Happy Birthday Uncle Scott

Today is my brother, Scott's birthday - he's 9 or 10 years old - or at least he acts like that. hee hee! In honor of his birthday I have decided to post some pictures specifically for him, these pictures were taken right after I said, "Smile for Uncle Scott!" Here's what I got:







Just kidding! These were just some funny faces and I knew that Scott would appreciate them! Happy Birthday Scoot we love you!

Note to friends & family of Jason's Clan - if you take a self-portrait you should expect it to show up on your birthday blog.

Happy Birthday Papa Coach (aka Dad)

Today is Papa Coach's birthday! Here's a couple of my favorite pictures of him enjoying my kids! Sadly I don't have any of him with K on my available disks (trust me there are pictures, just not on the disks).
For those of you who don't know, his name was coined when B was little and would want us to tell him which Grandpa he was going to go see and we'd tell him the one with the coach - soon Dad was forever more known as "Papa Coach."

B fishing with Papa Coach at Roaring River.

Z snapping green beans with Papa Coach.

A working on wrapping this guy around her little finger.

I love you Dad! Happy Birthday!!

Post 300?!

Man I gotta make this one good - I didn't realize it was post 300!

We picked out our pumpkin today, we went to do it yesterday but the pumpkin patch in the neighborhood had already closed so we just took pictures and then went out today to get THE pumpkin. This is the time of year that I really miss Missouri - we loved going on the great pumpkin hunt every year and the great tree hunt, sometimes we even hunted apples in an orchard. I suppose when you don't do guns then you have to hunt inanimate objects. hee hee
Here's the pictures:

Wednesday I had two little pumpkins - they were so cute!

I love this second picture - A is tired of this cute, huggy stuff!

Go FAST!

Spaghetti face

One of the pumpkin patch pictures,
the sun was in their eyes so they had a hard time...

Ready for pumpkin hunting. I love the profile and the shadow.

Now that's just a sweet face.

Find the pumpkin...

Happy Birthday Joseph

Today is our sweet nephew, Joseph's birthday. A year ago he was welcomed into this family and he has grown so much. Can't wait to see him at Christmas!!

So much to share

First a Z funny for G'pa John.
Tonight I was reading The Three Sillies by Steven Kellogg - very silly book. At one point in the book the cat calls the gentleman a "real bozo" and Z says, "hey I'm bozo." Now that is silly!

I've put together a completely non-sense montage because there is no rhyme or reason to these pictures, just a normal day with Jason's Clan.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Update on Kyle-o-meter

Check out these results:
Adrien - 1st place
Dayna - 2nd place
Cynthia - 3rd place

couple of other ladies - who obviously had a stronger turbo booster in 4th and 5th

Sherry (ME) - 6th place

then 4 more ladies....

And there I was racing for last place.

Kyle-o-Meter

Some of my tri-club friends, Adrien, Dayna, & Cynthia decided that it would be fun to do the Kyle-o-Meter 5K this morning. I was not one of gung-ho organizers that thought it was a good idea I was just the flunky standing close by that got dragged into it... ha ha! Actually I think I was egging people on to do it too - sadly I haven't been feeling well. I have had a cold for about two weeks and last week it got worse with a sore throat and cough, so when I woke up this morning I was miserable and worried about how I would preform - I have really high expectations. hee hee
Needless to say it wasn't my best race but it was so much fun. I never knew that these things could be so fun but even this morning coughing, hacking, blowing my nose and sitting in the dark waiting for my friends to come pick me up I was excited and anxious.

Here's my cheering crew:


This is me after crossing the finish line preparing to hug that cheering crew - they were yelling so loud!!


Lastly here my story:
I am working toward running a 5K without walking. Today was not my goal day, today was just fun. I was running/walking with a couple of ladies and we just kept taking turns passing each other. That is until I kicked in my turbo booster (ha) and blew them out of the water. Okay so it wasn't that dramatic but I have to have a good story like that when my chief supporter, Jason, informs me first thing that not only did the speed walker beat me but so did a lady with a stroller. I'll have you know that lady with the stroller only had it the last 1/4 of the race, I saw her switch off with another woman (who I beat)! Hee hee - anything to make myself feel better. Finally there was an 8ish year old that didn't want me to pass her either, I was beginning to think that she thought I was chasing her, because every time I sped up she'd look over her shoulder and run - I guess I'm pretty scary when I'm out there running. Just in case you were wondering I snaked past her too! Suffice to say it was a fun Sunday morning.