My little runner

Dylan had his school's fundraising run today. It was so funny to see some of the kids (including Dylan) bolt out and run as fast as they could when the announcer said "Go".

This is after the first lap. All smiles (and a little tongue)...

This is after 2.5 laps (or 3.5, I lost him for while among the hundreds of kids running)...

He was done. It was so hot out and he didn't look very well. Poor kid, he ran so hard and just wanted his drink and some shade.

I started laughing at him when he finished because I realized he gets the same red splotchy face that I always got (and hated) during sports growing up. Sorry Dylan.

And is it really supposed to be almost 90 degrees this weekend? Go September!

Superheroes, birthday, and outside fun

While Nate and Dylan are off to a football game, Cassie and I are looking through pictures on the computer. Why not blog why we're at it? These are all very random pictures.



We had a really fun Labor Day weekend spent with most of Nate's family. A baptism, lots of volleyball, and plenty of food. We managed to squeeze in some time with the Griffeths too. Dylan and Jackson are best of cousins and always make us laugh...






Cassie after preschool today...

Claire turned 2 a couple of weeks ago. What a fun little girl she is. She just loved opening her presents, especially these two...

The rest of the pictures were taken while playing around outside a couple of weeks ago. We were playing with a rocket and the kids (Cassie) kept asking me to take pictures of them. So here they are.

Attitude problem...

jumping to make the rocket fly...

Firsts

We have had a few firsts around here lately.


-First day of preschool this year...





-First time crawling out of her crib...

She has been able to crawl into her crib for quite a while and we were lucky she just barley figured out how to crawl out (the day after she turned 2). So she is in a toddler bed now and does pretty good. Most nights I find her sleeping by the door and I can hardly get into her room. This afternoon I found her asleep in her swimming suit. She puts on all sorts of weird outfits when she is alone in there. Silly girl.

-First day of first grade...

And the biggest shocker of all...

-we bought our FIRST furniture in 8years! A new bed and a new couch. We have lived off hand-me-down furniture our whole married life. We are too cheap to buy new stuff when we are renting and hope to move soon. But, we really needed a new mattress and our living room really needed a place for guests to sit (and for me to sit my lazy self on to read a book). Sorry, no picture. It's a plain black leather couch. And I like it.