Weston's Big Milestones...

Weston's last day of preschool. They sang a few songs (which I will spare all of you the videos of) and then got their certificates. Whohoo!
This is how Weston plays goalie! He's the goalie in the green shirt.
Here is the awesome trophy he got for playing on the Eagles. I'm pretty sure they only scored 2 goals the whole season!
Weston got play on the same team as his friends Meleaha and Trevor.

Fishing the day before the race

Weston went fishing with Chad on Friday afternoon and caught this big mouthed bass that we ate for dinner Monday night:o) He had so much fun that we all went back Saturday night to try our luck again.

Ella wanted so badly to pick up a worm, but every time she touched it, she would scream.

Ella and Weston fishing the day after the "big catch!"

We didn't catch anything, but the kids still had fun!

Ella didn't care much about fishing but she did enjoy walking around the pond and putting rocks in her mouth! Yuck!
She also had the very important job of holding the worms.

Marine Corps Historic Half May 18, 2008

The morning of the race, Brooke picked me up at 5am and drove to her dad's house to meet some of the other runners. What a true friend!! This is after the race in front of the medic station where our friend, Tristin ended up.
Erin and Stacy came out with the kids and lots of signs to support me through the rough spots of the race. Thanks guys!
Me and Dan (Brooke's dad) after running the 13.1 miles. Gotta ice the hip!

Here I am slowing down to give Weston "five."
This is towards the end of the race when I thought I might die!
Jason and Brooke made signs to help cheer me on.

Going up the hill, I was feeling better than #483!

This is right before my mental breakdown at mile 11 3/4!

Even though the course was killer, I managed to hang in there and meet my goal time of 1:45 only going over by 53 seconds. I can't wait to run next year's with...Brooke? Erin? Chad? :o)

Early on in the race and had loads of energy!

Ella's Dog-Dog Party!

Kenzie won the "dress your dog" contest.
Christianna didn't!

Dad and Landon taking a walk around the yard.
SUPER AVERY!

Brooke's doggies cupcakes were so cute!! Thanks, Brooke!
Millie came to the party all dressed up, but she didn't win the contest...
Everyone had fun making cookies...and eating them!
Ella loved decorating her dog collar. She went a little crazy with the glitter glue.

Ella's Dog-Dog Party!

Ella with "Dog-Dog" that she made and dressed at Build-A-Bear.



Is that dog poop on the counter??! ;o)

Pet Day!

Weston's pet tarantula, Spidey, won "scariest pet" at school for the Pet Day Awards.

Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k-April 5th

Me, Dad, and Erin before the 10k... The half-eaten PowerBar in Erin's hand was her demise!

Erin and I right near the starting line.
That's me in the home stretch after running the 6.2 miles in pouring rain!

Here we are after the race...soaked to the bone and wiped out!

Easter at Grandma and Gramps'

Ella and her baby Landon. She held him forever and made sure his passy was always in his mouth.
Weston reaching for an egg during the annual hunt.

Sorry girls, this is the best one that I have! Chad's quite the photographer:o)
Happy Easter!

Easter Pics

Ella hiding from the Easter Bunny at Betty Williams' Egg Hunt Extravaganza.
Weston and Jack showing their eggs. This was taken after Jack raided Ella's basket and left her with 3 eggs!
Weeeeeeeee!
My nephew Ethan going down the slide. He's 6 weeks younger than Ella and weighs only 7 pounds less than Weston!

Dinner Club/Emily's Birthday Dinner

Chad, Ashley, Ryan, and Jason looking like Linguini from Ratatouille.
Char, Cathy, Brooke, Me, and Whitney all in our funny pizza chef hats.

Here we are making our own personal pizzas. Later we all made ice cream sundaes too! Thank you to Brooke and Jason for hosting an awesome night!:o)