Wims Fun Run- March 7th

I have mentioned this family before on my blog because their story has really touched my heart. I don't even know them but I get on their blog everyday to check on Brad Wims, who is currently battling Lung Cancer.
I know alot of you like to run so I thought I would post this on my blog for you all- if you can't make it, try to send in a donation. If you are interested in that, please email me and I'll email the form to you.
Here are the details:


Clear Creek High School has developed a system of learning called Smaller Learning Communities (SLCs) in an effort to make our largely populated school feel a little more close knit. The School of Health Sciences is one of the seven SLCs created in order to give the students classes and electives to create a relationship with their education and educators that will create better leaders of tomorrow.

Each year, the schools come up with a service project to further the bond and help the students and community realize there is more to education than English, Math, Science, and History. This year’s service project, Wims Fun Run, is a 5K fun run intended to raise awareness for illnesses and promote a healthy lifestyle with the students and the community.

Proceeds for the Wims Fun Run will go directly to Bradley Wims, a teacher from Clear Creek High School currently suffering from Lung Cancer.

The best part of supporting this fun run is the education the students will receive outside of the classroom that they will hopefully carry with them for the rest of their lives. Your support will also aid the Wims Family to continue in their mission to beat cancer and live a happy life.




Race Time: Registration Information:
Kids K………………………………….8:00 a.m. * Registration can be handled by mail or by walk-in.
Ages 12 & under * Mail-in registrations must be received by
* Children under 6 must be accompanied by an February 26.
adult. Mail to: Wims Fun Run / Clear Creek HS
5K Run / Walk ………………………. 8:15 a.m. ATTN: Amy Wood
2305 East Main
Start / Finish: League City, TX 77573
Clear Creek High School Ninth Grade Campus * Walk-in registrations must be received no later than
2:30, Feb. 26.
Entry Fees: Walk-in registrations can be made at Clear Creek
* Registration Received no later February 26: High School, Room C200 w/ Amy Wood
Kids K (age 12 & under) ………………... $10 * Late registrations will be accepted the day of the race
5K Run / Walk …………………………… $15 for $20.
..... Registration fee includes race t-shirt (size
guaranteed if registration received by Feb. 26) Late Registration and Packet Pickup:
Saturday, March 7
* Registration Received day of race: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
All Categories ……………………………. $20 In front of Clear Creek High School Ninth Grade
Campus
* Cash or Check (made out to “Wims Fun Run”)
…please, do not mail cash!
* All entry fees are non-refundable & non-transferable.

50 Things I love...

My friend Sara Moon (see under My Peeps) made a recommendation on her blog to list 50 things you love about your child as a tribute to Ava's rule. It took me no time at all to do this... thanks Sara for this great idea! This was a great idea with Kaylie's 5th birthday coming up. Enjoy...

1. The way she reaches out to hold my hand whenever we go somewhere.
2. The way she puckers her lips when she sleeps- I love staring at her when she is sleeping.
3. Her beautiful blue eyes- they are full of life, full of fun and excitement, curiosity.
4. The way she says- “Your Breath Stinks girl” to us all the time!!!!
5. The fact that she loves to lay with me every single night- we watch a little TV together and snuggle up. It’s my favorite part of my day. I hope we never outgrow that.
6. The way she never meets a stranger- she greets everyone, everywhere. This can be a good thing and a bad thing- but I think in the long run, it will be a wonderful thing that she cares about others and likes to meet new people.
7. The way she says ”fast record” this instead of “fast forward” this when she is watching a movie.
8. The way she comes home from school or wherever and immediately changes into her dress up clothes, with her shiny shoes and accessories to match from head to toe. She loves loves loves to play dress up! And by herself too!
9. The way she is so good at direction- I too was like that… I can see that she will always be the driver when she is older because she pays attention to details when we are driving and she recognizes streets/buildings/ places we go. I too was the driver with my friends!!
10. The way she has to have her chocolate milk every morning. It’s like her coffee fix- if you don’t get it for her, she gets really ticked! It’s hilarious!
11. The way she runs to me and yells MOOOMMMMYYY!!! When I pick her up from school- she is thrilled when I come to get her and it makes me feel so good.
12. The way she loves to sing songs- she can hear a song once and remember the tune but make up her own words- some of her favorites are Beyonce, TI, Kenny Chesney and more.
13. The way she walks with her feet sticking out- it cracks me up! It could be because she has really big feet- my baby is going to be tall.
14. The way she is already so modest. She doesn’t like anyone to see her little boobies as she says it.
15. The way she calls a Mohawk a Bohawk (and that she knows that they are). J
16. The way she is ever so bossy (my Mom and Dad say she is EXACTLY like me when I was little).
17. The way she has Steven wrapped around her finger- he is so smitten with her.
18. The way I REALLY think my child is going to be a performer- whether it’s going to be a singer or an actress, I don’t know but she is quite the performer.
19. The way she puts her hands behind her head (like she’s going to do a sit up) when she’s sleeping (another trait from her daddy).
20. The way she sticks her pinky finger out when she’s drinking and eating (no joke- she really does this).
21. The way she reacts when she opens a present- OH MY GOSH- THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED!!!! Even though she has NO idea what it is.
22. The way we walk by the baby room everyday and she points and says I want that little brother… like it’s that easy. She loves babies…
23. The way she asks me every day if we are going to Target. She already knows how much I love Target and she loves it just as much as me!! Poor Steven.
24. The way she is so impatient sometimes and isn’t afraid to tell you so… just like me. Oh boy, does she get mad fast!
25. The way she can genuinely sense when something is wrong with me, and she can instantly put on her charm and make me feel a million times better when I’m sad. She was one of the main reasons I was able to get out of my slump late last year with all that I went through.
26. The way I don’t remember what life was like before she was here- it’s like I didn’t exist until she was born.
27. The way she walks into a room and lights it up… everyone knows when she arrives.
28. The way she knows every verse to Sugar Land’s “Stay” song and Pink’s “So What” song.
29. The way she calls Barack Obama- Broke Obama (that’s really funny to me- smart kid) and the way she called John McCain, John McPan!
30. The way I felt the first day I met her… I felt like I was going to explode with love for this child, I never knew I could love someone that much that I had just met.
31. The way she can make me dream about what she will be like when she’s older- I don’t want her to grow up but I know great things are in store for her.
32. The way she is when she sees Emily on the weekends- she misses her so much when she isn’t at our house, and gets sad that she doesn’t see her more.
33. The way she draws pictures of people- like me with no hair, and Leslie with the pretty hair and jewelry (I’ll never forget that portrait).
34. The way she gets excited when we are eating spaghetti or taco salad for dinner- and she says YES!!! Like she’s been waiting for it her whole life.
35. The way she starts to plan her birthday parties a week after her last birthday and how she STILL talks about her Doodlebops cake from her 3rd birthday.
36. The way she can watch movies over and over and over again- like Enchanted.
37. The way she cried at the High School Musical 3 movie because all the little girls in the theater were screaming at Zac Efron- they all scared her and it made her so mad.
38. And the way she stood up and sang EVERY Hannah Montana song at the rodeo last year (with her Hannah Microphone in hand the entire time).
39. The way she puts on her house shoes and drags her feet when she is coming into our room in the middle of the night to get Steven to come sleep with her- you can hear her coming down the stairs and the swoosh, swoosh,swoosh of her house shoes with every step. She never forgets to walk down in her house shoes!
40. The way her little hands, legs, feet, belly button, every part of her is just perfect.
41. The way she describes dreams as when she saw the story inside her eye… how cute is that.
42. The way she reads books to herself and makes up stories… they are just so funny and perfect in her little world.
43. The way she took a fork to Steven’s new DLP television because she liked who was on the TV at the time so she thought she should bang the fork against the TV, leaving big scratches on the screen (he forgave her pretty quickly).
44. The way she has woken up every day since she was born around 5am in the morning (WILL WE EVER BE ABLE TO SLEEP IN? I will make sure and pay her back for this later when she is begging me to let her sleep).
45. The way she is getting the most beautiful little freckles on her face that are so light and so perfect and how they are congregated on her nose- they light up when the sun is shining on her little face.
46. The way she will dance at a wedding until you force her off the dance floor- the girl loves to dance!
47. The way she will watch Discovery Health with me and ask really inquisitive questions about what is on. I really think some of those shows are a great learning tool for her (in a less traditional sense).
48. The way she used to say Give Me Aggie when we told her to do the Gig Em’.
49. The way she wants to be a “libarian” (instead of a librarian) when she grows up so she can play with lots of books.
50. The way it took me no time at all to find 50 things I love about my daughter. She’s the most amazing little person I’ve ever met and I’m truly blessed to have her. I don’t know where I’d be without her in my life.

Our Little Models..

Most of you know that Emily's mom Amber is a photographer (see Butterfly Kisses Photography link under My Peeps). She wanted to take some pictures of the girls in their valentine's/rodeo outfits so we met her in Old Town Spring yesterday when we took Emily back.
These pictures turned out soooo good! Amber is extremely talented... if anyone is looking for some great pictures to be taken of your kiddos or family, give her a call. She is actually offering a special right now- Spring Spectacular Session - $299 *One outdoor on-location session in the Woodlands, Downtown Conroe, or Old Town Spring *Up to 15 Images in the Online Gallery *One Digital Image of your choice *One Pose Package - 1-8x10, 2-5x7's, and 8-wallets Go to her website http://www.bfkphotography.com/ for more details or email her at amber@bfkphotography.com She has taken alot of pictures for us, we're so thankful for her talents!! These pictures are priceless!!!

Valentines Day at Primrose

I took Friday off to spend some time with Kaylie Bug... and to be able to go to her Valentines Party at school. I bought Kaylie (and Emily too) these adorable outfits from Latte Tots! They are so damn cute... its a Valentine/Rodeo outfit for the girls.
Kaylie and I headed up to Primrose for the party- she walked in and thought she owned the class with her mom being there with her. She kept telling everyone, you need to take your seat, my mommy and I are busy getting ready for the party, It was hilarious! Everyone in the class got up to come and check out her new outfit and talk to her and her mommy. We were a total disruption. To help get the kids back on track, I took over the reading duties from her teacher, it was alot of fun! The party was great- they ate, played, talked REALLY loud, ate some more, and then danced. I love watching Kaylie in her element with her friends, its hilarious to me to watch her in action.
Here are some pics from the festivities...

How freaking cute is she?

Kaylie with Ms. Teresa and Ms. Linda

Kaylie with Katelyn and Aaron..

Bossing her friends around..

My little best friend- I love this kid. :)

Gruene Hall Time!

We took the girls to New Braunfels (GOD'S COUNTRY as Steven calls it) for the weekend. We love to go there and the girls love it just as much as we do. Steven and I would move there in a heartbeat, buy some land and run a toob business on the river. I know, how trashy... but seriously- no cares, no worries, and the girls would be raised in the small town atmosphere.

One of our favorite Texas country groups Emory Quinn was playing at Gruene Hall on Valentines Day so we decided to head on down there. We say our favorite- as in, all of our favorite because the girls LOVE Emory Quinn. We saw them at Gruene last summer. There was no one at their show last year- so the girls got to dance to all of their songs and meet the lead singer. They were in heaven! They are Aggies so they instantly had my attention! Last year, the girls took a picture with their lead singer Clint and it turns out, they were on their website as being their youngest fans! We bought the CD, the shirts, etc... and have faithfully followed them ever since.

This year, we were so happy to see that not only did you have to pay a cover to see them, but there was a line wrapped around Gruene Hall before the event. We waited in line, the girls all dressed up in their cute little valentines presents (see pics below).
When the band started to play, the girls went to the front of the stage and ended up making friends with the guitar player's girlfriend. She danced with them for the longest time, the girls singing every song they played! She was super sweet, and when she took a break, she came back with t-shirts from the guys... the girls were IN HEAVEN! Emory Quinn is awesome- check them out on iTunes or go to http://www.emoryquinn.com/
Here are the pics- it was a great Valentines Day... thank you Steven for treating your girls to a great weekend!

The girls on this HUGE tree in Gruene.

Emily and her new buddy...

Kaylie and her new buddy (the guitar player's girlfriend)

Steven and his sweet girls

Waiting for the concert to start

COMMENT

Ok, several people have asked me this- THAT IS A HANNAH MONTANA WIG in the picture below of Kaylie in the crazy outfit. I would never let my baby's hair look like that! So I had to share that because people really considered that it was her own- no way!

Can I get an AMEN

I just saw on the news that Kim Trenor was found guilty of capital murder of her precious child, Riley (Baby Grace). I haven't been able to get this story out of my head for the past 2 years and I was relieved when I heard the guilty verdict (I actually threw my arms in the air and did a YES!!!!!!!! really loud). Any mother who could do that to her own flesh and blood, all the while her poor helpless child is telling her she loves her as she is dying at the hands of her mother, deserves worse than a guilty verdict. But I'll take it. With all the stories I've been reading about through my blog-stalking, it just amazes me that people like this are procreating- it all goes back to my theory that you should have a license to have a child. You have to have a license to fish, to hunt, to drive- why not a FREAKING license to be a good parent?
Ok, off my soap box.
GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY!!! WOOHOO!!!