Wow! Where did the school year go?

I can't believe that the last day of school is tomorrow. Even that is only half day. I am excited for summer and all the fun camps and activities. I just need to come up with some fun activities that will keep my kids occupied so they won't have time to do too much arguing. I have already thought up one. Katie's class had an 'author's fair' a few days ago. Her teacher loves books and reading so to help her class she had them write their own books and illustrate them throughout the year. The 'Author's Fair' was to let the kids show all of the books they have written over the year. Katie loves to write and illustrate books. That has been her favorite thing all year. She even wrote and illustrated a book about her teacher to give her as a year end gift. It turned out so cute. I typed it after she wrote it then she illustrated the book and we went and had it bound. Her teacher LOVED it!

Cole loves to draw and is an amazing artist. He drew a picture of a bulldog for his year end gift to his teacher. She has a bulldog named Murphy that she loves. We bought a frame for it and put a ribbon decoration mat on two sides. It looked fabulous. His teacher LOVED it.

So to keep these two occupied for the summer I thought I would try an art exhibit/book fair. I will have them write more books, and draw more art and then send invitations to their grandparents to come and have a meet and greet with the author/artist. With lunch included. I don't know if it will all work out but I think I will ask my kids what they think of the idea.

Now I just need to find something for Andrew and Connor! :)

Health Days 10K

Layne and I ran in our first 10K this morning. We both finished! Layne did really well finishing in a time of 54:00 and I finished with a time of 54:51. I wasn't extremely happy with my showing but I am glad to say I finished. It was one of those days when running is not good. I didn't get to sleep until after 12:30 a.m. and woke up at 5:54 a.m. I didn't load up on liquids yesterday (which I should have) and so I had a little drink with nothing to eat before the race. It started at about 7:50 a.m this morning. I think my body is used to running at 5 a.m. All of these things combined didn't make for a great run. Oh well. Live and learn. I need to figure out something for the Wasatch Back Ragnar relay. We will need to eat during that relay, so I need to figure out what to eat that won't adversely effect my body. If there are any runners out there that would like to give me pointers (Emily) please feel free to do so!

Andrew and Connor along with my sister Mandi and her husband Jared ran in the 5K and they all did great! It was fun to all get out and run together this morning. Except for the running part. (wink, wink.)