it...

We had to attempt one OU family picture for our study:)

Red River #3

2011-12-27T08:25:00.000-08:00

We went on our annual Red River Ski Trip last week....We got up and headed that way early Sunday morning so that we could be in Red River by dinner time...We made great time and were there around 6:00 or 5:00 their time...We met up with Dad and Sallye at the Auslander Condos....Unloaded all our junk...Headed over to Sitzmark to rent all our boots and skis...Then went back for some yummy hamburgers that Dad made....We were all pretty exhausted and hit the sack pretty early knowing we would be up and on the slopes at 9 am....
We knew there was a pretty bad winter storm headed our way...Red River was expecting to get several inches on snow throughout Monday and into Tuesday...But we woke up and yes it was pretty chilly out there...The snow was coming down too bad...We ate some good breakfast...Piled on the layers and headed over to the easy lift/slope so Kohen could practice a few times...It was pretty windy...The lady took our pictures before we even had time to put on our skis...As you can tell, the wind and snow were really coming down at this point....

I thought it was going to be a miserable day, but we got going...Kohen was a little more reserved than we expected...Last year, we could hardly keep him reigned in...This year he was definitely more cautious...We worked on the easy slope all morning and went over to the big lift to get one ride to the very top of the mountain...By the time we skiied all the way down, we knew it would be lunch time....

After lunch, it turned out to be a pretty day...The snow really had stopped...That storm ended up going more south and east of us...It was good weather all afternoon...

We skiied the rest of the afternoon and Kohen did really well...We had some great spaghetti that night...I ate 2 huge plate fulls:)....We went to bed early again and was up and ready for Tuesday...We walked straight over to the big lift and skiied the big slopes all morning...Kohen finally got his groove and was doing great....

We ate lunch, then Sallye, JJ, Kerry, Kohen and I all headed about 5 miles out of Red River to a snowmobile place...Dad, Chris and Joscelyn all stayed and skiied the afternoon...

Kerry and I loaded up, Kohen rode with JJ and Sallye had one to herself.....

They took us across the street on like 1,100 acres of land...You had to follow the trails they made for you since the snow was so deep in places and you couldn't just venture anywhere...But you had 2 hours to ride and do what you wanted...It was a lot of fun....At first, I wasn't too excited...I thought I was going to end up being cold...But I had a great time...They had this tall hill that you could ride to the top and get on one of those plastic bowl type sleds and slide down...It was probably the funnest thing I've done in a long time...I have several videos of us sliding down that thing....The guy said Kohen definitely held the record on the farthest he's seen someone go...Probably a good 2 football fields worth...

Here we are trying to get a picture after we were done...The sun was shining straight in our eyes and Kohen was NOT into having his picture made....

We headed back and met up with everyone...Got changed and ate a very good meal at Timbers restaurant...We ate there last year as well and enjoyed it....

We really lucked on getting there on Sunday b/c the pass/stretch of road into Red River was closed all day Monday and half of Tuesday...We got out in time on early Wednesday morning b/c they got more weather that night and Thursday....So we couldn't have timed it more perfectly...

The only bad thing was that we left around 6:15 am Wednesday morning and b/c of the snow storm there were road closures and we had to go really out of the way to get home...Basically took us right at 11 hours to get home...We were very ready to be back in Wichita Falls!!!

We seriously have the best time going on our yearly ski trips...I'm so glad Dad/Sallye invited us 3 years ago...I'm not sure Kerry and I would have braved doing that on our own..And it's something I think we will continue to do every year...We really look forward to it...

Kohen from this past January (4 1/2 years old)

Kohen from our 1st time in December 2009 (3 1/2 years old)...I guess if we take Miss Kresee next year she will be 3.5 then as well...Should be interesting with the 2 of them!

Christmas #6

2011-12-26T17:07:00.000-08:00

Our last Christmas was at my Nana and Papa's house for lunch...We had the usual turkey and dressing with all the fixings:)....We then opened the last of all the presents....The kids are patiently waiting on Papa to return to the house so they could open theirs....

Kresee giving me a silly face....

Sketch sitting on Kohen...

Kohen got another PS3 game and 2 more wrestling guys and some art supplies....Kresee got a Fur Real penguin, a Dora game for the leapster2, some colored pencils with some art paper and stickers and a barbie doll....

Needless to say we were pooped by the time we were done with all our Christmases...We got home around 4:00...Kohen got to play on his PS3 for the 1st time....He and Kerry competed in football for awhile...I picked up the house while Kresee played with all her toys....We went and grabbed some leftover soup at Kerry's parents for dinner...Then went to the Lavender's that evening to let the boys and girls all play together for about 1.5 hours...The kids went to bed and I wasn't too far behind....

We did sleep in a tiny bit today (if 8:15 counts as sleeping in--I did lay there for longer though)....I finally went and got donuts around 9:15....Then we put up all the Christmas stuff today...

I was just looking through old pictures...It made me realize this was our 3rd Christmas without Biskit and of course our 1st without Sage....Kresee wasn't even born here (Christmas 2008)....Kohen was 2 1/2 (Kresee's age right now)....As you can see they were all tuckered out and taking good Christmas nap together....Hunter and Biskit laying with Kohen...While Sage and Parker were with Kerry....

I had to really step back and concentrate on appreciating Hunter this year....I have a sinking feeling that this was probably his last Christmas with us....

Christmas #5 (Christmas Morning)

2011-12-26T16:09:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning is always spent at our house with just the 4 of us....It's my favorite Christmas, of course, just hanging out with the kiddos and enjoying them....
Kohen is so good b/c he knows I don't like him to look in the living room until we all go in there together (I know that won't last much longer)....But he had a "nightmare" around 3 am and Kerry just let him sleep with us so that it wouldn't be an issue in the morning...
At 8 am, he finally came over to my side of the bed since he had been just laying around in his chair at the foot of our bed and asked when we were going to go into the living room...
Luckily, he's a patient little guy and let me go and get Kresee and everyone's milk cups made...I had to let Kresee use the restroom and semi-put her hair back....Then I had to get my camera and video camera ready so I could film them walking into the living room:)

Kresee really wanted a white puppy with a bone...Luckily "cookie" was big this year and Santa brought her this pup and some Hello Kitty rain boots....Santa only brings the kids one big gift and one smaller one...Then some good stocking stuff....
Santa brought Kohen this big ole AT/AT (all terrain) transport...So he had to go upstairs and bring down all his Star War guys...And his small gift was the game Operation....

Opening up our presents....

Kohen wanting to just love and snuggle with Daddy for a little bit....He is such a sweetie sometimes

Kresee got him the Guess Who game...We got him a big army truck/helicopter set, a WWE rumblers set of guys, WWE rumbler semi-truck, nerf double swords, a shark/ship set, NCAA 12 and Star Wars for his PS3....

Kohen got her a Ken doll and Barbie doll...We got her an Ariel Mermaid doll, a little puppy set to go with her dollhouse, a stamp pad set, a sticker "make your own" jewelry box, a leapfrog write your number pad, a Fur Real polar bear, and a school bus phonics thing....

She loves this dog...Named her Abby....Santa did well:)

We ate cinnamon rolls...The kids hung out and played all morning....My living room was a complete disaster:)...Then we headed out to my Nana and Papa's for lunch and Christmas #6:

Christmas #3 and #4

2011-12-26T09:54:00.000-08:00

Christmas #3 is spent every year at the Maroney's house on Christmas Eve morning...We got over there at 8:30 am to eat some breakfast...

Kresee needed her kitty cat all zipped up in her jacket so she wouldn't get too cold...

Getting a decent picture of Kohen these days are hard work...He gives the silliest faces or tilts his chin up to the ceiling...whatever:)

Eating some yummy breakfast (cinnamon rolls, biscuits, sausage, eggs, bacon) before opening gifts....

Present time:)...Kresee has a full house of animals now...She got a new bunny from her cousins...She loves it...

The girls both got a Barbie doll on a bicycle....

The boys both got helmets (Kohen thought they were for football?)

Kerry needed to try it on...

Then Maw let them open a box with a picture inside it....

Then they go out into the garage and see this!!...They were sooo excited...

Maw even cleared off some paths behind their house to drive this thing around ONCE the part comes in--haha...Poor guys really wanted to ride it...But it should be in the mail tomorrow....

The girls got a Barbie car

Then after the gifts we all went back in the house since the adults knew this guy was going to show up any minute.....

We had all the kids sit in Maw and Papa's lap...This is them right after Santa walked in with his loud voice...Scared the crap out of them...haha....

Kohen and Jaxson jump on up...Kohen has no idea what to tell Santa he wants (thank goodness)....

Kresee told me "I already sat in Santa's lap" (she did at the mall a few weeks ago)...So I didn't think she would go for Santa again...But she sucked it up and did....Now, she wasn't going to smile or talk for anything, but she sat in his lap for awhile:)....

Now Kenzie and Lexie wanted nothing to do with him...Maw tried to get them to cooperate, but no such luck....

Then we tried getting all the grandkids together (with Maw)....

Kresee, Santa and Kohen

Family Picture with Santa 2011

Family picture with Santa 2010 (yes Kerry is wearing the Same shirt!)

Family Picture with Santa 2009

Kresee and her bunny

Jaxson brought over his Wii and we played Just Dance all afternoon...It was a lot of fun:)...I am going to have to go and buy it for Kohen's PS3 for us to play at our house....And I'm awesome at it--haha...I give all my dancing credit to Zumba!

We hung out in our PJ's pretty much most of the day....We had to go get changed and dressed for 4:00 when Kerry's whole family came over for dinner and Christmas #4....We ate yummy soups and sandwiches...Played LCR (a dice game) and Kerry won the whole $42 pot, so that was fun...We then went to Kerry's Meme and Papa's house to open presents...That evening,

Kohen got a army gun, a gun that shoots water pellet things, moon dough, a squishy ball, and money

Kresee got her a puppy with vet accessories, a cute shirt, squishy ball, a set of ice cream sundae toys and money....

We then headed back home to bed since Santa was going to be on his way.....

Then fun part was getting Santa gifts out about 9:30 at night and realizing the batteries were dead in Kresee's puppy...So luckily JJ's gas station was open and was stocked full of "C" batteries and some "AA" batteries for Kohen's star wars toy as well...We probably shouldn't wait so late to next year--haha....

Christmas #2

2011-12-26T09:26:00.000-08:00

We had Christmas #2 on Friday evening with my mom, sister and her husband....They came over and we ate some yummy Olive Garden...Then we just watched the kiddos open a bunch of gifts from them:)
I mean look at all this stuff!!

Kresee was just patiently waiting for everyone:)
Kohen got a rolling suitcase, hoodie/sweatpants, transformer watch, candy, OU blanket, and skateboard from my mom...

Kohen got a PS3 from Leslie and Paul...He was pumped...

Grammie got Kresee a scooter, a fur real kitty cat, a rolling suitcase, princess blanket and a penguin movie...

Leslie and Paul got her a My Twinn Doll....with lots of accessories and clothes to go with it....

Leslie got some new scarves so Kresee needed to wear one while carrying around her doll accessories and kitty cat....

Leslie and Paul with the kiddos...

Grammie and the kiddos...

Family picture:)

We had a wonderful evening but were exhausted....We went to bed on time since we had to be at the Maroney's at 8:30 am Christmas Eve morning....

Christmas #1

2011-12-23T09:35:00.000-08:00

Grandpa Randy and Sallye came over yesterday afternoon to kick off our 1st of many Christmases over the next few days....The kids were really excited to finally open a present...And Dad and Sallye never let 'em down:)

A cool Red River NM sweatshirt:)...haha...It looked familiar since she just bought it for him 2 days ago!....

Sallye helping Kresee open her book....

My sister had the kids yesterday for the afternoon...She painted a puppy and a frog on her face...Kohen was painted but I had already washed off his mask....

Kohen got a huge cage wrestling ring with a bunch of wrestling guys....It was awesome and he was so excited...Part of his gift is to take him in February to a real wrestling match...He is going to LOVE that.....

Kresee opening her big ole gift...She loves anything art...crayons, markers, paint, stickers, etc...They got her the nicest easel with a chalkboard on one side and dry erase board on the other...It also came with a big roll of paper...And they stocked her with markers, more paper, chalk, and paint:)...She will be set!

They got me the cutest OU boots ever!!...I love, LOVE them!!

Kohen was being a stinker and not cooperating during a quick picture...I had to take several...He was too busy trying to look at the Boise State game on the TV....

The kids were up this morning and right back at their gifts from last night...Bad mommy for not paying attention to Kresee while she expo markered the chalkboard...I got a wet washrag and was able to get most of it off...So we had a little talk about the differences and what we use on each side...I'm sure it will happen again:).....She is in love though with it!

Thanks Dad and Sallye...Merry Christmas!

Bulls #3

2011-12-17T07:44:00.000-08:00

Kohen had his 3rd basketball game today...He played one of of the boys that plays on our soccer team--Shooting Stars....It was a close game the whole time and they all did really well....

Kohen is quite the little dribbler...In fact, he seems to get the ball every throw-in...He does a great job dribbling down the entire court, but then gets down there and turns to shield the ball...

Like this....We kept telling him that he had to be aggressive and dribble right on through to the net...He did better towards the end of the game after Kerry talked to him at half-time...

Lining up for a free throw...1st time he's done this...Of course the shortest one out there is the one closest to the rim--haha....

They have now tied one and lost 2...They only lost 7-5 this game...It was super close and was a lot of fun...They are understanding the game more and doing much better:)...Kohen was really close to scoring a basket a few times, but nothing went in....Great job Kohen...

Christmas Caroling

2011-12-17T07:23:00.000-08:00

On the last day of school Kohen's KG class got to Christmas Carol around the school the last 30 minutes of the day....I just happen to stumble upon them right when they were getting started...My camera was still in my car from Kresee's Christmas Play so I went and grabbed get to get a few pictures....

Then they went into the cafeteria to sing for the 6th graders since they were at lunch....

It was really cute watching all of them...They had a great time and loved singing for the entire school:)

SLP Christmas Play

2011-12-16T13:21:00.000-08:00

Kresee had her 1st SLP Christmas performance...Kerry and I have had the pleasure of seeing this the past 2 years with Kohen (he was the innkeeper both years)...After her outstanding dance performance the other night, I was hoping she would do well today....
Here she is just walking in and she spotted us...She was the prettiest little angel:) Jack was the innkeeper...But he spotted his momma and lost it:(...Poor guy!

Mary and Joseph asking the Innkeeper if there was any room....

The 2 little angels waiting on their part of the story...
Kresee running to bring baby Jesus to the manger

Putting baby Jesus in the manger

Then the angels went to tell everyone that Jesus was born....

After her wonderful performance:), we snapped a quick pic of us with our angel....

Christmas Dance Recital

2011-12-16T12:47:00.000-08:00

Kresee had her 1st little dance recital on Wednesday at Rolling Meadows retirement home....I built it up all day long trying to make a big deal about how she was going to perform for all of us...We never get to see her dance at class so she acted excited about Kohen and Daddy and Grammie coming to watch her....

Luckily, when we got there the teachers took them away from us...We went and stood in the very back allowing the people who lived there to sit in all the seats...Kohen and Jude ended up going and sitting on the carpet on the 1st row with Meme and Big Papa...But mom and I got close seats when it started....

Here they are bringing them out and lining them all up...

I honestly thought she would see us and come running...I just knew she would climb up and sit in someone's lap and not want to participate...But since she surprised me with Santa's visit, I shouldn't underestimate her:)....Here she is looking for us....She did see us immediately and just smiled and waved...My friend Ashley videotaped it for me and I'm so glad b/c she was soooo stinking cute....

Here is Ezra (who Ashley thought would cry as well, but did awesome too!!)

Kresee did every single dance move the entire song....She loved being up there and performing...She is so shy and I was so proud of her....

Here are some sweet ones of Ezra....

Kresee dancing her little heart out:)

They actually performed 3 times...I didn't take any pictures the 2nd song...But then the whole group came out at the end to sing "we wish you a merry christmas"

I can honestly say that I've been wondering what in the world I'm doing paying this much $$ each month for stinking 2 year old dance lessons...BUT after seeing and watching this, I think it's been $$ well spent...You knew she loved it and loved being up there...Made my heart smile....She is such a sweet girl!!

Holiday Hustle 5K

2011-12-14T09:44:00.000-08:00

I didn't know if I wanted to sign up for the Holiday Hustle at the YMCA this year or not....Since it was going to be just 6 days after my 1/2 marathon and with my hip issues, I was wondering if my body would like me very much....But I said why not?....This was my 1st ever 10K last year! and I didn't want to do the 10K and signed up for the 5K instead to play it safe...Surely I could go and run 3.1 miles....The Tuesday after the 1/2, I ran 2 miles and did an hour of Zumba and felt great...So I knew I was good to go....

It was very chilly Saturday morning...The low was like 26 degrees....Kohen had a basketball game at 8:30 at the YMCA, so I watched his 1st half then went outside for the 9:00 start time....BTW--they lost 12-4...But in their defense, I'm pretty sure there were some 1st graders on that team...Made our KG look tiny compared to some of them!

I thought I would take this run nice and easy...It was just one of those where you run 1.5 miles and turn around and run right back....Before the turn around, I was counting and realized there were only 5 girls ahead of me...So the competitive person came out...I knew I could catch the 3rd and 4th place girl and would be happy placing 3rd female overall....So that's what I did:)

I finished in 27:46 (new PR for me)...I was the 3rd female and 9th overall...And I got 2nd place in my age division, so I got me a nice silver medal!...And the best part was they were giving away door prizes...I won the last prize--$25 gift card to Academy...I was super excited about that!

Shea ran the 10K and got 1st place in her age division...She is fast...Ran it right under 55 minutes....I don't know if I could do a 10K ever in that time!!
I talked Ashley into coming out and running it...She was cursing me beforehand, but after was super glad she did it...She pushed herself really hard and was very proud of herself...And I'm always proud of my friends for getting out there and running!!

This was my 4th 5K and my time has improved a little each time....Almost by a whole minute from the City of Lights 5K 3 weeks ago!

Lazy Girl

2011-12-14T09:33:00.000-08:00

This is what Kresee does every single day when we get home from school...When we pull up to the house she says "Mommy I'm tired. I want some chocolate milk and I want to watch Curious George." So I have to get her all situated and she hangs out for a bit...It's nice because it gives me time to unload the car, sort through backpacks and get dinner started....She even will leaves her coat on most days like in these pictures:)

Visiting Santa

2011-12-12T16:28:00.000-08:00

Kresee hates Santa...Well she hates the Easter Bunny or anything that might be dressed up in a costume....I didn't even take the kids to see Santa last year b/c I knew there was no way she would go fot it...She initially said she didn't want to visit Santa..."I not sit in his lap"..."I don't like Santa"....But then about 2 weeks ago, she changed her mind...."I go see him. I won't cry." ...I honestly did NOT believe her...But she asked more than once....Last Monday (the day after my 1/2) I took the day off to rest and relax....Kerry wasn't feeling great at all and so he ended up taking a sick day....So we thought we might as well take the kids that evening while when we weren't busy....
Kresee before we left the house...She's ready to go!
We got to the mall and started walking towards the set-up...There was no one there and he was hanging out by the cash register...Santa saw us and started HO-HO-HOing...I think it freaked her out for a minute...But I would have bet a million dollars she would chicken out...She didn't look excited, more like she knew she had to do it--haha...She went right on up and sat in his lap....She didn't smile once...But she did answer some of his questions....I was just in shock!!!

This one was from my phone...Kohen was just talking away looking at who knows what...Kresee was leaning as far away as she could without falling off his lap....He was a great Santa...He looked good and took the time to really talk to them (again no line)....I was so proud of her....

My uncle comes over every Christmas Eve morning to the Maroney's to visit with Kohen, Kresee and their cousins...I really hope she does well and sits in his lap for some pictures as well...Kohen has never cared nor has he been scared of anything like that....So I guess I knew I had to have one that would be:)

White Rock Half-Marathon

2011-12-09T14:39:00.000-08:00

This past Sunday, I ran my 2nd half-marathon at White Rock in Dallas on December 4th.....This is my re-cap mainly for myself to read back someday...SO it could be very boring for anyone else--haha!!

Saturday it was really cold here...like 41 degrees and rainy...Just yucky weather....My mom came and picked me up and we headed down to Dallas at 12:30....We arrived and it was in the 60's there and just gorgeous...But we knew what was coming...The yucky weather just hadn't made it to the Dallas area yet....We checked into the hotel and then drove down to Fair Park so that we would know exactly where we were going the next morning since 25,000 runners would be doing the same thing....We came back to the hotel and met up with Mike....We were starving and drove right down the street to some hole-in-the-wall Italian place....But it was super yummy...I could have just eaten bread for dinner and been totally happy...By the time dinner was over, it was rainy and windy and cold in Dallas:(.....

We went back to the hotel to watch OU get spanked by OSU....I actually tuned out during the 3rd quarter and was going to bed at 9:30 knowing the 5:00 am alarm would be early!!

We got up at 5 on Sunday morning...I looked outside immediately and saw the rain just coming down....Not good and not very motivating....And it was in the low 40's as expected....I put on my long-sleeve shirt with a short sleeve on top...My capri tights...My ear warmers and nike hat...And my gloves that I could throw away if I needed to....I ate a mini bagel with some dark chocolate peanut butter and we left the hotel right after 6:00....

I honestly wasn't that nervous which was weird...I get crazy nervous for just stupid 5Ks here in town...I think the cold, rainy weather was my main worry....And not the whole running 13.1 miles!

We arrived and walked and walked...Found a restroom a mile long...Waited inside a building for a bit....The race was to start at 8:00...About 7:55, knowing we were in Corral C and not at the front, we headed out to the starting line....We got to see the fireworks and hear the National Anthem...And it wasn't raining....Just a very light drizzle.....We got to see the elite runners take off and we just walked until we could get into the corrals....

But the rain started not 30 seconds into the race and it never really stopped.....The first 2 miles Mike and I ran side by side....Then I could tell he was probably going to keep a faster pace than me, so I gave him the go ahead....And he took off ahead of me....I'm really glad I wore my hat b/c it really helped when the rain started really pouring around mile 2.5.....But it wasn't bad...I never thought it was too much and I honestly never got cold...The first 3-4 miles really flew by....I was keeping a good pace (for me) right at or under 10:00 min/mile...The rain let up some too....

My times are a little off b/c I had to start my runkeeper a little before I officially ran across the starting line...It was hard to mess with b/c I had my phone seran-wrapped and in a ziploc bag and then in a little pouch that fit around my waist...that phone was NOT going to get wet (Kerry warned me that I would be in big trouble if it did)!!!

Mile 1--9:57
Mile 2--10:03 (grabbed some water at a station)
Mile 3--9:52
Mile 4--9:57

The rain started coming down again and I thought I might be going to fast but it felt good and comfortable...I knew coming though at mile 6 were some hills...But they really started at mile 5.5 and the never ending hill lasted until mile 9....I was familiar with it since we ran a lot of the same streets as the Rock N Roll in March and these hills I had run on before.....I felt way more prepared and in shape this time around....My goal was to attempt to keep around the same pace or just a tad slower, but not kill myself so that I still had energy from mile 9 on...I only trained up to 10 miles and only did it once....

Mile 5--9:53
Mile 6--10:10
Mile 7--10:09
Mile 8--10:06
Mile 9--10:12

But man when those hills leveled out, I could tell my legs were tired from all that...I was happy that my splits were still OK b/c I grabbed water twice at 2 stations during those miles....Then I was really ready to see if I could speed up and finish it...I knew I was doing well and I was feeling good...Again, I couldn't believe my feet were not frozen since you stepped in a million puddles...I was soaked and I had on 2 pair of gloves that I never took off....I was actually just fine temperature wise....

Mile 9 was where we split from the marathoners...We went right and they went left...I honestly still can't imagine doing a marathon and I was glad to be turning right:)

Mile 10--10:01
Mile 11--9:34
Mile 12--9:56 (stopped for water)

A little before 12.5 miles, the cops started buzzing and moving us all over to the right b/c the 1st place marathoner was approaching!!!...I just yelled for him...It was amazing knowing he was passing me!!!...He finished 26.2 in 2 hrs 17 mins!!!!...Crazy:)...Sure was inspirational though:)

Mile 13--9:33 (I love that this last mile was the fastest of all of them!!)

And then I couldn't get my stinking phone out the of pouch to push the stop button for a good 30 seconds after I finished which was super annoying, so it's a little off...Of course, it's even more off since I ran techinally 13.31 instead of 13.1...I wasn't the only only who had that mileage either...That's OK...I like these numbers better:)
My official 13.1 race time was 2:11:38 for 10:02min/mile pace....I guess I was disappointed for a second b/c all I knew was my time on my phone and I saw my average pace of 9:58, but again my distance was longer...But I got over it quickly knowing my last 1/2 was a 2:20 something finish at a 10:36min/mile pace...That's awesome beating that time for a new PR!!!!

As soon as you finished, you were shuffled into a building which was nice...B/C it was fah-reeezing the minute you stopped running!!...They gave you your medal and you got your picture made...Mike found me right away....We walked over and got our finisher shirt, a banana and a water....Then we walked outside and froze again to another building to meet mom so she could take our pictures:)

Mike did awesome...His time was 2:10:19 so a little over a minute ahead of me....Super proud and amazed by him!!...Think about where he was this time last year...Right in the middle of his battle with cancer...He was on a feeding tube, receiving chemo and radiation, etc....And now look at him...Seriously, he is amazing!
I could not get those clothes off FAST enough...I was just soaking wet...And it probably took me a good 15 minutes to change in the bathroom stall...You know how hard it is to get wet clothes off and then put dry clothes on your sticky, wet body....

I'm glad I signed up for White Rock...I'm proud of myself for completing 2 half-marathons in 2011....I'm glad I beat my previous time....And I can't wait to sign up for my 3rd one...Contemplating one in January in town...If not maybe Cowtown in February??...Not sure yet:)

Bulls Basketball Game #1

2011-12-09T14:07:00.000-08:00

The Bulls had their 1st basketball game last Thursday night on December 1st....Kohen was pumped and very excited...Kerry and I were always pretty excited just to see how he would do...He practices well and is aggressive with us, but in soccer sometimes he just sits back and doesn't really "get in there and get after it"....So we really thought he would do the same at basketball??
He wanted to be #10, but the YMCA picks the numbers and they are weird...Like 1,2,3,4,5 and then 11, 12, 13, etc...So there was no #10, so he got #1 instead....He was pretty happy about that.....

Practicing before the game---dribbling with Coach William
Shooting some pre-game hoops....

Doing some side shuffles to warm up....

Lining up to say the YMCA pledge and get their wristbands....Kohen wore a white wristband...Meaning he had to mark the other teams guy with the white wristband...The hard part was that you could only steal the ball away from that person...Kohen couldn't take the ball away from someone in red or green??...I didn't really like that rule, but oh well...

Kohen didn't play the 1st quarter....But was doing so well that he played the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters....We were so stinking proud of him...He wanted to play...He wanted to be out there...He wanted that ball and he wanted to score!!

Here he is waiting to get the ball passed inbounds to him....

Kohen dribbling the ball down the court....That's me in the back on the right corner...I was one of the official scorekeepers--haha...The score was 0-0 at half...Before the game, one of the parents and I joked the game would probably be 6-4...We weren't that far off b/c they tied 4-4!!!

The most exciting part was during the 3rd quarter, Kohen had the ball and scored the 1st basket of the entire game making it 2-0...He was sooooo proud of himself and the boys went crazy...You would have thought they just won a national championship--haha.....

Kohen in there getting after it...We were so proud of his aggressiveness and not being timid...He really wanted that ball:)

They tied it up 2-2 not long after Kohen scored....Then Sam scored another basket for us, but again they score as well...It was super fun to watch...I had no voice (like usual) because I yell and scream so much!!...Kohen was just ecstatic and I can't wait for the rest of the games......

So the next game is tomorrow morning at 8:30 am...We basically have every Saturday morning at 8:30...Gonna be rough getting up that early on our days off....It will work out for me tomorrow b/c I have the YMCA Holiday Hustle 5K at 9:00...So I will get to watch about 30 mins of Kohen's game, then go outside to run and we should be finished around the same time

Field Trip

2011-12-08T10:27:00.000-08:00

Kohen had his 1st school field trip last week to the Fantasy of Lights and then the Santa House....Since they went at 11:30, I just drove my car on over and met them there so I could walk with the students too...It helps when you are "faculty" and teachers are always needed to help out!

Then they were off to Santa House at Kell House and I went back to work:(...Kohen loved it though and enjoyed his 1st field trip:)

Christmas Tree

2011-12-01T10:03:00.000-08:00

We got out the tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving....We do all of this Thanksgiving weekend every year since Kerry is off work and it takes 2 of us to lug this big thing down....But we made the kids wait to decorate it Sunday morning since it was so late Saturday night after we got it up....They didn't mind, but wanted a few pics in front of it....

Kohen wanted me to take a picture of him under the tree...weird kid...

The one ornament we did let the kids hang was Sage's ornament....My mom bought Biskit one when she died and she brought this one over to us to remember Sage...This will be a hard Christmas knowing she's not with us....She's been around for so many that it will be sad....We hung Biskit's right next to hers...

The next morning we got up and decorated the tree....Kresee only broke one ornament and cried b/c she was so upset...We had to tell her over and over again that it was fine--stuff happens...Kohen didn't break one this year:).... We had to follow behind her and move the ones she hung b/c she liked hanging everything on the same branch....

Kohen always put the star on the tree...He got up to this point of the ladder and decided he was scared of heights--haha....

So Kerry had to do it:)

I do actually have few presents wrapped and under the tree already....

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-29T17:39:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was busy as always....3 stops in 1 day....We hung out all morning which was nice....I went for a 3 mile run as well knowing I wouldn't feel up to it later on that day....Needed to burn off some calories since I knew I would put them right back in me:)
We went to the Maroney's at 12:30 for lunch....I seriously ate only 3 bites b/c I was saving up for my dad's house...Kerry pigged out and the kids ate well....
Then they all played outside since it was such a pretty day....(last year was soooo cold and windy and miserable).....They love riding their scooters outside
Kohen giving me the peace sign....

After the Maroney's lunch, we headed out to my dad and Sallye's house...They were eating at 2:00 and we didn't get there till 3:00...I saved all my hunger for this meal and was ready to eat...Lucky for me, they were just going through the line when we got there so I got to eat with everyone...It was super yummy as always...Kerry managed to squeeze in a little bit more food as well....

Kohen couldn't wait to ride on the 4-wheelers...Grandpa Randy took him around for awhile...Then Sallye got stuck on there for quite some time:)

Kresee wanted to show me the chicken coop b/c she had found something in there....

"see those 2 eggs in there"

Checking out the chickens and ducks.....See that on the ground...They eat chicken and turkey...Weird, weird animals--haha

She saw everyone else riding the 4-wheelers...So her and Daddy took a stroll on the 3-wheeler....

So Sallye rescued this pigeon...They didn't think it would even live....But he obviously did and now will not leave their back porch...Just hangs out...Won't fly off...Isn't that crazy?!?

Sallye bought a bunch of marshmellow guns for the kids...They loved them:)

Kresee LOVED playing washers...She was actually pretty darn good:)

Kerry will be happy I posted this lovely picture of him....

Kresee wanting Daddy to show her the marshmellow gun

Is there a marshmellow in there??

Then dad started a fire in their pit....Sallye went and got sparklers and the kids loved that.....

We then headed out to my Nana and Papa's for dinner....None of really ate anything....We were still pretty full from my dad's....

Kresee and Papa

We had a great Thanksgiving...Although we run around like crazy going to 3 places in 1 day, it's worth it...Getting to see our family and spend time with everyone....

And for my 1st time ever, I got up for Black Friday....Not for any major shopping...Since our computer died....I got up and was at Sam's at 4:30 for their 5:00 opening....I was #96 in line and it was cold, but not too horrible...Got in, headed straight for the computer I needed, paid for it and was home and in bed by 5:30...Not too shabby!!

Sweet Kisses

2011-11-28T16:34:00.000-08:00

Hunter was giving Kresee some sweet kisses the other night...She was loving it....

Basketball Begins

2011-11-28T14:42:00.000-08:00

Kohen had his 1st basketball practice a few weeks ago....They have their 1st game this Thursday...They are going to be the Bulls...We don't know his # yet...They will get their shirts at the game...He's really wanting #10...We shall see...He's loving it and can't wait to play a game...

His coach played basketball and went to school with Kerry...So Kerry was pumped to see the coach was Maurice (now known as William) and Kohen thought it was cool that he was a Coyote Basketball player....

SLP Thanksgiving Feast

2011-11-28T14:28:00.000-08:00

Kresee had her 1st Thanksgiving Feast at SLP last week...I know she was so confused...I kept telling her that we were coming to eat lunch with her but then had to go back to work...I was worried she was going to be super upset when it was time to go...But Mrs. Moran came and said Kresee it's time to go and she went right with her with no problem....

Some pics from my phone:)

Coyote Soccer Season

2011-11-28T14:13:00.000-08:00

The Coyotes finished their Soccer season on November 12th....I am so proud of these guys....I was really worried about coaching 8 5&6 year olds, but they were great....And I honestly couldn't have done it without Kerrry's help...Thank goodness he's so involved b/c he made a great assistant coach....

I took a team picture of them and had my friend turn it into this as my gift to them at their last game...Turned out super cute...

Spring Season will be here before you know it....Now onto basketball (and NO I'm not the coach!)

City of Lights

2011-11-22T07:34:00.001-08:00

I ran in the City of Lights 5k this weekend. This was my 2nd time to run in it. I actually haven't run in a 5K race since this one last year! I know you don't remember but I got 1st place and didn't know it, so I never got my medal.
It was a warm 80 degrees and windy on Saturday at 4 pm so I was worried about the run. I've not run in warm temps in awhile. Luckily it turned out very pretty. My goal was to beat my previous time of 28:45. It was a new course and actually ended up being 3.19 instead of 3.1.
But I finished in 27:50 (new PR) if I stopped at the 3.1 mark. I placed 3rd in my age and I stayed to get my medal this time!!
Mike got 3rd in his age group as well (and had already run 11 miles that morning!!)

Ashley and I. She did great!!

The next morning I got up way early and ran 7 miles. I didn't want to overdo it. So I really need to get a 10 miler in this weekend to be ready for my half in 2 weeks!!!
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Limo Ride

2011-11-21T08:19:00.000-08:00

Kohen sold all his tickets for the Ben Franklin Spaghetti Supper raffle prizes...So he was treated to a limo ride and lunch at Mazzio's...There were only around 25 kids that did this last year...And this year was more like 150 kids!!!...They made a lot of $$..I think I remember them saying $16,000 on the dinner and raffle tickets...Crazy....It took 3 days worth of limo rides (2-3 limos each time) to get all the kids their lunch;)
Here are just the KG kiddos....

Kohen and his friend Olivia....

He had a blast....I'm glad he has such a great family that bought all his tickets up so he could go:)

Hunter

2011-11-16T14:32:00.001-08:00

Hunter is 13 years 9 months old today. He will be 14 on February 16th. I can't hardly look at him without getting sad. Yesterday I just petted him and cried knowing he's an old man who probably doesn't have a whole lot of time with us. There's nothing wrong with him ( that we know of). But you sure can tell he has a hard time getting up and down. He lays around a lot. And he's pretty hard of hearing. I guess knowing Sage didn't make it to her 14th birthday it's just really bothering me. He's a big dog (husky mix). Big dogs aren't supposed to make it this long. so I'm really trying to treasure him;)

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Earthquake

2011-11-05T21:00:00.001-07:00

Felt out first earthquake tonight (a little before 11 pm) That was the weirdest thing we've experienced. The house just shook. Kerry was walking around and said it made him feel like he was really dizzy. I was in bed. Man that was crazy!!

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Sick Girl

2011-11-05T15:27:00.001-07:00

Kresee went to the doctor on Thursday after battling a cold for 4 weeks now. Finally turned into a sinus infection and double ear infection. So I got to hang out with her all afternoon and you wouldn't have even known she was sick.

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Halloween 2011

2011-11-05T08:56:00.000-07:00

Halloween turned out great this year...The weather was perfect (minus the stupid mosquitos)...I attempted some pictures before we headed to a party while waiting on Daddy to get home from work...

We went to the Barnards/Pitts Halloween party for just a little bit...B/C we had to meet up with the family at 6:15 to start trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.....

We tried to get a group picture of the cousins:)

Then we were off for the evening...

I wasn't sure how Kresee would do since she hates strangers....First stop was the neighbor's house and she followed everyone up to the door....

After that, an adult had to walk up with her....She wouldn't say trick-or-treat...Wouldn't hold out her bag...Basically just stood there and stared:)...No thank you at all...It was the most quiet I've ever seen her!!!....Kohen on the other hand was a wild man running all over the place....We were home by 8:30 and were worn out!!

School Halloweeen Party

2011-11-05T08:22:00.000-07:00

Kohen had a class Halloween party on Monday afternoon....They were allowed to wear their costumes to school...Since he was Darth Vader, we thought he might need to wear something different to school...He was an OU Sooner football player....

Here is most of his class waiting patiently on the games to begin....
They used toilet paper to dress each other up as mummies....

Then they played pumpkin bowling...Look at that form and concentration:)

Then they ate yummy caramel apples for snack....

Kohen and Bella....

Dance Class Peek

2011-11-01T17:12:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday we got to watch the girls in dance class....This is a very rare (I think once a semester) treat....I knew though that Kresee had been doing well and participating..She's really been enjoying dance class....I also knew that the minute we (mainly Kerry) sat down she wasn't going to leave our sides...She was the ONLY one who would not participate....

Kerry tried walking her out there....No such luck....
She stood between his legs most of the class just watching...

They do a really fun song where they run around the cones holding hands....You could tell she really wanted to get out there and run around with all the girls...So she finally got enough courage to go for it....

Then it was tap shoe time and she needed Daddy to walk her back out there....

Then she just stood there with the nervous fingers in her mouth as usual

Twisting her outfit/shirt like her big brother does when he's nervous....

She ended up coming and sitting with us again....But joined the group at the end for their stickers and Halloween candy bags....

SLP Fall Festival

2011-10-30T16:51:00.000-07:00

Last Tuesday Kresee got to go to her first School for Little People Fall Festival....We've done this the past 2 years but with Kohen...I left her at school that afternoon since we had Kohen's parent-teacher conference...They got her all dressed and then they were the 1st class to walk out the door...I kept trying to tell her what to expect but I know she had no idea what was going on:)
There was another little girl in her class with the same sweet costume....

She was so confused...Had no idea who all these people were and took her a second to recognize us---haha

Then she kept turning around like where am I going??

We then go to the park for a picnic....Picture with my sweet bumble bee

Coyote Football

2011-10-30T16:27:00.000-07:00

The Coyotes played the Thursday before last...It was nice that afternoon but it sure got chilly when the sun when down...And the breeze was not helping...We left at half-time because I was cold!!

Kohen wouldn't look at me to take his picture....

But I finally got him to look at me:)

It was senior night so they got to hand out roses to the football players....

Last as usual are Kerry and Kresee:)

Happy Birthday

2011-10-29T12:37:00.001-07:00

On Wednesday (the 26th) Sage spent her first birthday up in doggie heaven. She would have been 14 years old. She's been gone 2 months and we miss her a lot. It's hard because Kresee asks and talks about her. Happy birthday sweet girl;)

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Still running:)

2011-10-23T16:27:00.000-07:00

I haven't really blogged much about my running since the half-marathon back in March...I've only done one other race that I signed up for and that was in May....

Kerry and I did sign up for Race for the Cure on October 8th, but it didn't happen...I got very sick the weekend before the race...Was still sick that Wednesday before and went to the doctor...Got a steroid shot and some antibiotics...But come Friday evening, I knew I still did not feel well nor have the energy to go and run...I was disappointed b/c that would have been the 1 year mark of my very 1st organized 5K run...I can say doing that a year ago made me really get into signing up for various things....I didn't get to run for 10 days straight and am glad to be better and back in the swing of things!

So next up is the Harvest Hustle and City of Lights in November and I hope I get to run one or both of those:)

Kerry and I have contined to run just to run...I did mainly a lot of Zumba and boot camp classes over the summer and ran here and there....But September we thought we might start adding in some longer runs on the weekend to train for White Rock Half-Marathon on December 4th...But he hurt his knee about a month ago and has not been able to run at all...He can walk fine, do the elliptical at the gym...But 1 mile into his run, he has severe painin his knee...He tried again today with no luck...So I don't know what's in store for him....He probably needs to go to the doctor but you know how that goes....

I'm just still running like I'm going to do White Rock...I haven't signed up...But still plan on putting in the miles in case it works out....I've not run more than 6.2 miles since the half-marathon and have just kept my long runs on the weekend at 6 miles up until last weekend....So last Sunday my friend Ashley Thomas and I headed to the Sikes Lake to run that 1.1 mile loop...Our goal was 7 miles---something she has never done before!!...She did great and made it...And I was happy to hit 7 miles as well:)

Today I went again --without her though:(--My goal was 8 miles and doing that by yourself can get boring...I started at 8:15 and the weather was right at 60 degrees and it was even kind of misty most of the time...There was a breeze but not too bad and it was one that felt good when you were going head on into it....But it was a perfect morning to run and I just enjoyed my music and the surroundings....And I did way better than I thought I was going to do...My goal was to keep it right at 10:30 mins/mile, but I ended up at 10:16 mins/mile!

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-23T14:32:00.000-07:00

Last Tuesday, Grammie and I took the kiddos out to the Painted Pony Rides for the pumpkin patch....It was super windy and pretty chilly...So we didn't stay very long...Our goal was to buy 2 big pumpkins and let the kids ride the ponies....Oh and get a cute picture....One of those happened....
I bet you can guess that I didn't get a cute picture:)....Kohen was in a mood--not a bad mood...A bad attitude 5 year old mood....So this picture sums it all up!!...haha....
Then he started doing this...And wouldn't just sit back for a decent smile...again, oh well!

But I did get a cute one by himself....

And a cute one of her....

Playing in the sand pile...I kept saying we aren't here to play in sand!!...Kohen had some comment back to me, but I can't remember...Something along the lines of kids like to play in the sand and have fun....

Attempted another picture of the two of them...I either got squinty goofy Kohen face and obviously Kresee not paying attention...

Or this classic Kohen face in most all of the pics, but Kresee looks cute and is smiling:)

Playing on the swings, since neither kid would ride on the pony...Kohen wouldn't even go in and get near them... He is scared of most every animal since the dog bite incidence??...I held Kresee, but she would not pet them or touch them...oh well...

But we did get the kids their pumpkins and they are decorated and on our front porch...We now haev like 10 pumpkins displayed on our front porch!...

He's Trying

2011-10-23T14:20:00.000-07:00

We took Kohen outside last Saturday to ride his bicycle...We had family pictures that morning and he saw his friend Mitchell riding without training wheels....We got home and Kohen was determined to give it a whirl...We started by taking one training wheel off and he did pretty well...But I said to ride a bike you need both of them off...So he wanted to do that...
Kresee and I just hung back and watched....

No training wheels...
He did well for his first try...He lacked speed so he couldn't get very good balance....

Good job Kohen on your first try:)....You will be riding that bike in no time!

1st Trip to the Dentist

2011-10-19T10:18:00.000-07:00

Kresee made her first trip to the dentist on Monday...Kohen and I both had teeth cleaning appointments and they wanted me to bring her along to see if she would let them do anything...Kohen and I went straight up there when he got out of school....I went first thinking I would be done before my mom picked Kresee up for school...I wanted Kresee to see Kohen getting his teeth cleaned...She kept saying "nope" when I would ask if Shana or Alisa could count her teeth...I honestly didn't think she would sit in the chair much less let them take a peek....But she did wonderful.....

I had to sit in the chair with her.....Our sweet hygienist, Shana, is wonderful:)
Kresee is obsessed with her new puppy...He whines and whimpers and barks....So Shana won her heart by holding and playing with her puppy first....Shana even looked at puppy's teeth to make sure his looked good....

Then she actually opened her mouth for her...I was in complete shock!!

She counted 16 teeth...Her 2nd year molars aren't in yet...I looked back and Kohen's weren't either at his 1st dentist appointment....

Then the dentist (Alisa!) came in and Kresee does know her....So she let Alisa not only look at her teeth, but even clean some tartar behind one of her bottom teeth....

She did so good and I was very proud of her.....She was so interested in the whole thing the rest of the evening...Kept talking about it and wanting to look at my clean teeth:)

I think when we go back in May that she may just let them do her first full cleaning...She will be 3 then and that should be perfect:)

So I had to look back at Kohen's 1st dentist visit....He was exactly 2 yrs 7 mos as well:)....But as you can see, he clearly didn't need me to sit in that chair with him....He's always been the best little patient...I could just squeeze those chubby cheeks!!

Boomer Sooner

2011-10-10T12:56:00.001-07:00

I had to repost this picture. Since I was still sick and didn't get off the couch all day, I didn't dress the kids up in their OU attire. Kohen did put on all his stuff though.

But it was a great game since we won 55-17!!
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Jaxson's 7th

2011-10-10T12:48:00.000-07:00

Sunday the 2nd, we celebrated Jaxson's 7th bday at Gymnastics Sports Center....I was still not feeling great at all and I blame that when I went to Target and bought him a Happy 6th Birthday card...Seriously, I was not well...

I laid around on the mats most of the time and didn't really take any pictures:(

Getting ready for cake

We have had soooo many bday parties the last few weeks...We had even 2 more this past weekend and we didn't go to either...Saturday was so rainy (thunder and lightening) that it got cancelled...We finished up the OU game and I just knew that we probably shouldn't head that way since it was a swimming party....

Sunday was a little boy in Kohen's class birthday---but we didn't go b/c we went out to my Nana and Papa's to see relatives we haven't seen in a few years...

Soccer and a Party

2011-10-10T12:20:00.000-07:00

Saturday the 1st was a good day....I woke up and was not feeling well AT all...I laid in bed the entire day until I actually had to get dressed for Kohen's soccer game at 4 pm....I was unsure if I would be able to really coach (thought about just sitting there and letting Kerry take over)...But you know me---once I'm there I can't not pace up and down that sideline....
Miss Thang was ready in her Coyote attire:)
We tied I think something like 5-5...Kohen did not score any goals...First game this season he hasn't...He played well though!

After the soccer game was over, we headed over to Savannah's 3rd bday party....My mom took the kids last year b/c Kerry and I were at the OU-TX game...So I was glad we got to swing by for a little bit this year....

Kohen looks like he is scared of this baby chick!...It makes me miss our little ones that we had this time last year:)

Kresee, of course, didn't want inside there with those ducks....

The kids (and Kerry) favorite thing was the pig....I think we spent most of our time looking at him...

"Hello little piggy"

Let me touch your nasty nose...

Here's some more food (because I haven't thrown you 5,000 handfuls already)

Or just take the rest of my slushy...I bet you like that....

We didn't get to stay long at the party though...I was not feeling great at all:(....But I'm glad we were able to go and enjoy the pig...The kids loved it!

Super Star

2011-10-07T17:07:00.001-07:00

On Wednesday Kohen was the Super Star Student. Something that doesn't happen everyday. And he was so excited. This was the first time he earned that title. He's really shooting to continue to be a super star again. Basically if the teacher catches you doing nice things or making good choices or being good to your friends?

So we treated him orange leaf for making us so proud;)
He is just loving Kindergarten and I love that.
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Coyote Football

2011-10-04T14:32:00.000-07:00

We went to our 1st Coyote football game this season (if you can believe that)...But they have been out of town a lot....And their only game so far, Kerry and I were gone...SO this was our first one to attend....
We invited Jude to come along....We knew he would love it....

Kohen and Jude high-fiving the players as they walk into the locker room before the game...

Kresee hanging out with daddy out of the way....

Waiting down on the field for the players...Flags are ready to go....

Kohen showing Jude something???

Jude was pretty pumped to meet the mascot

And here they come through the Coyote head

Kresee was at the very back...So she just walked the whole way...No hurry whatsoever....

At the end zone about to do the national anthem

Watching the game...

Back down on the field at half-time to recognize the 1961 state champ football players

Bday Parties

2011-10-01T09:18:00.000-07:00

We have been very busy with lots of bday parties every single weekend...And it continues even this weekend and next....But we love going...And the kids always have a great time....

These are from Grayson Thomas' party at Gymnastics Sports Center....

Kendyl---her party was the very next weekend, but I forgot my camera

Noah

Birthday boy and Reid....

Sweet Boy

2011-09-24T17:59:00.001-07:00

I love when this guy just comes up to me to ask for a kiss/hug and then continues to play. I had to snap a pic of him after he did that this evening. He is the cutest thing;)

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The Fair with Grammie

2011-09-18T11:28:00.000-07:00

Kohen has been to the fair I think every single year since he was 2...He always has a good time...Kresee has been once but just hung out in the stroller last time...So Grammie thought both kids would really enjoy it...We went on the $15 wristband night which is well worth the deal since each ride is basically $3-4 dollars!!...
First stop was the carosel....I kind of thought Kresee would be a little scared of most everything, but she really surprised me....
She thinks this is great:)

Next up Kohen really wanted to ride the spider....I can handle things that spin like crazy--actually always loved them....Kerry, on the other hand, can barely handle the carosel, so I'm glad he wasn't with us---haha....

Well this thing was fast....There was a time where we were spinning so fast and I didn't think it was going to end...Kohen is making these weird sounds, so I thought he was maybe laughing...It took me a second to realize he's in major panic mode and scared out of his mind...I've never seen him scared of any rides, so I felt really bad for him....Then he complained of his stomach and I just knew he was going to throw-up...Thankfully we survived the longest 4-5 minute ride!!!

Kresee really wanted to ride the motorcycles...They are really rough and I wasn't sure about it...I even asked the guy if she starts having a complete meltdown to stop the ride...BUT she loved them!!

So the kids were excited to enter the petting zoo until we walked in and this huge thing bombarded Kohen, knocked his cup of food out of his hand and scared both kids to death....He's huge!...And those animals weren't scared to take all your food!!

So they were not impressed after that...Kresee did not want down...Kohen just walked around with his hands in the air....I ended up feeding the animals by myself....

Kohen decided he could check out a turtle...That was safe...Turtles just lay there....

Mom suggested she take a picture of the 3 of us...Well Kresee was not going to be put down...Kohen was still traumatized....They were too worried about what was down there instead of looking at Grammie....

Then big deer comes and Kohen is like you better not touch my hands...Kresee is saying back up deer...He's just trying to get the cup of food in my hand though!

Now I can't stop laughing because not only is the deer all up on us...This baby goat jumped up on me (see his foot in my crotch)....He did this numerous times and I had to keep knocking him off me...SO we quit trying to take a family pic in the petting zoo!!

Potato sack slide has always been one of Kohen's favorite thing...When he was 2, we did this ride over and over and over again...Kresee and I went with him the first time down...I asked if he wanted to race us....Smart thing said no "because you are heavier and heavy people always win"

LOVE his face...too funny:)

Kresee wanted Grammie to take her down one more time...

Kohen's favorite is that crazy fun house...He wouldn't get out of the stupid roller thing at the end though...

One more time on the merry-go-round for Kresee...Kohen and I sat in the bench together instead of a horse...

The dizzy dragons were our last ride before we headed home since it was way past the kids bedtime on a school night....

And the kids weren't in too great of a bed on Friday morning when it was time to get up for school--haha!!

Coyote Soccer

2011-09-18T10:59:00.000-07:00

I feel bad that I haven't taken any pictures during the games....Since I'm coaching, I don't have my camera out at practices...I don't have my camera out during the games...I need to make sure that I have someone take some...Or at least just do it...The kids would be fine while I snapped a few pictures of my little soccer star!!! And it's only been 2 games so far, so I'm not doing too bad I guess!

So I actually took some before the game...The other team was running around playing with Kohen and his ball...So it appears that I took some during the game--haha..Kresee is always excited to go to Kohen's soccer games...It's weird thinking that she might actually be out there this time next year since they started letting 3 year olds play....Guess we will wait and see if she might be ready....

But we beat the Lil Flames last week 7-4...Kohen scored 1 goal and did really well....3 other boys each got 2 goals a piece...I was surprised at how well we ended up playing...We have 4 boys who have never played before....They did great.....

Yesterday we beat the Ninjas a whole bunch (like probably in the 20's) to maybe 4...I seriously lost count in the 1st quarter....I know Kohen scored at least 5 himself in that 1st quarter....Every boy except 2 had several goals each....And the poor ref did a great job but we realized our 10 min 1st quarter lasted an entire 20 mins!!!....It was just our halftime (40 min half )when the other 4:00 games were completely finished...At the end of the 1st half I told her she can't stop her watch every single time the ball goes out of bounds...So the 2nd half went a little quicker, but it was the longest soccer game ever!...And it didn't help that we were killing this team...We were the last people to leave the soccer complex...It was completely empty at 5:20!!!

But Kohen played awesome...His goals were great....One shot was probably the best goal I've seen him score...He cut by a player and went to the right...Kicked a hard right foot shot back across the middle of the field into the goal...It was pretty:)

I hope the Coyotes continue to do well...I know there will be some tough games and hope we can hang with all the teams:)

100 Days

2011-09-13T17:57:00.001-07:00

Today we hit our 100th day of 100+ degree temperatures. It's crazy. We've broken a lot of records all summer, but man it's been hot. We've got a little taste of cooler weather last week. I'm very ready for those days to be here all the time.
I'm ready for running outside more. I ran outside Sunday at 3 pm which was dumb. I was smarter today and ran 4 miles on the treadmill and it was much easier!!
Our 2nd half marathon is December 4th and I'm ready to be outside training.

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Soccer Practice

2011-09-11T13:58:00.001-07:00

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Ancient Ovens Bday Party!!

2011-09-11T11:15:00.000-07:00

We headed out Friday night to St. Jo to celebrate Ashley's birthday at Ancient Ovens....Kerry and I have been invited a few times and we've never been able to go...So I decided it would be a perfect place for a birthday party for Ashley...They had never been either...I rounded up a crew of her friends and we headed that way.....It was a super easy drive...Good company...Great food...Would go back in a heartbeat...In fact, we plan on going at least once more this Fall....

Birthday Girl Ashley and hubby Ronnie

Ashley and I

Kerry and I

Keri and Jake

Jodi, Crystal and Keri

Brian and Jodi

Angela and Jake

Beth and Jesse

Ashley and Beth

Seriously, I can't wait to go back...We couldn't have asked for a better evening...The weather was cool and perfect....In all, we had 20 people which included 2 Jake's, 2 Crystal's, 2 Kerry/Keri's---I thought that was pretty funny....We hope you had a wonderful birthday bash Ashley!

First Dance Class

2011-09-10T12:08:00.000-07:00

Kresee started dance classes last Wednesday at Dance Etc....She loves to sing and dance....And I just knew she would love dressing up in a tutu and tap shoes:)...So you only had to be 2 1/2 years old and I signed her up...We have been patiently waiting for September to arrive so she could begin...She was so excited to get ready...And of course she looked adorable!!!

Got her backpack on (with the tap shoes in it) and holding her slippers...She is ready to go!!

We went and picked Ezra and her mommy up...I'm glad that Kresee has some friends in this class since she is so shy....

Kresee and Ezra walking in together...Not really wanting their picture made...I'm sure Kresee might be getting a little nervous at this point...

Taking it all in...Wondering about all these other little girls running around....

It took her a minute, but she did get out there...Kenzie, her cousin, was there so that really helped out...

I think her and Kenzie held hands pretty much the entire time....

Ezra had a rough go of it off and on like Kresee...But they would cry and then go back on out there....

She would be out there doing fine and turn around and see me and do this!...

The last half of the class (with the tap shoes on) she sat in my lap the entire time...She wouldn't even attempt to go out there...Ezra wasn't up for it either....

But her and Ezra sure were OK with going back up there to get their stickers at the end of the class...They put one on their tap shoes every time and Kresee had a hard time leaving it on...I have a feeling she will peel them off:)

Next week and every week from here on out, you aren't allowed to watch or be in the room...I think Kresee will cry, but eventually will get over it...And once she gets used to it, I think she's really going to love it...The next day when I picked her up from school on Thursday, the first thing she asked when we got in the car was "I get to go to dance class today?"....I told her not till next week:)

Sweet Siblings

2011-09-10T10:40:00.000-07:00

Kohen is pretty sweet to his little sister (most of the time)....I love when we are getting ready for bed...Sometimes Kresee wants to join Kohen and I for our bedtime stories (she only wants Daddy to put her to bed, so I have Kohen every night)...But I was finishing a few things and I walk in the room to see Kohen "reading" to Kresee

:)

2011-09-07T18:45:00.001-07:00

Kohen and I in our matching Ben Franklin lion shirts;)

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Baby and me

2011-09-06T17:31:00.001-07:00

Kresee and her baby in their sweet matching dresses:)

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Sooner Fans

2011-09-05T13:03:00.000-07:00

The kids were just as excited as Kerry and I were for the OU football season to kick off this past Saturday....Kohen played football ALL day with his players and of course he knows where to find his jersey to put on...Kresee was pumped and I forgot about her OU cheerleading uniform...So I put that on her and she loved it!...They were so cute...And OU won, so that's always good!!

And then there were 2.....

2011-09-05T12:47:00.000-07:00

Sage has only been gone 2 weeks....I can't help but look at these two and get sad everytime...Especially 13 1/2 year old Hunter...It breaks my heart knowing he's next...I've been better lately at snuggling and hugging on them.

So stinking cute!

2011-09-05T12:39:00.000-07:00

I've been badly lately picking up my camera (and not just snapping on my iphone) and actually taking some pictures of the kiddos...Kohen is always in his underwear playing with his football players or something...But I need to be better...So I took some of Kresee hanging out in the backyard by herself....I actually took this one through our glass door...I got to looking and wondering what in the world was on her forehead....

She saw me and smiled at me, but I went outside and a mosquito was just having a good ole time!!So I smacked it off of her...She thought that was fun...."Silly mosquito!!"...She loves to say everything is "so cute" or "silly"

I love what a mess she is...Her hair and everything that goes on in that precious mind:)

I just had to...

2011-09-05T12:34:00.000-07:00

I just had to post these pictures from several weeks ago...Kresee was so excited about her backpack coming in the mail that she wanted to put it on immediately...I can't remember why she was naked, but it was too cute not to post some of her naked bootie too;)

Outside time:)

2011-09-05T12:26:00.000-07:00

We are enjoying the cooler weather this weekend....Since we have continued to break all the records this summer...So far we are at 98 days of being hotter than 100 degrees...I have a feeling we will make it to 100 days at some point...But this weekend has been wondeful...Kerry and I actually went running 4 miles yesterday at 2:30 pm and didn't have a heat stroke!!!

Bday celebration

2011-09-03T09:49:00.001-07:00

We went 2 weeks ago to Ft. Worth to celebrate Ashley's 30th birthday. We had a great time eating at Joe t Garcias and going to Pete's Piano Bar.

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Where is she?

2011-08-29T15:27:00.001-07:00

"Mommy where is Sage? Where is she?"
Kresee remember Sage went to heaven.
"well I want to go to heaven to see her"
We can't Kresee. Shes gone.
"I need to go find her. I go to heaven to find her"

Our conversation at dinner tonight. Just breaks my heart. I know she doesn't understand:(

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1st Days

2011-08-22T19:13:00.001-07:00

Yes, the day has arrived....The day I have not really been looking forward to at all....I can't believe my baby Kohen is officially in Kindergarten...This kid has been waiting patiently all summer...He would ask weekly, sometimes daily when he got to go to Ben Franklin with me...It just doesn't seem like he should be this big:(...But I know he's ready, prepared and will do great...Notice his super cute backpack that he is using this year....He used it the year before last when he started preschool as a 3 year old...BUT since he didn't use it last year, I pulled it out like it was brand new--haha!! I mean LOOK how stinking cute this 3 year old boy was all ready to go to his first day of preschool at School for Little People...I ordered the size small backpack from pottery barn...I had no idea how BIG the small was!!!.... It's the same size as his entire body....
But it fits him great now:)....He's so handsome!! If you can believe it, we were up and ready and on time...So I took them both outside to snap some pictures....See I ordered the preschool backpack from pottery barn this time for Kresee since I learned my lesson:)

Another big day for my baby girl....I can't believe she is starting Preschool!!!!...She was sooooo excited and ready to go to big girl school too...I tried to prepare her as best as I could all summer long...I would take her with me to pick up Kohen...Talk to her about it...Show her where her classroom would be and such....She was ready!!!

Getting out of the car at SLP...She already has decided maybe she's not quite ready for this school thing....

Daddy helping her up the stairs...She's pretty nervous....

But we managed to get her in the room and then it went downhill...Poor thing cried and cried...I felt terrible leaving her....BUT I do know she would be fine and settle down once we left...So we just had to say goodbye and let her cry:(

So onto Franklin we went with this KG boy.....We went to my room to put all my stuff down...I didn't think to snap a picture of me and Kerry with Kresee....And since we didn't even see her teacher (it was the aide), I didn't even get a picture with Mrs. Moran...I will have to make that happen....

But here are some lovely pictures of Kerry and I....Yes, we look horrible and tired!!!...Sadly, we were up pretty much most of Sunday night crying about Sage...It was very hard to get up and going Monday morning but we knew this was such a big day in both our children's lives that we had to just keep moving on....

We then headed down the hall where Kohen was greeted by numerous teachers because they all know him:)......He put all his stuff away and headed to his table...Daddy giving him a pep talk...I'm sure it consisted of have a great day and behave!!

I then had Mrs. Evans take a picture with my sweet boy....He just loves her and is going to have a wonderful KG experience....

The best part is his sweet friend Bella that he's known from SLP the past 2 years is in his class!!!...They are both equally excited about that.....

In the end, this day was definitely very hard....Very emotionally draining....Our 1st day to not have Sage with us, Kresee's 1st day of preschool and Kohen's 1st day of KG....But we made it:)

We Will Miss You

2011-08-22T09:54:00.000-07:00

I snapped this picture the other day....Sage was behind me sleeping soundly on the futon while I worked on the computer...She really followed you wherever you went....I'm so glad I took a picture:)

Sage said goodbye suddenly to Kerry and I on Sunday afternoon...She was 13 years old...Would have been 14 in October...We left town on Saturday afternoon around 1:30 and she was perfectly fine...She has suffered from Cushing's Disease for awhile now, but I guess it was just her time to go to heaven....Justin came to let her out Sunday morning and he texted me saying Sage did not eat her food and didn't look well...I said Oh it's no big deal...She only likes to eat for Kerry...I blew off the not looking good because she was pinned up in her crate all night...I just envisioned her being stiff and not walking very well from that.... We got up and ran to eat lunch before heading back home from Ft. Worth...Mom called and said she was panting and was a little wobbly walking around...She again said she didn't look very well and wanted to be with her until we got home...She left our house to eat lunch with the kids and came back after lunch...By that time Sage was really panting and was no longer wanting to walk anywhere...She wouldn't get up....Before long, she even pooped on the floor and just laid there....Mom called again very concerned...It was 2:00 and I said we would be home at 3:00
My sister felt we didn't need to wait another hour...She came and picked Sage up and rushed her out to see Dr. Tammen...By the time she got there she was seizing very badly and had lost all controls of her bowels and I think was pretty much out of it....She called and said that Dr. Tammen can try to keep her alive until we got there...We cut through by the Jolly truckstop because Dr. Tammen is in Dean....Dr. Tammen checked her pulse as we were walking in and she was still alive, but the minute we got in the room and placed our hands on her she passed away...I really feel she was holding on until she knew Kerry was there....Dr. Tammen had given her some valium to relax her body and keep her from seizing, so I know she went peacefully....She said that Sage had a stroke and there was nothing we could have really done....

I know our hearts are so very broken....Yes, we wish we could have been home....But my sister said that Sage wouldn't want us to have remembered her like that...Our last memory of her was on Saturday when she was running around like normal....I feel so badly for Kerry...This was his dog....I know he loved Biskit more than anything, but Biskit was mine and I'm still not over losing her from 2 years ago...So I know how badly his heart is hurting right now...

I will never forget going to a pet store in December of 1997 and seeing that sweet little boston terrier puppy...We left and Kerry just had to have her...We went back and she has been a part of our life ever since...I know she had a wonderful life...She was spoiled rotten like all dogs should be...

But I miss her like crazy already...I'm sad when I leave the house knowing she's not there...It breaks my heart coming home and not seeing her face....Our bed is empty on Kerry's side where she laid by him for almost 14 years....

I honestly prayed for our other dogs to go suddenly and not experience the pain that Biskit did...We knew for 6 weeks she could be gone anyday...But I was wrong...This is not any easier...I guess it never really is....

Sage you were loved...so much....Sweet Kresee thought the world of you....We will miss you...

October 26, 1997-August 21, 2011

Meet the Teacher

2011-08-18T19:20:00.001-07:00

Today was Meet the Teacher for both kids. We headed to SLP with Kresee 1st. She was pretty excited about going. Then was apprehensive for about 20 seconds before entering the room. Then was completely fine and didn't want to leave!! Mrs. Moran is her teacher and she is wonderful. I hope she does well and adjusts quickly on Monday. I'm nervous for her;) She has been very ready to go to big girl school. All she really cares about is taking her backpack!!!

Then we ran over to Franklin mainly for Kerry to meet Mrs. Evans and see Kohens classroom. Kohen has luckily already meet her several times and can NOT wait for Monday to get here. He actually goes back in the morning for KG hour and they meet the other kids and walk thru what a day in KG looks like. I can't believe he's starting school. It's killing me!!!

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Sweet Sleep

2011-08-13T14:13:00.001-07:00

I'm gonna miss these naps with my sweet girl now that I'm back to work on Monday. This was from today and we woke up super sweaty from snuggling so close. I love that she loves napping with me;)

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Six Flags--Trip #2

2011-08-11T09:45:00.000-07:00

Kohen LOVED going to Six Flags back in May with TT (his aunt)....She took him to Hurricane Harbor in June...But wanted to get in one last trip before he started Kindergarten...Last Friday, he got to pick where to go and Six Flags it was....Eventhough it was like 110 outside, they managed to make it from 10:30-7:00....God Bless my sister!!!...I couldn't have done it...The kid rides everything that he possibly can...He's not scared of a thing...I can't wait to take him myself with Kerry...Maybe this Fall when it actually cools off....
He played Laser Tag and they let him have a wrist band because he did "so well"...He thought it was great bringing that home with him....

See the wrist band on his arm!!

He loves driving the old cars!!
My favorite...I love this view of him

The Swings

Kohen and TT

Poor Guy!

2011-08-11T08:07:00.000-07:00

This guy had a rough day on Monday....I dropped him off at school like usual...I headed to the gym....I saw that I had a phone call around 10:30 but didn't recognize the number....My class ended at 10:45...I checked the message and it was someone from his Preschool, but they just said to call back...Then I get a text from Kerry saying he had been hurt and was picking him up...So I felt horrible that I didn't call the school back at 10:30...But that's how things happen....

Basically he felt the need to stand on the wheel of the scooter and face planted fast and hard into the handlebars...His nose bleed for quite some time and his mouth was really bloody too...His face was pretty swollen immediately...They said he was very calm but he couldn't stop shaking...I guess his body was reacting....They were really concerned with his mouth and teeth but they didn't want to look in his mouth and mess with it and suggested we go to the dentist...So I took him straight up to see Alisa (Dr. Ratzlaff) where she calmed our fears...His teeth were intact and seemed fine...We are hoping that one doesn't die and turn black...But if so, oh well, it will fall out eventually:)...He mainly cut the inside of his upper lip pretty good which caused his lip to swell so much....But we came home and iced his lip and cheek...He seemed fine which was good...
The next day he was still pretty swollen and then the bruise started to appear...Just a big line down the side of his nose...I'm sure he hit it directly on something.....
Since I was taking pics of him, Kresee was really needing to be in 1:)

The swelling is much better this morning....And the bruise will probably be there for a few more days...But I'm just glad it all turned out OK....

In the 2 years he's attended SLP, we've never had one accident report (not a cut/scratch or anything)...I guess he needed to get in one good one before he starts KG !!

Tiny Dancer

2011-08-11T07:41:00.001-07:00

I signed Kresee up for her 1st dance class last weekend. She is so excited and I have to admit I can't wait to see how she does. We've got her several little outfits for her ballet/tap combo class. I brought home tap shoes yesterday and she wanted to wear them all over the house. She gets started September 6th;)

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Run , Run, Run

2011-08-10T12:43:00.001-07:00

Saw this on FB a few weeks ago.

Made me smile. I honestly haven't been running a whole lot this summer. Have stuck to just 2 or 3 milers. I've been such a gym rat--obsessed with bootcamp and Zumba classes. I'm there everyday doing something;)
But Sunday I decided to try and run 5 miles. On the treadmill, of course, since it continues to be 110 outside everyday. It wasn't bad at all. In fact, I could have gone longer. But yesterday I ran 3 miles before Zumba and thought I was going to die--haha!!
But the 5 miler made me excited to get back on a running schedule now that school is starting back up. I'm ready to start training for our 2nd Half Marathon (White Rock) on December 4th. I'm ready to get some new shoes and get to running!!
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77th

2011-08-09T18:59:00.001-07:00

Happy 77th Birthday to my wonderful Papa!

He loves rubbing Kohens head everytime he sees him. And in return let's Kohen mess his all up. Kresee runs away laughing because he always squeezes her ear lobes and asks her if she's got any earrings yet;)

Another exciting thing was that we found out this evening that my cousin is having a baby girl. She is due early January. So excited for Kimberlie and Justin.

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Jump For Joy

2011-08-08T15:03:00.001-07:00

We've only been to Jump for Joy once all summer! So we decided to stay indoors and meet our friends up there. Then we had a yummy lunch at Atlanta Bread;)

Kohen and Cameron

Jaylee and Kresee

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Summer Fun

2011-08-08T09:26:00.001-07:00

Blue mustache from Maggie Moos and playing at the playground.

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Phone Pics

2011-08-07T08:59:00.001-07:00

Kresee is really into playing baseball right now. I have a feeling once Kohen starts soccer back up she will be pulling her soccer ball back out.

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Gaylord

2011-08-01T16:15:00.001-07:00

I went to the Gaylord the weekend before last with a group of fun girls for Crystal's birthday...I have never been to the Gaylord and was super excited to go...And getting out of town was great too!!....
We left at 10:00 that Saturday morning and ate lunch at yummy Chick-Fil-A....Then we went straight to the hotel...Check in wasn't until 3 but we called and they said we could have them hold our bags...So we headed to the pool around 1:00...We hung out all afternoon and had a great time visiting....
Leslie and I by the pool.... We didn't head up to our room until around 5:00...We immediately started getting ready for dinner....
Ashley and I before dinner....
Leslie and I waiting on our table at the Riverwalk Cantina.....We had a fun dinner and the food was great....We really didn't even walk around the hotel at all except to the pool and this restaurant....
After dinner we got a group shot of all 10 girls since we were missing 2 girls at the pool....
Then we did a silly pose:)...Crystal and her lips!
After dinner we headed to the Lobby where we went outside to wait on a shuttle for our 3 minute ride to the Glass Cactus...The shuttle ride there and back might have been my favorite part of the night--haha!...

Le Freak was playing and we had a blast....We actually went upstairs to the VIP area around 10:15...No one asked or bothered us...So it was way less crowded...Had our own bar and dance floor and plenty of space to sit when we weren't dancing....But we did do a lot of dancing.... This is before we headed back to the hotel...By now it's probably 1;30 in the morning....I think we officially were in bed by 2:30...So way past my bedtime:)

In all, it was a fabulous night with a great group of girls...So glad I was able to go...We were up and out of the hotel by 11 the next morning and headed over to Babe's Chicken...It was soooo good!!!....Thanks Crystal and I'm glad I got to celebrate with you:)

2 years

2011-07-26T18:58:00.001-07:00

This time 2 years ago Kerry and I were out back burying Biskit. 2 years and I still miss her like crazy. I've cried a lot today but I guess that is to be expected.

She still is thought of constantly. I guess I'm thankful that our other 3 are still doing well. I honestly thought Sage or Hunter would be gone by now.

Kohen continues to talk about her. If he ever sees me cry or sad the first thing he still asks is if I'm thinking of Biskit. I'm glad he continues to remember.

Our friends have a sweet beagle that reminds me so much of her. Everytime we are at their house it makes my heart smile and break at the same time to watch their dog. She is one crazy beagle and I have to laugh. I think even more wild than Biskit:)

Biskit I love you and miss your sweet face.

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VBS

2011-07-26T11:31:00.000-07:00

Kohen attended VBS for the 2nd time at his preschool's church--FUMC....He had a blast...The theme was cooking/chef....So he loved getting a chef's hat on Friday and has been wearing his chef apron all over the house....

They always have a little performance (about 3 songs) at the end of the week for all the parents...Then a pizza lunch...Kerry and I brought Kresee with us...She was trying to do all the arm/hand movements with the kids....It was pretty funny....And of course she loves pizza!

Kohen and Reid!

Kresee needed to get in on the ketchup/mustard picture:)

Laying Around

2011-07-25T17:31:00.001-07:00

Playing with my picture apps. But thought this picture was sweet. We were laying here watching TV and they wanted me to take a picture. And they actually smiled. ;)

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Fun Times at PK

2011-07-18T16:34:00.000-07:00

This weekend we had the best time at the lake...Kerry and I brought the Whitfield Family with us...It was just our 2 families and it was pretty awesome...The kids just love playing together...It was Jude and Ezra's 1st time ever to the lake, so Jude was pumped up...We cooked lots of good food, hung out and had a blast....
We got there about 6:00 Friday evening...The kids just played and played...Ezra and Kresee were leg wrestling here!!
Kohen was showing everyone his excellent push-ups...The kid has great form...He can do 5!...The girls and Jude all gave it a try...

Ronnie helped wear them out by playing and wrestling with all of them...We went to bed fairly late but was trying to wait until the house cooled down....

The next day we were up and eating breakfast by 8:45 so we could pack lunches, get the kids ready and gather up everything for the boat...And we had to load and take the boat to the ramp to unload...Our other friends, Ashley and Jesse, joined us for the day....We headed over to Sandy Beach to spend about 3 1/2 hours in the water....

Jude is serious about his swimming and his goggles:)

Kresee is completely entertained in the sand everytime we go...She let Kendyl join her....

Jude scoping out some other kids toys...The boys all had fun playing with whatever they could find....

Ashley and Ronnie hanging out in the water.....

Kerry sipping a cold one....

Jesse is probably having a great convo with his son, Grayson, and Kohen:)....

The girls...Hey, I made a picture!!!....Me, Ashley and Ashley!!

Jude, Kendyl, Grayson, and Kresee

Ezra, Emma and Kohen

Ashley and Ronnie....

Ashley and Jesse.....

Kohen is helping Jesse push the pontoon back into the water so we could head home.....

We got back around 4:30ish...The kids had a good time all squished in the baby pool while the adults got dinner ready....

We were seriously all in bed, lights out at 9:45!!!...It was awesome...Good Sunday breakfast, cleaned up and headed home...Thanks Whitfields for coming with us....

Happy Birthday Grammie

2011-07-18T14:58:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday was my mom's birthday....But my cousin and his wife were in for a short trip so we also celebrated my aunt's birthday because she's just a 1 1/2 after mom's....We went to one of my favorite places--Olive Garden....There were 14 of us and we had a great time:)
Since Bryan and Lyndsea rarely get to come into town we wanted to snap a picture of all the cousins and their spouses (and my rug rats)...I'm not sure why Paul stood behind me and Kerry behind Leslie...Looks like we are married to them--haha....

Miss Kresee saying cheeeeese!

Leslie and Paul

Cowgirl

2011-07-18T14:42:00.000-07:00

Kresee said "I wanna be a cowboy"...so she pulled out her toy horse...she looked too cute in Kohen's cowboy hat but wouldn't let me take a picture of her with it on....

FNF

2011-07-14T06:40:00.001-07:00

Leslie Petersen took pictures of the Coyotes for the Friday Night Football magazine. Jayson got her a full page ad in the magazine and Miss Kresee made it in there:). So I had to buy me a copy!!

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Kids Pics

2011-07-11T16:02:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I've forgotten to post these pictures!!! I had them taken back in early May as a Mother's Day gift to me/father's day surprise for Kerry/and Kohen's 5th birthday pictures all in one!!!
We headed out to Lucy Park on a chilly and bright morning with Leslie P. Photography to attempt some pictures....I needed some cute ones of just Kohen...And the plan was to get at least 1 decent picture of the 3 of us for Kerry....BUT that did not happen...Kohen was crazy and wouldn't stop making stupid faces as you will clearly see...But in the end I got what and how these kiddos are at this moment in time and I love it....2 wild ones not interested in smiling for a camera:)

Kohen and his crazy face...