Seven Years Old

Posted in Family by Kendra G.

Crosby is seven years old today!

The birthday interview tradition continues!

What is your name? Crosby
How old are you? Seven
What is your favorite thing to do? Spend time with you
What do you want to be when you grow up? A scientist
What is your favorite food? Tacos
Who do you like to spend your time with? You
What do you do really well? Play video games
What makes you laugh? Tickles
What is the best time of day? Recess
What are you afraid of? Nothing!
Who is your best friend? Hudson
What do you like to do with your family? Have tickle fights
What do you love to learn about? Outer space
Where do you like to go? Disney Animal Kingdom
What is your favorite book? Bad Guys (the series)
If you had one wish, what would it be? To be a Storm Trooper. and to fly.
What is your favorite color? Yellow
What is your favorite TV show? Anything on Disney+
What is your favorite animal? Weiner dogs
What is your favorite movie? Toy Story 4
What is your favorite drink? Apple juice
What is your favorite holiday? Halloween
What is your favorite restaurant? Tijuana Flats
What is your favorite place to go? Animal Kingdom
What is your favorite song? Every song by Perry Gripp
What is the best part about school? Recess. and art.
What is your favorite cereal? Cinnamon Toast Crunch
What is your favorite snack? Apples
What do you like to take to bed? Nothing
What is your favorite thing to do outside? Run around
What is your favorite fruit? Apples
What is your favorite ice cream? Mint
What is your favorite outfit? Pajamas
Where do you live? My home
What is your favorite sport? Baseball

Crosby is now in first grade and he is an awesome reader. For the Accelerated Reader (AR) quizzes last year, he scored in the top five kindergartners for the whole grade! He recently discovered the Bad Guys series of books and does not put them down.

He has recently gotten into video games and loves to play Super Mario Odyssey; Minecraft; and Disney Infinity on the Switch and the PS4.

He hasn’t gotten a chance to play baseball since early March, but we are hoping to start a new sport this winter. He’s been doing a lot of swimming and bike riding this year during quarantine.

Here are some highlights from this year!

Christmas break in Sarasota!

New bike for Christmas!

Kicked off the year at Star Wars land at Hollywood Studios.

One of his only baseball games of 2020.

Spring picture day. Such a handsome kindergartner!

Nine weeks of virtual school.
The only highlight was he was able to wear his pjs.

Ended kindergarten with a plastic bag full of school supplies. Such a sad way to end his first year at the elementary school.

Crosby fell in love with Ziggy and Bruno while they were visiting from Colorado this summer. He is a huge dog lover!

He lost his first tooth on June 6!

Lots of pool days during quarantine.

His first sleepover to end the summer.

Complete with video games!

First day of first grade! He did nine days of virtual school – LaunchEd.

He lost his second tooth in his sleep and went to school the next day!

First day of in-person school. That smile says it all — so excited!

He got to meet the pilot!

Riding a horse in Montana!

Looking the part in Montana with his best bud!

Fall picture day! Such a big first grader.

Birthday(s) weekend at Disney with friends!

Happy 7th birthday to our lovable, goofy boy!

19Oct2020

Nine years old!

Posted in Family by Kendra G.

Kenley is nine years old today!

Our birthday interview!

What is your name? Kenley
How old are you? 9
What is your favorite thing to do? Go on the hammock
What do you want to be when you grow up? A doctor
What is your favorite food? Spaghetti with butter and salt
Who do you like to spend your time with? My family
What do you do really well? Soccer
What makes you laugh? Getting tickled
What is the best time of the day? Lunch
What are you afraid of? Deadly wasps and bees
Who are your best friends? Brenna, Ashlyn, Aiden, Kyler
What do you like to do with your family? Go on water slides
What do you like to learn about? History
Where do you like to go? To Disney resorts
What is your favorite book? Junie B. Jones
If you had one wish what would it be? That I could fly
What is your favorite color? Purple
What is your favorite TV show? Jessie and Bunk’d
What is your favorite animal? Giraffe and unicorn
What is your favorite movie? Hamilton
What is your favorite drink? Pink lemonade
What is your favorite holiday? Halloween
What is your favorite restaurant? Tijuana Flats
What is your favorite song? Satisfied and Helpless and the entire Hamilton soundtrack; and Hey Look Ma I Made It
What is the best part about school? Recess
What is your favorite cereal? Frosted Flakes
What is your favorite snack? Goldfish
What do you like to take to bed? My blanket
What is your favorite thing to do outside? Go on the hammock
What is your favorite fruit? Watermelon
What is your favorite ice cream? Strawberry
What is your favorite candy? Skittles
What is your favorite outfit? Tie dyed shirts
Where do you live? Orlando, Florida (says subdivision and street)
What is your favorite sport? Soccer

Kenley started playing on a club soccer team in January. She was one of the youngest on an experienced team so it was a great way to learn the ropes. They had two tournaments and won both before the season started, but only ended up playing on regular season game in March before the season got cancelled. The fall season started up in August. Since the older girls moved up, she’s one of the oldest, so it’s a good learning experience on how to lead the younger girls. They’ve played a few games and we’re hoping to get through the rest of the fall season without any hiccups.

Here are some other highlights of the year:

The infamous hammock she talked about!

First daddy/daughter dance!

Field Day 2020 — the last day at school of second grade!

Virtual school for the last nine weeks of second grade. Zero stars, do not recommend.

New bike for quarantine!

Virtual Smile Mile (which is not as fun as the actual Smile Mile)

School supply pick up to end the year.

Seeing Bruno, Ziggy, and her cousins in Sarasota!

Sleepovers!

First day of third grade! The first nine days were virtual, called LaunchEd.

First day back to face-to-face school! Woohoo!

Montana!

Picture day!

Birthday(s) weekend at Disney!

Happy 9th birthday to our sweet girl!

15Aug2019

nashville {june 2019}

Posted in Travel by Kendra G.

I headed up to Nashville at the end of June for a long overdue reunion with my girlfriends from Zeta. This was the first time in a very long time that we’ve gotten together for no reason other than to be together. No one was getting married or having a baby, but we did have a birthday to celebrate!

We had a leisurely lunch on Friday as friends started to get into town, then we headed to Nash Collection for hats so we could obviously fit in for the weekend. Someone even asked if I was a local because of my hat!

We spent the rest of the afternoon and into the evening at the hotel pool with yummy drinks in hand catching up with each other before heading out for dinner way later than intended.

Saturday, we celebrated Mandy’s birthday! We started with brunch at Saint Anejo in the Gulch before we moved on to shopping.

Uncommon James (Kristin Cavallari’s store) and Draper James (Reese Witherspoon’s store) were on the top of my list to visit while in Nashville. I loved both of them, though there were no celebrity sightings.

After shopping, we headed back to get on our pedaling bike bar. We drove our bike up and down Broadway and around the city for an hour. It was hot and hilly, but so much fun!

After a dip in the pool and a much needed shower, we got all fancied up for a night on the town. Our first stop was rooftop drinks before heading to dinner.

After an insane dinner at Kayne Prime, we headed out to Broadway for some country music and dancing!

We had such a fun night!

We all parted ways on Sunday, but before getting on the plane, I had to try a local beer.

We had such a fun weekend. The seven of us traveled from six different states to be there. It was so good to be reunited.

I’m already ready for my next trip to Nashville. The city is so much fun!

13Aug2019

life lately {june}

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we began the month at reunion resort with the west coast gilbos and grammy who were in town for drew’s lacrosse tournament.

we loved watching drew on the lacrosse field and hanging with our family all weekend.

twins.

summer camp began!

she loves ucf soccer camp!

the kids had such a fun time with their cousins.

a family photo in front of the castle. magical!

summer is for swimming on a weeknight.

first swim meet of the season.

star wars fun at hollywood studios.

art of animation to celebrate sam’s birthday.

birthday twins!

june supper club.

we celebrated one incredible dad on father’s day!

another wednesday night swim meet.

kenley’s third week of camp was golf camp! i was most worried about this camp, but she did so well and loved it!

movie night!

meemaw came to stay for a whole week! we loved having her here.

the girls.

saturday morning runs.

the first pool party of the summer!

little besties.

week four was ugames camp at discovery church! she did karate!

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summer was in full swing and kenley got to do a different summer camp all month. we had so much fun seeing our family and friends all month! i ended the month with a weekend trip to nashville which i will share more about soon.

29Jul2019

life lately {may}

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another month, another lost tooth.

the kids went to their first orlando city soccer game.

cheering on the lions!

may supper club!

cinco de mayo style.

mother’s day tea with c.

we got our saturdays back as the soccer and tee ball seasons came to an end.

go diamondbacks!

his second tee ball season in the books!

another successful season as dugout moms.

my clan took me to animal kingdom for mother’s day!

celebrating us moms.

moms night out!

crosby’s end of the year class party!

crosby’s last day of vpk!

momming so hard on class party day.

her teacher gave her the class leader award.

and her classmates decided she would most likely to become president.

vpk graduation!

our little graduate.

kenley’s memorial day weekend was delayed by a day due to the stomach bug. we made it to the beach on sunday while she was still recovering.

living his best life.

trying to fish.

so happy to see spend some time with the suhrs when they were at disney for the week.

these girls became fast friends.

swimming at disney!

her last day as a first grader!

magic kingdom!

i’m not sure these kids could be any cuter. what a perfect way to end the month.

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may is the new december around here. the end of the school year came in fast and furious. we had a fabulous month and celebrated all the things.

26Jul2019

life lately {april}

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kenley got to have lunch with meemaw and grandpa at school to end their spring break visit.

kenley’s artwork was selected to be in the wolf pup art gallery at school for the last nine weeks of the year. they held an opening reception for the art gallery for the students, it was awesome!

our little artist!

twinning on a run!

ucf celebrates the arts!

more twinning.

kenley is certainly outnumbered.

april supper club

soccer saturdays continued.

when you play against one of your besties.

as did tee ball!

more art from the school wide art fair!

kenley lost another tooth!

we celebrated hudson’s birthday at the science center!

saturday morning run.

easter cookie decorating at 4rivers!

easter sunday at church!

easter brunch!

the kids had a blast looking for easter eggs

post-easter brunch brewery meet up

symphony under the stars on campus

on kenley’s half birthday, i was the mystery reader in her class! she was so excited.

beer garden in avalon

baby cam!

we loved visiting with the rosemans while they were at disney!

first grade field trip to dinosaur world!

sunday brunch with scott and katie while they were in town!

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it was a busy april with games every weekend and lots of time with friends.

24Jul2019

Indiana {March 2019}

Posted in Family, Travel by Kendra G.

To kick off spring break, we headed up to Indiana for a long weekend. The weekend was full of family, friends, and celebrations before heading back home.

We were so thankful to see so many family members in such a short time, most of which made the trip to visit us.

On Saint Patrick’s Day, we ran the Shamrock Beer Run 5k in downtown Indy. It was our first beer run and probably our coldest run to date. It was freezing! Thankfully the beer stops helped us warm up. Downtown Indianapolis was absolutely beautiful on the brisk day.

We ended the day celebrating Grandma Sue’s 80th birthday! We had a lovely dinner with family to celebrate our special lady.

We also got to visit with several old friends and meet new little friends while we were there! Again, we were so thankful that everyone made room for us during their busy weekends.

One major highlight of the long weekend was the snow! Yes…in March…during spring break…the kids saw snow for the first time! They loved playing outside as the big snowflakes fell to the ground. It didn’t last long, but it was memorable.

We made one more quick stop to visit the birthday girl before heading to the airport.

We had a great, long weekend which was action packed. Needless to say, it took a bit for all of us to recover.

26Jun2019

life lately {march}

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march was a busy month!

back at the tee ball field

vpk prom

ucf baseball

field day at tle

the last of the cool morning runs

winter park boat tour

date night

play dates

the cutest puppy i’ve ever seen

the wizard of oz at tle

soccer saturdays

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spring was back in full force!

25Jun2019

BDR Orlando + Smile Mile {march 2019}

Posted in Running by Kendra G.

On March 2nd, I ran the Best Damn Race 10k in downtown Orlando. Much like previous years, it was a great race! We did run/walk intervals the whole time and finished in 1:07.02. As always, there was a great crowd, including many friends, and a lively after party.

After a quick celebration, we headed over to Blue Jacket Park for the Track Shack Smile Mile! This was Kenley’s second year running the mile and she did far better than last year! Since Crosby already turned five years old, he could run the race, so I signed him up with our elementary school even though he wasn’t in kindergarten yet. I was nervous for him, but he did a great job!

Showing off our hard earned medals! It was a great morning of running.

10Jun2019

BDR Savannah {February 2019}

Posted in Running, Travel by Kendra G.

In February, Greg and I headed to Savannah, Georgia with several other couples to run the Best Damn Race 5k and half marathon. It was our first time in Savannah and the inaugural Best Damn Race in the city!

After packet pick up and checking into the hotel, we headed out for an Italian dinner with the group.

The next morning, we headed over to Forsyth Park for the start of the race.

Our group was a mix of 5k runners and half marathon runners. The half marathon started before the 5k, but they obviously finished well before we did, so they set up shop to cheer for all of us as we rounded the last corner and headed to the finish line.

It was great to see their smiling faces as I rounded that corner. Overall, my race was pretty good. There were definitely some picturesque portions of the race, and some that weren’t so, but I don’t have many complaints. I felt pretty good for most of the race and ran a 2:25.09. Considering where I currently am with running, I was pleased with that time.