Monday!

Today is President's Day so the kids had the day off from school. I love getting an extra day to sleep in. Max did wake up at 7am, but at least we could just lay there and didn't have to get up and going.

Danny's party went really good yesterday. The dinner turned out really good and everyone seemed to really like it. We've had some rough patches in the Church family over the years, so it is really nice now to be able to get together and all get along. The Thomas cake turned out so cute. Danny was so excited about it. I didn't know if he would let us cut it or not, but he did! He got some more Thomas trains to go with his tracks, a Thomas backpack, Thomas tub toys, a shotgun (toy of course) and some other fun little things. He had so much fun opening presents it was hysterical to watch him. Everyone stayed around and talked and it was a lot of fun. My little guy is 4 now and I can't believe it. I wish I could freeze him right now! He is so much fun and full of love. He is a little naughty at times though.

This morning I went running. Justin wanted to go with me so I was glad. He hasn't ran since he broke his leg almost a year ago. He's a little out of shape but I know it won't take him long to get back. He's such a natural athlete. I hope our kids take after him. We ran from our house, down the road, then up the hill to the dump, and then back to our house. It was kind of hard with the hills, but we did it. I was pretty tired after that and was pretty much lazy the rest of the day. Misty called and asked if the kids could come up to Oak City and play with her, so they were really excited about that. I was too! I took a nap, then took a bath. It was nice.

My mom and I went to the fabric store to look for some fabric to make a quilt. Me and the girls are going to Georgia in May to see the Bell's and I want to make Ammie a quilt for her graduation. There was lots of cute stuff. I will probably go back next week and buy something.

Just for the record, we did make valentine cookies for the kids to deliver to their friends. They had a lot of frosting the cookies and sprinkling them. Then we took them to houses and they rang the doorbells and ran. They loved it. And I only lost my cool a couple of times, which is great for me! Also, I did end up running on Saturday morning. We went 5.5 miles and I felt pretty good. I had to stop at 3 miles and rest for a second, but after that I was able to finish. I used my new watch Justin gave me and loved it! The 10k is Saturday, I hope I can do okay.

Tonight we had lasagna for dinner and now we are laying around watching a movie for family home evening. I love relaxing evenings like this. Goodnight.