Like Mother, Like Daughter

Signe ran her 2nd ever 5K race this morning, the Livestock 5K in St. Peter, and finished 2nd in her age group. Way to go Sig! I hope you continue to enjoy running as much as I do :)

Running Pains

So, as most of you know I took up running again last fall. I used to run a lot in college, but my habit fell by the wayside for the most part once I had kids. Well, last September my friend Kelly and I decided we were going to run the Halloween 5K, so we started training and went from there all the way to a 10K the end of April. Currently signed up to do the Mankato 1/2 Marathon in October (I'm also doing the Twins Cities Marathon 10 mile run two weeks before) we decided to continue building our mileage and run more races over the summer. Well, my foot decided to be uncooperative with that effort and I ended up with a stress fracture on May 15th. After walking in a surgical shoe for 3 weeks, I have now disgressed to crutches and a larger, what I like to refer to as "Storm Trooper", boot. (See photo below). Although extremely frustrating I guess there's not much I can do other than be a good patient. So, I will heed to Dr. Lundquist's advice and stay off my foot as much as possible, even if this means Steve will have to do pretty much everything for me! :) Hopefully, this will all be a distant memory in a month or so and I can slowly get back into race mode, but until then, as Principal McGee ("Grease") would say, "if you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter!"

Happy Birthday Isaac!

The big number 4. I can't believe it. Where does the time go? Happy Birthday Buddy. We love you so much!

Happy 9th Birthday Signe!

Signe wanted to go to Dino's for her birthday dinner tonight, so Grandpa, Grandma and Seth, and Steve and Laurel (a.k.a. "Teve and YaYa") joined us. Great fun was had by all. Happy Birthday Sig! We love you :)

Signe's New Bling(s)

Today, Signe finally decided she was up for sitting in that chair by the window at Claire's Boutique and getting her ears pierced. For the past couple of birthday's (she turns nine in 9 days) I've asked her if she wanted her ears pierced for her birthday. She has always said no, however her aunt's wedding is coming up next week and she thought it would be pretty cool to have some sparkly earrings to go with her bridesmaid dress. So, happy early birthday Signe :)

I'm totally up for this....

I think I'm up for this....

I'm not sure I'm up for this!

I love them!

Like Father, Like Son....

What else can I say? :)

Memorial Weekend Camping Adventure

Photo highlights from the weekend. There are more on Facebook (they're easier to download on there!)