cross country meets

Anne Pea has just finished up her Cross Country season! It's so fun seeing these runner peas! She is so glad it's over. She wasn't really wanting to run this year, which breaks this momma's heart! I keep hoping she'll run in high school next year, but Saturday may have been our last meet. :(

Here are some sweet pictures from the district meet this past Saturday. It was "Pink-out" week, so of course she looked adorable! I'm going to miss getting up super early on Saturdays and waiting around for an hour to watch her run for 15 minutes! Haha!! The crazy things we do for our peas!

This is Anne Pea hugging her coach from last year, Coach Martin. We adore her and miss her like crazy! It was a huge reason Anne didn't really want to run this year. But, she's having a baby and we're so thrilled for her!

Starting line!

Ready, set...

...GO!

They're off!

This is about the halfway mark. She may not be first, but she looks really cute! :)

Running up the steeeeep hill at the very end of the race!

They call it "The Beast!" It is aptly named!

Go Anne!

After the race! She was so glad the season's over! Me, not so much!

Pretty, sweet pea!

This is Cameron, one of her best friends. {JUST friends!}

He's winking at the girls who are cheering him on!

This is from a few weeks ago and I think I missed posting it! She said she always wanted to run and jump into his arms, so she did it! {She's almost as tall as he is!}

My sweet family! I love them!

mhs homecoming 2012

Last night was Homecoming for MHS. Abby Pea danced at the game (of course), but this week she was nominated Marquette of the Week!! So proud of our girl! There are 50 Marquettes, about 10 football games, 1 chosen each game; well, you can see the odds of her getting chosen! Here's our MOW! :)

Abby Pea practicing her moves before halftime.

I wish I could remember this sweet pea's name! They're pretty precious!

I know that Abby is out of focus in this pic, but this is right after they announced her name over the loudspeaker. Needless to say, she was pretty stoked! Her expression says it all!

Abby and Sarah! Both were announced with honors!

MHS Marquette of the Week! Congrats, sweet pea!

video trouble

I tried several different tactics to get a decent quality video of Abby Pea's first pep rally performance loaded onto my blog. After much frustration, I pretty much gave up. I then remembered that I had made a Vimeo account at one point during college and decided to add that as a link onto this homepage. You can also click here to view it!

While I am sure I am expecting too much from my Iphone video capabilities, it would be nice if you actually could see what was going on! The compression was horrific trying to get it to upload directly. The quality still isn't what I wanted, but is so much better than the other options I tried. So, from now on when I have a video I want to share with you, I'll make sure to let you know! :)

One of these days I'll have it all figured out!

dancing, running; running, dancing!

So much has happened over the last few weeks! I can barely catch my breath! The "new job" is now the "old job." The only words I have are, "I hated it." Moving on! I am currently seeking employment. I am doing some temp work with the agency that got me my previous Geomap job, and taking things one day at a time! This family needs prayers for Momma Pea to get a job! I have one in particular that I am waiting on and I really hope it is what God has planned for me! It would be perfect {in my mind anyway} and would be a fantastic long-term opportunity. So, keep us in your happy thoughts!

Anne Pea is a running fool! Her cross country meets are in full swing! She's been placing in the top 25-40% of runners (there are always so many girls out there)! Last week she placed 83rd, but that was out of about 250 runners! We're really proud of her tenacity! I have a feeling this will be her last year in cross country though. Sad face from Mom! I hoped she would love it and keep going throughout high school! It's crazy that we love getting up early on Saturday morning to watch her come in 83rd, but it is such a blast!

Abby Pea is a dancing fool! Football games are in full swing, and that means halftime shows and pep rallies! This coming Saturday is the homecoming parade and this Momma Pea is so excited about it! It will be in our historic downtown and will be so much fun! There will be pics! :) She just got her letter jacket today {a big deal, by the way} and she looks really cute in it! I can't wait to start getting patches put on it!

Anne Pea cheering for her teammates! 

At the starting line.

My runner pea! :)

Here she comes!

Anne Pea and her sweet friend, Cameron! (He's cute and sweet! Yikes!)

Abby and her friend, Megan, at a football game! Two sweet peas!

Abby cheering/dancing at the pep rally!