A race, a baby and fun with the kids

Hey everyone,

hope you are doing good! :)

I had some different, but also nice weeks and did a bunch of things with the kids or my friends.

Let's see, where should I begin?

Oh ya, my first "race".

So I did my first 5K race at the beginning of this month and I loved it!

It was fun to run with all these other people and that really helped me to push through.

My only goal really was to make the race without having to stop or walk, I wanted to run ALL THE WAY! and..I DID! It felt so good coming around the last corner and seeing the finish line, all of a sudan I had a lot more energy left than I thought I had and sprinted over the finish line. :)

I did pretty well and came in after 32,40 minutes, which put me right in the middle field. :)

Courtney, my hostmom's sister and her baby came along to cheer me on, which was so nice and helpful to see them waiting for me there at the finish line! :) Thank you!

The day before the race I drove 4,5 hours one way to meet up with a friend of ours to pick up Matty, who had spend some time there. It was a nice drive through Wisconsin and great to be be driving in Wisconsin, seeing another state. We met half way and had lunch at a neat restaurant that has all sorts of old tin toys inside and a carousel outside, that we got to ride. :) The drive back with him was pretty relaxed (he did great) and so even the rain that started half way back, didn't matter to much. :) It was good to be back home after a long day though.

Meredith's sister (as mentioned above ;) ) and her baby William came to visit us for a couple of weeks to be with Mer. It was so nice to have them here and to get to have a baby around for a while. :)

I got to spend a lot of time with W. and had a lot of fun! He is a happy baby and so funny! :) It was great to get to know Court better and also spend some time with her.

I am having a great time with Isaac right now! We discovered his love of fairytales and so whenever we have some alone time together he wants me to tell him a new story. It kinda showed me, how many different fairytales I actually know the beginning of, but can't remember the ending to...but at the end they just all end the same, right.. and they lived happily forever after.. *haha*

Matty is growing up way to fast. Some days I look at him and thing.."what?! who are you?" :)

He wants to go to the restroom by himself now, and always makes me close the door (from the outside :) ) *haha* wants to do everything by himself, and thinks he can do anything! *haha* amazing! he is a lot of fun to be with, and he still loves to cuddle, so that's good! :)

Gracie is off school for the summer, which gives us some more time together which has been great!

Just the other day she told her mom, that she wanted a day where I take her and a friend out without the boys, because she never gets to go out with me when she has school. :) we had a great time!

Today we played with her Polly Pockets, which was a lot of fun! :D I loved putting new outfits on them, so we made them go for a swim and change their clothes after that.. :D

Another fun thing is skyping with my parents. We started doing that a few weeks ago. Now that I have my own laptop, it just is the smarter thing to do than being on the phone the whole time. And that way they get to see me, and the best part: I get to see them!!!!! That's so amazing! I love it!

Last friday we went to the pool for the first time! I am glad we have a membership, it costs 10$ to get in otherwise! :o

But it is a great pool with lots of fun things to do even for the little kids (and big kids like me) :)

I realized that I needed a new swimsuit (badly) and so went to buy one, no two, the next day. :) I got a one piece and a two piece with skirt and I love them! :) And the best part was, it didn't even take me that long to find them! :)

The next day I took the boys to a splash park. They have a soft floor there with lots of things that spray out water and you can run around and get wet. It was soooo much fun! But sadly we had to leave after a short bit, because it was just not warm enough that day to stay. But I will for sure go back there with them soon!

Well, besides that I spent time with my friend Steffi and we hung out at the mall, an art fair, the movies, and had german food again, this time at a different place with another friend of ours and it was soo good! :)

Wednesday we are driving up to Duluth, about 4 hours away from here to go camping in a cabin. Should be a lot of fun! :) I'll tell you about it next tim!

Take care and leave me a comment! :) Love ya!