A Season of Dance!

First I would like to say our official times for the "I'm a Dam Runner" 5k has been posted and mine was a 26:50 and Carter are you ready.......ran a 24:57!!!! I am so super proud of him, he is only 8 years old people!! He is one determined little dude!!!

Maddie had her end of the year dance recital on Monday and Tuesday nights.  This year's theme was A Season of Dance.  Each group danced, cheered or tumbled to a season specific song.  Maddie danced to Yellow Polka Dot Bikini for the month of June, tumbled to Olay, Olay It's Hot for July and Frosty the Snowman for December!! All the little dancers did so well and it was so cute!! Jessica puts so much time and dedication in with the little ones and is oh so patient.  I would be ready to pinch a head off!!! LOL


Frosty the Snowman




Yellow Polka Dot Bikini



Olay, Olay, It's HOTT!

All of my pictures of her tumbling was too dark and I wasn't able to get one of her in this outfit. This one was a group picture and I cropped her out, so blurry! I loved these outfits!!!



My niece in Olay Olay!!!



Long Time, No Write

Well Hello there!
I have been MIA, for very good reasons! Kiddos!!!! If you have kids you know exactly what I mean, especially if they are active in various activities.  Maddie has had her dance recital the last 2 nights and Carter had a ball game last night.  Thank goodness for grandparents, because they took Carter to his game while I was at the recital with Maddie.  Update on that later!!

Saturday we ran a 5K in Campbellsville at the Green River State Resort Park.  The race was called "I'm a Dam Runner" due to crossing the dam! This has probably one of my favorite races ever.  The course was super flat with just a small incline of a hill and the scenery was beautiful. Weather was perfect it was about 65 degrees and about half way through it began to mist rain, and it felt really nice! However hard on the hair!!! There was several people from our community that went and for some it was their first race ever! So proud of them for getting the courage to even sign up and participate.

My garmin said my time was 27:15, however the official times has not been posted yet.  I would have gotten 3rd place in my age group had they been rewarding 3 places, they only had 1st and 2nd, I am still raw over that one.  How I know you wonder, because I was about 5 steps behind the chick that got 2nd and had their been two more tenths of a mile I would have caught her!!! URGH!!!! This wasn't my fastest time, but I was still pleased, since it is only my second 5K of the year.  My Mom did get 2nd in her age group!! Woo Hoo GO Nana!!!  Carter placed at least 3 minutes ahead of me, I asked what the clock said as he crossed, his response "dunno", what was the placement on your card as you crossed the finish line "dunno" so who knows!! All I know is he beat me!!! I failed to look at the clock as I crossed because I was looking at my Garmin.

after the race with Carter and my Mom



My Road Dog!!! She was beast and pushed a stroller!!



With our wild and crazy crew!! Her son, ran his first 5K, huge accomplishment

for him, ran in 40 minutes!!! And little Priss rode in the stroller.



Some of the participants from our town.



Carter and his buddy!!!!

 ****official time 26:50*****

Mother's Day



In honor of Mother's Day, I would like to take a minute and give recognition to the amazing women in my life!

Last Easter...me, my sister, my Granny and my Momma



My kiddos and me!

Here is a blog post that I wrote a couple of years ago on Mother's Day and nothing has changed much since then.  Other than I don't know what I would do without my Momma.  Mother's Day has brought a whole new meaning to me this year.  As you may recall one of my very best friends just lost her mother and I so hurt for her this Mother's Day.

Here is also another post that I wrote for Nanahood.  Go by and check Teresa (gosh that was hard say, sorry Mrs Kindred! She was my high school history teacher) out and read all about her Nana stories.

Here is blog entry that I wrote for my Granny!!! She is such an inspiration to me and to others.

Please check these blog post out!  And HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the Mom's, Grandma's, Aunts, and "like a Mom's" out there!!!!

TBT

Today is Baby Girl's Preschool Graduation.  Gosh where has the time gone.  Seriously, I know we hear and say that all the time.  But I really don't know where it has gone.  There are some things that I said "oh I will never forget that".  I have been sitting here trying to remember fixing Maddie's bottles, changing her diaper her as a 1or 2 year old, and my memory is very vague.  I  hope by saying that you are not thinking, gosh she is a pretty shitty mom. But life is just flying by!!

So in honor of her graduation lets 'throw back" some pictures of her 1st birthday!!!!!

Truthful Tuesday

I was trying to think of something to blog about and was trying to think of something that goes along with Tuesday and thought what about Truthful Tuesday.  So I am being very "truthful" when I say......

May 20th is the last day of school for the kids, and it can't get here soon enough.  I am so tired of fighting with Carter especially in the mornings!!! I know I say put your clothes on 10 times and then at least 20 to brush your teeth! Please tell me I am not the only Mom out there that does this!!!

My laundry is out of control...like 4 loads out of control...and for me this is totally not me!! I am OCD when it comes to my laundry.

To go along with my laundry...my house is nasty!! Like not vacuumed the bedrooms in almost 2 weeks, not swiffered the hardwood in 2 weeks, probably a ring around the toilet, just haven't looked!

I have met myself in the door the last 2 weeks. Between ball games (both kids), tumble class, dance class, ball practice (both kids), Ky Derby Half Marathon, Ky Derby, I am exhausted.  Oh I need to run at least 2 times this week, since I have a 5k on Saturday!


Okay now that I am done complaining, whining, I will get off my whinebox and smile!!!

And They're Off......

Kentucky Derby 2013 will go down as one of the wettest Derby's ever and the 9th largest in attendance!  Yeah that is how important the Kentucky Derby is!  This weekend I was going through instagram and looking at some other bloggers I follow who live in Arkansas and Florida and they had their Derby hats on and was celebrating the day as well. I smiled and thought how neat that states all over celebrate and dress-up for the Kentucky Derby and how fortunate I am that it is in my back door and I am lucky enough to get attend!!!!


As always we have been planning our outfits and hats for weeks now.  But the anticipation just wasn't there to begin with this year.  Knowing that rain was in the forecast, I was kind of dreading it.  But Saturday morning rolled around and as I was getting ready, the excitement started to set in.  Especially when I put my hat on!  Jessica and JT came over and we made our pre-Derby pictures, the ONLY dry ones of the day!!  We stopped at Cracker Barrel for some breakfast on the way to Louisville.  We wore our hats inside and the waitresses were all stopping and asking if we were going to the Derby and complimenting us on our hats.



Loving the Muck boots in the corner, we decided we needed
to wear them instead of our heels!



Note, Muck boots again!!! It has been a very rainy, wet and muddy
May here in KY!!!

We packed our "emergency ponchos" and wore them all day long!!! It was more than an emergency!  But the way we looked at it was, we could have been ill, fussed, been miserable, but what good what it have done...NONE, might as well as smile go on and be happy.  There wasn't a thing we could have done about it!

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We are very thankful for plastic!!

the starting gate



The Derby Goers!!!!!!

There is always next year!  I am already excited to look for next years hat.  I know I want a pretty color next year.  Last year I wore black, this year was taupe, I want either a yellow, mint or pink!!!! Think I might go hat shopping this weekend and try to find some on sale!!!

TGIF!!!

This week has been 100 days long!!!!  You might have guessed, yeah a long one!  Linking up with Lauren for H54F.  My top 5s from this week and a couple of pictures are from a year or longer ago, but have either been looked back on or an event that occured last year that is up and coming.

Here goes!!!!

Clockwise -  1. My half marathon finisher's medal 2. Chris, Jessica, me and JT our first year at the derby showing off our very Large winnings!!! We hit big!!!! 3. Jessica and I last year at the derby 4. My new baby kitties, 3 days old, the Mama had them in a flower pot and moved them under my gas grill!! no grilling for us for about 2 weeks!! 5.  Jessica's first celebrity meeting...Calvin Borrell at the Derby!!!



Have a good week!!! Don't forget to watch the fastest 2 minutes in sports entertainment , right here in My Old Kentucky Home!