Shopping!

We went to DD for brunch (we were eating at Kobe's early tonight). Ah, it was good!!!



We shopped at a golf store and then stopped by DD again. 😆


Then we went shopping. We went to Village Point. It's a nice little place to shop. The weather was nice.



And then Kobe's for supper. It we as delish.

My Morning Run

I had a 5K on schedule for this weekend. Perfect timing since it's hard to get a long run in while I'm OOT. Dave lives in a great area. Beautiful and quiet. And LOTS OF HILLS. Lots of "mother of pearl" up hills and "holy cow, I'm so fast!" downhills.





This is a gorgeous neighborhood I ran through.


Huge shotgun houses. It was a wonderful 72 degrees and cloudy.


- Kat

My Morning View

There are so many things to see. A concert area, shopping, interstate and restaurants. It's so cool.


- Kat

Omaha Zoo

Today was a gorgeous day for the zoo. We love the zoo here. It's got lots to see and the butterfly exhibit is so cool!

Oreo

Yesterday was National Dog Day. I decided to do a post about each of my babies. They are best friends and often get lumped together.

Oreo-
You are such a fierce dog. Definitely an alpha, although you know dad and I are the masters. You love blankies!! Oh my gosh! If I put a blanket on my lap, you can hardly wait until I am settled. You love food!!! You will eat anything we give us. Your tummy might not like it (stinky bologna farts) but your mouth does. Speaking of which-it's huge. The other thing about you that amazing is your growl. You don't like to be moved when you're comfortable and you'll act all put out. It's pretty funny!
You are the best Boston a girl could have!💋



- Kat

Lucy

Three years old. You are such a sweet, loving girl. You need love before you can eat breakfast. You are also smarter than we give you credit for. You can outrun Oreo, find your toys anywhere and shove anything (like backpacks) out of your way. You love treats and the possum out back. You hate getting your tail bit but you find ways to get back at him. I ❤️❤️❤️You!!!


- Kat

She Strikes Again!

Reggie is getting good at creeping me out. This morning I walked into my bathroom and threw some trash away. Reggie was getting her drink and casually says "hi". Spooked me!



- Kat

Grandma Time

We traveled to C ville to see my grandparents. My grandpa turns 90 next month. We had a nice visit. L got lots of playing time in. She even taught grandma how to use the Kindle.


- Kat

My ALS Bucket Challenge

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My Morning Run

This morning had 7 miles for me. We started at 6:30 and I ran with the Go Run group. It was a good run. It was hot towards the end, but I was able to run thru most of it and had negative splits.


Goosebumps! I had some trouble maintaining my temp at the end of the run.


I felt good afterwards!


- Kat

The Spoiled Kitty

Reggie is LOVING reading time. Tonight she got to lay on L's bed. Reggie made L move to the other side of the bed so she could rest her chin and chill





- Kat

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Many of you know but in case you don't get on Facebook (my parents), there's a viral challenge to dump ice water on your head. If you are nominated and do the challenge, you pay $10 to ALS charity or you can opt out and pay $100. Yesterday, our friend Dan nominated Jeff so he took the challenge and nominated L and she took the challenge.

It's for a good cause. If you want to see where it originated, Google Pete Frates.

Struggles

L had a lot of homework which ended up with some mini meltdowns. But all is well. It's done. And I was impressed by how well she did division.



- Kat

Summer Fun

It was hot this weekend. L invited R over to swim. When they got tired of that, they watched music videos. Such is the life of a 9 year old.


- Kat

Abbott Attila!

We got to meet Ember's brother today. He's about 6 weeks old. We love his name! His middle name is a family name. He's such a sweet boy!



The girls played dress up while he was eating. I think Ember had a blast!


- Kat

Today's Run

Today I had 7 miles on schedule. I've worked out four days this week already and I was beat. But I told myself if I would finish this run, I'd sleep in tomorrow and take a rest day.

I set my alarm for 5:45. My goal was to get up, eat breakfast and drive to Sedgwick Co Park. I was going to run 5 miles and then go to the market. I had several things to buy. I needed to drop my van for new front brakes (blech) and I'd run home (2 miles).

My alarm went off...and I slept in until 6:30. But I got up, dressed, went to the market and then ran 4.8 miles. I drove home, dropped off my food and headed to the brake place. I ran/walked 1.75 miles home.

The bad part? It was 74-80 degrees while I was running. I hate running in the heat. But I did it. And I'm proud of myself for getting my miles in and planning ahead on how to get everything all done. I may not be a fast runner, but I persevere. And now, I don't have to workout until Monday morning.


- Kat

Friday Night Fun

I read while L made her own fleece blanket. Nice and relaxing.






- Kat

Reggie Loves Reading Too

Reggie loves reading time. It means I'll sit down for awhile which means I can pet her for awhile.
She sees me:


She's up in my lap purring.


Love love this girl!





- Kat

My Daily Routine

Includes primping my hair, aka drying curling and flat ironing. It's hard to be high maintenance.



- Kat

First Day of 4th Grade

I can't believe I have a 4th grader!!



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The Night Before 4th Grade

L's choice for supper was Red Robin! These two chatted it up tonight.


Silly!


I ❤️ these two





- Kat

Beauty

In the Flint Hills.



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Fun Road Trip

For lunch yesterday we went to El Dorado and then back on the turnpike to eat lunch at:



And get dessert and coffee at:



Yep! We are weird. I'm ok with that.