Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Our Family 2010







BRADY - This picture captures your big personality and your sweet tender heart all at the same time. You give out more kisses than anyone I know, you count them each day. Some days you ask for 15 others 2 or 3 but always a specific number. You say things like "Mom this dinner is really good" "Mom I like your necklace, your so pretty" "Grandma I love you so much" "Daddy will you lay with me?" You also have a stubborn side (not sure where you got that from?!). Once you set your mind to something you won't give up..hmm...not sure where that came from either!? Your a wild hockey skater and you love hockey!!! Your doing so well in school. Your counting and spelling and writing...its so fun to see what you do each day. You love to play with your action figures and you get so excited to do your "homework" I hope that lasts for a long time.

COLTON - You are so darn cute. I love your smile, its the very best! Today when I was not feeling well, you were the first to try to do everything for me. You checked on me every 5 minutes and asked what I needed. You can be so kind and thoughtful. You have a huge imagination and have taken a great liking to Max. He is your best buddy, besides your brothers! Your so smart too. Your handwriting is better than mine! (Honestly no clue where that came from) You really like to play soccer and are going to try skating with the Lumberjacks tomorrow. You grow braver everyday. Your not a kisser/hugger, touchy feely kind of guy (I DO know where that comes from) but I know you have a big heart and I like to steal kisses from you all the time:)Your vocabulary is outstanding and you amaze us by the words you say.

JARRED - Seriously...WOW, you have grown into a great young man right in front of our eyes but would you please... stop...getting older that is!!! Your a kind kid who is busier than the average 15 year old and keeps it all together. You have your first job and never, ever, not once do you complain about going. You are saving half of everything you earn and do not complain about that either. I keep on you pretty hard about keeping your grades up, I really think you will thank me some day, I hope! Your practicing at least once usually twice a night for one sport or another and your keeping good grades. Really, what more could we ask for? We are working on your attention to detail...I think I might still be saying this 10 years from now! Your funny, easy going and a joy to be around. Best of all you love your family. Your brothers idolize you and for that we are thankful.

OUR FAMILY - Has grown by one more this year. Michael Moran (promise to post pics very soon of him, but my camera is broken!) Michael is a USHL Lumberjack player who is living in our house. But he is so much more than a hockey player, he is wonderful young man who we have all grown to like a lot! We are so lucky to have him with us this year. We are enjoying following him on his journey with hockey and much more including...going to a new school, moving away from home, making new friends and doing his own laundry!! Colton and Brady think he is really cool and Mike and Jarred get along just great. I have cooked more home maid meals in the last 3 months than I have in the last 3 years, like I said this have been good for ALL of us:))

It is a busy busy busy household over here on Harbor Point but we are loving everyday and thanking God for our wonderful family.

I thought Jamie did an outstanding job capturing all of our personalities in our annual photo session. She is taking Michael's pics this weekend, cant wait to post those as well!

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Grand Rapids .5 Marathon





Well...we did it! Kathy Hellmann and I finished the GR 1/2 Marathon today. Its a great feeling to see the training pay off. We ran about a minute faster per mile than we trained and it wasn't until the last mile that it caught up with us. I am so proud of my friends Jenni and Shannan for finishing the full and Jenni for finishing her 2nd in 2 years! After about 11 weeks of training Kathy and I took it all in running shoulder to shoulder over 11 miles. She crossed just a minute after me, not bad seeing she is 9 years older than me (I know she will love that I posted that!).I think we got out of it injury free as well which is really something to be thankful for. I hope our running continues for a long time together.

Grand Rapids Marathon 1 hr 57 minutes.