Bolder Boulder 2008

On Monday for Memorial Day I went with my friend Carolyn and we ran the 10K Bolder Boulder. It was a cold rainy day. Carolyn is quite the runner and left me soon after we started. I on the other hand, am a horrible runner and I have not been training much for the run, but I hung in there and ran the whole way! I was shocked I did it, and then paid for it the rest of the day. My legs were sore! It was a lot of fun, the atmosphere of being part of a race, or event like that is so fun, and makes you feel like you have accomplished something. The entertainment on the streets lining the course was an unforgettable experience. We had the Blues Brothers, Elvis, tambourine players, slip -n- slides, local bands, hippie Jamaican drummers, hacky sackers, cheer leaders, and my favorite/ the craziest, the 2-3 belly dancer troops; most of which should never be belly dancing. It was a fun time and I hope to do it for many years.

Corinne

I can't forget about our beautiful baby. She isn't old enough to do all that her sisters do, but we love her just as much. She is a joy to all of us. We love her so much and she fits right in with her sisters. Our sweet little snot nosed baby girl!

Go Cubbies!

This has become a annual event. Every year Damon takes the girls to the Cubs v.s. Rockies game at Coors Field. Sitting in a stadium with no room for my knees watching baseball isn't my favorite thing to do. But he bought me a ticket and we went all together. It was a lot of fun. The girls love to go and it was fun to watch them get into the whole spirit of baseball.

Claire lost her first tooth

This actually happened about a month and a half ago but since I am new to blogging, I had to document it. Claire lost her first tooth! She wiggled it and twisted it until it was hanging out of her mouth and then Damon pulled it right out. She was so excited, the new tooth was already coming in; and I was freaking out because it is twice as big as the space and coming in behind the old one. Braces and retainers and who knows what else is in her future. Yea.

Short Hair!!!

Claire has been asking for months to cut her hair. One day last week when Claire was leaving for school she she said "Mom! Don't forget to call Sis. Hunt while I am at school to cut my hair!" So i finally called and she chose how short and she did it. She cut 10 inches off! Then after Claire cut her hair Kaylee decided she wanted to cut her hair too. So we all have matching cuts now. How cheesy!!!What beautiful girls!

Skiing/ Snowboarding

This past winter we have had so much fun going skiing/snowboarding as a family. This was my Dad's first time out since his heart surgery three months before. The girls learned to ski and did remarkably well. Nothing beats a family ski day!

Go Claire Go!!!

Super Star Kaylee!

Kaylee

Gotta love this girl. She has had a tough few weeks. Two weeks ago she came home from the neighbor's house coughing non-stop. We started to give her some of Claire's asthma treatments to calm her down. By 3am that night she was totally out of control and we took her to the emergency room. We were there until 6am she was given steroids and lots of TLC from the adoring male nurse and doctor. They loved her, and she loved them asking when she could go back to the hospital. Not thinking the opportunity would come so soon. Four days later she came home from the neighbor's house again coughing and within 20 minutes her eyes swelled up like a balloon. We concluded Kaylee was allergic to cats. Drugged up on Benadryl and allergy eye drops it took her eyes two days to go back to normal. That was a Monday and on that Thursday I came downstairs because she was screaming and I found her with her hands covered in blood holding the back of her head. She had fallen and hit the back of her head on the brick fireplace. Head wounds bleed like crazy! It was a little cut only about 1/2 inch long. After getting second and third opinions from daddy and a neighbor we decided since her cut could "talk" it wouldn't close on it's own and we headed to the doctor's in her blood soaked dress to get her three blue stitches. And to top it all off that Saturday she woke up struggling to breathe again. While I was at my brother's graduation from law school, Damon gave her four asthma treatments, and when I got home she was struggling hard. So by 4pm she and daddy were off to the after hours care at our doctor's office. At 7pm Damon called me at my brother's graduation party to tell be that she was going to be taken by ambulance to Children's Hospital. They gave her a shot of steroids at the doctor's office but her heart was racing and her breathing was bad. I left the other two girls with my mom at the party and went to meet Damon and Kaylee at the hospital. They got her breathing under control, and finally released us at 2am. Through all of this she has gained two new stuffed teddy bears from the hospital and ambulance staff, a set of chest x-rays that she couldn't wait to share at preschool, and two hospital I.D. bracelets she is very proud of. Well she has had a tough few weeks but nothing seems to slow her down. What a trooper! This girl keeps life exciting.