Houston Rodeo

We took the kids to the Houston Rodeo this past Saturday while we were visiting Chris' mom. IT WAS A BLAST! The kids had a great time. Campbell was a little nervous with all the people. I think he would have enjoyed the animals more if there weren't so many people around us. He still had a good time. Carley, on the other hand, loved it! She loves animals!! The rodeo finally started and I forgot how fun they were! Some of those events are just amazing. Only one cowboy rode the bull for 8 seconds, and even one of them had to get stitches in head because the bull bucked him back while he was still in the chute! CRAZY PEOPLE!!!! The absolute bet part of the day was the Blake Shelton concert. Chris and I knew a lot of his songs, but the kids (and me!) LOVE his new song, "Hillbilly Bone"! It is is so fun!! Especially in concert. I finally saw some of me come out in Carley by the way she enjoyed the concert so much. She and I may become concert buddies!! ;) (these pics are all in random order! Why can't they download in the order you select them in???? UGH! )

My sweet cowgirl! This is Campbell's hat, but he wore it a

total of 3 minutes, so Carley put it on!

Cutie Pie

I'm tellin' ya.. she was a rodeo natural!

Blake Shelton concert

Cheering on the Barrel Racers! This was her and my favorite event

Why do people do this????? Look at those horns?

Did they not ever see the movie "8 Seconds"??

Gotta love the rodeo clowns.

Campbell LOVES police officers, so Chris took him into the security station for him to meet the police officers in there. They gave him a really cool sticker badge. He loved it!

Yummy hot dogs!!

I love this picture!

This llama was so cool. He was huge and just laid there

and let all the kids pull and tug all over him.

This was the funniest pig story (actually I think it may be my only pig story!) Anyway, this pig walked off from his trainer just a few feet in front of us and making his way through the people. He kept going about 100 feet and went right to his pen, laid down and went to sleep. It was really funny. He knew exactly where he was going! (o.k. so I guess you had to be there!)

Look at the cute baby cow eating hay.. he was sooooo cute!

This is at the restaurant afterwards. Carley slept through dinner, but Campbell finally woke up to eat a Quesadilla and watch the waiters sing Happy Birthday to Chris

Chris had to wear this sombrero while they sang to him! It was quite amuzing. Campbell said he would have looked better in a fireman hat, though. ;)

Soccer Season!

Here is Campbell at the game yesterday pretending he is a bat and using the scarf as his bat wings! He is such a pretender!!! Way more than Carley ever was at that age. She was too practical and logical we think. But Campbell cracks us up with his little imagination!!!

Carley's first game was yesterday! She had a great time and really loves her team. Go Magic!!

Ahhhh.....

4.5 miles - Check!!! It was hard, but it is done! :)

Relay For Life

I am joining the fight to find a cure for cancer through American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of McKinney! You can help my team by donating through the link below:

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY10PL?pg=team&fr_id=24150&team_id=658840

OR, join my team for a fun night of walking and hanging with friends. The event is April 30 at the Ballfields at Craig Ranch and families are welcome. It is a fun night with lots of activities for the entire family. Join my team going to www.mckinneyrfl.com and clicking on "View all teams" next to the Top Teams box. Our team name is Amy Pawlak (however, I hope to change that to a more snazzy name soon!)

1st Week

Well, I have completed my first week of training for the 10K and so far so good! Today was 3.5 miles and it went really well. I could have kept going a little further, but our friends had the kids at the park playing and needed to leave at a certain time to be somewhere. This is A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT story than the beginning of the week! :) I need to be at 4.5 miles by end of next week. EEK! Talk to you soon!

Carley's Big Day

Carley had a fun day today! First, she had her first soccer practice on her new team, The Magic! Her team from last year dissolved when we went to T-ball, so she had to get on a new team. But, she LOVES the girls on this team and is so excited! Then, tonight we went to the annual Frisco ISD Art Show. One of Carley's projects she made in art class was chosen to be displayed on the Elliott Elementary wall. We didn't realize it was such a big deal, but apparently each school only chooses about 40 pieces to be displayed. So, below is Carley next to her art work. In true Chris and Amy fashion, we both held back from saying, "That's It?" HA! Our art appreciation is definitely not as refined as it should be. But, none the less this was a big honor and we are very proud of Carley!

Carley with her certificate

Carley and her Art teacher.

Carley standing by her project.

This is a remake of Alma Thomas' work. (whoever that lady is! ) HA!

Go Magic!

Coach Mark with Carley, Ema, Ema, Emily, Emerson and Hanah! Can you believe those names??? I accidentally cut one of the "Em"s out of the picture. OOPS!

Finally.. soccer season is here!!

Accountability

You all will probably get bored of these posts, but I am going to use you as my accountability group to help me train for the 10K race and hopefully a half-marathon eventually. April/May maybe??

So, I started running yesterday and actually ran for 30 minutes with only a few 10 step walks! My knee hurts tremendously, but after I found my rhythm it wasn't so bad. It mainly hurt when I changed surfaces (stepping off a curb, grass, sidewalk, etc). We are going this afternoon to get better running shoes. It feels really good to have a fitness goal again!! Tomorrow I rest and then hit it again Tuesday. My luck it will snow on Tuesday like they are forecasting! Grrr....