Susan G. Komen 3 Day Walk

Kelley's friend Elizabeth flew into town from Austin, TX to walk in the 60 day 3 day walk for a cure to breast cancer.  Kelley met her at the closing ceremonies at Turner Field.  There were a lot of bikers there, too.

Guys had pink hair.

Wild women dressed funky.

Hi Elizabeth!

Amen!

So many people who walked and who came out to support the walkers. 

Survivors wearing pink shirts danced under the flags.

Elizabeth and the other women on her team who walked the 60 miles.

Way to go, Elizabeth!  I can't believe this is the fourth time you have walked the 60 miles!!!

Taking Little Horse for a Walk

Snow was projected to come this evening and I thought it would be way too cold to walk Little Horse.  So the kids accompanied Dylan and me on a walk in the afternoon before the temperature dropped too much and it started snowing.  They had fun running ahead of us.

They also stuck close to take turns crowding petting Dylan while we walked.

They found some rocks to stand on.

Owen is now spending more time popping his eyes out at us and making silly faces.

Half way through our walk, the kids needed to rest.  Owen just chilled.

Chloe pretended to make snow angels.

Day After Christmas Fun

The day after Christmas was a relaxed day.  The kids played with their new toys.  We played Parcheesi together for the first time.

Chloe liked Parcheesi better than her brother, who abandoned us half way through and then came back to tell us how we should each be moving our pieces to block the others.  :)

Later, we took Dylan on a walk up to the tennis courts to run around.

We stopped at the bottom of our street so the kids could climb up on top of a ginormous snow ball people had made the day before.

The kids were excited to get up to the courts as small snow flurries fell on us.

Owen is all about cartwheels lately.

I had so much fun taking pictures of Todd and the kids running with Dylan.  So many big smiles.

I think even Dylan was smiling.

The guys took a break to sit down and rest.

Chloe loved on Dylan.

Owen danced around like a siller.

And as it started to snow harder, Chloe tried to catch snowflakes on her tongue.

Even Dylan got worn out and needed to take a rest.  He didn't get much of a rest as the snow fell harder and harder, which helped us decide that it might be time to go back home.

Someone was friendly and left a message on the hill below the tennis courts for us.  :)

I liked watching Chloe holding her Daddy's hand as we walked home.

Lunch and Walk with Uncle Martin and Luke

After the soccer game, we made a pit stop at home for Owen to change clothes and so I could pick up my old camera that Martin wanted to buy.  We met at the $3 Cafe for lunch.  Our kids always have so much fun with Luke.

Owen had stories to tell them.  That needed to be told while he was standing up.  On his chair.

I love seeing smiles on my kids' faces!

After lunch, we headed over to the Chattahoochee River where we walked the weekend before with Cas.  Aren't these tree roots cool?

The Canadian geese were out and fishing.

Owen and Chloe were busy showing Luke all the good places to climb.

Geese butts!

I think the caves are still their favorite places to explore and run around in.  :)

Over lunch and our walk, I gave Martin a fast tutorial on using his new camera.  He was excited to have a new, fancy camera.  And I'm feeling the same about my new camera :)

Happy Racers

This afternoon, the kids and I took Little Horse for a walk up to the tennis courts. 

Chloe had lots of energy and ran much of the way.  She would stop and run back to me.  Then run ahead again.

Normally, the courts are empty on Sunday afternoons so it's easy to snag three and shut/lock the gates before turning the hound loose to run.

Look at all of these happy faces!

Even Dylan didn't stop grinning ear to ear and he chased around the tennis courts with the kids!

I don't think there is such a thing as too many happy kid and dog pics, do you?  I didn't think so.

The kids got so hot from running around that they took off their hats and coats and mittens.  Chloe's cheeks were rosy from the cold, but what is seen in the pic is her attempt at re-applying Disney princess make-up on her cheeks.

We had smiles and laughter the whole time until Mommy got too cold to stay any more.  Then we had pouting.  Hard when it's time for the fun to end and go home.  :(