Soccer

Ali had her first "travel" soccer game this weekend. it was about 90 degrees at 10:00am, not what i would want to be running around in but she played a great game and they won 8 to 4!!!!

First day of school

Mitch and Ali went off to school this morning!

Ali was so excited she was literally counting down the minutes.

Mitch on the other had was wishing he could go back to bed.. He complained all morning that his tummy was hurting and he couldn't eat but I think it was just first day jitters! He started middle school this year so everything (once again) will be new. Crazy how the school system works here....

the kids go to elementary for K-4th then they move to a new school for 5th & 6th, then to intermediate for 7th  & 8th then off to high school.  I kindof like how they do it but it took me a lot of time to realize that it could be really good this way, the only thing that I don't like is that my kids won't be in school together again until high school!!!UGGGG

Now it's time for me to figure out what to do with my time!!!

(look for a job??)

Back to School

My friend Shannon has a Back to School, Ice cream social every year before the kids head back!!

There was something like 60 kids that came over to her house for ice cream with all the toppings you could possible think of!!! The kids had a great time and it was fun for the mom's to be able to have an afternoon to catch up with those that hadn't been around all summer.

I'm so sad that summer is over but HERE's TO A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR!!!

First week of Football!!!

Mitch started football last week...i guess it's a sign that summer is over!!! We are excited because he played a season of tackle in Washington but in Ohio they can't start tackle until 5th grade so he had to do flag football last fall.. He's doing great so far!!! Back in WA he was a little timid and didn't like to hit but last night was the first night of full contact practice and he was hitting so hard that he hurt a couple of boys and made them cry!!! (is that something we should be proud of?) apparently in football it is!!!!!

This girl can run

For the last week everytime I have gone running, Ali has asked if she can come with me. The first time I told her she could come and Brandon said "Ali, i'm not sure you can make is" well she still wanted to come. This route i am doing is not quite 2 miles it's part of this other workout that B and I are doing and the 1.5 mile run is the easier part of the workout and more like the day-off.

Ali ran that time with me and I couldn't believe how well she did. She ran with mabye 4 or 5 five stops but they were just enough to catch a breath and then she kept going.

The next day was the "hard workout" which is seriously HARD. We go to the high-school and i do 10 flights of stairs running and skipping a step with little or no breaks, 4 20 yard sprints, 2 40 yard sprints and 1 100 yard sprint all with only a 30 second break in between and then one time around the track as fast as you can do it. I always feel like i'm going to throw-up after.

anyway...ali decided she wanted to do it too....(mitch and B started doing it together while ali and i were in SLC).....she did 6 flights of stairs, 4 20 yard sprints, 2 fourty yard sprints, 1 50 yard sprint and once around the track without stopping!!!!

Ok so what i'm getting to came yesterday....ali had been at soccer for an hour and when she got home i was ready to run..again she wanted to come with even though she had been chasing a soccer ball night. i told her she could and figured we would probably end up walking instead of running well i was really wrong. she ran the entire almost 2 miles and was faster and ahead of me the entire time.... she kept saying "i'm not gonna stop till i reach the top" and the whole time was saying "mom, i'm gonna do it".

anyway, to make a long story even longer....she was so excited that she did it and so proud of herself and i was so proud of her too!!!! i could hardly believe that she didn't have to stop!! way to go ALI!!!!!