Tyra's Hershey's Track & Field Event

So this year we put Tyra in the Hershey's track & field event.

At first she wasn't excited about it, but she started to get more excited and tell everyone about it.

She use to run all the time, but since we have moved, she hasn't done to much running.

We thought it would be fun to put her in this event, her dad use to run in the Hershey's events when he was little so we thought Tyra might like to also.

 

I wasn't sure on the time so we got there really early.  Yesterday wasn't very warm either so the girls complained about being cold and hungry the whole time.

 

We killed time by stretching and getting ready for the run.

Tyra was to run the 400 meters (which is 1 lap around the track for those who don't know what that is)

stretching with her dad

Tyra getting in the zone

Tyra and her dad

Jeremy and Tyra's shoes

Shelby being silly

 

They did the field events which took forever.

 

Finally they started the track events.  They started with the 1600 meters, 50 meters and then finally the 400 meters.

Tyra at the starting line.  I didn't get a picture of her when she finished cause I video taped it.

 

She was pumped and ready to go.

She was in lane 1 and she did good to catch up, but she still was the 4th girl to get to the finish line.

 

She ran the 400 meter in 1min 36sec.  Pretty good for her first time to compete.  We'll practice so she will be ready for next year.

 

After the race she got to enjoy a huge Hershey bar (I told her I would get her one).

 

 

 

All of this reminded me of my track years and waiting at all those meets.  I wish I was more into running when I was younger, my be my health would be a lot better and I would have a love for running.  Oh well, maybe I can get my children into it, since there dad was and is still a runner, maybe it's in their blood.

Movie Night May 17th

So our last Friday movie night was kind of crazy.

They had a school carnival that night so we started out hanging out at the school with a ton of other people.

It was a fun carnival, and I think the girls had a lot of fun but there was just a lot of people.

I didn't get to hang out the whole time with my girls.  I helped in Tyra's class with the donut eating contest (that was super sticky).

 

They had a ton of games there and food.  We got to eat hot dogs, nachos, popcorn and cotton candy.  The girls ate a ton of candy.  They also won some soda so they were all sugared up.

They did the donut hang with Garrett (there friend).  It was pretty funny to watch them try to eat the donuts.

 

Shelby, Garrett and Tyra eating donuts

The girls made these cakes for the cake walk

They also made these pop bottles for the pop walk

They had a good time and we rode our bikes home.

 

We watched the movie pretty late so not everyone was to into it.  I think Shelby watched most of it, she might have fallen asleep close to the end.

Any ways, this is what we watched...

 

I love this movie, maybe we will have to watch it again sometime when we aren't as busy.

 

Race for the Cure

We did Race for the Cure again this year.  It was on Saturday the 11th.

It was a really nice day.

We got to go with my sister Katie and her two girls Victoria and Kamille, My dad, My best friend Shannon (who had no kids with her, she was excited) and of course my husband.

 

It was a lot of fun, busy though, always busy.  We didn't get to much swag (stuff we all get) though.

 

Jeremy didn't walk with us, he's a runner so he got to the front of the line and took off.  We seen him sometime during the walk and it looked like he was hurting.  I think he came in in the top 20 though.

 

When the race started it took us forever to get on the track.  We finally had to go around and find a different way, and once we got on it was slow moving.  Katie took off and left us in the dust, later she told us "it's a race".  I am glad she can walk like that, I can't my legs would fall off, plus someone had to stay behind and keep dad company (that's why I'm his favorite :) ok, just kidding I don't know if that's true, probably though)

 

SO me, my dad and Shannon had a nice slow walk, I think we were all ok with that.  Nice walk, good company, funny jokes (by me of course), who can ask for more.

We were almost to the turn around point when we found a bathroom my dad could use.  There were like 5 toilets, but a long line of people so I think it took us about 10 minutes till we took off again.  That's ok though, Shannon and I just sat and chatted while we were waiting for my dad.  It was a nice break.

We finally took off and got to the turn around.  There were some kids there playing interments, one was playing a keytar (I have no idea how you spell that).

There were also a lot of boy scouts too, my dad high fived them all I think.

So after the turn around it was smooth sailing, it seemed to go by really fast.

We met up with everyone at the end and headed home.

We walked by the radio station 103.3, not sure what it's called ( I don't really listen to that station) and Keeky Love (not sure on the name, you can correct me if you want Katie) was by the tent and we tried to get Katie to go say hi to him.  Katie really likes him.  She wouldn't go say hi and get a picture though, she's going to regret that for the rest of her life.  Maybe someday she'll meet him.

 

So we headed home and the craziness began.  We had 2 hours to get ready for Mariko's bridal shower.

We pulled it off though, I will post about that later.

 

Thanks for walking with me everyone!  Maybe next year I will walk faster Katie.

 

Here are some pictures...

 

The beginning of the race (Shannon was taking our picture)

Shannon and I waiting for my dad, he took a picture of us

Our group after the race, a nice lady took our picture

Katie and her beautiful girls

 

Movie Night May 10th

For Movie night we watched...

 

 

 

We got to enjoy this movie with my sister Katie and her kids.

We watched the movie really late (well the kids did anyways Katie and I chatted and got ready for the Mariko's bridal shower)

They seem to enjoy the movie, they were all watching it.  There were a lot of game systems lingering around though.

 

Katie brought a whole bunch of snacks (thank you Katie, we are still snacking on them).

 

I didn't take to many pictures, just of the kids watching the movie.

 

It was fun and I was glad that my sister and her kids came to hang out and spend the night, it was a lot of fun.  We'll have to do it again.

 

I'm not sure we will make the next movie night, the girls have a school carnival tomorrow.  But we will watch the movie, cause it's one I want to watch with my kids.

 



Movie Night May 3rd

We didn't do anything exciting for this movie night, we had a pretty busy week and I was pretty tired.

But we did watch our movie, it was...

The girls have never seen this movie so I thought we would watch it.

Like I said we didn't do anything exciting, for dinner we just had...

BBQ Chicken

and

Tater tots

(I didn't even take any pictures of anything)

The girls said the movie was ok, I think there were a lot of parts that were boring to them.

They did quote a lot of things though and thought a lot was funny, so I think they did enjoy the movie.

Well maybe next week will be more exciting, but I don't know I have another busy week ahead of me.

Movie Night April 26th

For our Friday movie night we watched...

Of course the girls were going to like this movie, it's one of their favorites.

I figured it would be a good one to watch since Monday was Earth day.

We didn't do a whole lot for this movie night.

We ate some yummy food though.

We had...

Cheese pizza of coarse, that's all the girls will eat

then my favorite, chicken bacon artichoke 

some spinach

watermelon

and watermelon kool-aid, Shelby's choice

Shelby snagging some watermelon

Tyra eating pizza

Shelby eating pizza

I have know idea why there is a sticker on her forehead

Ready to watch Wall-e

and for dessert we had...

dirt pudding

NEXT MONTH'S MOVIES...

May 3rd: Hook

May 10th: Alice in Wonderland

May 17th: The Karate Kid

May 24th: Pinocchio

May 31st: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Earth Day Nature Bike Ride

I found some nature scavenger hunt print outs on a website and thought it would be fun to go looking for things.  Which isn't very easy when you live in a city.

Here is the website I found the list on,

http://www.realcoake.com/2013/04/family-fun-earth-day-activity.html

So we decided to get on our bikes and scooter (Tyra) and head off to see what we could find.

Which wasn't much.

We are off!

WE FIND...

A Red Tulip

A tree with white flowers that smell like fish, according to Shelby

A Cat on a trash can

Some acorn tops

a log with ivy on it

a bird nest

some ducks

the girls pose by the water, they couldn't resist

by and  on a log

Shelby wanted her picture taken by this yucca plant

and the water

Some pretty flowers

some more pretty flowers (if anyone knows what these are I would like to know)

helicopter seeds

This is Shelby's favorite tree

This is Tyra's favorite grass

As you can see we didn't find much on the list.

Shelby's Nature Craft

Shelby decided to find some stuff on our ride to take home to make a beautiful picture out of them.

Billie wants to help her

all done

Her finished picture, I have no idea what it is.

That girl loves arts and crafts.