Cedar Grove Runners take on 5k

Yes - those of us that made it out and braved the weather (which turned out to be beautiful) ran a 5k in PTC this morning. All four of us (from left: Romeo and Jodi Brinkley, ME, and my Sista - aka: Jana Kato) performed at and above our expectations and goals. Not a bad morning.

Hanging Out - Thursday 3/13/08

Nothing particularly "happening" - just a few shots of the kiddos playing after a long day.

Could never quite get Mia and Dean to both look at me. She is getting quite big - quite fast. We (or atleast Dean and I) love having her. Our evening ritual after work / school has been to take her on a walk in the neighborhood behind our house. Wears out two in one.

All boy - doesn't know the meaning of the word "can't"

all girl. Note the pink shoes, shirt and ball. "I think I broke a nail"


Kate and her friends, our neighbors: Tori and Taylor.

Trip to South Carolina! (3/7 - 3/9)

Kate, Dean and I drove up to Mom and Reggie's for a weekend. As you can see, for those that don't know - they collect antiques. Which, Dean being the bull -- you get the idea.

It was a nice weekend. Didn't get to do as much as we normally would because of the weather - spent a lot of time hanging out inside. Wanted to get a picture of the kiddos at the Jockey Lot (massive flea market) but the weather just didn't cooperate. We all had a great time and it was great seeing Mom and Reggie - if even for such a short time.

Lolly, a Jack Russell Terrier, is getting on in years and wasn't for having much of Dean - who is now used to playing with Mia.

Kate's First Soccer Game

Kate is playing soccer! First, they practice for thirty minutes...

which is good b/c we don't have a lot of soccer experience. Unless you count the practice in the backyard with Todd - which resulted in Kate and Dean doing push ups everytime they touched the ball.

Then, they played for thirty minutes. No goalies - 4 kids on a side. A couple look like they know what's going on. The rest, Kate included, are just trying to kick the ball. (by the way, this wasn't the goal we were trying to kick the ball into)

In the end Kate had a blast. She now gets to hang out with a couple of her buddies from the daycare days...Mary Patton and Megan. And after a hard game of soccer the three got to kick back with a couple cold ones (juice that is) and cookies and catch up on old times.

Bad To The Bone!

Yes, Todd did it again. Dean has another mohawk. I'm hoping the two of them will get this out of their systems before he starts public school next year. First Baptist Daycare / Preschool don't know what they are in for this week.

MIA!

This post has been a few days coming - but we've had computer issues. As of last Wednesday, we now have a puppy. She came with the name Brownie (but with permission of former owner) we have renamed her MIA. The name came from Todd - he reasoned that since that was going to be the name of our next girl, and this is the next girl it goes to her.

Mia has really made herself a part of our family. Dean, of course, absolutely adores her. Kate is still skittish. The plan is to crate train - but the past couple days I have been sick and when I've come downstairs in the a.m. - guess who is asleep on the fouton with Todd?? Or in bed with Dean? We'll see how long this crate training idea lasts.

Note - Dean's hair (or lack thereof). Todd's doing.

Thinking Day!

Kate had her first Daisy - Girl Scouts event this Saturday, February 2. We all met up at Cannongate Elementary for the event. Kate is part of Troop 133 - which created a table and skit for two countries - China and Holland. Kate was in the China group.

Each girl got a passport and went to each country (there were about 15 represented) and got a stamp from the country and a "swap". The swaps are tokens of sorts that represent the country - so that the girls will think about the girls scouts in each of the countries - hence, thinking day.







Kate and the other two daisies held some "Chinese signs" while the rest of their group were the Chinese lion. Everyone had a great time - and Kate, of course, love dressing up like a China girl.