Miles for Mammograms

With a little encouragement from Sam, I decided to run in the Miles for Mammograms 5K this Saturday. I was a little hesitant since I haven't been running much since I had Sydnee, but it went pretty well. I surprised myself and ran it in 28:22. There were lots of friends running also, and it was a really fun event for a great cause.

Happy Baby

Sydnee has been so much fun lately as she learns to laugh and giggle! Shaye really had her going tonight. I just loved this! Sorry the video is a little dark, but I think you can see it fine.

Rock Climbing with Colie

Nicole came to visit us this past weekend. The kids just LOVE it when we have visitors, especially their Aunt Colie! We stopped by Sun and Ski Sports when we were in Tulsa to do a little shopping and Nicole found the rock wall unattended. So she hooked up the kids and helped them do some climbing. I was surprised the store employees never ran us off! I guess they could tell Nicole knew what she was doing.
Shaye did a really good job. She enjoyed it and was quite a natural.
Jaxson on the other hand was scared after just a few feet up the wall. But he had fun nonetheless.

I wish Sam or I knew how to do this because they really enjoyed it. Sam said this is not a sport he wants to encourage. (he's scared they'll grow up and become climbers and get hurt!)

Season Opener

Since Shaye's first scheduled game got cancelled due to rain last weekend, this Saturday was the first time they played. Shaye did a great job! We were really proud of her. She really went after the ball and took it to the goal several times. We are excited to watch her improve this year. We started the game out hot and sweaty like this:
And a bit after half time, we ended up like this:

It was quite an adventure, but it was fun. And Shaye actually thought it was "cool" to play in the rain! Luckily I was able to keep Sydnee dry under the big umbrella.

Update

Well, I talked to my mom today and things seem to be okay. When they got back to their house, there was no damage. Mom said their town looked like a jungle because there were so many trees, limbs, and depri all over. They saw a church whose steeple had been torn down, some roofs ripped up, and a few stop signs and stuff knocked over, but it could have been much worse. We are grateful our families are okay, and hope those who got hit worse will be alright soon!

Hurricane Ike

Well, unless you have been hiding under a rock the last week you know Hurricane Ike is heading straight for the Texas Coast. Many of you also know that is where our parents live. They are directly in the path. (my parents house in no more than 5 miles from the beach.) My parents have evacuated to Austin, and now we are just hoping their house doesn't get completely flooded. My mom is especially worried about the BRAND NEW wood floors she just had put in this last week. Sam's mother and grandma have also gone to Austin, but his dad has decided to stay behind. The biggest concern is the 20 foot surge they are expecting to wash up. We just hope and pray our families don't lose everything in the water. I will keep you updated!

A Small Insight...

So I discovered something about myself today. After putting Sydnee down for her nap, I started cleaning the house. When I clean, I listen to my ipod and I can go for hours! It definately helps. After about 30 minutes the battery went dead and I was so disappointed. How was I going to clean now? I decided to grab Shaye's ipod - hey, any music is better than none, right. Well, her ipod is loaded with mainly HSM music, and a few other things, and come to find out I enjoyed that just as much as my own. So here I was at home by myself rockin' with Troy and the gang and knew almost every word to the songs. Bring on High School Musical 3!

Vacation

Sam and I have been wanting to take a vacation around our region, so we were excited to go when our friends invited us to Arkansas. We stayed 3 nights on Beaver Lake in Eureka Springs. The lake was the nicest one I've been to since we moved here. It is spring fed, so the water is pretty clean and fresh, and it was cool -which was nice in the heat. The girls had tons of fun swimming every day and playing. Shaye did such a great job jumping out in the middle of the lake and swimming all on her own.

We went to Branson, Missouri for the last 2 days. This was dinner at Dick Clark's American Band Stand. We went to see two shows - Chinese Acrobats, which was amazing, and Jim Stafford, who was also very good. The last day we hit the outlet malls and drug the kids around buying too much stuff! :)
We went with our friends, Jared and Aimee. We met them in Logan going to Utah State. Fortunately, they currently live in Dallas so we have been able to see them every year at least once. They have three girls, and this one little boy. So Shaye obviously loves it when we get to spend time with them.

The view from our cabin. It was a really nice cabin - 3 bedrooms and 2 extra pullout beds, with a porch around it and everything. If you are ever going to Eureka Springs, let me pass along the name of these.

Poor little Sydnee. I was working on getting her to sleep, and Jaxson was laying by us. Next thing I know he is asleep also, with his arm over her head. She didn't seem to mind, and went right on sleeping! The bottom left corner is the world's largest wind chime. It was in Eurka Springs.