In My Mind I'm Kenyan

Well I did it. Actually several of us did it. We ran in the White Rock Marathon last Sunday. What an experience. The marathon benefits the Scottish Rites Children's Hospital. This year was the largest marathon in it's history. I wasn't prepared for the weather, well I was prepared but at mile 6 I started taking off layers. Little did I know, I was going to need those layers at mile 10. That was when the cold hit. My fingers felt as if they may fall off if something even slightly hit them. I couldn't open any of my energy supplements because my hands were too numb. I remember saying that I would never do this again. Then I saw the finish line and I have to say crossing the finish line took away any pain I may have felt earlier in the race. Now that I have finished, I am already thinking about next time.

Family Reunion

This weekend was the Adams' family reunion. This is Derek's grandmother's side of the family. They are so good to meet every year around the same time of the year and the turn out is always great. It's nice to get together for things other than just funerals or weddings. Don't be confused...Derek is holding his niece, Madilyn. We didn't have another baby; however, if we would be guaranteed one like Madilyn, we might. She is such a great baby.



One of the favorite things for the kids to do is to go down to the creek and skip rocks. Here are Denver and Averi at the creek. Denver looks a little more devilish than his sister. You can tell he is always up to something.

Hamilton Road Runners

Here is our winning relay team. That's right we took 1st place in our division. And the best part is we weren't the only team in our division. We actually won fair and square. The other coed members were probably on walkers but that's okay...we will take a win.All the members of our team are very competitive and do the very best we can when in a competition. However, one runner stands out above the rest. You see LeeAnn and I bowing down to him and his 36 minute 6.5 mile run. It was fun and now I have to prepare myself for the whole marathon in December. Yippee!!!

Update

Well the kitchen remodel is coming along. We now have all appliances hooked up and running. Wait...the dishwasher isn't hooked up but who cares? At least I have a sink to wash the dishes in, I know longer have to bend over the side of the bathtub to wash a pan. And I finally have an oven and stove. We are going to get so fat with all the cooking I have been doing. Derek probably wishes he had done something sooner. I am sure the newness will wear off soon and there won't be so many home-cooked meals but for now I am loving it. I will have to post pics soon. We don't have the floor in and there are still about 12 cabinet doors that need to be installed. These are things I can live without. When you go for nearly 3 years without an oven a floor is least of your problems.

Denver is playing soccer. He really likes it. It is so much fun to watch them. You all know I tend to get a little competitive so this is teaching me a serious lesson. I don't think we have won a game yet. We had a tie score last week so that is good. Denver scored 3 goals, that's not to say he didn't have help from other members of the team but he was the one that got to kick it in the goal. I wish I had pics to post of that but my camera is out in the car.

Averi fell last Sunday after church and I guess it's the first time she has been really hurt. She scraped both of her knees pretty badly. She cried for about 2 hours after the fall. She would finally calm down then the minute she looked at her knees she remembered she was hurt and the tears would come again. She was still milking it at 9:00 that night. It was so funny to watch her walk. She kept her knees bent and her bottom sticking out. She looked just like a little old granny with poor posture. I am sure this is God's way of making me more patient. I finally told her she was just going to have to shake it off. Is this something moms should say to their daughters? Probably not.

Hope all is well with everyone. Maybe some pictures will accompany the next post.

Long time no post

Yes it is me...can you believe it? It has been so long since my last blog I don't even no where to begin. We have a new niece, Madilyn Bryce. I don't guess you could consider her new anymore she was born in May. But like I said, it's been awhile since my last blog. Anyhow, Madilyn is so cute, she looks a lot like Derek. More so than Derek's own children.

Let's see what else has happened. Oh yes, I felt like mother of the year when I looked in Denver's mouth and found a cavity. I wish it had only been one cavity. I took him to the dentist only to find out he had 8 cavities. Four teeth were beyond repair so the dentist extracted those four teeth and put silver caps on the other four cavities. Denver was so brave. The process took four different trips to the dentist and each time Denver was a trooper. I was so proud of him. I felt like scum of the earth for letting his teeth get into that shape, but the dentist assured me part of the problem is hereditary, part is due to the chronic ear infections and antibiotics he took as a baby, and of course part of it is due to lack of parental supervision while brushing. Now that it is all said and done, Denver loves his silver teeth. He loves showing them off and I must say it makes me feel great when he is showing them off to people I barely know. Here he is with his money from the tooth fairy.

Okay other happenings around our place: the kids now have a dachshund puppy (not really a puppy anymore), we are in the middle of a kitchen remodel (it is coming along slowly but surely), I will post pictures of that later (maybe my next bi-annual posting), Denver has started pre-school on MWF. When I dropped him off, I was fine, but as I was walking up the stairs to my school I started crying. He will be going with me next year. I can't believe how the time has flown by. I sometimes find myself wishing the kids were a little bigger so they would be tall enough to ride rides at Six Flags or do the water slides at Schlitterbahn. As I was walking up the stairs that morning I realized that they will be big enough very soon and then I will wish they were younger and smaller again. I then decided to quit wishing for the next stages to get here. I love my kids so much and I have to enjoy the stage they are in at the moment because they will be moving out of one and into the next in the blink of an eye. Here are Denver's first day of school pics.

I know this is a long post but I hate to not mention anything about Averi. She is growing up so fast. I look at her and she has moved out of the baby stage and now looks like a little girl. She loves her new cousin, Madilyn, so very much. She is such a little mommy. She actually takes care of all of us. She helps Denver find things he's missing, she brings Derek his boots every morning, and she loves to get wet rags and help me clean. Right now she has a song book and is singing at the top of her lungs. I have no idea what she is singing (it's a cross of her ABCs and The B-I-B-L-E) but it is loud and pretty. She may even clap every once in awhile. Who taught her that? Anyway, I believe I have posted all I can think of for now. I have to save something for next time.

Future Vet

Denver was awfully quiet the other day so I went looking for him. I found him in the bathroom with a purse Averi got for Christmas. The purse is a cat with a zipper running along it's back. He had the zipper open and was letting water run right into the purse. When I asked him what he was doing he said he was working on the cat. Then I of course asked him why he would do such a thing. The bathroom was very messy and water was EVERYWHERE. He simply said, "I'm a vet."

This is for my two dear friends that are much better bloggers than me. I really am trying to do this. Here are the kiddos at Easter. I was worried that Averi's dress would be too hot when I bought it. Who knew it would snow? I was so glad her dress came with the sweater. Doesn't she look like a little doll? The hat didn't last very long, but it was cute when it was on.

There wasn't just a little snow that weekend. Denver is posing next to the smallest of four snowmen in the front of our church. Four snowmen in one yard is a lot of snow for Hamilton, especially at Easter. Denver's a little mac daddy in his suit.

Here is Denver sledding behind Will's pick up with the Hale girls. Lainey is in the back. You just can't see her. They had a blast. After a round or two, Denver told us his hands were hurting. Well no wonder...no gloves!!! He HAD gloves, but they were wet so he didn't want to wear them.

Not so loving on Valentine's Day

I am not sure if you can see the tears streaming down this poor child's face, but trust me they are there. I couldn't wait to get Averi's picture made in her new Valentine's outfit. Needless to say, Averi did not share my feelings. Valentine's-shmalentine's!!! She did not want her picture taken and by golly she certainly wasn't going to cooperate. At one point I was shouting at the photographer, "Just take the picture, just take it, hurry and take the picture!" I feel quite certain they were not happy when I renewed my smile savers card. That might indicate I was planning on returning. Oh well, smile or not, she still looks as cute as a button to me. Just wanted to share.

Just a normal day

Nothing to post, but wanted to get a little practice at this whole blogging thing. Bear with me as I have lots of trials and many more errors.