A dream come true....

If you have read my blog for any length of time you know that I have a heart for orphans.  I have the amazing opportunity to go on a mission trip with Visiting Orphans to Ecuador this summer and am asking you to prayerfully consider supporting me in this opportunity.  The only thing holding me back from going on the trip was finances and I decided to step out in faith and let God provide:)  I am SO excited and cannot wait to go love on the precious children of Ecuador.

OUCH!

I gracefully fell over a curb on this mornings run...along one of the busiest roads I could possibly fall on!  It happened in slow motion and I couldn't stop myself:(  The worst part isn't even this it is my hand but you can't see the cuts in pictures.  I have tiny cuts in my left hand and they burn like crazy....ugh.  I am so thankful that is was during my last mile...I got up ran for a second then stopped and walked for about a tenth of a mile and ran the rest of the way home.  Oh well, I know of plenty of other runners who have fallen at some point during their running career and this was my first time...I hope it is my last!

Picnic

Hayden and I had a picnic at a local park today...I love my little man:)

Wedding Dress-10 years later

I was bored this afternoon and curiosity was killng me as to whether or not I could fit into my wedding dress so I took it out of the closet...unpreserved it...yikes and tried it on....well...it doesn't "fit" but I can squeeze into it...yayayayayayay!!!!

I think I am going to give myself the boring award:)

I have had "blogger block" for a while now.  I really don't know what to write about.  It is the same ol' same ol' around here.  Running, working out, obsessing over the scale...rushing kids here and there and having a messy house despite really wanting it to be "perfect". 

Hayden's Birthday was quite memorable this year.  Last Thursday the poor child woke up with a stomach virus on his 5th birthday:(  He has been excited for months and then this happened.  It was AWFUL!  Praise God it only lasted 12 hours and then it was out of this house and no one else got it.  We celebrated his birthday with a few of his friends and family at Chuck-E-Cheese on Saturday night and he had a BLAST!

Well, I hope you all are having a good week.  The ragweed is killing me and I can't breathe while running so it is making training for my 2nd half marathon an adventure.  The fall air seems to have hit today and it is FREEZING to me outside...brrr!

Finally....

I FINALLY saw 149 on the scale today:)  Confession time...I had gained up to 152 over the past month after our beach trip and had gotten the 2 pounds off and now have lost down to 149:)  I officially start training for my 2nd half marathon tomorrow:)  I hope the weight loss continues....12 lbs until goal weight.  I'm ok with a slow loss as long as it is a loss!!!!

A Birthday,Gymnastics and the last 1st day of preschool

My babies are growing up!  August 20th Kayla turned 8!  She had a friend party at the local bakery and then her family party that night at home.

 Saturday Kayla participated in her first gymnastics meet!  She did great and won 3rd place vault, 3rd place beam and 3rd place all around.  We can't wait until the next meet!

 Hayden started MDO for the year yesterday.  This was his last 1st day of preschool:(