Last night, the girls made Elephant Ear Cookies with Gra-Gra. (I apologize in advance for the blurry phone photos. I have GOT to upgrade my phone!)In a microwave bowl, mix together milk, butter, and salt. Microwave for 1 minute.Add cocoa and sugar. Microwave for 6 minutes.Add ...
Sassy Libby
This little girl is SO sassy! The other day, she saw her name written on a piece of paper. She knew that it said Libby, but she wondered why it didn't have her middle name too. Justin was going to help her spell her middle name, which is Brooke. She, with TONS of attitude, propped ...
Week in the Life: Sunday Words + Photos
6:15 a.m. Hit snooze once.6:25 a.m Fly out of bed because I'm supposed to meet my friends for a run in 5 minutes :)6:40 a.m. 6 miles in 49:01. (I'm trying to brag, but then Justin reminded me that 6 miles is LESS THAN HALF the distance I have to go for the half. Shot ...
Week In The Life: Saturday Words + Photos
6:45 a.m. Alarm--Sleeping in this morning :)7:15 a.m. Getting ready for K's game. Messy makeup drawer.7:45 a.m. Shin guards, check. Uniform, check. Soccer cleats, check.8:00 a.m. Soccer player and loudest cheerleader.8:15 a.m. Always be prepared. ...
Week in the Life: Friday Words + Photos
4:30 a.m. Hit snooze once.4:40 a.m. Hit snooze twice.4:50 a.m. Finally get up and head out for my run. This photo is the line I can stop at when I do sprints. I have a love/hate relationship with this line.6:10 a.m. Text message from Carrie. She took this ...
Week In The Life: Thursday Words + Photos
6:00 a.m. Everyone up. Girls and I all jump in the shower to start getting ready.6:30 a.m. Breakfast--cocoa puffs for L, mini pancakes for K.6:45 a.m. Our morning jam session--that is Footloose we are listening to. The Blake Shelton version.7:15 a.m. The ...
Week in the Life: Wednesday photos + words
Wednesday, the alarm:5:30 a.m. The Workout: 3.11 miles at an easy pace (8:59 per mile) and then 1 mile at faster than 5K pace, which ended up being 6:24. Total of 4 miles for the day.6:20 a.m. Musical beds was played at our house last night. Sometime during the hours of ...
Week in the Life: Tuesday words + photos
6:10 a.m. Alarm goes off for me to get up and start getting ready.6:15 a.m. Roomba starts. This thing really makes my life so much easier. It's scheduled to run every morning at 6:15 and gets my floors all clean. Makes me happy :)6:45 a.m. Wake girls up. ...
Week In the Life: Monday photos + Words
Monday alarm set for 4:40 a.m. for a 3.1 mile recovery run.The only way I make it out the door that early? Having all my running gear out and ready to slip on, in the dark.6:20 a.m. Breakfast for the girls. Waffles with butter, fresh peaches on the side, milk to drink.6:50 ...
Back to School + the Last First Day of Kindergarten
Hello. My name is Courtney, and I am having an EXTREMELY hard time with my last baby girl starting kindergarten. It seems like just yesterday that I was bringing her home, and now she comes to school with me and Kyndall. I don't quite know how to take it.On Thursday night, we had ...
Birthday Party Fun
Since the girls' birthdays are so close, they have always had joint parties. This year, they chose the Hartselle Aquatic Center as the location. We had a private party, so it was just the girls' and all their friends from 8-10 p.m. I think they were most excited about the ...
Just Be
At the beginning of 2013, I joined in on Ali Edwards One Little Word Challenge. My word was 'present', as in BE PRESENT. I am guilty of spending large quantities of time with my girls, but not much quality time. Be it my never ending to-do list or just my ADD, I find it difficult ...
