This little man turned 16 months on Nov. 9th. He is our little stallion. We love him so much! He really completes our family. I kiss him every chance I get. Here are some fun things about our Ky Man:

He is obsessed with balls. He throws and kicks them all day. He is amazingly coordinated for his age.

He loves books. He picks a book and sits in your lap for you to read to him. He does this over and over again.

He loves to dance. It is hilarious and one of my favorite things to watch.

He talks all the time but most is jibberish.

He has to do everything his sister does.

He loves shoes and tries them all on.

He has started to be picky with food. He would eat anything before and we loved it! Now he has started spitting things out if he doesn’t like them. We are dissappointed his “eat everything” attitude didn’t last. He still loves to eat though.

He has started to throw tantrums.

He runs everywhere. Very seldom does he walk.

He would be outside all day if we let him. He cries every time we come in the house.

His nicknames are: Ky, Ky man, Ky boy, Boomer, Grump Master.

He thinks he’s a big boy.

He likes to clean with me.

He hates when something spills etc. He just stares, points and talks jibberish until I clean it up.

His smile still melts my heart.

I can’t believe he is getting so big! He is my sweetheart.

For the first time ever we took the kids trick or treating. We had taken Hallie to the ward Halloween party before but we never stay for the trick or treating part because it starts too late.  We went again this year and continued the tradition of leaving early. (We have a strict bedtime schedule. If you ever want to watch my kids the day after they stay up late you are welcome to.lol)Anyway, Hallie is old enough to remember now and since Halloween fell on a Monday night (Family Night) Ben went with us. Hallie and I were both very excited. We went with our neighbors the Forgan’s who have a 3 year old boy who Hallie just loves. We went around the neighborhood and collected the loot.  Hallie was very polite and said “Thank you berry much” after receiving candy. I felt like a kid filled with excitement just watching her have so much fun.

I decided that I would do a thankful journal with Hallie for the month of November. Each day she draws something she is thankful for and then she gets a piece of her halloween candy. 16 days into and it’s going really well.

Yesterday I ran the Richmond McDonalds Half Marathon. It was amazing!! I really only have great memories from this race! I am so so happy I did it. It is amazing how good I feel about myself after running this race. I set a goal. I trained. I accomplished it. I loved it!!

My good friend Kami and I woke up at 4 am on Saturday morning and drove down to Richmond. We sat in the warm car before braving the cold weather and lining up at the start line. We met up with a couple of our friends who were kind enough to pick up our race packets the night before. (Thanks again Molly and April!) I wish we would have gotten a picture with them but time got away from us. There were 16,000 people running this race! It was packed! It was so fun to have random people cheering us along the whole way. There were bands playing, water and powerade stations, and even vodka being offered. (Don’t worry friends I didn’t drink any!) haha. On our race bib they had our names and a few people cheered for my friend Kami after seeing her name. It was pretty cool. It ended up being a beautiful day. Cold yes, but beautiful. The sun was shining and the leaves were gorgeous. It doesn’t get better than running in beautiful weather with gorgeous scenery and good friends.

As far as the actual running goes it was a fabulous run. I felt energized by all the people and we just kept running and running. At around mile 10 or 11 I started to hurt. My legs didn’t want to do it anymore but when I slowed to get water I found it hurt just as bad to walk as it did to run so I ran.  I had the goal of finishing in under 2 hours. I finished in 1 hr 59 min. HA now that is a close call! Ben came with the kids to cheer me on at the finish line. Because there were so many people he didn’t see me run in but just the fact that he drove all that way with the kids that early in the morning once again gets him some major husband points. He has been so supportive of my running and I am so grateful for him. I married a good one!!!

I love, love, love the memories I have from this race and I am so grateful I did it. Thank you Kami for being such a great running partner. You rock!

Did I mention what a great experience this was. It was a great experience. haha

Now I think I am going to let my wallet take a break from running races for a few months. 🙂

These two pictures are my current favorites. I love my cuties!

Both taken with my phone of course because the camera is still broken. UGH!