Bluebell Fun Run, 5k and 10k

About two weeks ago Randy mentioned I should sign up for the Bluebell 5k. I have never been a runner and haven't even been walking or anything for about a year. I thought he was crazy and I guess I was too because I let him sign me up. We went out in the evening two times this past week and walk/jogged for 3.1 miles just to see how long it was gonna take me. Randy was able to talk a good friend from Magnolia into going and walking/jogging with me. We had a great time and she could have finished much faster but stayed with me. Thanks JoAnna! She even pushed her two girls in a double jogging stroller which was not an easy thing to do since the course was very hilly. I ended up finishing with a time of 43 min and 28 seconds. As you can see, I'm slow! But I was pleased because I just wanted to do it in 45 min or less! I think I'm gonna start really training and do anther one in October!

Randy ran the 10k which started 15 min before the 5k and he passed us near the end. His time was 52 min 17 secs. He has only been running for about a month now so he was pretty pleased with his time too.

Church staff that ran: Garrett (college intern), Randy (youth minister), Renee (childrens interim and preschool minister), and Tanner (media director).
Group of church staff, wives and other family that ran the 5K and 10K

Randy and I after the race...we should have taken a picture before instead :)

Me, JoAnna, Izzy and Josie eating Bluebell Icecream after the race!

Easter!

Easter is a fun time of year, especially when you have a Nana like my boys have! Nana hid over 50 eggs for the boys to find and find and find again! I think we hid the eggs four times! Nana and Papa may find eggs thrown back in the bushes for weeks!

On your mark, get set, GO!

Easter morning the boys found what the Easter had brought them. Underwear, Monster trucks and candy! The Easter bunny really know how to please! HA!

Easter pictures before church were fun. My boys are silly!

We know that Easter is not all about hunting eggs and getting presents. It is about the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. If you ask Alex he will tell you: Jesus died on a cross and his body was buried in a tomb. Three days later he rose from the grave. We pray that as our children get older they will not only know the story of what Jesus did for us on that cross but that they will have a personal relationship with Jesus.

1st trip to the lake this year!

We took our first trip of the year to the boat! We love going to the boat...at least 3 of us do anyways and the fourth goes because he loves us! We did a little swimming, a little fishing, a little driving and a little riding. The weather was nice but the water was COLD.

Tyler caught a little catfish...he would not take his eyes off of it!
Alex reeled in his first perch. (a nice man fishing in the slip behind us actually caugh it but was nice enough to let Alex come reel it in. I love nice people!)

My parents are Red Raiders and of course my children are being raise to be Aggies (at least we hope they will be Aggies!)

The water was cold...at this point I think we were all numb. The kids didn't seem to mind much!

Nana and Alex!

Tyler and Papa!

New Life Picnic

We had a great time at the New Life Picnic this year. It is always great getting to see Alex's birth family and he loves playing with Drew. They ran all over the park and Alex and Tyler were sleeping within 5 minutes of being in the car!

Tyler, Drew, Alex and Aidan

Amanda and Alex!

Houston Livestock Show 2012

We took a trip to the Houston Livestock Show and saw lots of animals. Alex was much more into this year than last year. He is getting so big and Tyler just wants to do everything he sees Alex do. We had a great time! Thanks Mr. Chester for the tickets and great parking pass!

Baby chicks!

Big Chicks!

Look at the horns on that thing....someone needs to saw'em off!!

In the picture above you can see a bunch of collector cards on the ground. As the kids went through the kid area they could collect cards with facts on them about the different animals or equipment that was on display. Alex loved collecting all the cards!

Alex and the rodeo clown!

Feeding the chickens some corn!

Playing in a corn pit is always fun!! They came home with corn in their shoes!

Tyler and his basket of goods!

Look at that basket of goods Alex got to sale at the store!

Alex and the Llama!

Tyler and the cutest little baby goat at the petting zoo!

We watched some mutton bustin and Alex said he wanted to do it. Oh no...not sure I can handle that!

Pump It Up B-day Party!

Taylor and Jordan had a big joint birthday party at Pump It Up. Taylor's 3rd birthday is in March and Jordan's 1st birthday is in January so they split the difference and had a birthday party in February. My cousins (Chance and Reagan) and their parents (Jim and Sandra) were in town for some appointments they had in Houston. My grandparents (Memaw and Pawpaw) were with them aswell so everyone got to come to the party! It was nice to see everyone at the party and get to catch up a little.

Alex and Reagan!

Alex at the top of the slide!

Tyler was so funny trying to run!

Taylor and Tyler in the jump house!

Adam and Tyler sliding on the big slide.

Taylor and her yummy cake!

Adam and Kat enjoying some pizza!

Eating some pizza!

Memaw and Pawpaw with Taylor, Tyler, Jordan and Alex!

Oh we're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!

Alex loves Madison! She is one of the youth from the church and she babysits for us! Alex and Tyler both get excited when Madison comes over! Madison is very talented in many ways! She recently played Dorothy in the play The Wizard of Oz. Bryan High School preformed the play at a local theatre and so we decided to take Alex to see it. I was not sure he would sit through the entire play so we were prepared to leave early if we needed to but Alex did great. Everytime Madison got out of site Alex would say "where did Madison go?" It was pretty cute. He sat and watched the entire play! The entire cast did a great job! They actually had two casts and Randy and I went to the evening performance to see the other cast perform. All these students put in lots of hours of rehearsals and set design and costume design and who knows what else but both performances were sooo good. The set crews did great, the music was great, acting and singing was great.....I could go on and on but you get the point! Can't wait to see what they do next year!

Alex and Madison (aka Dorothy)

Alex having a little snack during intermission!