Kindergarten Graduation

Denton graduated from Kindergarten today and it was a VERY big deal for him! I am working on the video of this and will post it soon!!

OUR GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE IS THE MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN- Walt Disney

Motivational this and that's...these keep me going!

The title is: Keep Going, the Art of Perseverance, by Joseph M. Marshall III

Check out this video of her running 300 miles for orphans!

"Being strong means taking one more step toward the top of the hill, no matter how weary you may be. It means letting the tears flow through the grief. It means to keep looking for the answer, though the darkness of despair is all around you. Being strong means to cling to hope for one more heartbeat, one more sunrise. Each step, no matter how difficult, is one more step closer to the top of the hill. To keep hope alive for one more heartbeat at a time leads to the light of the next sunrise, and the promise of a new day." This quote came off of Lisa Smith-Batchhens blog page...this woman is an inspiration for me, she runs the Badwater ultamarathon and several others....

Too Busy To Blog Talk...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.-Polish Proverb

"or at least that is what I keep telling myself!"

Denton is making smores in the house!!
Normie, Denton and Jentry at Bakers Bridge- we had a picnic here today!


The kids and I at Bakers Bridge, it was sooo pretty and the river is very high right now.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY- we had a picnic after a great bike ride and trail race....perfect day!

Kandi riding her bike at Vallecito Lake. We did this ride Friday and it was GORGEOUS!!

Denton getting his medal, trophy and award for soccer!

Bike ride at Vallecito and Denton sliding into home plate at game....he is quite the little ball player.

Here is the "road biking convoy" heading out to ride on Napi last week.

Denton and Jentry having lunch on the deck last week....this is what we do on early release days.

In the end, it is not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln

First of all......HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you mommies out there........I woke at 6am this morning and rode my bike to Durango and then did a mother's day trail run....I am very tired to say the least tonight. I have been sooooo busy the last couple of weeks that I have been unable to find the time nor the energy to blog......so here is a quick catch up. I have been running and road biking A LOT...and the kids are keeping me excessively busy with end of school field trips ect... Denton just wrapped up soccer and is now full time playing baseball and Jentry is OUT OF CONTROL busy. I am currently training for the Iron Horse Bike Race 5/23, Narrow Gauge 10 mile run 5/24, San Diego Marathon 5/30(still debating on this one), and the Xterra Four Corners Triathlon 6/5 (I will only be doing the running portion of this for a team), Steamworks Half Marathon 6/20 and many others throughout the summer and fall. I will post a schedule at some point. My sister in law Kandi has began road biking and she is doing EXCELLENT and I have enjoyed riding with her lately. The kids and I spent the week planting flowers and cleaning up the yard and we are ready for summer......

Happy Birthday Taylor

Pueblo to Pueblo Run/ T Ball/ Prom

Daison and Courtney getting ready for their proms!!!! I can't believe that they will be graduating next year!!

Pueblo to Pueblo Run in Cortez Colorado
I won my age group.....will probably never happen again!!

This guys name is Bryan.....he and I literally battled it out to the finish line(about two miles)....yes, he ended up winning, but it was kind of fun to push myself that hard!

Here is the finish line, not real high tech, but loads of fun!

Here is Denton playing T ball.....he is a trooper!

Deton "Beckham"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUYS!!

Happy Birthday to my sister Krista and my sister-in-law Kathy!! Have a great day, we love ya.....Here is the definition of Sister:

SISTER–noun
1.
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
2.
a female friend or protector regarded as a sister.
3.
a thing regarded as feminine and associated as if by kinship with something else: The ships are sisters.
4.
a female fellow member, as of a church.
5.
a female member of a religious community that observes the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
6.
British. a nurse in charge of a hospital ward; head nurse.
7.
a fellow black woman.
8.
a woman who supports, promotes, or participates in feminism.
9.
Informal. a form of address used to a woman or girl, esp. jocularly or contemptuously: Listen, sister, you've had enough.

Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. ~Charles M. Schulz

If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child. ~Linda Sunshine

Unser Marathon, Toothfairy, and Scrapy

Here are a few updates. We attended the Unser Half Marathon this weekend and Denton participated in the kids Marathon. We have a new addition to the family and her name is "Scrapy". Also, headline new: Tonight Denton lost his second tooth!!

Tooth number Two.....Gone!

Here is Jentry's puppy Scrappy!! She is already very spoiled!!