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we finished up the month of february with some preparations for big goals: the end of my current fitness challenge and a half marathon for me and bye-bye to the bottle for mollie.  i thought the bottle was going to be a tough one to kick, but she took it like a champ.  the bye-bye to the binky though is going to be rough and wine may be involved.

saying goodbye to the much loved bottle.

some goodies for me!  how i love amazon prime.  my new running gps watch is maybe the coolest thing ever.

relaxing with some hot tea and a honey coconut muffin.

lazy time at home with the kiddos.

12-mile run complete and my delicious breakfast as a result of it. 

working on some math homework. 

my sweet little gymnast.  

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happy valentine's day!  our week has been filled with all of the preparations and excitement of the holiday.

the princess of the house.

my guy is loving gymnastics!

love.

hard at work.  this puzzle is HARD, but miles did it almost all by himself.

yummy paleo chicken + zucchini lasagna

tire swing!

dinner made with love.

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getting back into this.  our weeks since christmas break have been filled with my busy-ness at school and work.  but we've been trying to get in some downtime when we can.

enjoying the warm weather.

momma + miles lunch date.

legos.  a common evening activity for him.

first seven miles in my new shoes.

my big boy after his morning assembly.

celebrating 100 days of school by exchanging 100 pennies for a gold dollar.

still celebrating 100 days of school on day 101.  love this guy. 

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we are finishing out the month of november and looking forward to the excitement of the holidays!

woohoo!  bedlam game win!

i love that my girl likes to color.  

impromptu santa meeting at wal-mart. 

thanksgiving day view at the lake. 

they still love to cuddle together on the couch.

preschool karate. 

the hat makes the outfit.

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so proud of lance.  now a lieutenant colonel.

up north!

lance and i spent this past weekend in minneapolis.  he was promoted in october and his pinning ceremony was scheduled for the same weekend as the ball, so i could attend.  minneapolis is really nice and we ended up having perfect weather.  a big thanks to my wonderful in-laws who kept the crazies so we could have a long weekend away.

see, i told you we needed this trip.  we may have been going a bit crazy lately.

pure amazingness...lemon ricotta pancakes from hell's kitchen.  they literally melted in your mouth and so sweet no need for syrup. 

not much better than an oversized, color-changing LED peep!

for nerdy people like us, the lego store was amazing.  and entire wall of lego bricks.

on our way to the 237th birthday ball for the marine corps.

quite possibly the most amazing dessert EVER.  no doubt it was the largest...the picture is deceiving, that is a regular sized dinner plate.  we shared half of it with another table.  

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paleo "cookies" - cookie being a loose term since they contain no sugar, flour or chocolate chips, sigh, but they are actually still pretty good.

first time riding his bike without training wheels!  so proud.

hay maze fun.

hay maze fun.

ms. spooky spent some time with me at work.

self portrait by ethan

the last stop of halloween!  grandmother and grandfather's house.

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this was a busy week!  between fall break, disney and an unfortunate visit from the stomach virus (although i guess sooner rather than later is better...now i won't be in fear every time i hear that a kid in class got sent home because they threw up) we are ready to rest and relax.  but of course that won't happen now that the whirlwind of holidays and activities leading up to christmas have already begun.

sleepy princess.  it took four days of hard playing with her cousins to get her to finally nap.

leopard printed dessert at koi in los angeles.

heading back to oklahoma.

my flag football boys. 

our newest family member, miss spooky!

my new treat drink, allowing myself this delicious concoction once a week.  no sugar added (except pure maple syrup) coconut hot chocolate. 

fall baking!  chocolate cupcakes with salted caramel buttercream and a hummingbird cake.

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fall season = outdoor running again!  i've missed it.

first trip to the pumpkin patch.

my boys in their columbus day presentation.  it was the day before ou/texas, so naturally the kids were allowed to wear their team gear to school that day.

we are so very sad that our sweet little kitten was with us only a few days.

miles reading his first book to ethan.  

this picture just makes me happy.