Sunday, September 21, 2014

Alli's First Cross Country Meet

This year {to Mommy's great delight!} Alli decided to run cross country for her school.
I could not be more excited!!!  
My dream is that all three of the little fish will LOVE running as much as I do 
{or did before the three knee surgeries!} 
Thankfully, it is off to a great start as our Pink Fish loves to run and has really enjoyed practicing with her team at school twice a week since school started.
The whole family was super excited to watch her first meet this afternoon.
It was held at Bellarmine Prep and there were TONS of schools and kiddos participating.
So cool to see all the children excited to run!
We LOVED her uniform shirt, which says "Lord, watch over me today as I run".
Thanks to the bright yellow {and her bright pink shorts!} we had no trouble spotting her :-)
Although there are lots of kiddos on her team, they broke it down by gender and grade.
These four friends did such a great job running and cheering on one another.
Alli did such a great job running 1/2 a mile and finished strong ~ her smile was priceless!!!
She was so excited to get her ribbon and snack at the finish line :-)
Of course, she was happy to pose for pictures with her cheering section . . . 

Way to go Alli, we are so proud of you :-)
We are looking forward to many, many more years of XC meets!

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Alli's first day of 2nd Grade!!!

After a fabulous summer vacation, today was the beginning of the 
As much as we all enjoyed our summer break, these three munchkins were pretty excited!
No more sleeping in, but then again, our kiddos think 7:30 is sleeping in so it's not too bad ;-)
All three were excited to get up this morning for school, of course, only Alli actually starts today!
It is so hard to believe that our sweet baby girl is now in 2nd Grade.  
Where did the time go???

She was happy to see her lunch packed and backpack ready to go when she came downstairs.
She requested ham and cheese frittata, apples, cheese, and bunny grahams for lunch :-)

She was a trooper taking pictures during breakfast and the annual tree pictures.


Then there were more pictures at school too . . . love that she loves having her pic taken!!!
She has her good buddies in her class and is super excited with her teachers!
She sat right down and got started on her word search.
All smiles when the boys and I left.
I cannot wait to hear all about her first day of second grade!!!
It's not even 10 and her brothers have asked 
at least 15 times when Alli will be home ~ they miss their big sis!
Guess we're all excited for her to come home :-)