Cassidy's pictures

I finally got around to getting Cassidy's 5 year old pictures taken yesterday and here they are!

Holy Haircut!

After 4 years of his longer hair Brenden decided that he was ready to get his hair cut. It's football season again and he decided to go with the faux hawk cut. I think he looks great and I'm also having a hard time getting used to it LOL! He's had his great longer hair for so long it's strange to see his full face again!

Spencer's 8th Birthday

Spencer turned on 8 on Sunday, May 1st and we had his birthday party that day at the YMCA Rec Plex. At the Rec Plex they have a basketball court, dodgeball court, air hockey, foosball table, pool tables, ping pong table, and video games. He had a great time! All he really wanted to do the whole time was play basketball, he loves basketball, and it was the theme of his party too. And he ended up getting 2 basktballs for his birthday as well! So, without further ado, I give you birthday pictures.

He was so exctied when he saw that this is the Lebron James Miami Heat Jersey he wanted so badly. And the picture below is one of the two basketballs he got. This one is actually from Brenden and Cassidy and is the Miami Heat colors.

Race Report

Brenden and I ran a 5K this morning. It was my 3rd race ever and Brenden's first. Let me tell ya, Brenden is awesome. And I think he's hooked on racing! Brenden placed 62nd out of about 220 people in the race. He finished in 29:54 and was running a mile at a 9:37 pace. Freaking awesome! I'm so, so, so proud of him! Then there's me. I did well, not as good as Brenden but give a girl a break. He's younger, faster and much, much skinnier LOL! So I finished 114th and my time was 44:18 and my pace was 14:13 per mile. I had to stop twice to tie my shoe and I could've finished about a minute quicker if I hadn't had to do that :) Anyway, I am proud of myself too because my goal today was to finish this year better than last years time and I did because last year it was 47:26 and I finished 146th out of 216. It was a really great race day and now I need a nap. And here's some pictures from today to share with everyone

He pushed himself really hard at the end and had to lay down to avoid throwing up! I told him not to sprint that last block because this would happen but the people cheering really get you excited it's so hard not to sprint.

This was after we were done.

Another 5K coming up!

I'll be running the Strides for Mental Health 5K in downtown Lancastesr, Ohio on Saturday April 30th. Brenden will be running it with me. After seeing me run it last year, both boys decided they wanted to start running with. However, only one can keep up. That's not entirely true, Brenden is faster than me! Spencer can't quite keep up, but he's 7. Brenden has been playing football for years and is 11 and he's just faster....all there is to it. He's hoping to finish in a good enough place to get a medal. I think it's the top 3 in his age group. His age group is 14 and under which could be sucky if there's a lot of kids older than him in the race. But with football on his side, he just very well may beat those other kids. I certainly hope so. I know I won't be getting any medals. My goal this year is to beat my time from last year. Last year this was the very first race I'd ever run and was proud of myself for finishing, but not proud of how undertrained I was. So this year I feel better prepared and I know how to stretch better too! Wish us luck!

Ballet pictures

The boys get their time to shine here on my blog during football and basketball season. Today is Cassidy's turn. Parents don't get to sit and watch at ballet class every week, instead there are 2 times a year that she has parent observation week. Today was one of those days. And the recital will be in the end of May. So here are some pictures of our prima ballerina. She is really good and listens so well. She knows the routine without needing any help from the teacher. The purple outfit is the costume for the recital. Miss Susan had the girls try them on and run through the routine once in them. Then they changed back into their other dance outfits they came in today.

The weather outside's delightful

These last 2 days have been beautiful outside! If it's nice again tomorrow Brenden and I are gonna run outside to get ourselves ready for our 5K on April 30. Running outside is way different from running on a treadmill so I have to start getting myself back in the swing of doing it all myself instead of relying on the treadmill to keep my legs going. Running outside leaves it all up to me, my willpower, and my brain that likes to tell me to stop because it's hard. I just have to learn to ignore that last part and keep going! I wanted to cook out on the grill this weekend too but Richard said he has to clean it before cooking on it again since it's sat all winter so it's a no go for burgers and dogs :( Aw well, plenty of time for grilling very soon!