Naps at school and round the house

Here are a few cute ones of the kids! Becky, Camden and Luke were caught in a few when the Baileys came to see us for Melanie's party!

SEC CHAMPS!

By beating Alabama at home, we clenched the SEC season title! Making it to the Elite 8 turned out to be the highlight of our season and we were proud of our mighty Gators!

Valentines Day and a 5K

The older I get the more I agree with Jason that Valentines Day is really a Hallmark holiday although he always seems to go above and beyond for me and I usually just end up feeling bad for not getting him much! Jason got me a really nice pewter heart shaped plate and my Valentine bouquet! I was going through a career change leaving Park Dental (the office I worked at since 2003) for a much better offer at Ocala Dental Care. It took a lot of praying and meditation on scripture and along the way a good Valentines verse kept popping up-This is my commandment that you love one another just as I have loved you. I think this commandment should make every believer feel a little more loving on Valentines Day and I tried to put it into practice!
February 19th I ran the best I have done since starting this running thing. My goal was "25 before 35" and I made it in 24:25! I'm starting to enjoy the thrill of meeting goals and getting faster. I've never been an athlete, so I think I am enjoying feeling athletic! Running has made me happier in general and I think I can finally say that I have achieved "runner's high!" Its a great time to think and when the kids come along it really gives me a good workout! The toning has helped the old self confidence and I think I may be ready to keep up with Jason and the yard work over the summer! I think he'll appreciate me being stronger when it comes to raking the grass again!

Sea World tip #2

Trying to get our money's worth of our Sea World season passes, we took another hike to Orlando! We are slowly covering the whole park, but we are finding out that Wil prefers the Dolphin show to any other! Of course, we have to catch the Shamu show, but we also took in a Pets Ahoy (pet talent) show. The kids laughed and laughed-especially when a cat crossed a tightrope right above their heads! I rode the Mantra when Jason took the napping babies to the gift shop and we completed another fun day with the animals of the sea!

Debbie's Birthday!

For Debbie's birthday we all met at Outback and had dinner and cake with our favorite girl! Debbie worked with me at Park Dental and she has been a faithful Grandma/ba

bysitter for the kids! Everybody loves Debbie-especially on her birthday!

Medievil Fest with Katie!

Katie and Melanie came to see us for the weekend and we showed them a good time at the Hoggtowne Medievil Festival again! Jason had work to do at home while we shopped and ate at the festival. We strolled the babies around and became royal! Afterwards, Jason took Wil to the UF/UK game. Beating Kentucky is always exciting and Wil even got to meet Chaz Henry! Katie and I battled it out over the Scrabble board after the girls hit the hey. Katie and Mel had to leave around noon on Sunday and shortly afterward we took the kids to the park so they could have some good outside time. The Super Bowl had us come in early and settle down to unwind from a fun and exciting weekend!

The First Knight! (Medievil fest weekend #1 with the Hollingtons

We had the best time with Jason's family. Originally we planned on Ralph, Terry, Wes's fam, Jake's fam and Jenny's fam to be here but Terry and Ralph got sick last minute so they weren't able to make it. Kind of a bummer because we all planned behind Terry's back to take professional pictures for her as a b-day gift. We thought long and hard and decided to go ahead and have a brothers/sister weekend. We went to the Gator gymnastics meet Friday night and then went to the Hoggetowne Medievil Festival Saturday. After a fun day of pretending we were princesses and knights we took our professional pictures by Lake Alice and cooked up a feast at home complete with birthday cake for Jason! The next day was Sunday and we all decided a trip down to the park would be just what the kids needed for burning off some energy before the trip back to Crawfordville and Freeport. Jake stayed at the house to burn a few cds! The Hollington Running Club convened for the first time and we welcomed a new member, Hester. We small-talked and played a little more and then it was time to say goodbye. We need more weekends like this!

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