Mom and Me

On Wednesday Drake and Addyson had their mom and me day at preschool. It was a day for us all to see how preschool is going to be. I may have been pretty emotional, how in the world are my kids so big?!?

 Their teacher just texted me this picture!!!  We were making a poster of all the things they are going to learn...so we can practice at home! Their first official day of school is Monday! 

Slacking!

I realize that I really haven't been keeping up with the blog very well.  As I was thinking, why, I realized that since Lex got mobile I just don't have the time I had.

I use to nurse and update the blog....now if I am doing anything while I nurse he gets distracted and I don't get much done.  He is only napping 1 long and 1-2 short naps a day.  His long nap normally is around 11-1 where I get my workout in.  I wish I was as dedicated to get up early and exercise...but we all know that 9 o'clock is considered early for this mama, so 6 or 7 isn't even an option at this point in my life.  The time I use to take to blog has been occupied.  Now that I know that, maybe I will make time.  I love to journal so I have something to look back on.

I am going to try to do some recaps/updates for June and July and maybe further if I feel like I should. So scroll through to see them.

Family Home Evening Walk...in June

7.18.15

We had a fun Saturday! We decided to hit up Atomic Days in Arco, Idaho. The kids LOVED the long parade....they each gathered a bag of candy each! 

The kids didn't like it too much when water was squirted at us and there was a lot of that! 

For the first time in a long time I noticed an age difference with my kids. Drake really understood racing for the candy and Addyson, even though she is competitive, still needed help finding the candy and picking it up in time.  

At one point a plane flew over head and dropped ping pong balls...my kids were in awe!!!

The fun didn't end there! I got to participate in my 2nd 10K!  Where I enjoyed myself so much! It was overcast, 70°, and it even sprinkled a little bit. I felt amazing until mile 5 where I started getting tired. 

You see that pretty Ford?!? He followed me for over an hour at 5mph or less. Yup, I was DEAD last and had my own personal cheerleader! I found it quite amusing, I hope he enjoyed my dancing at mile 4, which probably was the reason I got so tired at mile 5. :) 

Before you get embarrassed for knowing the girl who came in last, know that there were only 5 people who even ran the 10K. With this fun run they had a lot of participants, and like any other race I've been to, they start the 5K and 10K together so you don't know who is running what until 1.5miles when the 5K and the 10K split. 

Because there were only 5 of us and only 2 of us were women, we all placed and all got medals. 

Kade forgot to take pictures and I forgot to remind him.  So I tried to get one by the finish sign but they were taking it down by the time I got my medal. So the finish line will have to do :)

Later that night Kade, Lex, and I went to a car race in Pocatello with Jake and Trecia. It was sponsors night and PRB OIL sponsors one of the racers at the track. So the boys got in free and wanted to go. It was surprisingly fun. 

Look how cute we are! I hope everyone else had an enjoyable weekend.  

All American Sawtelle Stampede Fun Run 2015

I officially completed a 10k race, WOOT WOOT! I can't believe how proud I am of my body and my mind.  I was unsure if I should even post my time, but I ran the distance/race everyone else did, regardless of my time. I have the hardest time not being disappointed with my time, because I compare it to High School, and before having kids.
 I have to remember I took a 5 year break from running.  Then another break because I had Lex, my midwife was very strict about me waiting to start training because she didn't want to cause a prolapse. I slowly got back into running and signed up for this race because I thought my family members would be doing the 5K.... their plans changed but I stuck it out! 

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I don't have my official time back yet and I didn't stop my timer right away so I only have a guess of my time. 

This course was very hilly, I didn't expect that, it was pretty hard. I also trained at night so I'm not use to the heat or the sun. The race started around 10, and it got HOT! There was some tree coverage, not as much as I expected, so I got a little sunburned. 

It was beautiful, we ran by a small lake and the breeze felt AMAZING! 

According to my research a 10K is a little over 6.2 miles. The course ended up being almost a 1/2 mile longer and I was so proud that I finished. I had only done a 5.5mile run prior to race day.

I felt really great the 1st half and pretty tired the second half. I'm super sore and tired today!

Prior to this race I planned to train for a half marathon, but I don't know if it's possible or if I even want to after running a 10K and being so exhausted. 

Hope you all had a FUN and SAFE 4th of July. 

Recap of June 2015

This is a recap of my month according to the pictures on my phone. 

Speaking of phones, I got a new one this month! My awesome Iphone 5S needed an update and when I went to update it, my phone fried.  It really just bit the dust, I took it to the store thinking they could just update it and reboot it.  The apple guy said he had never seen that happen, but I lost some pictures and some money....such is life.  Now I have a better phone to show for it tho.  

9 months and 6 teeth! 4 on top 2 on bottom

Kade, Lex, and I got to go to Boise for a job training.  We stayed 2 nights in a hotel. It was nice because some awesome family members watched our 2 oldest kids!

There was a pool, and we spent a lot of tie in it.  Us in our swim gear.

ade had a class early and all day on Wednesday, so we drove up Tuesday night!  Tuesday and Wednesday were shot, and we had to drive home Thursday!  BUT, on the way home we did some shopping and visited the old state penitentiary....it was super cool!  Lots of crazy stories!  

Kade was taller then the doors and it was 4 levels high.

When all 3 kids fall asleep you take a picture because that sh*t just doesn't happen.

The kids love living by the green belt and they love exploring around it.  And yes Addyon dresses herself haha.

New swim suits.

My diet bet results....if you can remember I did a diet bet.  I ended up entering 2 at the same time ( you can enter up to 3) I paid 25$ and 35$ I got back 107.16$! 47.16 bucks that I won.  I got me a new pair of running shoes.

a walk with all 3 kids smashed in the stroller

More pictures by the green belt....apparently it was cooler in June because we stopped going as often.  

Running through the sprinklers 

2 Exciting Things

First, I registered for a fun run this week! I have been wanting to run races this year but my dang knee keeps hurting. Hopefully it will heal! Anyway, it is on Independence Day weekend. 

Second, and more exciting, we made an offer on a home this past week. Scary....and we hope it doesn't fall through. If not, in OVER a month we will own a home closer to Kade's job!!!  

See the pending?!? Pretty COOL!

Dad's Day 2015

This guy is so awesome!

 He really is a great dad. 

He has helped me countless times in the middle of the night, cleaning up throw-up, rocking kids to sleep, helping with nightmares. 

He often takes the kids to get ice cream, to a play-place, or on a ride of some kind.

 He often is working late on a car or other project and let's the kids help. He is never too busy to take the kids when I need time to myself. He is a great dad and husband.