Soaring Wings half marathon

Paige and I before the race

About to cross the finish line

After the race!

My dear friend Micaela and her family!

The 2nd annual Soaring Wings half marathon was this weekend and it was a huge success. There were 1000 runners in it and the weather couldn't be better. I trained with many of my friends including Alisa, Stacy and Micaela! My friend Paige stayed with me the night before. We all started together but then went at our own pace once we got going. I tend to always start faster than I should and and by then time I reached around 8 miles, I was hurting. I wanted to stop, but I kept going. I ended up crossing the finish line at around 1 hour and 54 minutes. It was not my personal best for me, but I was still proud of my time. My sweet family rode around in the truck to cheer me on and that kept me going. I loved running this race because of what it is for. The Soaring Wings Ranch!! The wonderful ladies of the Ranch Hands were out there cheering us on because there were about 6 or 7 Ranch Hands running the race. It was sooooo much fun being in Conway!! I love Conway!!!

Labor day weekend

Noah and Ally at the Big D. Bridge!

Chris and Trav

Amanda and I

Chris and Amanda

Over Labor day, Trav and I took the kids to ride on the Big D bridge and then headed over to Pinnacle Mnt. for a picnic. It was a wonderful day, althought very very hot. My camera died after the first shot, so there goes all the great pics. Another reason I need a new camera.
Travis took a little trip with his best friend since kindergarden, Chris. They went hiking up north for a couple of days and visited friends in Fayetteville. Chris and his precious wife, Amanda, live in Hershey, Penn where he is a anestheologist ?? resident. We visited them a couple of yrs ago and it is soooo nice there. They only have about 20 months left there and then they move back here to work. Chris accepted a job in Batesville and we are so excited they are going to be closer.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

My sister and I took our kiddos to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. They had a great time and we made some good memories!

Ally and sweet Ella!

Heath is ready for some cake!

Sweet Bess!

More of Ally bday party!

My 3 beautiful nieces!

Anna Klaire and Ally

I had to post a few shots my sister got with her camera of Ally's bday. She has a much nicer camera than I do and she was in charge of pics!

Sick days, rainy days

I know that I have not been blogging lately, but for some reason I have not felt like doing it. First of all, my camera is broken and I really need a new one, but not for sure which one to get. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Another reason for not writing about what has been going on lately is because Noah was sick with the flu for a whole week and then it turned into pneumonia. So needless to say, it was pretty hectic around our house making sure he didn't get any sicker. It was sad to see him just lay around and sleep all day not even wanting to drink. We had to force him to take a few sips of something every hour. We were homebound for a little over a week and with all the rain lately, we really couldn't even go outside. After a good week, Noah finally started feeling better and returning to his old playful self. It make me really think about those families who have really sick children at home or in the hospital who go through this day in and day out. I have been reading blogs lately with children who are really sick with different illnesses such as cancer and my heart aches for them and their family. It makes me thank God everyday for how healthy mine have been. I know that life can change in an instant though, just like it does in many peoples lives.

So, hopefully I will get back to blogging about my kiddos. They have been doing some funny things lately. Oh, where does the time go!! Can they really be 3 and 4 already?