5k

Ok everyone Saturday is my first 5k and I am participating in the Revlon Run/Walk for Women's Cancers. I am doing it in Honor of Becky Jorgenson, she is the mother of an old friend that recently past away from cancer, and I am so happy to be doing this in her memory. I would like to invite you to click on the link below to visit my personal page and make a donation. Your one-hundred percent tax-deductible contribution will help fund important research into the causes of and cures for women's cancers. Thank you for your support in the fight against women's cancers.

https://www.revlonrunwalk.com/la/secure/myWebPage.cfm?pID=446081

We were invaded

This weekend Dan and I were host parents for Youth Conference (which is kind of like a weekend retreat for the youth of our church ages 14- 18). Thank goodness we got boys and we got the older age group so we had 6 boys ages 17 & 18. It was a lot of fun and the boys were great but it was definitely exhausting. It started at 5:30pm on Friday night and ended Saturday at 9pm. They had activities and food planned for almost the whole time. On Friday night we didn't get back to our house until after midnight and the boys didn't get to bed until around 3am. My mom took Ryan for the night which was really hard on us but we didn't have much time to think about him because there was so much going on. On Saturday they went and visited with the Elderly at a rehabilitation center. It was an incredible experience to see the way these young kids interacted and served them. These young men and women we met and hung out with were just amazing kids and we had a blast with them. I don't know if I will want to do it again while we have young kids because they do have to stay some where else, but once they are older I hope they will ask us again.

Photos

We went to the studio on Monday so that Jessica could take some pictures of Ryan. I loved the way they turned out, here are a few of my favorites...

Thanks Jess!

Dr's Appt.

Well Ryan is 21 pounds and 28 1/2 inches long. His Doctor is a little worried because he is only in the 5th percentile so she would like us to supplement one bottle a day with the Similac Go & Grow formula. When I told Daniel about the formula he said it is the HGH for Babies. Ryan was really good until they gave him the three shots then he cried himself to sleep. The doctor also said that he should be saying two to four words by now, which he doesn't say anything that I can understand, so we will have to try and work on that as well.

Party

Yesterday we had Ryan's Birthday Party. It was so much fun unfortunately during the presents Ryan was pretty tired but other than that he was an Angel. We had some close friends and family come over, played some games, had a BBQ and of course Ryan got his cake. It was the perfect afternoon and we are so grateful for all the gifts Ryan was given. He got a lot of summer clothes and some pretty fun toys. We have Ryan's doctors appt today so I will update everyone tomorrow as to how he has grown.


This is Daniel's Great Uncle and Aunt we were so glad that they came.

He loved the wrapping paper.


He loved the cake as was so mad when I took it away!

Baseball Game

Last night Dan and I got to go the Dodger's game. We went with Nick and Rachel and it was so great to get out with out the kids. My Mom and Jessica were so nice to watch Ryan so that we could have a night out, I definitely needed it. We had so much fun even though the Dodger's lost. I love baseball games especially when you are there with great company. My sister found this amazing deal where we got to sit on the field level for $15 dollars. It was great to be so close to the players. I ate way to much but you can't go to a baseball game and not have a hot dog, peanuts and licorice. We are going to the Angel-Dodger game in a couple of weeks and I am totally excited, we are going to take the kids so it will be fun since Christian is so into sports right now.

Boasting

Yesterday Rachel and I ran for a quarter of a mile than walked a minute and than ran another quarter of a mile. It was so incredible, I ran a half a mile. If you would have told me 4 weeks ago that I would be doing this I would have said that you were crazy. I feel so great and until yesterday I didn't think I would really be able to run the 5k in 10 weeks but now I really think it may be a reality. Sorry to boast but I am just so excited.