I ran a Half-Marathon

Thanks to Rod for becoming a serious runner a couple of years ago, I am now an addicted runner! I finished my 2nd half-marathon in Tulsa on Sunday. It was a great run, and such a beautiful day. I had a nice get away to Tulsa with my friend and running companion, Abbie. We went up on Saturday and had some nice "free mommy" time. We did some shopping and had a nice dinner. We carb loaded on pasta on Saturday night as we set out to achieve our running goals on Sunday morning. And.....We DID IT(we both achieved our goal)! I won't tell what my exact time was, but it was 13 minutes faster than my time in April. (which isn't really saying a whole lot...because I'm pretty SLOW) However, I did better than I expected to and I'm ready to do even better in the OKC half-marathon in April. See you all on the course!! ;) Come on... YOU CAN DO IT!

Home Decorating

Some of you know that I have been redecorating my living room. I have been wanting some floral sconces to hang on my walls. As I was shopping around for them, I realized how expensive they were. I found out that the new Hobby Lobby in Edmond does custom floral. A sweet lady named Mary works there. I went in with a picture of what I was wanting and she walked the aisles with me and helped me pick out my floral stems (while they were 1/2 price!!). She put them together for me for only $15 in labor charges. I was amazed how inexpensive the whole project ended up being! So....if anyone is wanting some pretty floral arrangements in their house....call Mary. She'll hook you up.

Noah's "FORE" Party

This year we have gone birthday party LOCO for Noah's 4th. Due to the fact that we have such a big family and several neighbor friends (that are like family), we decided that Noah could have two parties this year. On Saturday, the 1st we celebrated with family and neighbors and had a golf party. We transformed our front yard into a golf course and had some fun games for the kiddos. Rod is the creative brain of our family. He set up a dizzy putt-putt game, closest to the hold and the longest drive. The kids all enjoyed getting to play golf.

Trick or Treat

The boys had a blast on Halloween. Noah was a big strong "MR. INCREDIBLE"...we thought that suited him well. When he saw that costume in Target...he just had to have it! He loved having big muscles..he couldn't get enough of them when he put his costume on. It was pretty cute. Reid was an adorable puppy. He loves his little snuggle puppy and "puppy" was one of his first words. I thought that costume was perfect for him. Noah enjoyed trick or treating around the neighborhood with his friend Mattie. You can imagine how much candy they ended up with!

The Bird Man

Reid or "J-Bird" as we call him is quite the character. He has been cracking us up lately with his desire to wear knee pads. I don't know what his obsession is, but he picks up a knee pad several times a day that came in the package with Noah's bicycle helmet and wants us to put it on him. We strap it on him and he just grins from ear to ear. He thinks it's so funny, and it REALLY is. Noah's aunt Masey shared her old gameboy with him a while back, now he has his own Nintendo DS. The gameboy has been passed on to Reid since he thinks he needs something to play too. When he wants us to turn it on, he says "Booooey", "Booooey"...until we turn it on. It's hilarious..he will sit there and push buttons like he's really doing something BIG like his brother! Too cute! Here's a picture of him in his knee pad playing the "Booooey".

Pumpkin Patch

Fall is my favorite time of year! It seems like that's when we start our "holiday fun". We have a tradition of going to the TG Farms Pumpkin Patch in Newcastle. We always take a trip with friends. This year we went with our neighbors, the Aishman family. We had a great time. It was a beautiful evening and there weren't many people there. You know how I love the "Norman Rockwell" moments...well, I had planned on getting sweet pictures of Noah and Reid sitting in a pile of big pumpkins, but needless to say it didn't happen. I have boys that don't like to have their picture taken. No perfect "Norman Rockwell" pictures for mommy this time!!

A True Blessing

We are so blessed! We were able to celebrate my grandpa's 80th birthday party this weekend with family. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of my grandpa and the boys, but I got one of my grandma and Reid. The party was at my aunt's house. She lives out in the country, so Noah and his cousins were in paradise. They "chased bears" with sticks.