Saturday night after the little girls were in bed the older three sent me to my room so they could get mother's day preparations ready. I found a movie to watch on the Kindle and let them go to work. Kurt came home around 11 and I could hear him washing dishes and cleaning up for at least 45 minutes before he came into the bedroom. Apparently the house was torn to pieces in the process of their preparation. He knew that the mess would completely eliminate all chances of a happy mother's day for me and took the time to clean up even though he was completely exhausted.
Austin created this amazing bedroom wake up entrance.
These happy faces brought me breakfast in bed. Kurt tried a new baked French Toast recipe that was quite delicious.
The bucket load of cards, notes and crafts created by all the kiddos.
Flowers from Kurt.
Church was great and after dinner/lunch I made cookies to deliver to some friends who are great mothers. As you can see Lucy was a super great helper.
This is the top and necklace {that I wore later in the week} that the girls picked out for my mother's day present {along with a new skirt for church.} Got lots of compliments on my neon pink. hahaha
Went to the Graham house on Monday to clean and get ready for the new SISTERS who are movin in! Wahoo
Monday evening was the Girl Scout badging ceremony. There wasn't enough time to go home in between so the boys and the little girls and I had a pizza picnic. Emma and Ruth decided going to Angelica's house was more fun.
Emma and Ruth had a great Girl Scout year. I am so grateful for their great leaders. Ruth's Daisy troop sang a song/dance. She earned the "Making Choices" Daisy Leaf, Holiday Fun Patch and Arts & Crafts Patch.
Emma showed the mural she made. She earned the "Give it Back," "GS Way," "Bugs," "Philanthropist," and the Brownie Quest Journey.
These to silly girls are peas in a pod.
We met Kaitlin at Chavelitas for lunch to stay good-bye {she's headed to Wyoming for the summer for work.} After school I had a field trip with the Wolves to the Vet clinic. I set this up for my vet-wanna-be son. It was fun, they were excited to explore.
While we wait ... enjoying the beautifully gorgeous weather. And grass... definitely having some envy.
Pack meeting on Thursday, the closing social for the school year. With lots of pies. Not gonna lie, looking forward to a break.
Friday morning I headed to Boise after dropping off the kids at school. I got my hair cut and then headed to the temple. I am been really preoccupied with the marathon on Saturday. Working my self into a panic, pit of the stomach dread, wanting to puke thinking about it, etc...I told my hair dresser I wanted to change my style a little and before I realized it she cut it all off. Whoah. Obviously I was too preoccupied to communicate correctly I guess! Not ready for that. The worse hair cut of my life. But this I know, its just hair and it'll grow back.
Even sadder still Kurt's part run took longer than he thought and he wasn't able to make the same session as me. That evening was the kid's BBQ and Art Sale. Love this event. Excited for the new masterpieces to grace the walls in my house. I love seeing the kid's excitement and pride in their hard work.
I woke up the next morning after a restless night's sleep to drive to Boise for THE Marathon. I don't know what to say about this experience. Still love the camaraderie among runners. Grateful I had run this half 2 years ago so that I knew how cold it was at the start {at Lucky Peak} and I was prepared. Found a running buddy {also a first time marathoner} and we stuck together equally paced the first 13 miles. Then it was survival mode. Took a potty break at mile 14, picked a flower for my visor mile 17 and hit my wall mile 20. My right knee really started hurting. I knew I needed the fluids and took every water/fuel break. Walking through until I had finished and then running again. The start / stop on my knee got harder and harder. There is a real spiritual connection between the physical body and putting off the natural man. I like making my spirit stronger. I also learned more about grace. I can do nothing without my Savior. I am nothing without him. There were many prayers uttered and moments when I felt the strength of others pushing me along. Moments when I was emotional thinking about all the hard work, effort and support that went into achieving this goal. I did it. It was crazy sauce. I'm not sure I proud or accomplished or even happy. All I know or care is that
I T I S O V E R ! ! ! I will never have to run that far again in my life.
Selfie at the start
Look at all these cuties with their supportive signs.
~~~Romans Reflections~~~
So first my friend Zach made an airplane out of extra tin foil from our art project and flew it across the room. He said it was called a ZAUPlane (a mix of Zach and Austin) and that he wanted me to make some more because of my origami talents. So we were on the 3rd one and when we were testing it's capabilities, along came Joe and wanted to try. Joe had potential with a few of these planes, so we decided to hire him. Now, business is running smoothly and we are on our 7th plane and Jobanny comes up to us with a really cool airplane in his hand and flies it for us. So we decide to hire him, too.
Then Gilzac, Stone, Landon, Caleb, and Edgar come up to us. Gilzac is holding a model of ZAUPlane Version 7 (because he helped build it) but everybody else's planes are not very original and, well, Stone calls them Kamikazes (Japanese Suicide Planes in WW II) for a reason. So I decided to take pity on them and I went over there and convinced Stone, Landon, and Caleb to be ZAUPlane employees. (and they did get paid, my 5 employees.) So we decide to sell airplanes for $0.50 and Zach goes around asking people do you want a plane, do you want your name on it, what color do you want it, etc. And 17 people wanted airplanes so that night I made 17 different airplanes, mostly blue, and all of them had their name on it. Here is a picture:
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