Foot Lake 4 First-timer!

Jesse ran the Foot Lake 4 this year instead of me.  I wasn't up for pushing the stroller 4 miles (and up hill at the end!), and really haven't been running as much as I should.  Anyway, he did it.  And did it really well too! 

I tried to get a picture of his time as he crossed the finish line, but I think it was just under 29 min.  Wow!!!!  Less then an 8 min. mile consistently for 8 miles!  And he doesn't run all that much either!  I was teasing him (well kind of, if he would do it, I would!) that we should train to do a 1/2 marathon.  I want to go to Vegas for my 30th b-day and I said we should do the Rock and Roll 1/2 Marathon!  Anyone else up for it?  But back to Jesse.  He did so good he got a medal!

Of course that is the OVER 30 age group now!  Haha!  He got 3rd!  I am really proud of him and so is Allie.  She has been wearing his medal around!  You can see all the race results here.

Friday = Appt. Day

I love Friday's when Jesse and I both have off.  I can actually get some things done.  Today we all 3 had MD appts this morning.  Allison had an ear tube re-check (she has them every 6 months until the tubes fall out), Jesse also had an appt. with ENT, he has been having trouble with his sinuses this Spring - she thinks it is mostly allergies.  And I had an appt. with dermatology.  Ugh.  I dread these.  I have a lot of moles.  My regular dr. wants me to see a dermatologist 1x/year, so basically I they are looked at every 6 mo. between my regular check ups and dermatology.  Anyway, I ALWAYS get a tan/sun lecture.  I knew it was coming.  I know I need to quit indoor tanning - and outdoor, but we'll start with just one hurdle.  Anyway, I wasn't planning to tan this winter, then we decided to go to Mexico...well I couldn't go there blazing white!!  So I have vowed, and now put it on my blog too, that I am NOT going to tan this winter.  I love the look of tan skin (not overly tan, just right), I don't feel very good about myself when I am "white".  But I really don't want to die of skin cancer either!  But enough of that depressing talk!  Where it the SUN??  :)  Happy Friday Everyone.  Off to continue with laundry and maybe try to get in a nap while Allison sleeps!!

Sum-Sum-Summertime!

Summer officially arrived on Tuesday.  Kind of bittersweet.  I am always sad when the longest day of the year has come and gone and the days start getting shorter.  But we are really just getting into the "dog days" of summer.  With all the hometown festivities coming up, starting with Willmarfest this weekend, followed by the 4th of July, Cornchaff days (Hector), BL Days, etc.  It should be a lot of fun!  I am looking forward to more evenings outside by a fire and more days at the lake and pool.  It always seems to slip by way to fast!  But we will try to make the most of it!!

Daddy's Girl

How fitting that right around Father's Day Allison became quite the Daddy's girl!  She talks about him all the time.  "Daddy?  Daddy work."  Or the other day Jesse was mowing lawn and she was very concerned about him.  This morning I talked to her on the phone (she was at my parent's, I worked nights this week and with Jesse having to be at work at 4 a.m. and me not getting home until 7:30, we have to figure something out...we are so grateful to have such wonderful and willing babysitters!) and she kept asking for Daddy?!  This is a bit of a change as she used to be such a momma's girl, but I am ok with it.  I think Jesse is a wonderful father and I don't blame her for wanting to see and talk to him!  They have so much fun together.  He plays rough with her, but she loves it.  "Daddy tickle".  I love both so much and am so proud of both of them!!  Happy Father's Day!

And here is a pic of Allison and Grandpa Bruce from Father's Day.  Unfortunately I don't have one of Grandpa Mike...Allie really loves her "Pappa's" too!!

A little Reading Material

Yup, this is my monthly reading material!!!  Yikes!  The sad thing is I haven't read ANY of it for at least the past 2-3 months.  I have the best of intentions when ordering and a couple of the subscriptions were gifts from my grandma, and one I ordered from a gal at work whose daughter was selling for school.  And the VS and One Step Ahead are advertising catalogs.  Although I think I get a VS catalog every couple weeks!!  It all just keeps piling up, becasue of course I am going to read it!!  Plus on top of this I try to read the "What to Expect: The Toddler Years" for whatever it's worth and lately I have had a couple good books going(I wanted to read "The Last Song" before I saw the movie - GREAT book!!  Now I can't wait to see the movie).  I love to read books, and choose that over magazines anyday.  I get all these with good intentions though. 

Glamour: I want to be at least somewhat fashionable and feel young yet, I like the hair and makeup stuff, but I think I might be outgrowing it...not too into one-night stands, and I don't know how much advice a person can take on how to give/get the best orgasm!!

Everyday with Rachel Ray:  I love her show and thought I would enjoy the recipes, etc.  Unfortunately a lot of the recipes call for things I have never heard of, or that are hard to get.  Plus her 10 min. meals take me an hour!  And the magazine has lots of travel stuff in it, great if I could afford to travel all these places!  Maybe one day!

Shape:  Well, I wish I was in shape!!

Reader's Digest:  I do find this one rather interesting and good for a laugh.  Plus it is more informative. 

Parenting:  I want to be a good parent.  I usually like it when I get time to read it, but have to take it with a grain of salt.  Sometimes I feel they are only speaking to the stay at home mom in the metro. 

Country Woman and Reminisce: Well, these were gift subscriptions (along with Reader's Digest) from my Grandma.  Now getting these make me miss her tons!  I think she got them for me because I looked at them at her house growing up and they do have lots of recipes in them too.  And ones that an average, simple cook can make!

Saturday In The Park

Isn't that a song?  But it was actually Sunday for us.  Yesterday we took Allison to Ramsey park in Redwood.  We met Mandy, Dave and the kids there.  It was fun, and afterwards (probably  my favorite part) we had supper at the Dari King!!!  I love those old fashioned ice cream, hamburger places that are only open in the summer!  We used to have one in Hector (although I can't think of what it was called now!!)  Anyway, it was a great day and so much fun!!

Everyone's favorite part, the water fountain!

Laura and Allie in the swing, it was a pretty cool swing!Miss Maddison on the "zip line"

Sleeping Woes

So in recent blogs I have complained of Allison's troubles sleeping away from home.  Apparently this isn't a problem only we have.  Sometimes I think Babycenter.com reads my mind, but then again, it is more likely that we are just going through the normal issues parents of children this age go through.  It seems they always bring up things that are on my mind in their weekly "Your child at 20 months, 2weeks" (etc).  And this time was no different.  One of the headings this week was Your child not sleeping well away from home.   But to be honest, it wasn't that much help.  Most mom's that responded basically just said it is a phase kids go through around this time.  And most of their suggestions we already did.  We send her blankets (her favorite and the one that is in her crib), and her paci (that is for another post...when to take it away, and how) and we do her usual bedtime routine.  The only thing we didn't do was let her cry it out and go back to sleep because we didn't want her waking everyone else up.  My parent's are going to brave it this weekend and take Allison to the lake, hopefully all goes well!!  I know it will, if nothing else she and everyone else will just need more daytime naps!