Entries from October 2009 ↓

Recently, Jamin participated in the relay portion of the Austin Triathlon with his brother Danny and one of Danny’s oldest friends,  Jeff. Jamin ran, Danny swam, and Jeff biked. Gracie and I made it to the race in time to see Jamin running! It was an olympic distance race with a 1500m swim, 27km bike, and 10km run.  They inspired me to hopefully train for the sprint distance next year.

A couple of years ago, my dad decided to buy a horse named Sundance for Gracie. Keep in mind that none of us have ever really been around horses and I am pretty sure that he had never even ridden one. I did not mind because I thought it would be fun and I would not have to take care of it.  None of us anticipated happening what happened. I never realized that this horse would live MANY years and I would be the proud owner. For the past year, I have just been paying the monthly bill while Mary and Megan have kindly taken care of her in Corpus.

I got to the point of either selling the horse or moving her up here. Owning a horse is expensive and we were not really getting much out of her by keeping her down there. The rational side of me told me to sell her because I know nothing about horses! However, my heart told me to move her close to us. I spoke to my dad about it many times before he passed away and I know he would want Gracie to enjoy her.

So, as crazy as it may be, I am officially joining the world of horse ownership next Sunday. We found a place to board her close to home for a reasonable price that offers lessons as well. I also have a few good friends/family that know a lot and have been great resources.

We purchased a trailer for “Gracie” last weekend. We got a great deal on it and we needed it to be able to move the horse around whenever we wanted (i.e. vet appointments) without having to ask someone else to do it for us! I had to decorate it just a bit for the world’s most spoiled 3 year old.

Wish us luck!

I know I have not updated in a while, but things have been a little hectic in our household lately! In between sports, illnesses (food poisoning or stomach bug, possible flu), and horse (more on that coming in another post) I have just not found time to blog!

Jamin is keeping busy with football for sure. He is not as busy this year coaching 7th grade instead of varsity, but he is still busy!  We are really enjoying having him home a little more this football season.

Gracie is quite possibly the world’s busiest three year old and it suits her just fine! She is in gymnastics, ballet, and soccer right now. Thankfully for me, ballet is during the day while she is at daycare. Her first soccer game was rained out last week and she has only had one practice so far. She was more interested in her name tag at practice and really just wants a trophy at the end of the season!

We are getting ready for Dylan’s 1st birthday party already. I cannot believe how much time has really flown this year. He is not walking yet but that does not stop him from getting into everything! He really loves playing with Gracie and they are a little too rough with each other for my liking at times. He now has 5 teeth too!

I have been busy driving Gracie around to her various activities and going to football games! I am still trying to find a little time to craft here and there but it is hard to do.  I just volunteered to be on a committee for Relay for Life too! What was I thinking? Oh yeah, I am starting a new job next week. I am leaving the research world. It is just next door to my current job so the kids can still go daycare with me! I will now be a microbiologist at Brooke Army Medical Center, just in time for flu season!