OKC State Meet

We woke up this morning at 5:00 a.m. to travel to OKC for the state meet. The first thing Sophie asked me when she woke up is "Why is it still dark outside?" :) Both girls decided to just focus on the 100m today and they each did great! Sadie placed 1st in her heat and 3rd overall. She ran the best she has all season and gave it her all. She was determined to leave w/ a medal and that's just what she did. Lizzy placed 1st in the Preliminaries and got a close 2nd in the Finals. You'll see in the video that it was a hair that separated Lizzy from first. The winning time was 15.53 and Lizzy's was 15.54. It was the closest race she has run all season. We ended the meet w/ a trip to Norman to eat at our favorite Gyro place, The Greek House, and got home at about 6:30 or so. Also, we found out today that there will not be a Regional Meet in St. Louis after all, because they were unable to get it organized. So, today was the end of track season and I'd say the girls went out w/ a bang!

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The girls after the meet w/ their new state meet shirts on. They both say iSprint on them.

Results of Lizzy's 100m Final. Just one hundreths of a second between them.



Sweet Sammy toughing it out in the heat enjoying his Pringles that his grandma brought for him.

Aaron

So proud of my girls

My Spikes

Silas was mad that he had to lay down and take a nap

Two minutes later . . .

Sadie loves to hold her baby brother

Results of Lizzy's Prelim. 100m race

Results of Sadie's 100m race

Henry and his Papaw

Sadie holding her 3rd place medal.

Mom holding Nic. He officially has a double chin :)

Can't imagine why my baby swing doesn't work

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Crayon Roll Ups

I found this cute little sewing project for the girls to do this summer. We have been making crayon roll ups and plan on making enough to give to the children at DVIS. As with any project at first, we are somewhat slow. But, the more we make, the faster, more creative and better we are getting at it.

God hears . . .

the desires of a little 10 year old girls heart. Lizzy has been requesting blueberry muffins this past week. So, I made a Sour Cream Blueberry bread thinking that might take care of her craving. But, it didn't. This morning she asked if I would make muffins for breakfast tomorrow before we leave for her track meet (we are leaving at 6:00 a.m. for OKC). Aaron and I kind of chuckled and said that it wasn't going to happen. A couple of hours later, a good friend of mine from church called and said that she had just made our family some homemade blueberry muffins and would like to bring them by. She said that she made the tiny muffins just for the kids. I think it is amazing how God shows his love for his children! Thank you Theresa!

I need a nap!

This is what happens when Silas doesn't get his nap for the day. He falls asleep at the dinner table.

And, this is what happens when you fall asleep at the dinner table in our house:

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OKC track meet

We spent this past Saturday in OKC. It was a timed final meet, which meant the girls needed to win their heat to possibly win a medal. Lizzy placed 1st in her heat in the 100m, but got 3rd overall. She was a little disappointed, but it is hard to know what you are up against in a timed final. Sadie placed 4th in her 100 heat and 5th in her 200 heat. Next week we will be back in OKC for the State Meet. There they will have to place in the top 6 to be able to advance to Regionals in Missouri.

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Funny Pics

Here are some pics and video that didn't make the cut for my blog. Hope they give you a good chuckle. I know I sure had one:



Sadie as an old man:


Henry w/ his mouth open, again:

I guess one of the kids put this monkey on top of Nic thinking he would play w/ it and then took snapped a picture:

Aaron was trying to get Silas to smile:

I loved this goofy one of Aaron:

And, because I put one of him on here, I thought I should be fair and post this ridiculous one of me. Who knows what I was doing, yawning, sneezing, or my Popeye impression:

Guess Who's Turning Over Now

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Henry is 7!

Henry was born 7 years ago on June 6th. He was due on the 14th, but the doctor decided to induce me. It's a good thing she did, because he was my biggest baby weighing 10 pounds 2 ounces. I remember when it was time to push and thinking this was my fourth baby, this should be no problem. After pushing for I don't know how long, I looked at my doctor and asked her why he wasn't coming out. When his head and shoulders finally emerged, I realized why. He was huge! He still is a pretty big kid compared to other kids his age. We are so happy God sent you to be a part of our family, Henry!

Here are just a few of my favorites of him:

East Central Meet

The track meet yesterday took place at East Central again. Lizzy took 1st in the 100m and 4th in the 200m. Sadie came in 4th in 100m and 5th in the 200m. You can tell both girls have gotten stronger and are coming out of their blocks quicker. They worked hard the week before this meet, running bleachers and doing strength training. So, they were very sore all week. Their hard work paid off for them!

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Here are some more pics of the family. Meemaw and Papaw were able to come this weekend and watch them. The kids enjoyed having them there and weren't ready for them to go home. I know Meemaw and Papaw wanted to stay longer, too. We tried to talk them into moving back to Oklahoma!

Nic did so good yesterday. He liked being down on the ground and feeling the grass.

Silas was flirting with this teenage girl on the track team. He would sit in front of her or beside her and try to get her attention.

Who could resist this charmer?

The correct way to wear flip flops for a 2 year old

Silas is in and out of the house all day long. So instead of trying to put tennis shoes on him 20 times a day, we bought him a pair of flip flops. He is able to put them on himself and come and go as he pleases. The only problem is how he puts them on. This particular day, he did put them on the RIGHT feet, just between the WRONG toes. Maybe he will start a new trend :)

And, they're off!!

Track season kicked off this weekend w/ the first meet at East Central High School in Tulsa. Both Lizzy and Sadie are running this year in the same events, but different divisions. This first meet was pretty laid back and they both did great. Lizzy placed 1st in the 100m and 3rd in the 200m. Lizzy got her best time ever in the 100m running it in 14.6 seconds. Sadie was very nervous about her first time running and had an oops by crossing into someone else's lane in the 100m. But despite all of that, she placed 3rd in the 100m and 4th in the 200m. Go Spikes!

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Josie & the Cheetahs

Spring soccer season ended last weekend. Lizzy's team ended w/ a 9-1 record and placed 2nd in their division. Good job Cheetahs!

I never thought . . .

that I would ever fall head over heels in love w/ a short, chubby, wrinkly, bald man. But, I have done it 4 times now.

And, who couldn't fall in love w/ someone who likes to do this :)

These were taken last weekend at Lizzy's soccer tournament. The rain drove us back into our vehicles for a bit and Aaron took the opportunity to capture the moment. Can't wait to show this one of Silas to his wife someday!

It's all in the look

I have started assigning weekly chores to each child. One week they may have kitchen duty and the next week is trash and feeding the animals. Henry was not happy to find out that one of his chores for the week was to sort all of the kids laundry. When he saw the pile he had to sort, he looked at me and said, "This is not my best day." I couldn't have said it better myself.

2 Months today!

Nicolas is two months old today. He is such a sweet baby, a little spoiled, but sweet. I am so glad he is a part of our family :) He is at the stage of cooing and smiling when he sees you and I love it! He is sleeping most of the night (except this week, he has had a little congestion) and goes right to sleep when we lay him down. Yay! Here are some pics I took of him today:

Goofing Around

The kids got into the craft supplies and found a use for large googly eyes:

We even tried them out on the baby:

Silas after his nap. He was telling to not take his picture: