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The girls ran the River Green Run to benefit Children's Healthcare of Atlanta this morning. Kaitlin was 5th over all. I ran with them (and 50 other kids) and was really thinking I would beat her. I was wrong. She beat me by almost 2 minutes! It was so awesome to watch her fly by all those boys. MAN that girl can run.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY

I recently reunited (thru FB) with some of my old friends from middle school. We have had dinner twice and are trying to make it a regular thing. Its funny how 17 years have passed but we are all still very much the same. The only real difference is that we have added 7 kids and 4 husbands, and we have grown into 4 fabulous women, of course. It is always fun to chat with these sweet girls and catch up on years of life we all missed. I really hope we keep this up. It's so great to get away and talk with other moms.

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Words cannot possibly express how relieved I will be to wake up Tuesday morning with this technology project behind me.

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I can't say the meaning behind this picture, but it will forever make me laugh. Some clues for my future memory: Allison, ASP, last minute, forgetting a photo, project procrastination. Thanks Allison. I'm still giggling.

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This is the only picture I took today. The kids have such a great time hanging out with our hysterical neighbors. I love Brit.....he will do anything for a good laugh. Nice Erkle shorts buddy. :)

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We had field day today. I was busy running around with my class, but I did get a few shots of Jack in action. He was loving every moment of this day.

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One of my favorite times of day is tucking the kids in at bedtime. Jack and I read a book, and talk about life. We snuggle and scratch and love on each other. Kaitlin and I catch up on girly drama. It's a sweet time that I treasure. The day is done. The chaos has calmed. The blessings ar being counted. The prayers are said. The love is felt. And the lights go out. And WOW do I LOVE a good nights sleep. I did take one picture of Kaitlin all tucked in, but let's just say.....I couldn't post it. It did give me a BIG laugh though. I love her humor. I love my kids. SO MUCH.

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Who invented the recorder, and WHY?

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After a very long and fun day at Dave and Cristina's house, Colby and Jack were done. I realized at 11:00 p.m. that I had not taken one picture all day. What I didn't realize at the time, is that a lack of pictures would be the theme of my week.

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We had the school sock hop today. I was surprised that Kaitlin let me come and take a picture of her and her friends.......pleasantly surprised.

I got some adorable pictures of Jack at the sock hop. He ran around in complete and utter joy.....dancing his little tail off. He did the chicken dance, the electric slide, and many others....with a GIANT smile on his face. The only problem was that he was moving around so fast that I couldn't catch him to get a decent picture. They were all too blurry, but still so cute. He loved the freedom of being able to run around and dance at school without anyone telling him to be quiet or sit down. After school we had the Friday Boys Club come over.....with its newest member, Leo. He is the little spiky haired buy in the plaid shirt. He is hysterical! I love this little rat pack that Jack has formed. He is so happy now! I prayed hard for him to have friends this year and my prayers were answered. THANK YOU!

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Jack performed a couple of songs with the Kindergarten at the PTA meeting tonight. He was not expecting to be in the front row, and ended up right in the middle. You can see his shyness. I thought this was the perfect capture of his sweetness. I love the look on his face, I love his giant flip flops, and I love love love him.

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I am loving this beautiful weather. The pollen is gone, and I am aware of how short lived this heavenly cool breeze is, so I am encouraging the kids to GET.OUT.SIDE. I just love watching Jack ride his scooter. He cracks me up. You have to see it to understand. It's most definitely time for a bike for this child! One of my goals this summer is to buy him a bike and teach him how to ride. I would really love to have family bikes, but that is a purchase on the bottom of my list. Kaitin needs a new one too. Do you hear that Santa? Do you visit in June by any chance?

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I finally got a shot of Jack telling one of his very animated stories about army guys. He usually runs away when I get out the camera. His stories are much like my moms, and mine, and Uncle Scott's, and Uncle Joe's. What can I say.....Jack comes from a family of intense story tellers.

Kaitlin is not excited about being photographed lately, but she was willing to pose with her pet rock. Her friends got together today to train for their upcoming 5K and they made these rocks with MaMa after they ran. This was all I could get out of her today.

(Thank you Angie for explaining to me how to create these collages. I have been trying to figure this out since I started reading Kelle Hampton's blog. She has so many comments on her blog that she does not have time to explain to me how to do this. I am glad I have a blog savvy friend who can update me on how to do cool stuff.)

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We get mad at each other, but we don't stay mad long.

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I found this drawing in the crazy drawer in my kitchen. I vaguely remember Eric drawing it one day because Jack wanted to draw with him. It says so much about Eric's perspective on our family. :)

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Kaitlin is a whole new woman! She got a hair cut today and she needed it......bad. Since we are rapidly approaching middle school, I guess it was time for a fresh look, so we called Lindsey. Kaitlin loves her new hair. I think it's just what the doctor ordered.

Kaitlin look so young here, but she does not look this young in real life. She is 5'2 and has the longest legs on earth. I give her 2 more years before she looks like my younger sister, not my daughter. Speaking of young, I had a 65 year old man get a little fiesty with my at the grocery store today while I tried to purchase a bottle of vino. He asked me in a mean voice if I was trying to use my mom's I.D. After I informed him that my mom is 61 years old, he looked at me like I was a liar and studied my ID while people in line looked at me in wonderment. He was so wanting to bust me for using a fake ID. And I think the people behind me wanted so badly to witness it. I loved every minute of it. Ten years ago it drove me nuts. But now I relish every angry elderly man or woman who can't possibly believe I am 31 years old. I am now very appreciative of 2 things I hated growing up: curly hair and young looking genes.

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I wish I would have thought of silly bands. I would be making a surprising amount of money right now. It's amazing to me that these little rubber bracelets are so in demand.

I wonder how long this craze will last?

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If you don't have a ball, why not use an orange?

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It's "callapitter" seasons. It nevers stops amazing me how something so ugly can turn into something so beautiful. One of nature's finest little treasures if you ask me.

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Jack decided to add some decorations to his room. When I walked in and saw this, I smiled. My favorite part of his design is the upside down g. Five years ago I would have taken these off the walls. Today, I am just glad he didn't color on the walls. I am leaving his narly decorations up. He likes them, and that's all that matters. I have so many other battles to pick with him. It's great therepy for the little portions of OCD that are still left in me after being a working mother for 4 years. I've had to give up my dreams of being organized, perky, and efficent. Survival is my new goal.