Po-when

The other day I went to pick up Kresee from mimi's house and since Kohen wasn't in the car she wanted so badly to ride in Kohen's seat. "I sit in Po-when's (yes she says that for Kohen) carseat." And since Mimi literally lives 1 minute from our house, I let her. She thought she was pretty special;)



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Miss Potty-Trained (I think)

I THINK I can say that Miss Kresee Leigh is officially potty-trained...She has been for awhile now when it comes to #2, but was still peeing in her pants sometimes...She loved going potty at our house and loved using the restroom when we weren't at home...Her favorites have been restaurants....Her only problem was Mimi's house...She just refused to tell Mimi that she needed to potty...But last week she finally gave it a try and I guess realized it wasn't so bad...So we are pretty much almost a week with zero accidents even during nap and night time!!..I even sent her in panties to Mimi's today and she did great...SO I think we might be good to go?!?!...I sure hope so...That would be awesome to be finally done with diapers!!!....Since Kohen was not using the restroom until he was 3 years 4 months, I don't know what to think:)

Lyndon Laseman 10K

Kerry and I headed to Henrietta early Saturday morning for the Lyndon Laseman 10K Fun Run....We haven't run a whole lot since our half-marathon 6 weeks ago...In fact the most I've done was 3 or 4 milers...I did throw in a couple of 5 milers...So last Sunday I decided I better try 6 to see if I could make it....It was fine so I wasn't too worried....Thank goodness I had no idea what I was getting into come race day!!!!

Here are Kerry and I red-faced and tired after we finished...He finished a whole 10 minutes ahead of me...But I was happy to have finished!!!!...I can say without a doubt that was the hardest run I've ever done....Probably didn't help that I didn't quite hydrate properly all week and the heat really got to me...It was already in the mid 60's when we started...And the temperature continued to rise quickly during the race....And the HILLS....holy moly the freaking hills killed me...I knew of a few...I've ran them before when training with the girls...But this 6.2 miles felt entirely up hill...I kept thinking surely that was the last one and then of course it wouldn't be....I have never wanted so badly to quit...At mile 3 I was really wishing I had signed up for the 5K instead so I could be done--haha...And then all I wanted to do was give up and walk...Mile 4 was soooo tempting to walk...But I've never walked---not once--during any run I've ever done and I wasn't going to start now...So I made it....I didn't make my goal...I really thought I would get under 1 hour...I looked down and saw it was 59:11 and I had no juice left in me...I tried to kick it up a notch, but it didn't happen....I finished at 1 hr 23 seconds...My last 10K was in 58 minutes...But I was proud that I just made it and didn't die:)

Here are my speed demon friends....I started out with them as usual, but man they can just keep a faster pace...Much faster....They finished in 55 something...So 5 minutes faster!....Angela finished 1st out of ALL the women...And Shea was right there like with her so she was the top winner as well:)
Here is Jennifer, Ashley, me and Leslie...So proud of Leslie and Ashley for completing their first 10K....I am so glad they didn't quit because it was NOT easy...I told them to erase this one out of their minds because they aren't all that bad---haha.... And here is my main man---the 1st place winner of his men's age division....He's such a super star...I wish I had just a little bit of his speed....And he was 5th overall in all the men...Awesome job!!!
But I am happy to say that I did get 2nd place behind miss speed demon Angela...She killed it..And I was the 6th overall female, so I was very proud of that....This was all worth it...Glad I didn't give up and quit....

I don't forsee us signing up for any more races during the summer heat...It's just too hot and not fun...But once Fall comes, we will be ready!!

Six Flags

My sister sent me these pictures so they were sideways...And I have no idea how to turn them...But you get the point...She took Kohen for his first trip to Six Flags a few weeks ago...He was having too much fun and refused to let her stop and get her camera...So these were the only pictures she got...But they are cute and at least I have a few to document that he was there!...He had the best time and they were there from open till close...I know she can't wait to take him back....

Dallas Aquarium

Kohen didn't have school on Friday so mom and I took off work to take the kids to the Dallas World Aquarium....I have never been and was probably just as excited as the kids....After a few pit stops on the way (since Kresee has to pee often) we finally made it there....It was great...I highly recommend going...Especially since its indoors and cool...And they have such a great set-up....LOTS of animals to see.....So I won't post every single picture because I took lots!!

Here we are at the only portion outside---the penguins....
After looking at the anteater (which he was moving too fast to get a picture of) we saw this sloth--more pics of him later!....

Kohen loved following the turtles and fish....

The biggest, nastiest crab I've ever seen!!!

In the shark tunnel....You could just sit there and they would swim up above you....It was pretty neat....

Kohen checking out the hammer head shark.....

Kresee loved the alligators....They had 2 huge ones and one smaller one...This was the little one...

The most random thing was the jaguar...I actually felt sorry for him...He just paced and paced and wanted out soooo badly....Poor guy!!

We went through twice and the 2nd time he was zonked out!!
Back to my favorite thing ever....I could have taken this sloth home...He was so stinking cute (so ugly he was cute kind of thing)....You could go right up to him...He can't walk so he just hangs out...and I knew that they moved crazy slow, but had no idea how slow....too precious!

He gets anxious from all the people and wanted to be held....

How sweet is this....I wanted to hold him soooo bad!!!

Hanging upside down on the rails....

Checking out the precious penguins....

And another favorite was this ginormous turtle....Geez he was big...Kohen loves taking pictures;)...It took me awhile but I realized his left front flipper was just a nub...Poor guy...At least he's safe now!....

And right when you enter/exit the aquarium these baby penguins are hanging out...They were so little and cute:)....

Coyote Soccer Season

The Coyotes wrapped up their 8-2 season last Saturday....They did such a good job in all the games and we are so proud of them...We have a great group of boys who are good listeners, never cry, they all want to be in there playing and are super good sports....They are so fun!!!

Here is Coach Laura with Sam, Jett, Miles, Blake, Vicent and Kohen
Kohen finished up the season with a total of 7 goals....That's several more than last season....He improved a lot on his aggressiveness and getting in there after the ball....I think he still prefers defense over trying to get the ball to go score...He much prefers stopping them and kicking it away...His dribbling got so much better and I think he will continue to enjoy playing....

And since our coach is moving to Amarillo, I guess Kerry and I are now the official coaches of the Coyotes for the Fall Season....Something I was fully not intending to do, but I feel OK knowing that Kerry will be a big helper....

Preschool Graduation

Kohen is an official preschool graduate....He had his "moving on" celebration on Thursday....I can't believe his 2 years of preschool are already complete and he is going to be a big kindergarten student....I pray that he is ready!!...This lady assures me he is:)

Ms. Erica has been such a blessing....We didn't really have a preference on what teacher he had this year and had always heard such wonderful things about her....But man, I'm so glad Kohen was in her class....I know he learned so much and he loved Ms. Erica:)...Makes me sad Kresee won't get to have her since she only has one more year at SLP:(....

These 2 guys are best buds and have been in the same class the past 2 years as well and won't know what to do without each other next year!!...Reid and Kohen....I got the boys matching shirts---too cute!

Their newest friend for the year was Dru....What a sweetheart he is....

And this is Bella who has all 3 of these boys little hearts--haha....

Ms. Janet has been so wonderful to have as the aide in Kohen's class....And she loves Kohen which makes me happy...She is fun and Kohen thinks she is a blast....He

And here is the big guy receiving his certificate.....

Showing it off:)....

Daddy congratulating his boy.....

And the great part is that Kohen will attend some summer school some days of the week to keep him busy and he is in Ms. Erica's and Ms. Janet's class!!!...So I know he will continue to learn and grow before we officially start elementary school.....

And I had to get a picture with Kohen's first preschool teacher, Mrs. Maxwell....She made our first year being at a school a wonderful experience...So lucky to have had her:)...

Mrs. Maxwell with Kohen at last year's graduation:)