Thursday, March 28, 2013

I have seriously cute kids…

 

…just sayin.

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Fun With The Family

 

This week is spring break- wahoo! Clark’s dad and two youngest brothers happened to be on break as well so they came down from Idaho for a visit. We’ve been having lots of fun around here. Lily absolutely loves any time there is extra family around! She wants to make sure she doesn’t miss out on any time with her “friends” and is especially attached to uncle Jared. I am enjoying extra help with the little ones and Clark is in heaven watching March Madness with his dad and brothers. Today we decided to take a trip over to Malibu Castle for a little extra excitement.

 

Lily was in sensory overload in the arcade but had a blast “playing” every game in there. She even hit the jackpot on one and won 175 tickets but lost interest before the machine was done spitting them all out :). If there ever was a place where I would never be able to get her attention, it is this arcade!

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The boys and Grandma took a little spin in the Go Karts.

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Miles was cute, as usual.

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Lily was introduced to mini golf and had a blast! She was fine letting daddy help for a while but then insisted she do everything herself. She was surprisingly good…that is when she wasn’t obliviously walking through everyone's golf balls and knocking them all over the place :).

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The boys finished off the trip with batting cages and then going crazy in the arcade. It’s always a good time with the family!

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Color Run

So I have ALWAYS hated running. Always. It has never been appealing to me and was always the worst part of P.E. or participating in any team sport. One play date a few months ago all of us moms were talking and somehow the subject of races came up and everyone else started talking about 5k’s, half marathons, and even marathons they had done and I had nothing to contribute to the conversation.  A few weeks later when a friend suggested we do this color run together I signed up before I could talk myself out of it. I figured if I was signed up and it was paid for I couldn’t back out. Not to mention the fact that other people would notice if I just didn’t show up on race day…Anyway, about a month and a half after Miles was born I started training and was reminded many times over of the fact that this is not something I really enjoy. I pressed on though, usually thinking mid-run “Thank goodness I’ve already signed up or I’d just go home right now.”

Today was the race and it was actually a lot of fun. It was a gorgeous day in San Francisco in the high 60’s with the perfect amount of cloud cover so it didn’t feel too hot. The running was still hard for me but not as bad as it was back in January. I was glad that this was a “fun run” that wasn’t officially timed and the fact that we kept getting bombed with color made it a little more enjoyable. It was good to race with friends and have our husbands and kids waiting for us at the finish line. Our official time was 36:35 which was a personal best for 2 of us, so we were pretty happy. It probably would have been faster but there were major traffic jams every time we went through a color station and people were trying to get as much powder on themselves as possible.

When we finished Lil was getting pretty tired and grumpy and really wanted to be a “rainbow” too so I took her through the final area with me and let her get some color as well and she loved it! Clark, however, was a little more uncomfortable with the whole idea. He hates getting too messy and just about had a heart attack when I tried to give him a kiss and hug at the end. I think we’re going to look for more 5k’s to do so we have to keep running and hopefully it will be a little easier for me. And hey, at least it’s only 3 miles!

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Lily is 3!

I can’t believe that it has been three years since our beautiful little Lillian was born! Oh how I have loved being her mother and oh how much joy she has brought to our lives. I am amazed every day at the person she is and I love hearing what comes out of her mouth. She is such a little wonder and I can’t wait to see what she does next.

The trip to Disney on Ice was Lil’s main birthday celebration but on her actual birthday we had a little party at home. Lily got to pick out the type of cake she wanted and also the frosting to go with it and the two of us worked on the cake together. I figured she’d have more fun helping me than have some fancy cake that I did myself. One day she might appreciate a cake that takes a little more effort to decorate but I feel like doing that at this point would be more for me and to impress other people than for Lil- hence the beyond basic decorating job :). We had a few of our friends over to help us eat the cake and we had a lovely evening. Lil got some princess and Minnie Mouse presents and got to feel so special! All in all a great day.

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