So fresh and so clean

Is this pup pampered or what?!

Blue Ridge Relay 2015

210 miles from Grayson Highland State Park to Asheville, NC

26.5 hours

6 men to share the running (most teams choose to have 12 team members):  Easy Rings (Scott), Bunny, 5-0, Swampfox, Indian Hill, Cindy.

2 van drivers (Pop and Don Ho, 5-0’s dad)

Average of 30 minutes of sleep between drivers and runners

Finished 13 of 152 teams overall and 3rd place of the “ultra” teams (i.e. each teammate ran more than a marathon)

Ungodly amounts of water, powerades, turkey roll ups, and sweat

What did it look like?

He’s looking good, eh?

Grandpa took us up onto the Parkway to find Scott and cheer him along.  

A bit of a narrative from our cheering encounters:

Me:  “Scott, you’re doing great! Do you want some water?”

Scott:  Head nods no.

Me: “How about a granola bar?”

Scott:  Head nods no.

Me:  “Do you want us to leave you alone?”

Scott:  Head nods yes.

Court:  “Did Daddy even look at our signs?”

The rest of Scott’s teammates did the same

Cheering squad at the ready

Scott on his last leg of the race dubbed “the glory leg”

The boys worked hard on those signs – thanks for the help Grandma and Grandpa!

Aiden and Court did their own little relay races

We may have gotten a bit silly at times

At the finish line

Bunny, Easy Rings (Scott), Don Ho, 5-0, Swampfox, Indina Hill, Pop, and Cindy.  Way to go boys! I don’t know about you guys, but Aiden, Court, Grandpa and I had a great time!  Hope y’all do it again next year!

 

Court at 4 years old

The week of Court

Court turned 4 years old on August 24th.  Since his birthday was on a Monday and we waited until Saturday for his actual birthday party with his friends, we ended up celebrating him just about every night of that week. Man oh man did he LOVE it!  Everyday that week, he got a birthday present whether it was from us, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts/uncles, or friends.  Totally, 100% spoiled.  Pop and Bubba celebrated with I’m on his actual birthday, Grandma and Grandpa the next weekend, Aunt Kimmie on Thursday with a dinner date to Chick-fil-a, and Mike/Cara/Lindsay/Ryan on Friday night.  Thanks for making him feel so special all week long.  Here’s to you Court-man!

On Court’s actual birthday with Bubba and Pop

 

Pineapple pudding cake came first

 

Court’s gift from us was a new swing!

 

And some lacrosse sticks. The boys giving a “mean face”

 

Court showing off his new Octonauts toys from Mike, Cara, Lindsay, and Ryan

 

Ice cream sundaes came next!

 

Scott and Lindsay playing with Court’s new light sabers from Grandma and Grandpa

 

Grandma and Grandpa came to celebrate and were duped into helping with the party! Thank you so much!!!

 

Court with his preschool friends at his Planes party. Look at all of those little airplanes flying around

 

We made paper airplanes and flew them around

 

Dusty Crophopper pinata!

 

Dizzy bat races

That game always makes me laugh!

 

And carrot cake to finish up!

 

Happy birthday little man! We love you and all of your enthusiasm!!

Aiden’s First Day of Kindergarten

Aiden has had a wonderful start to Kindergarten.  He was a little nervous that he didn’t really know anyone in his class and that he had never been to his new school before, but he was super excited to ride the bus.  He said he didn’t think Kindergarten would be a big deal but he tells me everyday after school how much he loves it.  I don’t even have to ask.  He just started spilling the beans about who he sat next to at lunch, who he played with at recess, and (his favorite topic) who got in trouble at school that day. He has been a bit grumpy without that mid-day nap but we’re working that out.  He struggles to get up in the morning but otherwise, he’s going great.  Welcome to being a bid kid Aiden!

I promised Aiden that he could ride the bus the first week of school. Since he catches the bus at our new house (i.e. the one being renovated…not the one we currently live in), we had to get up super early! This is our obligatory first day of school photo.

New R2D2 backpack with lunchbox and thermos!

R2D2 beeps when you presss a button. Aiden loves this thing.

The bus driver, Ms. Shea, is all business. She opened up the door, Aiden ran onto the bus, she shut the door, and the bus was gone. It happened so fast, I didn’t even have time to shed a tear. This is the only photo that I got…of Aiden’s foot getting onto the bus!

This was Court’s outfit to drop Aiden off at the bus.  Court was so sad on the way home from dropping Aiden off.  He couldn’t understand why Aiden didn’t go to Court’s school anymore. He was so quiet and pensive for about 10 minutes…NOT like Court at all! It was really sweet that he missed his big brother!

10th Anniversary Dinner