Pumpkins and Races

We went to the RipOff Patch, I mean the Pumpkin Patch and bought a couple of tiny pumpkins (because that was all we could afford without refinancing our home), and then on Saturday we had a fun time supporting Daddy as he ran in his first BIG race in Jax--the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure 5K. It was a lot of fun, minus the majorly big blowout Benjamin had at one point, bless his heart. We were really proud of Stan. He had a good race time of 28:05! His best yet! I look forward to being able to do a race with him sometime, but since they aren't free, for now we'll take turns. Good times. This fall weather is glorious!!

Puddle Fun

This past Monday, Mom came for a quick visit, and we had a lot of fun with her here. We went up to the waterfront in St. Marys, and it had been raining, so the kids were loving jumping in the puddles. The only drawback--they smelled like fish! :( Not so nice.
I love to hear Benjamin giggle like this.

Scarecrow Fun and Dirt Piles!

Today we took a walk around downtown St.Mary's to see the wonderful displays of scarecrows! We're hoping to make some of our own at church tomorrow night.
This afternoon Stan went to his parents' house to get some dirt for a spot in our backyard that is needing to be filled. Who knew this would bring such supreme entertainment to the family? Fun times. :)

What a wonderful day I had yesterday! The 5K race in the morning was awesome! I came in 3rd in my age bracket! Then we went to the beach, and it was perfect!

XXXII

If I remember correctly, I believe that is the Roman Numeral for 32.  Today is a special day.  It's my 32nd birthday which in some ways feels fairly insignificant and in other ways feels closer and closer to 35 which feels farther and farther away from "young-adulthood".  I'm not one to get hung up on a number, though (don't hold me to that on my 40th or 50th or 60th, OK?), so I don't really feel like "Whoa, I'm a geezer today!"  Rather than birthdays reminding me of how much older I'm becoming I seem to have always looked at birthdays as days of fun and little surprises.  Yesterday my Mom and Dad and brother dropped in for the afternoon, had lunch with us to celebrate, and headed on down the road late in the afternoon.  What a wonderfully sweet surprise.  This morning my husband and kiddos brought breakfast to me in bed.  Awesome and humbling. :) I went and got my license renewed this morning, and I was in and out of the DMV in less than 20 minutes and got a darn good new license photo, if I do say so myself--miraculous!  Benjamin is napping now, so I should go be productive in some way.  I haven't blogged as much as of late.  There are a variety of reasons for that, but the primary one is that there seem to be fewer minutes in my day than there used to be.  I will likely use this blog more for posting photos now mostly because of that.  I also have struggled with missing writing in my journal terribly!  Ever since Olivia was born I've been an avid journaler, but after Benjamin was born I began blogging.  Blogging is nice, but I really miss putting the pen to paper and just writing.  I also miss filling pages of memories.  I feel like I've missed out writing down some memories of Benjamin, so I believe that I'm heading back to my journal.  My Uncle Jack Key has journalled nearly every day of his adult life.  What an amazing thing to have and pass along.  Well, anyway, here are some pictures of my morning.  Stan got me an amazing new digital camera.  It feels like an indulgence because we have a working digital camera, but it doesn't record video, so this will be a wonderful new convenience for us.  You'll be seeing some pics soon from my exciting day tomorrow as I race in my first 5K, the Rock Shrimp Festival in St. Marys.  I'm praying Stan won't need a forklift to pick me up when I'm done.  :)