Happy Thursday!

Okay, so a few months ago, before Bri was finished with Grad school, the Knuevens asked us if we’d run the Pig Relay with them.  The Pig is a marathon here in Cincinnati and not knowing any better, we agreed.  Silly, silly us :)!  So, here’s what I’ve learned since February about running and training…..

1.  Training and running will exclusively nursing a 5 month old doesn’t work too well.  I know I was bit out of shape, but seriously?  I felt like I was 90!

 

2.  Training while you have 4 kids 7 and under and a hubby in Grad school is tough.  I don’t think I really started training for this until about 5 weeks ago.  Mental note- I need more than 5 weeks to train for a 6.5 mile leg of a marathon.  Especially since I’ve never run before

3.  I’m getting old.  My body is SO ridiculously tight battered when I wake up the morning after a longer run.  Really.  This is sad.  I want to be 18 again.

4.  I can do this.  I think.  There is a super hilly and somewhat steep road next to our street, Kipling, and my goal was to run it prior to the race and I did PLUS I ran to the park a bit further and then did the 1/2 mile loop there.  I was proud of myself and it was at that moment I decided I really could manage this.

5.  I ran 5 miles (which I know is a bit shy of the 6.4 miles I have to run) and didn’t die.  :)

All this to say, that I am really proud of myself for working hard and doing this.  I’m excited for Sunday and hopefully, I won’t make too big of a fool of myself :)!

Dinosaur Poop

So tonight, Zach had Cub Scouts and I was informed at like 3 that it was the annual cake auction and the baked good was to be in the theme of dinosaur stuff, so I did the best I could and Zach and I made dinosaur poop.  It was awfully hard…  We had to drive all the way to Dunkin’ Donuts and we had to buy chocolate munchkins and them dump them in a bowl with a sign that said Dinosaur Poop.  :)  The boys loved it.

E 's hospital visit

Oh, I did forget to mention the trip to Phoenix Brian and I took with Abigail. While we were there, E broke her clavical and had to go to the ER. That was one heck of an expensive sling.

Catching Up Edition No.1

Okay, so a month has gone by and I'm just getting ready to do the first installment of updating. It's late, so I'll get to it and add more this week.

Let's see... Oh yeah, BRIAN FINALLY IS FINISHED WITH SCHOOL !!!! Thank goodness. It has been a long 2 and a half years and words cannot express how nice it is to not have that stress in our lives. Now to pay off that student loan...

We have moved from one crazy to another with the upcoming Flying Pig Marathon. No, we're not insane enough to run the full one, but we did sign up to do the relay portion with some good friends of ours. So right now, finding time to train has been close to impossible. What were we thinking?!!! I'm running comfortably up to 4 miles, so I've got 2.5 to add on in the next two weeks. I'm hoping beyond hopes that God will bless me with the ability to finish this thing without 1)hurting myself 2)embarrassing myself.

Funny thing about the training (short version) I did get bit in the rear end by a dog. It hurt. I think I nursed the excuse my butt hurt for a bit longer than necessary, but hey, it's not everyday when you get bit on the rump by a big dog.

To add to the chaos, we are in the midst of redoing the first floor of the house. We figure we are outgrowing our home and we're hoping that we'll be able to upgrade a bit in the next few years, so we are doing some paint and minor repairs to upgrade the house so we can enjoy it a bit before we move. So, we painted the living room and what was the kid's play room. Right now all those toys are in the basement (along with all the stuff in the basement in general) and we're transitioning rooms. Being one that needs order in her life, this has been very hard on me and it is starting to wear on me a bit, but we're almost done. It'll be nice when it's finished.

The kids are great! Abigail is sitting up and crawling and starting to hold onto things and wanting to stand. She is the cutest little thing. Just thinking about her makes me smile. She is a very even tempered and smiley baby. Not much seems to bother her and I love being around her. She definitely tangibly reminds me that life is okay. Elizabeth is turning 3 tomorrow. I cannot believe it. She is HILARIOUS!!! Everyday there is something new. Today she was telling everyone that today is the last day that she will be 2. She loves music and is very excited about going to school with Zach and Hannah in the fall. Hannah is Hannah. She is so smart and is such a sprite. She loves gymnastics and even enjoys playing her violin. She has been enjoying school and is looking forward to being in the first grade next year. Zach is doing well. He's playing baseball and just became a Wolf cub with Cub Scouts.

It's getting super late so I'm going to post a few pics and call it a night, but I've got more to say and will do it later this week.