Hooray for June!

I can't believe I missed a week! The end of the school year is always a busy time for us. We are so excited that summer is just a few days away.

Memorial Day weekend was a fun one. Jeremy and I ran in the Haiti Bible Mission Run at Highland's Hammock State Park. Jeremy won a medal for being the second male in his age group (20-29). His 5K time was 25:53. It cracks me up that he can place in his very first race. As my middle school students would say, he "beasted" it. Ha! I came in third place out of 11 females in my age group (20-29). My time was 28:56. I took almost 3 minutes off my last 5K race time, so I was pleased. Our next race is about a month away. Our goal is always to have a new personal record. I also got to see my high school classmate and college roommate, Michelle. She flew down Friday from Oklahoma to visit family and friends over the holiday weekend before flying off to China. Michelle plays volleyball for the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team (http://usavolleyball.org/athletes/michelle-gerlosky).

We took Ben to his favorite park yesterday. He always has so much fun! He has been sleeping in his big boy bed for about a week now. We are so proud of him. We are taking him to the Gaylord Palms this weekend as soon as school is out. He wakes up every morning asking if it's time to go to the hotel. Grandma and Grandpa Byrd are going with us this time and he is so excited! Here are the pictures from the past two weeks. Enjoy!

Michelle flew down Memorial Day weekend. We met up for dinner and went to the movies to see Hangover II. So much fun!

I love this smile :)Ben meeting cousin Aubrey for the 1st timeHelping Daddy build his bed :)He loves his new bed!

He could spin for hours....Can you tell Ben loves his Grandpa Byrd?Ha! Ben and Daddy sliding like penguinsBen's lizard walkBen and Daddy racingBen took this picture of us at the park...I just had to crop it and adjust the coloring :-)

A Virus and Some Mud!

My sweet, smiling boy :)

Here is a picture of Ben's rash from the echo virus. Poor baby!

"Dirty Dozen" Fun Mud Run...Let's Get Dirty!Laci and I before all the muddy fun!Climbing down this ladder was a little intimidating...I'm not a big fan of heightsRunning over the dirt mound after the rope climbThe last obstacle :)Two miles and 12 obstacles in 25 minutes 14 seconds...not too shabby! I did it!Laci and I were completely soaked after the last obstacle--a slip n'slide :)Ben loved the fire truck and helicopter at the race.My niece Lauren came to cheer me on :)Daddy trimming the back of Ben's neck :)

We've had an interesting week to say the least! Ben developed what I thought was just a heat rash Monday afternoon. By that evening, it was clear he had more than heat rash. I called Dr. LaRue first thing Tuesday morning and they worked us in. Three hours later we found out Ben had a virus that caused the rash. He had no other symptoms...just a nasty looking rash. Bless his heart.

Saturday, Laci and I ran in the Dirty Dozen race. It was a muddy, two-mile run with 12 obstacles. We had so much fun! We placed 45th and 46th out of 150 runners. We were very excited :) Enjoy the pictures! There was a big story about the race in the News Sun. Here is a link to it: www.newssun.com

Counting down to Summer!

We have had another great week. We are so excited that summer is just around the corner. Less than 20 work days left! Ben keeps saying he wants to go to the hotel. When I ask him what hotel he is talking about, he says, "the one with the octopus slide." I see a trip to Gaylord Palms in our near future....

I've posted tons of random pictures below. I'm still having fun experimenting with my Nikon. I love the in-camera editing options. I've been cropping and changing the color to sepia. They look really cool to me in monochrome. Enjoy!

This is the train Ben made the other day. I was so proud to see him being so creative! He would take turns sitting in each chair saying, "choo choo!"

Ben and Grandma riding the carouselHe is so over these pictures with me, ha ha!Ben hanging out in his new big boy undies! I just can't resist snapping pictures of him in them :)Playing around with the camera's timer functionI love my sous chef!Ben loves cracking eggs :) He says, "Ewwwww!!!""Taste it, Mama!"Happy driver :)Ben and Daddy reading Ben's first library books......If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Pig a Pancake.