Happy Birthday Payton!

I cannot believe that today Payton is turning "5". It seems like just yesterday Reddin and I were going to the hospital to have her. The last five years have gone by so fast, and we are so blessed to have Payton as a daughter. She is beautiful, funny, kind, loving, helpful, friendly, and much much more. She is a great big sister, and Kayda wants to be just like her. She loves dancing, playing with friends, swimming, crafting, watching movies, playing games, and just playing in general. I am amazed everyday at the things Payton is learning, she is learning new words in Spanish, and I was pretty surprised the other day when she could count to 30 with no help (she can count to 10 in Spanish). She has been so excited for this day to come, her requests so far for the day are to eat at krispy kream donuts, and to go to the mall for lunch and get a pretzel. Payton we love you so much. Happy 5th Birthday!!!

Payton when she was born

So Sick

I have been so sick for the past 4 days that I am going crazy. I do feel better today, but still not back to normal. My kids have been at my friends houses, and with my mom for the past three days. I don't know what I would do without all of their help. I am luck to have a mom that is so close that can drop everything and come over at 7 in the morning to take care of me and my girls. I am grateful for all my friends that took care of my kids for me, and brought me rolls and sent me texts to see how I was doing, and I am grateful for my husband that is doing whatever he can to help me feel better. I have had the flu before, but usually I feel better after 24 hours this one has been no fun, I really hope no one else gets it, but this experience has made me really grateful for my friends and family this week.

A few days before I got sick I had the chance to run in the women's half marathon, and I was really happy with my time. I finished in 1:45:38 my average was under 8 minute miles and I couldn't be happier. I had a good race and it was such a fun experience to be running with tons of women who were running/walking to support breast cancer.