April 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment

The Friar Tuck, St. Jude & Other Ramblings

Let’s kick this off with some bath time hilarity.  So honesty time…still working on the whole “bathing our kids” thing.  It’s a process.  4 kids is a lot…well, at least it’s a lot to us.  That’s a lot of bathing.  So we’re still working on our routine…our 2-A-Weeks…baby steps folks, baby steps.  The kids help out by reminding us…a lot…especially Harper..God love her.

Solomon is typically our quiet child to outsiders looking in, but he’s really the ham of the bunch.  Always.  The faces.  The potty jokes.  He’s sure to be class clown of his graduating class.  And ohmygah…Hudson’s hand on his hip and arm muscle…I die.  They are ridiculously hilarious.

We call this one “The Friar Tuck”.

I am a big fan of a the mohawk on Solomon.  Every time I take him to the barber I request one.  He just looks so dang cute with it.  #mohawkloveforever

We’re becoming quite the running partners.  She makes our days so much brighter.

Speaking of running…my cousins Emily, Charlie and Chad are running the 1/2 marathon in just a few days and helping raise funds for St. Jude while they’re at it.  It is so fun to set goals and then reach them and currently they’re just $260 shy of their goal.  Did you know patients and families pay for NOTHING when they are at St. Jude?  Nothing.  Not one thing.  Our cousin Hannah had cancer when she was little…she’s 18 now and even still when she goes back for check ups, they pay nothing…not even for lunch while on campus.  The care St. Jude provides is unmatched and unheard of.  Let’s help them hit their goal…it’s a most worthy cause.  CLICK HERE to donate…all the money goes directly the patients and families at St. Jude.

And lastly Amon has become a complete nut over baseball.  He’s infatuated…in love…slightly obsessed.  We throw ball all day long.  He wears an old school baseball helmet like 72.6% of the day.  Why cover up that amazing hair?!?!?!  Always with the helmet.  Which has started to cause some safety concerns.  What all little boy he is.

Now I’m off to put hardware on 102 key fobs.  Should be a good day.

Happy Thursday.

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April 13, 2013 By 15 Comments

Up & Away 5K

We’ve had a really busy Saturday and I’m just now getting to sit down and Random.org the stationary winners.  Here they are:

Laurensays:  April 10, 2013 at 12:57 pm • Edit

My very best friends from high school all live in different cities in different states but we stay in touch through hand written notes and little packages. Its more intentional than emails and texts and it speaks more love and joy to get things old school snail. I love it and hope your post today encourages more people to do the same

CHeyennE Wardsays:  April 10, 2013 at 10:06 am • Edit

I send things through snail mail almost daily. Even though it is the ‘slow’ way of sending things, there is just something about receiving a special note or package. Being able to touch and feel it… Just like printing off your pictures

(I know this one is suspicious, but Cheyenne really did win 🙂

Rhondasays:  April 10, 2013 at 9:12 am • Edit

I’ll tell you about a specific time that I received a handwritten note that really made my day. I was going through a particularly hard time about six years ago, and had asked for prayer at church. Well, I came home from work one day, and stuck in my front door was a handwritten card from the kids at church letting me know that they were praying for me. That card made my day, and brought happy tears to my eyes. I love to send cards, and have kept just about every card that I’ve ever received. They are stashed in a plastic bin, and I get them out from time to time to read them, and to remember.

I so enjoyed reading all the comments.  Thank you so much for sharing them with me and for entering.  And Lauren, Cheyenne and Rhonda, check your email for a message from me.

Now for another giveaway.  Again, not my typical giveaway, but I dig running and adoption, so here we go.

Giveaway will be for one adult registration and includes a cool t-shirt.

WHAT: This is a family-friendly 5k with a great superhero Theme! Dress up in superhero attire (as little or as much as you’d like) and enjoy a morning full of fun with your family and friends. The more Super, the better!

WHERE: Parking and event at the Streets of Indian Lake.  The 5K will take place on streets surrounding the center.

WHEN: May 11, 2013.  Registration begins at 7:00 AM—Start Times:  Bike – 8:00 AM  Run – 8:10 AM and Walk – 8:15 AM

WHY: The Ho family is months away from bringing their 5-year-old daughter home from China and the Montgomery family will bring their baby home from Africa in 2014 . All proceeds will go toward upcoming adoption expenses for these two local families.

OTHER: For any questions or sponsorship information, please message via FB page or e-mail calvinho7@gmail.com

Kids 12 and under are FREE with $30 parent registration (must be accompanied by parent at all times).

Register here, Active.com

Facebook page for race

Sounds fun right?  The event is a fun, non timed event, so what a great way to get some exercise and support some local adopting families.  Win, win.

Here’s how to enter:

Entry #1:  Leave a comment…any ole’ comment will do.  Maybe tell me if you like to run, walk or bike…if you don’t like to run, walk or bike…what you may dress up as or just any comment you would like.

Entry #2:  Share this giveaway on Facebook or Twitter or blog…however you want to share…go for it and leave a comment telling me you did so.

I will announce the winner this Tuesday.  Thanks so much to Erica Ho for asking me to participate in such a great giveaway.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Happy Saturday!

 

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February 1, 2013 By 6 Comments

58.4

I’m doing a little super late night blogging here…trying to get it in before midnight.  Today marked the last day of January and tomorrow…as in Friday…is Sol’s birthday.  The night before a birthday always makes for a late night…always.

So one of my goals for 2013 was to set monthly running goals.  There was no rhyme or reason to the number I chose for January…55 miles…but I am happy to report that I logged 58.4 miles.  I picked up some extra miles this week when I started running with my niece Campbell and nephew Cooper…I think I may have found some new running buddies.

Some call it sweating, but I call it glowing.  Boom.

For February I am going to tackle 62 miles…I actually put a little thought into this number, so we’ll see how it goes.

Other than my rad running shoes that I have talked about far too much, my number one running necessity is my headband.  Now I have been through quite a few headbands…I have tried them all and then my Zumba instructor Janet told me about these headbands from banded2gether.com and the great cause they help support.  Well at that moment the heavens opened and a choir of angels began to sing Olivia Newton John’s “Let’s Get Physical”.  These are the best headbands I have ever had and I now own three of them.

The.Best.Headband.Ever.  Serious.  I mean it.  Mark it.  Go check them out.

Tonight we did a little pre-birthday partying at Chuck E Cheese.  We decided to skip out on the craziness of CC on a Friday night…we made such a wise choice.  It was awesome.  When Sol decided that was what he wanted to do for his birthday…pretty sure Josh and I high-fived.  I know there are some haters out there, but goodness, we love Chuck E Cheese.  The pizza.  The games.  The tickets.  The crappy prizes.  The crazy kiddos running mad wild.  The skee ball.  And my infamous battle to break the record on the basketball game.  Tonight the high score was 76…I got 72…two times in a row.  New arch nemesis.  It was all glorious.

That blur is Sol…he was a crazy pitching machine tonight.  Dude’s got an arm.

Now I need to go to bed.  I just finished up Sol’s cupcakes…which I topped with pencil sharpeners.  I’m serious.  You do what you gotta do sometimes.  And Josh just got done putting up his birthday door.

Amon is teething so I’m sure Josh and I will be playing ‘rock, paper, scissors’ in the middle of the night to see who has to get up to handle that little hot mess.  So to bed I go.  Hope you had a good Thursday…the weekend is here.  Word.

Happy Super Late Thursday Night.

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