1/2 Marathon

I love to run and do races anywhere from a 5k to full Marathons! So when new people start "running" it makes me very excited! I talked my sister Katie to sign up to do a half marathon and stayed on her all summer to make sure she was sticking to the training plan and not slacking off!

Well this was the big weekend of the race and last minute I decided to sign up and run with her and keep her motivated through out the race! I was very proud of my sister and so happy that I was able to run with her! I think she wanted to kill me at mile 10 when I refused to let her walk or when I kept telling her I could see the finish line to keep her motivated but she did it she finished and she did not walk !

Fred and I before the race!

Shirts from Shannon!

And they did!

Entertainment for the kids during the race

Kreighton making sure I got my red bull!

I think this was at mile 8

All done!

As soon as we were done with the race we were off the Iowa City to cheer the Hawks on to a VICTORY!

Fred and I decided to make a big purchase this summer of a camper! I was not sold on the idea at first, however, he talked of great family times when he was growing up and how much fun they had! So after a few months of looking we finally found one that we wanted! And I can say it was definitely a good decision! All of us have had so much fun! The kids love it and Kreighton wants to go every weekend! Kyle does good as well, however, he is a little bit of a crazy man so we normally just end up chasing him around and make sure he is not eating something he shouldn't and staying away from the fire! And I never thought camping would be so fun! The kids love going on walks and coming up with all sorts of things Kreighton turns bridges into "The Grumpy Old Troll's Bridge" The dam at Backbone is Pocahontas's waterfall and Will decided the broken rocks were from Godzilla!

Kyle being his CRAZY self!

Kreighton was the Grumpy Old Troll!
At Backbone Will decided the rocks were like this because Godzilla was there!
Will gets to join in on the fun as well!
Camping in Eldora with the Sullivans

A recap!

It has been a while since I have had a post!
So I am just going to recap our summer since my last post!





1.We took Will and Kreighton to Adventureland! They had a blast!

2. Weddings...lots of them!

3. Kyle went on 15490023 4-wheeler rides! No Joke!

4. We were regulars at the fish hatchery!

5. We had cousins here for almost a month!

6. We bought a camper! We have only been able to use it a few times but so far the kids love it!

7. We have gone swimming a lot! We love going to Manchester because of the Zero Depth both kids got more braver as the summer went on!

8. Fred is building a new Pioneer Building

9. We go to spend a lot of time outside and being with Friends and Family!

10. Miss Clara Mae was born! Kreighton was very excited about it! And we just have to protect her from Big Cousin Kyle who likes to wack her on the head!

I tired to do pictures with every caption, BUT my computer wanted to make it difficult so I gave up!

Our summer was busy but we had a lot of fun!

Kreighton will be starting preschool next week which seems so hard to believe because that also means she will be 3!!!

Florida

We flew out to FL to visit the Hinderakers, we left very early on Thursday in the morning out of Moline (the tickets were $300.00 cheaper then Cedar Rapids) plus we had a long layover which Kreighton and Julianna (our niece went with us and was great help) were lucky enough to get pedicures and manicures! Kreighton and Kyle did great considering they were going on no sleep and had to take naps in the airplane!

Florida was awesome and after a few hours of being there I never wanted leave! We got to go to the beach where the kids loved. Kyle must like salt because he kept putting his fingers in the water and then his mouth! Kreighton loved building sand castles with her cousins!

And we went to the pools which were awesome! So accommodating for kids of all ages!

We had such a great time and are so lucky to have relatives in a warm climate and really hope we can make it a yearly visit! Kreighton and Kyle loved playing with thier cousins and they all played so well together I can honestly say it was a perfect trip!

Although yes Kreighton was taught to cheer for Iowa State! However, we are working on The Hawkeyes again! My sister Katie said to wash her mouth out with soap and my parents said they would pay to have her hypnotized to never say Iowa State again!

Kreighton and Julianna having a "spa day" in the airport!

Kreighton and Michelle making supper!

Trying to get a picture of the cousins! But Kreighton wanted nothing to do with it!

Daddy and Kyle at the beach!

Mommy and Kyle at the beach!

How do you keep a two year old entertained on a plane? Bring her three older cousins along to entertain!

Kyle's First Birthday!

We are going to be FL for Kyle's actual "first" birthday so we celebrated a week early! Kyle loved his cake and all the attention! It is hard to believe my little monkey is a year old! I call him my little monkey because he is a little- barely on the charts and he is a monkey that climbs on anything and everything! A year ago I was five days over due wondering if he was ever going to show up! He did finally decide to come TEN days late but well worth the wait! He is my happy boy who loves being outside and anything with a steering wheel! And the last few days he has enjoyed biting me my leg, my arm, anything he can get is his mouth he chomps down! He may only have two teeth but it still hurts!

Driving the tractor and a 4-wheeler ride from Bappa!
I love this little look!
I can really eat this!
Getting help from his Big Sister!

Broken Wrist and Tubes

It has been a while since I have posted anything....two weeks ago Kreighton and Will were playing on the couch when I heard "lets jump off the couch and hold on to hands" this was followed with a crash and tears!!!! Kreighton had landed wrong and Will said " I didn't do anything" Kreighton was ok after a few minutes and we started to watch a movie. During the movie she was still holding her wrist and would not use her right hand. So we decided we should take her to the ER which of course it was 9:00 by now and we could not get a hold of anyone to come and watch Kyle. So we woke Kyle up from a deep slumber and out the door we went. Katie met us at the ER and went with Kreighton to get her x-rays. Sure enough it was broken! She got a splint that night and got her cast a few days later. For some reason they gave her a white cast which is more brown these days! So not only does she have a broken wrist she is also getting her second set of tubes next week! We are happy about this because she has had an ear infection for almost three months and have tried every kind of medicine out there!

Here is Kreighton with her cast

A broken wrist does not get Kreighton out of picking up rocks with Sissy!

We love Nice Weather!

Playing outside at Grandma and Grandpa's

Now Will and Kreighton want to have "runs" all the time!

Will and Kreighton doing thier kids fun run!

Kreighton and "Bappa" putting the garden, we will have plenty of fresh vegatables!

We are enjoying and love being outside!

Here is happy Kyle!