Happy Birthday Jan

We went down to Cali to celebrate a very important b-day. Todd's mom turned 60 and his sister Amy threw a big bash. It was great to be there to celebrate with everyone. Sadly, I didn't get any pictures at the party! It was so fun because we sent the kids over to a babysitters and I put Sophie down for bed an hour into the party so we could really enjoy ourselves and relax.

This is how I will always picture my wonderful mother-in-law. Sitting on the beach enjoying herself and being with her family.

Claire, Amy, Jan

Happy Birthday!!!

4th of July

For the 4th of July we started out with my race then went straight to the parade (they were both on the same street).

The kids got their hair painted

Luke, Claire, Tayson and Sophie

Here's all the kids waiting for the parade to start.

Carson, Emma, Wyatt, Luke, Sophie, Claire and Tayson

During the downtime we all just stood around.
It was very hot but well worth the good times.
Milo and Gale met us there too.
I only had my running clothes and my race t-shirt. Nice.

Milo, Gale, Jan, Luke, Tayson, Amy, Todd and I

This is the funniest picture of the parade. Todd was taking a picture of the girl doing a back flip but missed the flip and just got a picture of her butt. So funny. Hilarious!!!

After the parade we headed back home then in the afternoon had a fun bar-b-que and had the family b-day party for Jan. The kids (and adults) were pretty tired after dinner so instead of taking the kids out to see fireworks we put them to bed and watched a movie.

It was a great day. Happy 4th of July!

Surf City 5k

As part of my race a month goal I did a 5K on the 4th of July. Since I was in Cali I did the Huntington Beach Surf City 5K. It was a really big race and there were some very fast people there. Amy said she would do it with me (her second ever 5K) so I was way excited. Then the night before the race Amy's cousin Chantal (a senior in HS) said she has always wanted to do a 5K so she joined in on the fun too. We got to the race with plenty of time for the porta potties and to check out the scene. We made our way to the front of the crowd so that we wouldn't be sitting in traffic with all the runners for the first 1/4 mile. Chantal and I went out pretty fast and finished our first mile right around 7:30 then I just kept trying to hold the pace. It was a really hard pace for me to maintain (even at sea level) but I managed to come in with a PR of 23:29. Woo Hoo!!!

Coming in to the finish

After the race
Amy, Chantal and I

SO happy!!!

The Beach

We just got back from a great vacay in Cali.
Get ready for lots of pictures and lots of posts.
But now I am tired and going to bed.

Happy First Birthday Sophie

We started the day with a candle in a pancake of course.
(the question here is why don't Sophie and Tayson have shirts on?)

After a day at the beach we opened presents

And had birthday cake

She LOVED her cake and ate quite a bit of it

And I needed to document this little gem she got on her b-day. So sad that she got this monster blister from an hour in the morning sun during family pictures. She didn't seem to mind it much until it popped at 3 am. So sad. It has since popped, peeled and she has the biggest nasty red oval on her arm. I really hope it doesn't scar. Talk about a bad mothering moment.

One Year Ago...

I was in the hospital with my BEAUTIFUL new baby girl.

Isn't she gorgeous?

And I wanted to document her adorable crazy toes.

Oh how I love my sweet new baby girl. I can't believe she is a year old!

Flashback Friday - 4th of July

One year ago....

Todd had very long hair

I was VERY prego

Claire was young and sweet

Luke was always happy (and he still is)

And Tayson's clothes fit
(he still wears this outfit and it's way too small now)

Happy 4th of July!

This year we are spending the week in California and will make lots of great memories I will miss the Schultz/Johnson fireworks and the neighborhood sidewalk of fire though. :)