Summah Time!

Schools out for the summer as of May 31st at 3:05pm.  Seems like they just returned from winter break.  Carson is now a FIRST grader and Isaac is now a THIRD grader.  Kianna has 1 more year with me before she heads off to Kindergarten.
Their last day included some fun and laughs.  The whole Roosevelt student body and staff headed over to Bill Taunton Stadium to watch selected teachers/staff play a game kickball with the Stingers.  Roosevelt has this thing about playing kickball on the last day of school.  It was going on when I attended there and now they brought it to a whole new funner level.  At the end, the teacher won the 1st annual kickball extravaganza.  Now bring on the maddness of summer sports and camps.  Each kid, now including Kianna, will do 2 sports.  Isaac has Soccer Camp and Tennis Camp.  Carson has Soccer Camp and Gymnastics.  Kianna has T-ball and Gymnastics.  But no month will be as busy as May was for school activities/field trips and appts.  Glad to have May out of the way.  What a headache that month was.  Geesh! 

Some May Happenings....

Memorial Day/Law Day 5K was W-E-T!  It was delayed some due to lightening but was eventually held (still raining and 50-some degrees).  Since it downpoured for quite some time, the trails were flooded.  It took 3 days for my shoes to dry.  That was an edurance test right there as I don't do well in cold and wet (or hot and humid) conditions period, but we did it, in 37 min (beat other race time by a minute).  Finishing is what it is ALL about.  Time doesn't really matter.  But unfortunately, Isaac didn't get to do his half-mile run, but he has another chance this August for his 1K run.   

Stingers Opener. Its that time again.  Hot Dogs, Pop, and Popcorn....err...Ball games!  We attened the opener (again cold and later, wet) and Isaac got to be the Jakes Pizza Delivery Ball Boy, or the kid who brings out the ball to the mound at the beginning of the game.      

Couch-to-5K Success and more...

At the beginning of the year, we bought a treadmill.  We wanted to get more active and start train running and eventually run 5K's (3.1 miles) this coming spring/summer.  It all started with the Couch-to-5K program, 9 weeks of training, 3 days a week.  Ive actually succeeded in the Couch-to-10K program as well, 13 weeks of training 3 days a week (ran a 10K, 6.2 miles, only once, in 78 minutes flat).  My ultimate goal is running a half-marathon, 13.1 miles, but it seems slim recently due to some heart troubles Im having (heart starts off too fast and has more than normal extra beats to it so I have to take running slower than I was going but I can still run/jog).  Finding that came about when I passed out for no reason weeks ago.  Ive had blackouts/light headedness/numb/tingles only going from sitting to standing for YEARS, but never passing out.  Usually I could get myself out of the blackouts and such, but not that time.  I already knew I had low blood pressure as well.  It took a good 2 hours in the ER for the feeling and strength to come back to my limbs.  Days later, I got a Holter 24 hour ECG done (which found the extra beats), and also a Stress-Cardio (further testing-haven't heard back yet).  ANYWHO....           

On May 15th, Brandon and I decided LAST minute to run the Mental Health 5K Run/Walk.  It was our very first 5K race (it was actually 3.21 miles).  It was fun!  What a high!  And we now know what to expect and how the course is mapped and where to turn and cross and just the feel of the trails itself.  Highlights:  goose poop, the geese themselves (we got hissed at and followed!!!!), jumped over dead carp (HUGE!!!), and got barked/growled at by a dog that was jumping/hopping behind a fense that was ELECTRICAL along the top (the dog could easily jump over it though).  Anyways, we finished in at a little over 38 min.  Accomplishment a Success!!! 

Our next run is the Memorial Day/Law Day 5K Run/Walk.  And this time, Isaac is going to join in and do the kids half-mile run.  So far his best time for that is 6:38.  Also late this summer, he will also participate in a 1K kid race (.62 miles to be technical, but that particular run is .65 miles). 

Also... only 10 days of school left (not including weekends)!!!!  May 31st can't come soon enough!!!!!  I'll then have a 3rd grader and a 1st grader.  Next school year will be Kianna's last year of staying home before she heads off to Kinder.  I always say to people you really don't know how time flies, until you have kids.         

Let the Birthdays Begin... Happy 6th Birthday, Carson!!!

Carson is now 6 (and missing the 2 bottom front teeth too).  He brought cupcakes to school to share with his teacher and classmates and then for supper we had pizza (the boys turned in their free personal pan pizza-Book It-making everything cheaper, lol).  And of course there was cake.  Star Wars...he wanted Transformers or Power Rangers but they didn't have them, which I found strange and odd, but oh well.  He was okay with Star Wars.  Presents=DS games.  Obsession.  His drug.      

A not so Merry Christmas...but a Happy New Year

Unfortunately our Christmas wasn't so Merry.  The stomach virus invaded our house over Christmas so home was where we were at, up to our knees in vomit and diarrhea.  Lovely, huh.  But the kids really liked their presents...especially the DS's that the boys got.  Both nice and content making for a quiet house. So after that virus came and went, we were clear to enjoy the New Year.  And yes, both of us stayed up to see the New Year change over. 
Hopefully the really nice outfit and shoes I got Kianna specifically for Christmas, will fit on Easter.  Ironically last Easter I got Kianna a nice dress to wear but of course illness stopped that from happening too.      

Family Pictures 2011

It was that time of year again.  Family Pictures, with the in-laws.  12 total. 6 adults, 6 kids.  But here are some of our family. 

School Pictures

 Isaac, 7, 2nd Grade

Carson, 5, Kindergarten

Kids Update

School has been great for the kids.  Both like and enjoy it.  Carson comes home singing songs and telling what they did in gym.  He loves Tech days (computers). It was a rough beginning for Carson since early on he caught a week long high fever virus that was going rampage in his class (one day there was 6 kids absent).  He ended up with Pneumonia during that time too.  So far he has missed 6 days, 5 were of that time. The other was a Shriners appt.  He is excelling in all areas, first report card given. But the Art teacher gave him a bad report (3-not working to ability, or whatever 3 stands for) which looks silly and out of place on the report card.  Carson says he does the same as everyone else.  So who knows on that part. But we wish he would be the Carson in school, at home.  Still a tough stubborn boy at home.    

Isaac doing great too.  Same stuff told each year (a teachers dream to have, excells in Math and Reading but needs to slow down on his work...sounds familiar).  But for the first time since Kindergarten, he has missed a day of school.  A one time high fever morning with an upper respiratory virus....that too hit the kids recently (Bronchitis for Carson). His teacher had a rough start as well.  She missed the first 2+ weeks of school due to an illness that landed her in the hospital.  Thankfully they were given a sub that stayed with them til the regular teacher came back.
Kianna. Little Miss Attitude.  She looks like she could be in school (and she wishes).  She is as tall as the Kinder kids and wears the size of shoes they do (just a size down from Carson).  And to think she has got 2 more years before she starts.  There goes my gymnastic dreams for her...lol.  Basketball???  Volleyball???  Still hoping for gymnastics.  Oh yea, she recently learned how to write her name by herself.