Kentucky Derby Half Marathon

I ran the Kentucky Derby half marathon at the end of April with some of my best friends.  We had such a great time training and running the race together.  We met at a park that has a trail every Saturday morning and ran together.  It was so motivating to have friends to run with and to know they were going to be there so I had better get my butt out of bed and go run. I talked my friend Cynthia into running with us (she had stated several times how much she hates running before I convinced her!) and she did so great, especially for her first race ever.  It was so great to have her to run with.  I did a 10 mile race to help with my training at the end of March-8 weeks post baby and then the half marathon 12 weeks post baby.  It was a great kick start to getting back in shape and running off some of that baby fat!   I can't wait for the next race in Indianapolis in the fall.                                                                         

Cynthia, Summer, Jenny, Traci and Kelly ready to run!

Happy to be done! 

Davis' Preschool Graduation

Davis graduated from preschool last Friday...we are going to have a kindergartner on our hands pretty soon.  He has LOVED school this year.  His teacher, Ms. Cindy was amazing and he had such a great class.  Of the 6 kids in his class, 4 were from our ward.  They had the best time together.  I am so glad that it worked out for him to go to school with them.  We were so sad to see the school year end. 

Davis was definitely the loudest singer in his program. 

Receiving his diploma and memory book.

Trying to keep this one quiet during the program was fun...she loved Davis' props and was dancing around the aisles with them. 

Steve had to go out of town that day so we were so glad he could make it to graduation

Buddies

All the Mormon kids:)

Of course Emery had to get in on the action-I had a hard time getting her to leave Davis' classroom when we would drop the kids off in the mornings.  It was a fight every time.  She can't wait to go to school!

Davis with his teacher Ms. Cindy

So proud of our little graduate!

Spring Soccer 2012

Of course I forgot to bring my camera to any of Davis' soccer games this season, so here are some sad iphone pictures!  He played with Oldham County YMCA this season and his coach just by chance was LDS.  It was such a fun season-the first time he and Josh have played soccer together and they had a great time.  They both improved so much over the season and they both made several goals during the season.  By the last couple of games they had it figured out-Josh would hang out by the goal, Davis would pass the ball to him and he would kick it in for the goal.  Pretty, good I'd say!  Davis is so big compared to other kids his age-we really had to work on him keeping his hands down and not pushing when he was trying to get the ball.  Most of the kids were pushing, but since he is so big, when he pushed the kid would go flying.  He did push a couple of kids down and made a kid cry:(, but it really wasn't on purpose and he really worked on it after that and did much better!  He is really loving soccer and can't wait until fall season starts.   

 

Some cousin love.

Getting his trophy from Coach Josh after the last game. 

Proud trophy owners.

Cute Kids!!

This is just a post of some really cute kids!  I have been feeling overwhelmed lately...it is so hard to keep up on things and feel like I am spending enough time with my kids and really being a good mom.  Adding a third has been a huge adjustment.  It is so hard to take them all places-someone is always crying or running away and I get home feeling so stressed!!  Davis just finished preschool on Friday and the summer is here which makes me so nervous!  I love the structure that school gives our life and I am not sure how I am going to entertain all the kids all summer when it is so hard to go do things.  Hopefully we will all survive it.  All of that being said, I have been enjoying so much the kids and their antics.  They are all hilarious and I just find myself laughing half of the day because of the funny things they do and say.  

I had to document that Emery is eating a pepper (a vegetable!!) and hummus.  This is probably the first vegetable she has knowingly eaten since baby food.  It was a big day! 

Ivy loves her siblings but is always a little nervous with them in her face all the time!  Davis has been really sweet with her lately. 

Emery gives Ivy a lot of love...the love might be a little rough, but it is love all the same! 

This little girl has become the smiliest, happiest baby.  I just love to sit and talk to her and watch her smile, grin, and coo. 

Oh Emery...covering herself in chalk and rocking some awesome glasses.  She had already found a sharpie that day and colored her legs and her dress.  This girl never stops-I can't take my eyes off her for a minute! 

More smiles from my Ivy girl. 

Camping at Deam Lake

We went camping with some friends from our ward a few weeks ago at Deam Lake in Indiana.  We had a great time...until we tried to put Emery to bed.  Let's just say no one in our tent got much sleep.  Emery took a 5 hour nap the next day.  I think we will skip the sleeping in a tent thing for the foreseeable future!  It was so fun to be in such a beautiful place and spend time with great friends.  

Jed tried to make some popcorn over the fire-we all doubted that he could do it, but it actually turned out! 

Davis with the Gold girls on a little hike

Of course it rained super hard right before we started to pack up so all of our stuff got soaking wet. 

Some cute campers

Ivy's first camping trip-she is the only one who slept well, I think!

Roasting marshmallows

Ivy's blessing

We were able to bless Ivy on Easter Sunday-okay, I guess Steve blessed her, and he did an amazing job.  My brother in law was joking around that Steve should be the official 'family blesser' and just bless all the babies because he is so good at it and it is really true.  He really has a way with words and it was beautiful.  The spirit was very strong and it was a reaffirmation to me that Heavenly Father knows and loves our family and we are so blessed that he sent Ivy to us.  It is amazing how our family feels complete with her.  She is a beautiful, amazing, sweet little girl.  One of the things Steve said in her blessing that surprised me was that she will serve a mission.  I thought that was pretty cool...I was stubborn and had to have a couple of blessings tell me that before I was willing to consider it, so I guess good to start on her now! 

We were so blessed to have so much family here for her blessing and I can't believe that I didn't get a group picture of everyone.  I was so busy worrying about food, etc.  I totally spaced it.  So sad.  But we really are grateful that they were here!  Also, I made Ivy's dress...it was my first use of a pattern, ever so I am pretty proud of it.  My mom cut it out while she was here and I sewed many late nights to get it done.  I didn't get a great picture of her in it...when I finally took her out to try the light was horrible and the pictures didn't turn out.  I have been meaning to put her in it and try again...even though it was 3 weeks ago, I still might do it! 

Easter Egg Hunt

After Ivy's blessing and a fun dinner with our family, we had a little Easter egg hunt.  The yard is only so big so it wasn't too hard to find the eggs, but I think the kids still had fun.  Candy is candy, right?!  The older kids were really sweet to help the little kids and to give up some of their eggs for them.  I was impressed with how nice they were to them.