Random pics.

This would be alot easier if I wouldnt wait till I have so many pics I dread doing it. I really hope my kids look back one day and appreciate having this to read. LOVE U JONESY and PATE!!

Start of a new year and so much more..

This year is bitter sweet. Not only is JT growing up way to fast, but Pate started kindergarten!!!! It was easier sending Pate than it was JT, but only bc Pate is with me at school. Its great that we all ride to school this year together. I am so blessed to have a career that allows me to be with my kids. I am also lucky that my kids LOVE school. JT loves 7th grade. He is on an amazing team this year. I knew when I chose the team that he would love having a male teacher and I was right! Pate has Mrs. Bryan and she loves her. She is so sweet, patient and loves on her kids all the time. What a great feeling to know your kids are in great hands all day. I have an amazing class this year! The kids are so sweet, smart and fun!! I love that I know so many of their parents and have had so many of their siblings. I hope the year continues to be a huge success!!! Our life is back to crazy mode. Craig is in full swing of football and JTs travel team is playing some fall tournaments this year so no break in sight. On top of all that Pate has been asked to join team at gymnastics. I wish I could say she gets it from me (ha) or its genetics but..... she is just one talented girl. We switched to Flame bc we wanted the whole gymnastics experience and at ACU its just tumbling. Within the first 3 weeks at flame Pate has been bumped up in level 3 times. The latest class she went to she was the youngest by 10 years. It was 5 girls and 4 were 15 and then there was Pate. :0) To say she loves it is an understatement. She literally flips around the house and begs everyday to go to gymnastics. SO, we are going to give team a try. I was very hesitant about her doing it bc she will be the youngest and the hours are long but we are going to give it a try and see if she can do it. When we adopted Pate our goal was to give her the life she couldnt have. So, we are going to give her every opportunity to succeed to be the best she can be at whatever it is she wants to do. This is a huge commitment for not only Pate but our family. Practices are 3 hours a night, two days a week, 9 competitions throughout this year, which means I will be going one way with Pate and Craig will have to go the other with JT to ball tournaments, which will KILL me. But, we do what we have to for our kids. It will all work out! I am excited to see her grow as a gymnast and cant wait to see where this will take her!! Our life is crazy and chaotic but I wouldnt change it for anything! One day all the craziness will be gone and I will want it all back! So, I am going to enjoy every minute of it. In all this chaos I MAKE time to run. Its hard some days and it may be a short run but it is my peace! I have been contemplating doing the LR marathon again. Not sure Ill have the time to train so may just do the half but I love to have goals to reach. It keeps me motivated. Ive started running with a running group and I love it. It was great seeing the people new to running come out and meeting new people to run with. So great to be around motivating people that share the love of running. All my pics I would attach to this post from our last couple of weeks are on my phone and I have yet to put them on the computer so as soon as I do, I will post.

Our trip to Oranage Beach 2012

Jonesy and I had the best trip to the beach thanks to Craig! The time flew by when we were down there but we ended up getting alot in. We laid on the beach everyday, we parasailed, we ate at some great places and mostly just enjoyed our time together. We had some friends that were staying just down the street so that was alot of fun too. I was really worried about leaving Pate but she ended up doing pretty good without me :0( Her and Craig hung out and grandmas came to the rescue! This is definetly a trip I will not soon forget!!

I am one lucky girl!!!

We didnt get to go to the beach last year bc of baseball and this year world series was supposed to be at the beach and that fell through. I was definetly down in the dumps about it. Well, I guess I pouted around enough about it that Craig took notice :0) Our 14th year anniversary is next week and Craig suprised me with a trip for JT and I to go to the beach. I cried bc I didnt want to go without the whole family. He told me he knew how bad Ive been wanting to go and he cant go bc of football and he wants us to go and RELAX and enjoy our time so he is also keeping Pate. I have major guilt about that but I know he is right. She would NOT do well in the car for that long with just one adult in the car, the trips back and forth off the beach for "potty breaks" and the middle of the day naps would be hard with just me. SO, I am going to take this as a GREAT and once in a lifetime opportunity to spend time with just Jonesy and I. It is very rare these days that we get one on one time. We will also have some friends that will be down there the same time that have a boy JTs age so he will have someone to hang out with. I on the other hand will be on the beach from sun up to sun down everyday and soaking all the relaxation in I can. I am definetly not lookig forward to the drive but I am going to cherish every minute with Jonesy. He will be missing first week of fasdogs again this year (which hes not too upset about) but will be back at it strong when we get back!!I am blessed to have a husband that is so sweet, kind and selfless to be SO thoughtful to do this. I am one LUCKY girl!! Love you honey!!

4th of July 2012

The Day started out with the Freedom Fest 5k in Greenwood. I placed 1st in my age group and had a PR for this course of 23:36. We had lunch at B's and then watched fireworks with some friends that were in town staying with us. It was a great day!