Turkey Trot

This year our annual Turkey Trot landed on Natalie's birthday.  It was a super busy fun day!  Cameron and Julia ran the 5k and Natalie and Lucy ran the 1k.  I originally didn't sign Lucy up to run the event.  I didn't think she would make it 25 m before she wanted to stop.  Boy, was I wrong.  She insisted that she run "her race" and she ran the entire way.  She was so cute!

 Natalie ran the 1k and thinks she is ready for the 5k next year.  Hopefully Dad will be able to run it with her as I think I am a perfect cheerleader/spectator.

 Lucy with her medal

Cameron at the beginning of the 5k.  

Cam placed 1st in his age division ( boys age 9-11) with a time of 20:44.  That is an average of 6:41 a mile.  Next year he is in for some tough competition when he has to run in the 12-14 age group.

 Julia placed 3rd in her age group (girls age 9-11) with a time of 28:02.  She really improved from last year and even though running long distance isn't her favorite, she rocked it!

Of course we finished the morning off at Krispy Kreme for a little celebration.

Natalie's Birthday

Natalie turned 7!  I would say I can't believe it but Nat is 7 going on 17 so seven doesn't seem so far fetched.  Nat wanted to have a penguin themed party this year with very specific ideas of how the cake was to look.  I hope I came close to making her visions a reality. She had a friend party with 9 friends that showed up.  That is a lot for our little house.  The party consisted of crafts, dance party, more crafts and eating cake.  I have to say when it was over I was relieved!  

 This was pretty much the only picture I took of the party while it was going on.  Hope our mental pictures of the party last.

I decided to spice her decorations up a bit and make a balloon arch.  It turned out awesome!

OH MY GOODNESS!

 

I originally had scheduled Lucy's birthday pictures to be taken before her glasses came but with an extremely chapped lip and a black eye that would not go away I finally got them taken yesterday.  She got her glasses last Wednesday and she has been a good girl wearing them.  These pictures turned out so dang cute.  Here is her photo shoot:

THREE

Lucy turned three!  Where did my baby go? This is a big girl.

A few months ago Lucy decided on having a "check up" party.  She was very cute all day with all her check up equipment and party supplies.

 

She is a pro at opening presents and would open one and go straight to another to rip it open.  Christmas should be lots of fun this year.

What is a check up party without a Doc McStuffins outfit?  

Happy Birthday LUCY BABY!  We love you!!

Older kids

Julia is not feeling well today.  As I was going through my medicine cabinet the thought struck me, that one of the many benefits of having older kids is that when they get sick I can give them cold medicine!  It is wonderful.  

School Pictures

6th Grade- Cedar River Middle School

4th Grade- Mrs. Bennison

1st Grade- Mrs. Hanson

My travels to West Africa

The first question I was asked when I brought Lucy in for her check up was if I have traveled to West Africa recently.  Ahhh.....are you kidding me?  No, no I haven't.  I think it is safe to say that we DON'T have Ebola at this time. Whew...

I took Lucy in for her three year old check up.  All of my kids have been almost the exact same weight and height at age three. So funny how that is.  Lucy loves going to the doctors. I mean LOVES it.  She brings her doctor kit and is completely enamored with everything going on.  She even got a flu shot and was pleased.  I wish I could have said the same thing for Natalie when she got her flu shot.  I was having a hard time getting an appointment through my doctors office so I took the other kids to a flu clinic at the school to get a flu shot.  We waited in line for more than a hour. When Natalie received hers she shrieked, "Mommy" at the top of her lungs.  It didn't help that when we stood in line for so long we listened to kids cry and scream about getting poked.  It totally freaked her out.

Here she is going to Julia's Dr.'s appointment this summer.  Loving every minute of it.

Glasses

Mom and Lucy spent the day at the pediatric Ophthalmologist.   Lucy liked the waiting room.  She was such a good girl getting her eyes checked but after about an hour and a half of getting checked out she was done.  When the doctor asked if she could look at his light one more time she told him NO!

 Lucy is far-sighted and is going to be sporting a new look.  Hopefully this will help with her right eye that is crossing and she won't have to wear a patch.  She picked out some purple glasses and we think she is pretty cute.  Her eyes look a little strange with the glasses on because they were still dilated from the eye exam.  Hopefully she will like them when we get them in a few weeks and she will keep them on!