Track

Our Month of March is full of track meets and for the interest of our family out West, so will be our posts...



It was another beautiful day for a track meet. I packed more snacks this time, and was a little more prepared for the LONG wait.



Cody did the 800 & 4X400 relay. They were both ran during the last hour of the track meet. Thank goodness for a warm sunny day!

click on videos below to watch the races...



Kaitlyn took video, while I was taking pictures. She gets a little rowdy, so just keep watching... she gets back on task so you can see the end of the races.

A Perfect Day

It was 70 degrees and clear blue skies yesterday, which made it a perfect day for Cody's track meet.

Although, I don't think the runners were ready to run in the heat of the sun.



Cody's 1st event was the 1600(mile).



The team had just gotten to the school & this was one of the 1st events. He didn't have time to stretch and warm up, so he wasn't as prepared as he likes to be before he runs. He ran hard but didn't do as well as he had hoped.



He also ran the 800 meter run. It was one of the last races and the temperature had cooled down a lot by then. He was really excited to run this race.



I couldn't believe all the runners they had running in one heat.





I had positioned myself at the start of the race, so I could take pictures. I was pretty close to the track, so when Cody came around after his 1st lap I offered him some motherly advice. It didn't work. He noticeably started to slow down & didn't run as fast as he had wanted. After the race was over, I went back to find Kaitlyn and she said she noticed Cody had slowed down and wondered what happened. I told her of my mom yell & she said, "way to go." After the race Cody also confirmed that I had broken his concentration. No more yelling from the sidelines...I guess.



The track meet lasted much longer than we had anticipated. Everyone was tired & hungry by the time it ended.

Although Cody was disappointed in his races, he did place in each of his events. We are looking forward to watching the rest of his track meets.

Beautiful Weekend

It hardly seems possible that just a week ago we were playing in the snow, but so goes our weather here in Georgia.

This was the first weekend that we've had warm enough weather to wear shorts & flip-flops all in the same day. I was a little more excited about the warmer temperatures than everyone else, and I wanted to take a picnic and go somewhere to enjoy the day.
However, since the kids aren't young enough to pack into the car & take wherever I want to go anymore, and I didn't convince them enough to make them want to come...I didn't have any takers.

They spent their warm weekend climbing trees



and playing outside.



Signs of spring are slowly starting to pop up in our yard



We are hoping for a warm/dry spring!

Snow Day

We always love the threat of snow in Georgia. It doesn't happen very often, so we get excited at the prospect of getting a few inches to play in. Last Friday it happened, and we received 3-4 inches of beautiful snow.



It started in the late afternoon, so the kids were out past dark sledding in the fresh snow.



The next morning we woke up to beautiful blue skies & snow covered trees.



It was 7:30a.m. when everyone decided it was time to venture out. We don't have a lot of snow attire, so we spent the day rotating mittens, sweats, sweatshirts and shoes/boots.



We also don't have a sled. Luckily, the neighbor boy across the street has one and shares with the kids. However, since it was very early & our neighbor wasn't up and outside yet, I wouldn't let Cody take the sled out of his yard to use. So, he got creative(desperate) and resorted to using a piece of insulation as his sled. That didn't last long before it split in two.



Kaitlyn made some snow art


Cody finally got to use the sled







Cody also enjoyed karate chopping the snow off of our bushes...



Ryan spent as much time outside as his hands and feet would allow. He was out before anyone else, and he was always the last one to come in.





Living in Virginia & West Virginia for 8-10 years and experiencing heavy snow storms blizzards, and severe snow accumulations, makes us appreciate a Georgia snow even more & the fact that it is gone within 48 hours of it's arrival.

We are now looking forward to spring...

Valentine's Day

I've always told Casey that I don't want chocolates or flowers, and not to spend money on a card for Valentine's Day, but he can write me a hand-written note and that will do just fine.

Ryan took those words to heart this year & I got the best Valentine ever...

(front)


(back)


And Casey did surprise me with this...



I'm loved more than spider-man(which is big), and I got the electric wheat grinder I've been wanting.

It was a Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Party

Ryan came home with quite the loot this year from his classroom Valentine's party. I was amazed. I don't ever remember getting candy with my Valentines. He was thrilled and spent the rest of the afternoon eating it all!

Laying low

Not too much has been going on here these last few weeks. Things have been rather slow and quiet, as we've had to deal with illness after illness.

We've had a little bit of this...



and some of this...



While Ryan's been struck with this a few times...



He thinks it's pretty cool that they are so loud & long. He came home from school today with a performance that I tried to quiet, but he told me he's been holding it in all day so he has to let it out.

We've had more sick days these past few weeks than I care to count.

I'm hoping for a weekend of wellness for us all & a break in our cold-wet weather.