The Many Faces of Kasey

Bolder Boulder pictures

King Jack

I had to post this picture...I found it while searching my mom's camera for more Colorado pictures...This was taken the day Jack came home from his second surgery. My mom and Pete picked him up from the Dr. and he had the royal treatment. Funny thing is...My mom said "He's not laying on the couch!!"....but when I get there, what do I find?!?! The whole couch/sofa bed pulled out and made up for him!!

"E" award

Erin received the Principal's Honor Roll....Yeahhhh "E"....Way to go girl!!

Bolder Boulder

Kasey and I went to Colorado on Saturday so I could run in the BolderBoulder with my brothers Bobby and Jimmy, my sister-in-law Ann and Jimmy's girlfriend Rachael.

I have to wait to post some pictures cause my mom had the camera that day. The day I arrived I tried running and after 2 miles I couldn't bear the feeling in my lungs..the second day I did a mile and half....felt a little better but I was still thinking...Lord, I have to do 6.2 miles the next day! How?!?!

I was nervous. My only goal was not to walk any part of the race. I didn't walk at all. Ann and I stayed together the whole time. When we got in the car at 6am that morning...Jimmy tells me that I can't wear my I-pod. OK....well, I can't run without my I-pod! He tells me it's all in my head. Well, Yes, it is but that's ok! I was determined to sneak it in! We saw some people wearing them and I kinda shoved Ann into asking a guy that was wearing his if he wore it during the race...she came back with good news....he had always worn it! WHEWWW!

There were 53,000 people in this race...it was incredible. I tried to put into perspective to my mom when I told her the concert that she saw at the arena recently had only about 15,000 people.

Everyone started in "waves" depending on the time you submitted with your registration. Jimmy was in BB because he runs like a 7 minute mile...Rachael and Bobby were next and then Ann and I were in EE. They let everyone go maybe 5 minutes apart and psyched up each group that came alone...with a bugle and gun start. The race ran thru neighborhoods and an outside mall.

We went to this "mall" the night before and I am posting a picture of a man playing the piano...groups of people just hang out with him and sing all night.

There were lots of musicians just sitting and playing bongos or singing...it was pretty cool. Very relaxed hippie"ish" feel to Boulder.

Another pic I'm posting is one I found in the airport with Kasey. The race ended in the stadium of the University of Colorado. We came around the left curve of the stadium and finished on the other side. It was awesome. I honestly crossed the line and could have cried...I almost did! This was a huge accomplishment for me...with the altitude and I hadn't properly trained for it...I'm really proud of my and Ann's results. They are mile 1=10:11, mile 2=10:17, mile 3=10:40, mile 4=10:37, mile 5=10:27, mile 6=10:21 Finish 1:04:37. When we took off Ann started what felt like a 7 minute mile : ) I had to rein her in!! Jimmy finished in 50 minutes...Rachael just 15 seconds behind him...and Bobby 52 minutes. We had a great time...Hopefully we can make this an annual thing!

boating

Went out on the boat again this past weekend....My friend Lora came....Erin and her have a common bond...Can you guess?

Reggie...Reg...Rey Rey

Unexpectedly we had to put Reggie to sleep yesterday. He hadn't been eating and acting normal for two days...One of those being yesterday. So I brought him into the vet and after much hesitation, thought and self doubt...And pulling bloodwork just to be sure I was doing the right thing....we put him down....Although yesterday didn't have to be his last day, the next few days wouldn't have been good for him. He was is in kidney failure. The Thyroid meds that he had been taken for the last maybe year and a half had taken a toll on his kidney.

Here's some pictures of him in the last day or so.

He was laying around just staring into space then he got up and played with the water in the faucet....

This was so difficult because he seemed to have a little bit of life left in him...being Reggie, even growled as I handed him over to be checked out by Dr. Diane.

Now...for the first time since I was maybe Kasey's age....I have no cats...it's a weird empty feeling...They've always been my favorite animal since my first cat, Kelly.

Kasey's birthday party

Here's some pictures of Kasey's party at Horse World. I won't go into how mad I was that they wouldn't let me bring my camera on the ride to take pictures as the kids were on the horses. Insurance...blah, blah, blah. That was a huge party for us...for some girls it was their first time on a horse. And they had the nerve to ask if I wanted to buy the souvenior photo's. After what we spent...the photos' should have been included!

But...The kids had a great time...afterward we went to Cici's pizza. Then back at our house we had a huge Chocolate Cookie instead of cake. Funny thing, when my mom went into pick it up...it said Happy 16th Birthday Kasey!....Uh...not so fast!

She had it changed : )

The Dog ate my homework

Kasey is going to school today with the excuse.....The Dog ate my homework!

The boat

Here's some pics of the new boat. We went out this morning for the first time. The kids LOVED it.

10 Years?!?!

Kasey's 10th birthday was this past weekend. As you can see her present this year was a Razor Ride on scooter. We haven't had her birthday party with her friends yet because I procrastinated up to the last second as to what we should do. We decided upon a trail ride at Horse World. It'll be in 2 weeks so check back for pics. Kasey and Grammy and I went for a manicure/pedicure on Sunday, that was a nice treat. Erin wasn't missing out on a thing as far as she was concerned, she had Daddy all to herself.

We ended up at Texas roadhouse for dinner, and poor Kasey welled up with tears when she realized the server found out it was her birthday. I had to put the nix on the singing. Also at this place they put the birthday child on a fake horse....she would have died.

So she got her ice cream and a quiet "happy birthday" from just our server.

Here's some pictures of Grampy and the girls taking a slow ride around the block, and Kasey's manicured blue nails.