Cards....

I've been thinking about Christmas cards for about 2 months now...and then I read about SHUTTERFLY giving away 50 FREE photo cards to bloggers. I had to read the details...FREE always catches my eyes!

I think I'm going to have a hard time choosing my Christmas card this year...there are SO many cute cute choices.

Here are a few of my favorites:









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Recital 2010

Well we survived our first dance season and ended it with our first recital this past weekend. Kendall's class did a tap routine (and I use that term loosely). They had little army girl camo outfits. While I was very unhappy with the decision earlier, they actually looked pretty cute, but still army green! ugh. It was also a little frustrating during the actual recital looking at all the other classes in their frilly pink/purple/yellow super cute costumes and then comes our class...oh well at least they were one of a kind.

It was really cute and she loved every minute of it (minus a mini meltdown on the way over due to a lack of nap). She was most excited about the trophy, yet didn't want to take a picture with it. Go figure. She did however want to pose with her flowers.

Enjoy the pics. Didn't get any good ones during rehearsal because the lighting wasn't so great. Will try to put up the video later....

Easter 2010

Yes we are still alive....just super busy these days.

We went to Atlanta to visit my sisters family for the Easter weekend. My parents and the Hinson's rode up together so it was a fun trip. Over the holiday weekend it was also my niece's big volleyball tourney in Atlanta. It was huge and there were so many girls playing volleyball at one time and the whistles going off were crazy.

Here are some pics from the weekend.

Gate River Run 2010

Well I did it and it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. The weather was great! The big green bridge wasn't too bad either. Personally I think the bridge during the Donna Marathon was worse. The crowd was insane. There were so many runners I didn't even cross the start line till almost 8 mins into the race! The first few miles we were shuffling along not really running. After we crossed the Main Street bridge it got a little better but ran into bottle necks every now and then. I was starting to get frustrated but whatever. I had a great time and finished under 2 hours so I was satisfied.

Here are my final times
Place 9,845
Class 713 out of 1052 (age group 30-34)
5k 00:37:25
10k 01:16:07
Chip 01:53:49
Pace 00:12:15

Harley + Sidewalk chalk

Here is what you get when you mix this


and this...



equals



Yep...a cotton candy blue dog! Do you know how hard sidewalk chalk is to get off a dog?! I had to make a groomer appt first thing the next day to get him cleaned up.

Valentines Day 2010

Daddy is gone again this year but didn't forget about me....




(yes this post is over a week late but been a litte busy)

I'm a Marathoner

Here are a few pics from the race.....

Gear ready to go the night before


from the starting line...

(so far back two minutes already passed before even crossed the start line)

making our way up the on ramp to the bridge


going up the bridge-was a little slow moving with all those folks. The sunrise was beautiful


Me and Clare hanging out on the beach


Finally, we can get off the beach!

Almost half way


Hey it's Donna and Tim


You mean I gotta go back up that bridge


this is how I felt about that


after the race with my dad (my pics with Kendall are on my dad's camera)

26.2 with Donna

Wow,what a day and an amazing race. To exhausted to talk about it now, but here are the offical results:
1337 out of 1710
107 out of 141 in thr 30-34 womens group
5 mile 1:00:50
10 mile 2:05:55
13.1 mile (half marathon) 2:44:43
15 mile 3:07:40
20 mile 4:12:24
official chip time 5:41:51

average mile 13:03

Happenings

Sorry for the lack of posts. There have been lots of happenings around the Hinson household. Terry has been gone for 4 weeks now and another 2-3 to go so Kendall and I have had our hands full on our own. This is the first long trip he has been on for quite some time so Kendall had a little adjustment time this go around. She is old enough to realize when he is gone now so it is becoming a little more challenging. We do get to chat via Skype* so that really helps. I need to clean my computer screen from all the kissing she has been doing.

One big event over the last few weeks......Kendall graduated to a big girl bed! It was an exciting day in the Hinson household. I actually took her crib apart, stored it away and put the new bed together ALL BY MYSELF! Well I did have a little help from Kendall :) She was so excited to get her new bed. She told me "thank you momma so much for my new bed I just love it!" Weird thing is that she now prefers to sleep on the floor instead of her bed. Whatever, as long as she is staying in her room then I'm not complaining! That is one battle I've decided not to fight.

Marathon training has continued sans Terry. That itself has been logistically challenging. Do you know how hard it is to find a sitter that will come over on a Saturday at 5 in the morning? let me tell you, impossible! so we have been spending weekends with my parents so they can watch Kendall which means lots of driving for me!

Speaking of marathons....the big day is almost here....only a few days left now. YIKES! Looks like the weather is going to be great! I'm fighting off a cold but think I'll be okay by race day. Getting nervous by trying to stay calm so I don't get a fever blister from the stress. Bummed that Terry is going to miss this! but duty calls and this will just be motivation to do another marathon when he can be here to support me (am I crazy?!?). My dad and Kendall plan to be there to cheer me on so looking forward to that.

Well hopefully it won't be so long between posts this time. I'm going to try and put a pic of Kendall and her valentine surprise up if I can find the camera cord...

Check back for a race recap next week. I might not be able to walk but I should still be able to type;)

30 days!

I'm starting to hyperventilate! Only 30 DAYS till the marathon.....I'm so not ready.

We have our longest run, 26 miles, this Saturday....YIKES!

Kendall has become OBSESSED with this song. She has had this Leap Frog Fridge DJ thing for over a year now and just recently discovered this song-it only plays the music without words. Last week Terry taught her the words to the song and now she sings it repeatedly...daily... I was finally able to get video of her singing it (rather loudly). You will notice (not only is she warming up to the camera) that she is wearing her lovely Princess Aurora dress and none other than Sleeping Beauty is playing on the TV in the background...another daily occurrence (the messy house isn't a daily occurrence-but it was the weekend and way too cold to play outside-please excuse the mess).

Nails

Thanks Aunt Wendie! I love my new nails!!
(too bad I think mommy got rid of them already....)

Christmas Cookies

This year was the first year we have done Christmas Cookies with Kendall. Since my sister and her family was in town we decided to make it a grand affair.

Toys

Really, I should just get her big boxes for now on for presents since she still seems to enjoy them more than the toy inside.

Here she is playing Jack in the box. She likes for us to sing the tune and then she pops out at the end.

Jax 1/2 Marathon Part 2

Okay here is the only picture I could get (without ordering the official race pics)....not so flattering but proof that I actuall did run (and that it was really COLD).

I just spotted Kendall at the fence in this picture so I'm waving at her.

23 Miles (100th Post!!!)

I'm blogging from the recliner with my new snuggie recovering from my 23 mile run. I met up with 2 other girls from my pace group to do our 23 mile run today instead of Saturday since the weather doesn't look so great. We did really well and finished around 5 hours and 20 mins or so. Overall the run was great, but my knees were really starting to ache the last 3 miles. I did feel however that I could have ran another 3 miles to actually finish a marathon so that was very reassuring. I've been doubting it lately if I will actually be able to finish (within the time limit). After today, however, I'm confident I can do it!

Gotta go get some ice now. I'm exhausted!

Christmas 2009

What a wonderful Christmas! The Parrish family came down the weekend before Christmas so we were able to celebrate early with them. It was great to see everyone! On Monday before Christmas we had Christmas Cookie day at the house. It was the first time Kendall has done cookies,she enjoyed it for all of about 10 mins.

Christmas Eve I wanted to take Kendall to see Princess and the Frog and visit Santa but she didn't want to do either-she just wanted to stay home and play with her boys. So Keyan watched her and Terry and I went to the movies:)

Christmas day was a great wonderful. The boys each got an iTouch. So they spent the rest of the day addicted to selecting songs and finding new apps. Kendall got some princess dolls and lots of other princess paraphernalia and some Dora stuff. She also got her first board games. Her favorite so far is HiHo Cherry-O-she wins like everytime we play. We aren't having too much luck yet with Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders, but we are working on it. She is doing pretty good with Memory too- but we only use like 6 sets of cards or otherwise it would be way overwhelming for her.

The day after Christmas I was finally able to talk Kendall into going to the movies (her first). The two of us went to see Princess and the Frog and Terry and the boys saw The New Moon. Kendall was a huge fan of the popcorn! She lasted about half way through the movie till she fell asleep. It was nap time so I wasn't totally suprised. I sat and held her in the theater till the boys movie was over.

I'll try to get some pics up soon.

Holiday Recital

Last week Kendall had her annual Holiday Recital for school. Can't remember what song they sang (Up on the Rooftop?), but it was pretty cute...

(saying Ho, Ho, Ho)


(Spotted Papa and Grandma)

Nutcracker 2009

This year I took Kendall to her first Nutcracker performance. It was a tricky move since it started at 2:30 so that meant no nap....so she wasn't too cooperative for any pictures. This is the best shot I was able to get, in the parking lot. She wouldn't take any pictures with me before we left :(



She loved it and was amazed by the "big girl ballerinas" but was ready to go home after the first act. Good thing the tickets were free :)

Jax Marathon Part 1

MY FIRST 1/2 MARATHON!!!


I ran (IT WAS FREEZING COLD), I finished (missed my goal by 6 mins 12 seconds-but that's ok), I survived(my knees are killing me).....


PLACE: 1059 (out of 1214)

Class Place: 70 (out of 81)

10K time: 1:14:18

CHIP TIME: 2:36:12

CLOCK TIME: 2:37:58

PACE: 12:03



Pics to come later...gotta go ice down and I'm exhausted!