Catching up with us...

Wow I have a lot to catch up on.

I went by myself to St Louis to pick up Jo. She is our foreign exchange student from Brussels, Belgium. We were only gettin Larissa and the agancy called us and begged us to take one more. We are so grateful we did. Jo is 18 and wonderful. I was terrible I didn't take pictures at the airport. I was so tired and I didn't think of it until the drive home. She slept most of the way because she was exhausted too.
So now are family is bigger by two but it feels normal. Jo and Larissa shared a room for the first three weeks. Then Amber moved down to the basement and now everyone has their own space. Jo and Larissa are sweet girls and it feels like they have always been here.
As most of you know I am running in the Las Vegas Ragnar with my family in October so I have been training for a few months The end of August I ran in a five mile race in Keokuk at the YMCA called "Run for the Lei" I won first place in my division. It helps that I am the only female my age who ran at all and Melissa and I are the only two females who opted for the 5 mile instead of the 5K Hee Hee I was the last person to cross the finish line and I still won a metal...how cool is that. I ran on 2 hours of sleep and not feeling well. I have will power.
The next weekend Amber and I ran in the Grape Stomp. The 5K run at the Nauvoo Grape Festival. I did better than the weekend before. Amber took 2nd in her division. Yay Amber!! It felt great. I think I am getting shin splints so I am taking a week off from 5K's.
At the Grape Festival the girls played Mud Volleyball. They had a blast but they played terribly and lost every game. :) I think they wanted it to be over...lol

I had my 42nd Birthday! I had a party for myself that lots of people came to and I felt very loved. :) 42 isn't so bad... :)
Jo took this picture of me on the bus.

Well there you are. I will try to do a better job of keeping my blog in the future. Have a great day.