Our Garden

Pics of what's left of our garden...we should have taken pictures 3 weeks ago when it was really rockin!

New Living Room

While Brandie was away, screwing around in Canada (without a passport or ID for the kids that she took with her - Holt and Ainsley) - Dad, Oakley, Tye and Taryn went to work on the house and re-did the living room.

We built a set of book cases to move the pottery up out of Holt's reach...

The beadboard wainscoting helps the leather couch not stick to the painted wall...

The kids were a huge help and even helped paint the green wall!

Ainsley Turns 7!

Happy Birthday to Ainsley!

Yesterday, she turned 7 years old.

She got a bunch of stuff - High School Musical, Hannah Montana and Bella Sara Cards (Don't ask me what they are...but she is happy she got them).

Mom did a good job on her horse cake!

SHE DID IT!!!

She wasn't really happy about it. In fact, she was kinda mad by the end. But, Brandie completed her first 5k yesterday, and in a pretty good time.

Yesterday, we all went back down to the Marine Base at Quantico, VA for the RunStock 5k (in celebration of Woodstock Weekend). We ran with the same group of friends that we ran the RunAmuck with. This time, Mike stayed with the kids - all 7 of them (5 of ours and two of theirs) and Brandie ran the race.

It was an evening race and didn't start until 7:15. It was still well into the 80's and was pretty humid. There were about 600 people that ran the race. The course was a pretty fun course (not if you ask Brandie!). It ran through the town and out along the Potomac River. It was really cool. In homage to the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock, there were bands set up all along the race course keeping us going with their music. After the race, there was a big stage set up where some local bands played and the rest of us recovered.

It was Ainsley's birthday yesterday and she thought it was pretty cool that we took her to a concert for her birthday. She was bummed it wasn't Taylor Swift!