Art

I bought some canvas' a while ago, and I thought it would be fun to have Annika paint one. So I picked out the colors, and Annika did the rest. It was a lot of fun! I thought her picture turned out great!







The Finished Painting hanging on the wall.

6k

In August I got an ad in the mail about a 10k/6k at Thanksgiving point. So I talked to my friend Charity about it and we decided that we would start training. We started waking up at 6:00 and running.
Honestly we only had 6 weeks. Last summer when I started training for my 5k I did a 9 week program we only had 6 weeks and 6k is farther than 5k. I was nervous that we weren't going to be ready.
On Saturday Oct. 9th was the big day! We headed over to Thanksgiving point and with over 1900 women we ran the race. I am glad to say that I ran the whole thing. I was slow.... But I did it. I just keep telling myself my goal was never to be the fastest just to complete it. And I did. I love it. It is a good feeling to set a goal and then to complete it. Brian brought the girls over, and because it was an all woman race there were a lot of husbands and kids at the finish line. They even had bouncy houses to entertain the kids while the mom's were running. It was a lot of fun. I am glad that I did it!


Me and the girls after the race!


Annika on one of the bouncy houses.

Thank you, Brian for watching the girls in the morning so I can go!

Birthday Fun

Last Wednesday was my birthday. Brian's family offered to take the girls so we could go out. It was very fun to get out. We have gone to Red Lobster for all you can eat shrimp for the last 3 years. So this year I decided to mix it up, and we went to Joe's Crab Shack. We had never been there but it was a lot of fun. The Crab was great!

This pan has both our meals in it. I did not eat all of that crab! Just to clarify!

Then on Sunday my family came down and we had a little party and cake.

Thanks for the great Birthday!

Eric's home

On September 28th we went to the Airport to pick up Eric from his mission. It was great. It is amazing the feeling that you get when the missionary walks down the hall towards their family. I think I would cry even if I wasn't related to the missionary! We are so glad that he is home!

Annika acted just how I thought she would. (Just like she did when Alli came home.) She acted excited and then he came off the plane and she didn't even want to talk to him.
Then after the airport we went out to eat, and at lunch she warmed up to him some more. Then by the time we made it back to the house, I think that she wouldn't stop talking to him. She talks about uncle Eric a lot and we are glad he is back!