Happy 4th!

This is training...the Thursday before our race we went out and did about 2 miles. The kids did GREAT! No complaining! It was very FUN!

This is the DAY! 4th of July we raced! Harbor Run in Oxnard. A 5k. My kids first 5k.

Here is the whole clan...some ran the 5k and others ran the 10k. All the kids ran the 5k and Rocky, he biked it! :)


Runners start!


Here is Ashton running to the finish! He ran most of the 3 miles. He walked once for only a minute.


This is Sierra after she ran for the finish...she too did so GREAT! She ran most of the time too but had to walk a few more times because she kept getting a cramp...she did so AWESOME!

I was so proud of my kids...Sierra was not very happy with me. She said she never wants to do this again. We shall see! :)


Ashton, Rocky, Lincoln

Rossi with his fav Sierra!

Here is my Aunt Suzie. This is her first race ever in her whole life. We were so thrilled that we got to be there as her witness. She is so wonderful and so much fun!

Go Aunt Suzie! :)


All the 5kers!


Sierra won the raffle prize. Why does she win everything. She is a lucky girl to have around. :)
After the race we went to the beach. It was a beautiful day. The water was great! We all got in the water!
Sierra's results-
Ashton's results were lost and not posted but he finished somewhere between 33 and 34 minutes.
Then, BBQ and swimming at Papa's
Fireworks on DelMonte with Grandma, Aunt Jen, Aunt Crystal, Uncle Thomas, and cousins
BEST DAY EVER!

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today is a holiday and I LOVE holidays. I love having my children home. I love just doing whatever we want to do...so I went for a run with my mom at 8:30am instead of 6:30am...when I got up to go Sierra was all flustered, I said "what, I'm going for a run?!" She said "I was surprising you and making you breakfast in bed!" and then she said "oh well, you'll just have to get back in bed when you get home!" OK with me! :) When I got home I was sweaty and they wanted to serve me right then so the couch is where I ended up...so wonderful!

I cleaned out the garage because we are having a Goodwill drive at school and the kids made a trail out to a surprise picnic in the backyard for lunch. Sierra had made sandwiches and they put crackers in a bowl and we sat out on a blanket and enjoyed being outside, again so wonderful!
I got my feet rubbed with lotion by my wonderful children...I got to take a nap.
My husband BBQ'd us homemade hamburgers for dinner at his parents house, my dad came too!
It was a good day!!!!

Happy Memorial Day!

This morning we had a conversation with the kids on the way to the park about the reason for today. We want our kids to know and appreciate all the soldiers who fight for our freedoms. Today is about them, we remember them!
We ate yummy breakfast with our Ward family at the park.
Played some awesome basketball. He and Lincoln tried so hard to get that ball in the basket. An A for effort!

Me and Si sported our awesome matching t-shirts!
Later in the afternoon we went to mom's for a BBQ and swimming. Sierra got to have her bestest friend Karlie and her family there and we also enjoyed the company of the Reeve's and Elliot families. My dad came too! We all ate delicious food, swam, Sierra learned how to do a flip from Karlie, enjoyed good company and lots of laughs. A fun day! Love these long weekends!

Contention!

Today was a great Labor Day! Not to much Laboring was going on! :) We went to the Ward Pancake breakfast at the park and Ashton was in the swing for a long time, he still loves the swing! Sierra was off with some friends. Then my kids were playing so nicely together in the sand making a sand snowman. Went and got In 'N Out for lunch but ate at home. Kids played and watched a movie, we read, took little naps and Jake watched some baseball. For dinner we went to Jake's parents house for a BBQ and enjoyed the company of several friends from the Ward (Greers, Teresa J., Dalton's and Kevin and Emily and their kids, CT), Aunt Leanne and Marne, Travis and Miriam.

Tonight we had a conversation with the kids about our cat...
Since we got the cat there has been a lot of contention in our home. The kids fighting over who gets to hold the cat. The cat crying because Ashton is pulling her tail or flinging her around or squeezing her. Then us yelling at Ashton to put the cat down. HORRIBLE STUFF!!! Our kids are on probation, no more fighting, no more torturing, NO MORE! Or the cat has to go which will make even me really sad because I love her, she has been a nice addition to our family but I cannot handle the yelling and fighting anymore. :( We'll see how we do... I love my kids tremendously but this is such a peaceful time of day...