Sunday, April 8, 2012

Meet Lahlo


Do you remember this guy?  Emma's new pet fish, Lahlo.
When we got home from the rodeo, Travis and Emma spent time getting Lahlo's home ready for him. 
 All set, now all we need to do is add a fish.
 Emma trying to catch Lahlo.  I was holding my breath, hoping that she would not squish him.

 Home at last :)
Emma needed to get a closer look.  

Rodeo 2012

We invited Mia, Camie, and Charlie to go to the Rodeo with us over Spring Break.  We had a great time!!!



 Hmmmmm...don't touch OR feed the animals.  I do believe Emma did both in the previous 2 photos :)  I did not read the signs very well.

 Pig Races 
 Headed to the fair!!!
 Gettin' sleepy!!!
 Travis had 1 ticket left--not enough to ride another ride and Trav did not want to spend any more money to get more tickets.  So...he decided to spend the ticket to try and win a fish...only he did it KNOWING that he would he would not likely get a fish.  He was wrong.
 Now Emma is the proud owner of a new goldfish.
Meet Lahlo...where does she come up with these names????

Spring Break Play Date with Landry

 We set up a play date for Landry and Emma over Spring Break.  We started out at a toy store that had some bubble fun scheduled.  They had kids creating bubble art with colored bubble solution.   


 Even Krista had some fun with bubbles :)

 Who needs paper???  Landry was a bit more creative with his bubble art :)


After the bubble fun, we decided to head over to the new All Abilities Park in Round Rock.  It is fantastic and the kiddos AND Krista and I had a great time!  We will definitely be going back!!!

 Emma found this pink unicorn.  She no longer wanted to play with anything else. 

 The park has a sections with different community buildings, such as HEB, a school house, a library, and an automotive shop.  They had a dash in the automotive shop that kiddos could "fix". It looks like Emma was trying to hotwire this one :(
Thanks for hangin' out with us Landry and Krista!!!  We had a great time!




Sunday, March 4, 2012

3.5

I have been officially done with the Couch to 5K program for a few weeks.  I am still running and still enjoying it.  Saturday, I ran 3.5 miles in about 35 minutes.  I am not going to win any races with that time, but my speed is improving each time I run and my goal really isn't to win the race...just finish it!  I like pushing myself to go just a BIT further each time and so far my legs have met the challenge :) 

My new running gear:
1)  GPS app on my phone that has helped me track my time/mile and map my running route...which I LOVE.

2)  Nike Running skirts...I think they are FANTASTIC and cute!!!  Bonus:  I got them on sale for $16 vs. their normal $45 price tag :) and no more shorts riding up during the run!!!  

Ah-ha moments while running:
1)  MUST expell all urine from bladder before going on a run!!!  2 miles from my house I had the AWFUL feeling that if I kept running, I may most certainly would wet myself.  I decided to call Trav to come get me.  Not my proudest moment!  He told me, "Patton, you can't swim out into the middle of the ocean without being able to swim back!"  My friend pointed out that you can pee in the ocean without people noticing!  Very true!  He did come get me and did not give me TOO much grief :)

2)  I LOVE running to the Jack Johnson Pandora station!!!  I tried all sorts of up beat, hip hoppy, rap-like music, but Jack (and similar artists) make me happy...when I am happy, I think I am in a better place to push myself.

3)  I am amazed about how quickly my body has adapted to this running thing!!!  2 months ago I was struggling with running for 45 seconds with 90 second walk (repeated for 20 minutes) and now I can run for 35 minutes straight and be happy afterwards.  Can't wait to see where I end up!





Let's Go Fly a Kite...

The three of us decided to make our way to Zilker Park for the 84th annual Kite Festival.  We thought Emma would love seeing all of the different kites and the weather was GORGEOUS!!! 

Emma got to make her very own kite.  You can tell she was thrilled!!!
She had to move through the various stations where the supports were added, the strings where added, and finally...
the kite tail :) 
Travis doing a little kite coaching.

Up...
Up...
and Away!!!
Pure Joy!!!


Emma's kite joined the rest of the kites in the beautiful, blue sky.
She could have done this all afternoon, BUT there was a porta potty string accident and it wasn't a hard decision to let the string stay just where it was dropped!!! :(   So, we will have to go get some more string and continue flying another day.
Amy's was the perfect distraction from the lost string!!!
Good 'til the last drop :)
 The Kite Grave Yard
Great fun had by all!!!