They Each Shine

 Audrey's artistic abilities are shining.  She won third place in the Wendell Foster Respect poster contest.  She was third place for K-2 students.  She won the T-shirt she is wearing in the picture and a gift card to MOD Pizza.  

 Owen is dominating the field as a Tiger.  He loves to play and practice.  

Alexander has been training with Sutton's Running Club.  He won second place for third grade boys in the Sutton Derby Day 5K.  Mommy, Daddy, and Manny all won second place in their age group as well.  

Easter 2018

 Easter was a little chilly.  Since Easter was the Sunday before Spring Break we were able to go to Frankfort for a late Easter dinner.  We enjoyed visiting family and getting back home to enjoy the week off school together.  

Owen is 5

Hard to believe our baby is 5! He chose chili dogs for his birthday dinner. We also had a Star Wars cake.  

We went to see Curious George Live in Evansville with his best buddies, Jack and Abram.  We went to Jason's Deli for lunch before the show.  

Auj is 7

Audrey's birthday came on a snowy day again this year.  Friday we got an inch of ice followed by snow.  Unfortunately, we were unable to go to Evansville to see Shopkins Live, but we still had her party on Saturday.

 The kids had a blast painting ceramics, letters of their names, canvases, and decorating cup cakes. 

 On Monday, her actual birthday, it snowed more.  In spite of the snow, Mimi made it to Owensboro.  We celebrated with pizza and cake.  Audrey is anxious for her horse back riding lesson. 

Running in 2017

Well, I didn't follow through on my plan of running less in 2017.  I actually ran 241 more miles than last year.  Running a half marathon definitely upped my mileage.  It was fun to run this race with Adam.  Alexander ran several races as well.  Audrey and Owen did as well.  So running is becoming a family event so that's exciting.  It's exciting to see what is in store for our family in 2018.  Alexander can join the running club this year so that will push him to keep working hard. 

Chrismtas 2017

We enjoyed a glorious Christmas.  Santa brought Alexander a pitching machine.  Owen received a sports set of table games.  Audrey received a beautiful cape for herself and her doll.  The boys got the Nintendo Switch from Gimpa and Audrey got the American Girl Julie she has been hoping for.  Mommy got a new door.  This door was the original door of the house my parents built in 1993. It is a special piece of my family that is now here in Owensboro.  
 

We enjoyed a few falling snow flakes on Christmas Eve.  We had been to Frankfort the Friday before Christmas.  It was a quick drive there and back.  The visit was quick, but we did get to see the whole family.

There's nothing sweeter than seeing the pure joy on your children's faces on Christmas.  Happy birthday to our Savior. 

Little Performers

We kicked off this week of performances with a sinus infection and a sleepless night for Mommy and Audrey.  Audrey also had a ruptured ear drum. With some high dosages of antibiotics Audrey was ready for her week of two rehearsals and five performances.  She did a great job in The Wonder of Christmas at Bellevue.
She ended her busy week with a rash on her eyes, neck, and legs. We think it was a reaction to the antibiotics.

Owen finally got his chance to be in Christmas in Our Jammie's at Cathedral. He was the cutest puppy dog ever.

Alexander sang many times last week as well. He sang with his school chorus at Sutton's Storybook Christmas.  He rehearsed with the Owensboro Symphomy on Friday night and Saturday morning. It was a real privilege to perform with the symphony Saturday evening. Finally, we enjoyed some caroling with Sutton Chorus on Monday evening.

PR

Alexander recently completed his last baseball lesson. We are looking forward to seeing how this helps his batting in the game next spring. 

He also completed his first solo 5K. He set a goal of completing it in 34 minutes. He smashed the goal by completing it in 28 minutes.  We are so proud.  

Halloween

 Happy Halloween from Lloyd the Ninjago, Elsa, and the Red Power Ranger.

Fall Break

On Fall Break we enjoyed lots of fun family time.

 Wednesday we went fishing at the Summit.  Daddy caught one fish, but we had fun learning to cast and reel in the line. 

Thursday morning we went to Reid's.  We jumped on the bouncing pad, went down the big slide, and went through the corn maze. Everyone enjoyed an apple slushie. Thursday we spent the afternoon at the Claypool's farm. We enjoyed tractor rides, picking flowers, and lots of swinging on the porch. 

Friday we went to Evansville to pick up our racing packets for the half marathon. We had lunch at Jason's Deli and went to Toys R Us.  Saturday morning Miss Ruthie came over while Mommy and Daddy ran their race.  That afternoon we did a little more fishing at the Summit.