Barney Live

Kirk went out of town with some buddies for the weekend, so the kids and decided to do something fun. We headed to Target Center to see Barney put on a Birthday Bash show. Addie was dancing in the aisle and Kellen was in ahhh! One of Addie's very best friends was also there, so we sat with them for the second half. Here are some pictures of our fun day.

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My races this year

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So many of you know I like to run and this year I was able to participate in 3 different races. The first was a 5 mile run in Maine. It was during their Potato Blossom Festival, so part of the race was through a potato field, which was in full bloom. Very fun race, but also a challenging one because of all the hills. I felt pretty good in that run and finished in a time I was happy with. The next one I did was one for Lung Cancer, The Breath of Hope 5K. I ran this one with a bunch of my girlfriends and was able to run in honor of my grandpa Hammond. His name even appears on the shirt I recieved. I finished this in my best 5K time. I came in number 18 out of the 297 people who ran and did it. I then ran the women run the cities 10 mile run. I did so great training for it this summer, but when school started my training pretty much stopped. From the end of August up until the race at the end of September the most I ran was 5 miles at a time and the number of times I ran a week was probably 3. Needless to say I was nervous. I ran it with a friend from work and we did great. We were neck and neck with the 8 minute pacer runners for the majority of the race. The last 3 miles probably we slipped back right between the 8 and 9 minute pacers. My goal was to #1 run the whole thing and #2 run it in 1 hour and 30 minutes. Well I accomplished both. Ran it all and came it at 1 hour 24 minutes. Thanks dad for getting me into running. Your thought are always in my head when I run......I always remember to push through it and save some "umph" for the end.

Kellen

Kellen loves music. We have a little Handy Mandy tool set that plays the theme song that he just loves. He claps every time music comes on. Now he has started turning around in circles. I will have to get that a video to show you.

New Playset

We have been talking about getting the kids a playset for awhile and while at the State Fair we of course stopped at the Rainbow site. Addie loves to try out the fun swing sets. Anyways we ended up buying one. I ended up having to work late that night, so wasn't able to see their reaction, which I was heart broken about. My amazing hubby got it on video for me to see. Thought I would share it with all of you too. I apologize for the coverage.....I get a little sick when I watch :) Love you Kirk.

State Fair

We of course went to the state fair again this year. I can't miss it. We met up with one of my good friends who has a daughter just a month older than Addie and the two of them went on a couple of rides together. She also has a younger daughter a little less than a year older than Kellen.

Kellen's First Birthday

We celebrated at home with just our family and then we had a small family birthday party for him out in Durango. Here are photos of both events.