Goodbye to new Friends, Hanging with the Cooks, and the 5K

I ran in my second-in-my-life 5K this morning (the first being 6 years ago). It was called "Race for Life" and proceeds were given to 3 pro-life organizations in the area.

It was fun (except mile 2 and the long hill at the end). I found I had a little competitiveness in me after all :-). I ended up placing 4th in my age group (out of 20).

Lauren helping me stretch.

The quote of the day was on the ride to the race. I asked Lauren what she would yell out to me as I ran by during the race. She said she would say, "STOP MOMMY! STOP!"


My cheerers!

We went to a Child Evangelism Fellowship FREE day at the fairgrounds. It was a neat idea. A bit crowded and the kids weren't into many of the bouncy toys but here's Carter trying his hand at the rings.

The Cooks had us over for the evening. We stayed until 10 p.m. and had tons of fun. Kyra read to the kids (above) and they all played with water in the living room :-)

We got to have our new friend Paige over for the day while her mom Kim finished up stuff before moving to WA :-( We'll miss them but were so glad to get to know them the last two months.

Our Week

Someone helped Mommy make the waffles (and only sneezed into the batter once!)

Uncle Micah came to visit us for a few days

A farm in the area had a community day that we went to. We got a rotisserie chicken, chips and watermelon to contribute to the potluck in the evening. We got there and the event had been called off!!! We had permission to stay and look around, so we stayed about 2 1/2 hours-eating the rotisserie chicken with our fingers, seeing the horses, goats, chickens, and bunnies, and playing a little b-ball





We got to go to the Life and Science Museum (thanks Kim!). He and Carter were both noticing the same dinosaur :-)



The kids loved playing with him

Watch out for that bee Lauren! The kids and I went to a science museum in Raleigh-pretty neat and it was free!


Lauren's latest thing is to put all her dolls to sleep on the stairs.