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I throw my hands up in the air sometimes…

June 3rd, 2011

I think that song* would be on the soundtrack of my life right now…  ”saying AYO, gotta let go!”

Let me briefly recap the last 3+ months for you.

February –  Kevin’s grandpa passed away, followed by the memorial at the DFW National Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in March.  Also – my foot doctor cleared me to start running again – Hallelujah!  And, my dad returned to work full time, another Hallelujah.

March – I decided to start training for a triathlon!  I’m not such a good swimmer, but I do enjoy running and just got into the biking phenomenon.  Love LOVE [race] biking, lest you think I ride a Harley.

April – Kennedy turned 4 years old.  And yet she started acting 2 again.  Now it’s like I have two 2 year-olds in the house.. I’m so ready for her to start preschool.

May – too busy to recap in this post, but here’s the Reader’s Digest condensed version -
1.  Kevin and I took a trip to Oregon/Washington.  Fabulous.  Highly recommend it.  I’ll be devoting an entire post (or two, or three) to it.
2.  My grandmother passed away while we were gone.  I wrote her obit in a hotel room.  More on this later.
3.  Also while we were gone, my parents started renovating their kitchen.  Now finished, but wow it was a mess – my mom had to put everything into her dining room, and she felt like she was on that show Hoarders.  I’ll try to post pictures of that too..  you’ve seen some of the before pics, you just didn’t know it.
4.  Kennedy had her first dance recital.  I laughed, I cried, but I wasn’t stressed.  She did a superb job and can’t wait for dance next year.  Pictures and a post to follow.
5.  Colby finished Kindergarten.  He also turned 6 earlier this month.  I also laughed and cried.  His teacher was such a sweetheart, and she’s moved to DFW.   Pictures of him to follow too [oh and lots of stories.  he is one funny kid.]

June – (and I’m so not kidding about this one) Carlee is going to the potty.  Like, for real, she’s wearing panties all the time, even at night, and even when we are out in public.  She has a chart for going #2 and when she goes 5 times, we all get to go to Red Mango for frozen yogurt.  She’s been twice so far – once yesterday and once today.  You should see the big kids trying to encourage her on the potty.  ”Don’t you need to poop, Carlee?”  Hilarious.

More to come.  You won’t believe how big and grown-up my kids are getting… I can’t believe it sometimes either.

*that song = Dynamite, by Taio Cruz.

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