Mud Run 5K

Every since I graduated college I wanted to run a 5k. I talked and talked and talked about it until the cows came home...but never did it. I told Niles I wanted to run one when Dorian was born, and then was pregnant with addeline. I told Niles I wanted to run a 5k when addeline was born, and never did. So what better time than now?!?!?

The Mud Run 5k is the dirtiest race in Little Rock. I trained for 8 weeks for this race with and with out Niles. He was registered to race with me but ended up having to work this past Saturday, So I went at it alone. The kids helped add weight to my runs when I did train so on the day of it was a little easier. But either way....I did what I said I was going to do, finally. I had my best time yet of 29 minutes, I was running it at 32 minutes every week prior to the race so that also makes me ecstatic!!!

I feel accomplished, and that feeling is so great to have. When I crossed the finish line I felt like the kind of the world. I am so glad I set a goal, worked for it, and accomplished it. This training has helped me lose more weight, which helps. I still have a little more to lose, but I am getting their slowly but surely!!!

So 5k done....Now what?!?!?!

Addy's Many Faces

Dorian's Tongue!

Arkansas Sate Fair

We went to the Arkansas State fair the other day and had a BLAST!!! I knew Dorian was going to be close as to whether she was tall enough to ride any rides and well she was dead on. The lady measured her three times and she was 36 inches EXACTLY. Not a hair over or under...36 inches! The very nice woman told me she was tall enough to ride any ride she wanted to, and this honestly made me scared! ha ha ha

I was so afraid she was going to stand up on the rides, not like them, or be a crazy woman and try to exit the ride prematurely! Niles and I made a quick decision that as for this being a trial run to see how she is going to act, one of us needed to ride with her! Addeline was NOT loving the fair, so Niles took one for the team and sat in the giant pink teacups in my absence (he he he).

Dorian loved everything about the fair. She chugged lemonades, engulfed funnel cakes, and was thrilled to win a stuffed blue monkey! Some of the rides were okay and others made her a little nervous. She only cried on one ride, and it was the ride that made mommy think twice about eating more of her funnel cake! ha ha ha

And who knew that the Livestock exhibit would be so much fun when you have little kids! COWS were the highlight of the fair!!! We stayed so long in the barns I think we walked away smelling like big ole' cow! ha ha ha

Either way...expensive food, ridiculous rides, and smelly barn animals all equal happy kids! :)

Dorian's First Pumpkin

We carved a pumpkin for the first time with Dorian the other night! I thought she would have LOVED to get the insides out and feel the slimy seeds...NOT SO MUCH! She decided that if she had to get the seeds out, that shaking the pumpkin upside down was a much better way to clean it! ha ha ha She helped clean the seeds out, drew the pumpkins face for me, and helped punch out the eyes and mouth! She was so excited to help and had so much fun creating her first pumpkin!

Little Rock AFB, Thunder in the Sky Show

Dorian couldn't get enough of the planes, she didn't take her eyes off of the sky the entire time we were there!

They had a pink plane in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this is the Symbol it made in the air to honor those who have lost their lives, enduring it now, or have survived. It was a very touching segment to the show!

This is an A-10...and ridiculous capabilities!!! This was by far my favorite part of the show!

This (below) is a C-130 J Model, "Hercules". This is the plane that Niles will be flying on when he starts his new job! (not the exact model, just a newer one) He starts training on the flight line this week, and will be up in the air within a few weeks!!! Scary thought, huh?!?! Little Rock AFB is the "hub" of the C-130's. This air show was focused around the capabilities of what this aircraft can do in the air, and let me tell you they are insane!!!!

Dorian is DEFINITELY going to be an Air Show Girl!! She loved it! Every time a plane would come down close she started yelling "whoooooooohhh-wheeeeeee"!!! It was hilarious...she sat there in awe of the planes and clapped and yelled the whole time! She had so much fun!

The aerobatics part of the show was really cool! They had so many stunts preformed...It was definitely much better than any air show I have EVER been to!

This is a C-5! They are HUGE!!! This is what Niles wanted to fly on...but he is happy with the C-130's....Seriously the biggest air craft I've ever seen!

They did an awesome WWII re-enactment. These are the planes that the Japanese flew in WWII. Dorian was most impressed with this show. They had pyrotechnics and everything to go along with some wicked flying!!!