Are you ready for some football???

Peyton started playing flag football for the YMCA at the end of October.  Yesterday was his first game.  His team won 18-6!  Yea Peyton!

Halloween

Peyton's First Day of Third Grade!

Weight Watchers 5K

Last night, Peyton and I joined about 500 other people and walked in the Weight Watchers 5K.  This was a national walk that WW was putting on and Greenville was one of five locations in the United States.  It was quite a priveledge to be a host city. 

Peyton and I did a combonation of running and walking in order to complete the 3.1 miles.  It was very hot and we not only ran on pavement but through the woods on a dirt trail, over a bridge, and on a rock path.  The terrain kept it interesting and we welcomed the shade of the woods!

I have two wonderful WW leaders and both were there cheering me on each time I pasted them.  They are great encouragors in the meetings and out and both are beautiful and inspriring. 

Peyton said that he wanted to do this every night!  I don't know about that but I do think I'll start taking him to the YMCA so we can run on their trail and work on our time. 

Thanks Peyton for being my partner in our first 5K.  I love you buddy!

The crowd...there was over 500 registered walkers! 

One of my beautiful leaders, Deb.

After the walk...Peyton enjoying a WW sweet and salty snack.  3 points plus.  They also provided lots of water, orange slices, and bananas along with a variety of WW snacks.

My other beautiful leader Sheri.  She's lost over 200+ pounds!  What an inspiration!

Cub Scout Graduation

Peyton had his final ceremony of the this year's cub scouts tonight.  We gathered a bit early for a hot dog dinner before starting the meeting. He graduated to the next level...wolf.  He received his new book and neck tie.  We are very proud of him...no matter what he does we're proud of him. He sure does look sharp in his little uniform!  Grandpa has been very faithful to take Peyton to all of his meetings and work on various projects.  They make an awesome team!

Coloring Easter Eggs

Peyton, Makenna and I had a fabulous time coloring eggs....even if Makenna wanted to color ALL the eggs yellow (her favorite color)!  They were not too thrilled that after we were all done making them pretty, I tore into them to devil them for Easter lunch!  That was pretty mean huh?

Christmas Eve 2010

The kids and I made gingerbread cutout cookies this year and we even decorated them. It was a lot of fun...I've never had much success with frosting cookies but this year I made my own frosting and that really made all the difference in the world. Confectioners sugar icing to so much easier to work with than any other I've tried. Since Makenna is really into Mickey and Minnie Mouse this year, we did mouse cutouts and stars. The kids had a great time cutting out the designs and frosting them. They were also very excited about getting Santa's plate ready for his upcoming visit.

Gymnastics

I ran across these pictures the other day and wanted to post about Peyton. He has been doing gymnastics since February so for 9 months now he's been doing cartwheels and front handsprings. He's really cute to watch and he practices all the time around the house and stands on his head a lot. He's thinking about quitting though and playing basketball for the YMCA. We'll see what happens. We're letting him decide...