BLAST FROM THE PAST!

Ok, if you didn't live with me in the 1980's this post might not mean much to you. But I gotta show this to my family! I was downloading some music the other day and starting reminiscing about the 80's. So I got on You Tube and was watching old shows and cartoons and then found some computer games. Check out this one and this one! We played these on our Commodore 128.

Isn't that funny? The sites and sounds are still so fresh in my mind and that was over 20 years ago. Do you guys remember?

We celebrated Aunt Katie's birthday on Saturday with a picnic lunch in our favorite park and out for ice cream.




I love this picture of Katherine. She gets little rosy cheeks when it is hot outside. The girls are definitely getting blonder from all the sun.

THE YEARS ARE SHORT

I must confess, my favorite blogs to read (besides my family members', of course) are blogs about productivity and life enrichment. I have several blogs I read each week dedicated to being happier, being organized, being more productive. I'm always striving to find little gems that can help me in my daily routine. One thing I came upon this week was a video that really hit home about being a parent. It is a short video by the author of a blog called The Happiness Project. It is called The Years are Short and just thought I'd share it with you.

I'm so enjoying the past few days - the weather has been beautiful and I haven't been obsessing about "What have I got to do next?". I feel so lucky to be able to work mostly from home and be able to enjoy summer activities with my kids like neighborhood walks, lunch in the park, or just playing in the backyard. These things are pretty normal, but I realize that if I worked outside the home, I wouldn't be able to do these things each day, and for that I'm thankful!

Weekend Report

Spent the past weekend in Helena and we had a blast! The main reason was to celebrate Kurt's grandpa's 90th Birthday! We had a surprise party for him on Sunday. It was the ultimate surprise too, he had NO idea. I don't think he even figured it out until we were halfway through singing "Happy Birthday". He was so tickled too when his kids and grandkids all went in and bought him a 32" Flat Screen High Definition TV. There were lots of people at the party (around 70) and it was fun to visit with everyone. I even got to meet Kurt's cousins (4 of them) whom I had never met in all the years we've been together. They are from Kansas, Texas and California.

And on Saturday I ran in the Governor's Cup 10K. Had an overall really good run and finished in 55:15 (just under a 9:00 min per mile pace), so I was pleased with that. The weather was great - it was a littly chilly at the start, but I warmed up quickly. I think it was in the low 50's with a little wind. The course was fairly hilly, but runs through the Capitol neighborhood, so there's some neat sites to see. I was pretty tired the last 1/2 mile, but seeing my family and in-laws near the finish line cheering me on gave me the kick to make it to the end!

Here's a few pictures:

Grandpa with his 6 grandchildren and 5 Great-Grandchildren

Great-grandchildren


Katherine enjoying some lap time