race for a cure

I was one of the almost 30,000 participants in the Race for Cure last weekend in KC.

My girlfriend from college was diagnosed a year and half ago with Breast Cancer. She's my age and has two little girls the exact same age as mine. Thus, the two good reasons.

We all took turns caring her 2 yr old Avery. Because of that, I was glad we walked and not ran. That and the fact that it was 90 degrees, extremely hilly and WINDY!

the participants

Megan and I.

Friends from home that I traveled to KC to see. :) and my FAVORITE shirt/saying of the day.

day trip

The girls and I took a rode trip to Topeka last week. We walked the zoo, rode the train, hopped on the up down (aka the carousel) and topped it off with Chuck E Cheese for lunch.

pausing...

"Learn to pause...or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you."

~Doug KingI'm beginning to pause...

because it seems like only yesterday I took this picture and MY how much they have changed.

changes...

Tons of memories took place in this car. First major purchase as a married couple - we felt like just adults. It was SO big until just the two of us turned into a family. We drove it to the hospital before I was induced. Actually brought both my girls home from the hospital in this ride. Many family vacations. Countless trips to the store. Vomiting moments. Laughing moments. Hailing moments. And many, many singing moments (some of which I had to erase from the overhead recording compartment) So we thought loooonnnnngggg and hard on what to do.In the end, we gave her love and said our goodbyes. She was a good car. Ahhh, 80,000 miles of memories...

sometimes it's hard

but then you look at children's happiness and innocence and it just makes you giggle.

new attire around these parts

Sophia said good bye diapers - HELLO undies.

fatherly fishing

My girls are not girly girls. Saylor's favorite part of the fishing trip was digging through the worms to find the perfect one. Not so much my cup of tea...but that's what father's are for.

Happy 4th

from my two favorite Fire Crackers... and from Josh and I.

picture taken by my newly turned 4 1/2 yr. old.

Happy Father's Day

The girls and I made a bouquet of Josh's favorite snacks for Father's Day. We took the boys (Josh and my dad) fishing that night but I have not downloaded those pics yet. Happy Belated Father's Day to all the dads out there.

impromptu zoo date

a new adventure began on Friday when I answered the phone. Friends invited us to join them on an impromptu zoo date that transformed an ordinary Friday into a ROAD TRIP adventure.

A picnic in the park the picture above is a PERFECT example of why I always have a camera in my hand - that way it exempts you from silly "who has the longest tongue" photos.my favorite time was watching the girls feed the giraffe can't you see the joy in my reaction!I think their favorite part was the ice cream. Can't wait for the next time!