Big June Goals- #June100miles

On the way home from Destin I saw this advertisement about running 100 miles in June.  Mind you it was May 31st so I decided well I could do that...well maybe! So Caren and I challenged ourselves to do this in the month of June.  It was very hard! Unless you are going out running big double-digit miles it will take awhile.  Since it is so hot, I try to limit my miles so I don't get heat stroke or dehydrated.  The runs in June have been so SLOW...I can't believe how slow and sluggish I feel.  I think most of it is that I am waking up and immediately going running.  Just drinking some water and having a Gatorade chew.  I feel I run better when I have some fuel like food and coffee.  But in the end I finished...barely.  I about cried Saturday night when Brendon asked me how many miles I had left which was about 5 and I said I would finish on Tuesday....his response was, "July 1st is Tuesday!" Oh man! How did I mess this thing up??!!??!! So I had to get up and run on Sunday and finished Monday by running on the treadmill because Brendon was working.  I had a lot of good conversations with myself mostly, sweated immensely, woke up by 6:20 A LOT of days, and worked hard on a goal! I was so proud to finish!

I kept a good old fashioned paper pencil log of miles

Sometimes you have to pray a little while you are out there

Last night of soccer!

Tonight was Olivia's last night of soccer which meant we had another soccer game.  Olivia did good....a little whiny at first but was fine.  We think she is a little intimidated by the other kids but she did try! She didn't cry tonight! At the end they all got a medal! So proud of her!

Warm up

Learning the boundaries

running the boundaries

game plan

Good game!

The kickeroos!

Grandma and Grandpa visit

This weekend Grandma and Grandpa visited.  Too bad it was rainy sometimes but we still had fun!

The pictures got a little out of order...

bed time

soccer time

Mom and I finishing daddy's birdhouse

Daddy says I make mommy's face of concentration!

Friday we went for pizza...I had spaghetti

Taking my scooter for a ride!

checking out the water at Harbins park

Peek a boo

I loved this!

Stay at home day

Today Olivia and I stayed at home.  We didn't have any plans and I really didn't feel like going anywhere.  So we stayed home.  We did a little bit of work around the house but it still looks like a tornado of toys.  We had lunch, fed the birds some old bread and snacks, and then went swimming.  Then Olivia rested and I worked on some school stuff...which is no where near done...but just trying to get organized for the new year and redo some stuff from last year.  After dinner we watered the flowers and played for a bit outside but the mosquitoes were pretty bad even with spray on so we came in and played.  But a good stay at home day!

Fun at the dentist

Olivia had her 6 month check up at the dentist today.  We need to keep brushing and flossing! But they said her teeth look good. Olivia did a great job during the cleaning especially with the crunchy toothpaste (as she called it).  She picked out her yellow balloon on the way out and was so excited.  I am glad she was good during her cleaning!

I was about to lose my mind with her encopresis today.   I know she cannot help it and we are trying to make it easier for her to go....but it seemed like every 20 minutes she would poop a little in her pants...so frustrating but at the same time she can't help it.  But finally tonight she told me she needed to go...and she went on the potty! So for all the frustration of earlier today she made up for it by going on the potty! Wahoo! Big accomplishment for the past 2 weeks! Now we need to keep it up.  She looked at me and said, "Now we don't have to go to the tummy doctor!" Unfortunately we do!

1st soccer game

Olivia had her first soccer game tonight! It was rather comical at times.  She is definitely NOT aggressive! At one point she didn't want to play anymore.  She didn't like she wasn't getting a turn...oh well...a good life lesson! But in the end they learned some sportsmanship and sharing! Next week is our last session....hopefully the game will go better!

Go Red Team!

Strategizing!

Pep talk from the coach!

Go Kickeroos!

Busy Weekend

We had a busy weekend.  Saturday we did lots of outside work and then had our neighbors over for a swim and dinner.  It was warm and the pool felt nice! Olivia napped for a bit and then woke up to see everyone and eat dinner!

Here we are resolving the worlds' problems!

Sunday we did some more housework and then went swimming at our neighbor Mr. Shannon's house.  There were lots of kids in the pool which kind of scared Olivia but she was fine.  Then we came home and ate dinner and watched soccer!