Color Me Gorgeous!!

We headed out early this morning for The Color Run and it was quickly decided that this is going to be a new tradition... but we are going as a theme next time.. TuTus...knee highs.. all kinds of fun!!

Jes and Natalie Freundl

Before the fun begins.. all clean and boring..

Best of Friends!



Haley and the girls...we were so glad she joined us!

 

The stage with the "warm-up" crew.. we warmed up to Zumba... I am terrible but it was really fun to let loose and be silly with the girls.. Elise thought I was weird for shakin' it!

All tatted up!

This was more than half-way back and look how far back it goes... there were TONS of people.  Our wave of runner/walkers hadn't even started when the first heat was finishing!

We had to open a few powder packs early so we could have fun.  We were supposed to have them for the party at the end.

My friend Donna Jones and her friend Brie joined us for the morning!

The yellow "coloring" station

Well this shouldn't be big surprise to anyone who knows Elise.. but we walked.. she did jog a little bit.. but mostly we walked... and complained... and walked.  I think I heard "my legs are killing me", "my feet are killing me", "can't we just sit on the grass and rest for a MINUTE"... and "I am NOT running anymore, I am tired".  She did walk the whole thing with no rest.. she didn't always like it but we did it and we RAN across the finish line.

Chalk Angels

Color Us Gorgeous!

 

I could hardly see out of my glasses.. I tried to put them in my pocket and the color stations but it only worked a little..

I realized that I caught someone who totally biffed it on the black top... oops

Lauren was pooped so Haley gave her a piggy back ride most of the way back to the car.

Funny story... this morning Haley asked my if I wanted to bring some towels.. I looked at her oddly.. "I wasn't planning on it"  thinking she thought we were going to be all sweaty... well.. at least she was thinking because we were SOOOO chalky and it would have been all over my car..

What a FUN morning!!  We will be back next year with a much better costume!

 

Photo Time!

We finally had new family photos taken.. the last time we had them done Elise was in Kindergarten and she was 5... she is now almost 9!!  So it was time.  Eric was a great sport.. it's not really his "thing" to have photos done.. but he was great.

Miss Lauren Kay... those TEETH!!!

Miss Elise Marie

Keep in minds these are all in squares for the collage.. but they are better in the real photo.  These are not ALL of them.. I need to spend more time to pick out my favorites before I order.. but here they are... oh.. and I am not posting these on Facebook just an FYI.  Some will be on our Christmas card but the rest are just for us to have... and you who are looking now :)

Spring Soccer Season come to an end..

Team Zoom
Lizzy, Allie, Kennedy
Lauren, Katelynn, Olivia

Lauren and Coach Daddy!

Katelynn and Lauren.. good buddies and good teammates.  They often end up yelling at each other during the game to pass the ball.... it's pretty funny.

We finally had a hot day that the kids needed a lot of water... it's been so cold and rainy!

AND SHE SCORES...

Not sure what this is about

Lauren threw the ball in and it went so far I didn't get it in my photo.

A fun 4th of July

We spent a GORGEOUS afternoon at the Freundl's pool today.  Cocktails, sun, pool and great neighbors.. life is good!

Lauren, Natalie, Elise and Giada

 

Ryan Davis.. poor Ryan.. the kids always flock to him.. but he got to take it easy for a little while!

Natalie and Jayden Davis

Miss Sass-a-frass Olivia Freundl

Sun-bathing beauty

Next stop... Grandma and Grandpa Hubbard's for dinner and fireworks.  The girls were "observing nature and writing about it".. it was really cute.

A little sparkler time while we wait for fireworks to start.

Oooohhhhh

Ahhhhhhhh

That's what you have to say after the cool ones.... oooohhhh, ahhhhhh.  It was a fun day.. and I am tired.  Lucky for me the girls spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa's and I get today to myself... let the painting begin!

A time for change... FINALLY!!

Well.. I have finally found the motivation to start redecorating the house.  I have come to truly dislike the color scheme from 2001 and also I have come to DESPISE the honey oak that has covered my house from head to toe.  I am starting with the main floor half bath.  The reason being.. it's small enough that if I completely screw it up.. it's a small fix.. I hope.  So here is the current bath.. sage green and honey oak.. definitely time for an update.  I finally decided that instead of dreaming of what I want my house to look like... I am going to start getting things done.. especially those things that don't need a lot of help from my hubby!

  

 

  

This is the wall color.. it actually is more turquoise than this.  Sherwin Williams Cooled Blue.
http://www.houzz.com/photos/1275790/Paint-Color-SW6759-Cooled-Blue---Sherwin-Williams--paints-stains-and-glazes-
 

 

Alabaster White by Sherwin Williams
http://www.houzz.com/photos/products/sherwin-williams-alabaster-white
This is going to be the bead board color.




This is going to be the stain on my vanity....

NOW... WISH ME LUCK.  Painting is the easy part, the bead board I have never done before nor the stain.  I will post my progress.  I am hoping to get a good start this Holiday weekend!