Patriots, Flags, Remembrance

Go Fly a Kite

The Easter bunny brought the girls some kites, so on Easter Sunday we went over to the track at the college and attempted to fly them.  The packages said, easy to fly, but that wasn't necessarily the case.  We were able to get the larger one up in the air for short periods of time.  The other one, just never made it up. The wind was gusting, not steady so that may have made a difference.  It could have also been the operators.  Even though we may be aeronautically challenged, we did have some fun family time!

Sweat is My Fat Crying!

I started wogging (walking & jogging) back in February with a goal of getting in shape, feeling better, losing weight and hopefully, by my 40th birthday next spring, be able to run a half marathon.  I want to be able to go somewhere beautiful to run it.  A trip with a purpose sort of thing.  I started slow, just jogging as far as I could without stopping, then walking for a ways then jogging some more.  It was rather painful in the beginning.  I picked a route and just tried to jog farther each time before walking.  It is a 3.2 mile route and lately I have been able to jog the whole distance.  Today I decided to push it a little farther and passed up the last turn for home and extended my route.  I clocked it when I was done and found out it was 4 miles even!  It seemed like so much farther, but I still consider it a victory.  I know I am slow and am not even worried about that.  I just want to be able to keep running (jogging).  I was thinking about what a privilege it is to be able to be active.  I am so thankful that the Lord chose to give me a body that works!  So many times I have just not "felt" like exercising.  I should just feel blessed to be able to! 

Check out the head band.  It is a Bondi Band.  I ordered them off the website bondiband.com.  They are sweat wicking.  Some inspirational, some fashion, and some just funny.  Got one for my friend Jen C.  that says, "This isn't sweat, it's liquid awesome."  Got another for my friend Linda (She rides bike instead of running.)  that says, "Ride it like you stole it."  

Spring at Spotted Eagle

 
Spring is in the air!  The weather has been lovely and the girls (Kam, Liv, Nana, & Baby dog) and I went out to Spotted Eagle to walk the trails and just breathe in the fresh air.  The geese are back to nest on the small island in the middle of this little pond.  They are fun to watch!  I walked up one of the scoria paths, over a couple of little bridges, and came upon a beautiful butterfly.  So nice to see some color when the world has been winter gray!  Then around the bend, nibbling on something near the bank of a little stream, was a muskrat.  It swam right at me before diving under some reeds that were hanging over the bank.  It wasn't even concerned with the simple dog on my leash.  Baby was likewise oblivious.

Notice in the second picture, the male goose honking orders to the female in the lead.  I'm sure she is flying all wrong!

Love the sparkles from the sun!

According to an American Indian Legend - If anyone desires a wish to come true they must first capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it. Since a butterfly can make no sound, the butterfly can not reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all. In gratitude for giving the beautiful butterfly its freedom, the Great Spirit always grants the wish. So, according to legend, by making a wish and giving the butterfly its freedom, the wish will be taken to the heavens and be granted.

Sweet Girls!

Kam found a friend-Ladybug Ladybug.

Testing, Testing, 123

I am new to this blog posting thing.  Having trouble trying to post.  Thought I would do a trial run before wasting time trying to post pictures and such.