RUN BABY RUN

If I can't brag here where can I? So hold on.....
Erin and Elliot both ran today in the A2A-a local race. Erin has been training for a while and Elliot..well you know, he is a boy and still thinks he can do anything!!

They both started with smiles....

Elliot beat Erin's time but I think he paid the price--sore and tired.

I am so proud of them both!!!!

Yes the E's are awesome but I'm awfully attached to my A's too:)

Andrea worked a water station during the race, Austin actually woke up early to cheer on his siblings, andAmber was spending time with Grandma.

I am so lucky to have such great kiddos.

Smiles--Kathy

Sunday......

This is the day that I want to stay in bed.
This is the day that I want to hide from memories.
This is the day that I have to fight.
This is the day that I have to decide to get off my butt!
This is the day that I take all the advice I have given to others.
This is that day.

A Break from the Snow

So we drove Mom home yesterday. The drive started rocky --uhhh icy and snow--but got better. Where she lives definitely got less ice than we did. Funny that we spent the week worrying about her house when it was so much worse at ours. Hopefully we only have one more storm to get through. I do not like snow even though I heart snow days.

It was so comforting having mom here. Which means now we are all sad that she is back at her place.

Fighting the sadness has forced me to  clean,exercise, and even look at school work!

Still Here

I'm not gone!!! Hiding from the world with my mom and family.  The snow is a good insulator. We are all cudldled together helping each other deal with this grief that is so surreal. There are no words to express this pain, it washes over me at the most unexpected times.

Missing Daddy

My favorite day

When I sat down to blog I wasn't sure what to talk about. I know--already? How could I not have things to talk about.But then.....my mom called. Yes-I did answer. And she told me---DADDY is HOME!!!!! Hallelujah!! After a long week in the hospital my daddy is home.  Yeah!!! Such a cold day to go home I'm not sure what those docs were thinking but I'm so glad. My dear mother did not tell me there was even a chance of him going home so I did not spend my day worrying about that possibility. So now I have all the energy I need to tell everyone. I need to call people--lots of people! I also need to say a prayer of thanksgiving. I am so happy for mom and dad. It makes my heart swell with love to think of them together at home. All is right in my world again. I think I maybe feel 12 again. Ha! Forget that-did you just hear my knees pop? Definitely not 12 but definitely happy.
So plenty to write about now--Since it's Wednesday and I'm supposed to talk about watching my weight. I didn't get to do that last night because so many optimistic people were at my meeting that I couldn't get in the door much less make it to the scales. I think I stayed the same--which I know is much better that gaining but...  Today I exercised and ate great until I fixed the oatmeal raisin cookies. They were good even if they were frozen from a box. Cold winter evenings are not the time for this old lady to try new( or old) recipes. No pictures of the cookies-I had to eat them quickly. I think hot cookies count as less points.Of course if it wasn't for my honesty, I could say I ate the cookies to celebrate my daddy coming home!

So there you go. This has been my favorite blog so far! I think I'll go eat a .......







Ha you thought I would say cookie didn't you! Nah! It's time for my cappuccino--2 points. I'm good!
Smiles to all-Kathy

FIFTY YEARS!!

Happy Anniversary to the people that made me!!!

This is just such am amazing accomplishment. This is a day that they have looked forward to for so long. They never knew it would be a day to find my dear daddy in the hospital. While we are all so worried, I strive to celebrate!  Happy Anniversary!

Now my parents were never Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver. Instead they were two people who loved each other through their faults. Sometimes it was easy, sometimes it was hard. Their marriage has evolved with age to become that beautiful interdependence on each other. As they have aged and retired from work and dealt with health issues, they have blended into one. Dewey and Kowanda. Mom and Dad. Grandma and Grandpa. They have truly become that beautiful couple that we all admire. They are the couple we all become if we take our marriage vows seriously. In sickness and in health. In good times and bad. When you look up commitment in the dictionary you will see their picture!

So the anniversary will be celebrated in a smaller way and in a different place BUT it will still be a celebration. A celebration of LOVE. Who can ask for more? None of us!

Smiles to all- Kathy