The Barnes Family

Our sweet, handsome boy turned 4. I honestly do not know where the time has gone. I blinked and he was blowing out 4 candles instead of 1! I love parties, but I think that this may have been the last year to actually plan the party and keep it small, so we did just that! A family bowling party with only two of his close friends, the ones he tends to see the most. Maggie and Carter joined us for an exciting game of push the ball toward the pins and eat lots of yummy chocolate cake. My children both love bowling. They must get that from their Uncles! It was a wonderful, low key get together and he had a blast! He then got to celebrate his birthday at school with cookies, at the lake with mimi and at Nana's house...oh to be 4!

She lives! Yes, I'm still here and I have about a year to catch you up on.... which I will do...at a later date! SO much has happened since last post (about a year ago!) I am not sure if I have any readers left, but I'm back anyway! At the moment, I am doing something I NEVER do, staying awake while on a 4 hour airplane ride! I'm pretty amazed at myself right now considering I didn't go to bed until 11:30 and got up at 5:15. Since I have all this free time on my hand, I wanted to get back in the blogging game. You might be wondering where I am headed........ SEAWHEEZE!!!! Yep, another half marathon with my favorite runners, my mom, my aunt and a good friend from Utah. I am beyond excited. This was my birthday present back in January and I have been a mad lady training for the past few months! I have always been a slow runner but I am really hoping to see some improvement this time and do it in 3 hours. Please say a prayer for me! What is SeaWheeze: Well I've ...

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Yes, I said FREE! Evans Fitness Club is offering a BootCamp 6 days a week for FREE! I tried it out tonight and got by butt kicked! It was probably the hardest workout I've done in a long time. Ropes, ladders, large balls weighing far to much, kettle bells, jump ropes, sand bags, must I continue to list the items that she tortured us with?! It hurt, but it was such a good class. I am really looking forward to Saturday. Please come join us!!!!!

One reason I blog, is so I can go back and remember all of these moments. I went back tonight to see what Wyatt was doing at 17/18 months, because to be honest, I don't remember it being this difficult of a phase. I love each and every stage but I'm going to be honest, this is hard. The past few weeks have been rough with M. *Cries at the drop of a hat *Throws all out tantrums- I mean tossing things around and throwing things on the floor *More crying- for any and everything *Screaming *Pinching/pulling hair/attempting to bite Todd and I were ready to pull our hair out this evening. I hate that I can't make her happy sometimes, that I can't understand what she wants. Then she is a sweet heart again.... *Dancing- she loves to dance *Mickey Mouse Club House-this makes her happy! Her whole face will light up and I love seeing that. She also love to dance to the hot dog song! *The way she says "Hi" and "bye". SO VERY CUTE! *The way she loves...

Wyatt is 3 and McKinley is almost 18 months. Life is going at full speed and we are trying to soak up every minute. MDO and Pre-School are in full swing and we are all trying to get used to me working more. August started out a little rough, everyone being sick, school starting, new routines.... it was pure craziness! September is now gone, and October is upon us and we are FINALLY starting to feel better. Last week we did have to go back to the doctor's office and what do we have..... Wyatt with another ear infection/blood work to test for allergies/and a shot! McKinley is over her last ear infection- thank goodness because she has had 3 in the last 2 months/and a shot. We celebrated the end of the doctors appointment with pancakes at ihop! Hoping to have his allergy test results by Monday! Friday, I took off work to take the kids to a playdate at the park and then we took them to a movie. Friday ended with dinner at Sheehans and scrapbook night at the church. The perfect...

I just finished my second half marathon! I can't begin to describe the feeling I get when I cross that finish line! It's simply amazing! This time it felt even more amazing because with being sick, not training and having only run a max of 6 miles since my last half, it was an amazing since of accomplishment for me. Knowing that I could do it even though I started the day not thinking that I could. I ran the first 7 miles and then my body just couldn't do it anymore. I walked the rest, running a little here and there to make up time. I knew that as long as I stayed at 18 minute miles, I would be just fine. My Aunt found me 12.89 and helped me cross that finish line, 13.1! Yes, I did it again. 5 days later and my legs still hurt! My knees ache when I go up the stairs and it hurts to sit, however I'm ready to get out there and do it again. My training begins soon because on December 8th, I will hopefully be pushing myself to yet another 13.1 finish line.