Addelyn's Activities

During the month of April Addy was in a cooking class at the community center. She loved it! They stirred stuff, cut stuff, spread stuff, and, the best part, ate what they made.

 

 Today we went roller skating for the first time at Oaks Park.  Addy had a blast!  She fell on her bum a couple times, but got right back up and kept going.  She was pretty good at it by the end.  After skating we visited the Rhododendron Gardens and sort of ate lunch! 

Chipper the squirrel came out and Addy HAD to skate with him like all the other kids... he's kind of creepy. 

Roller skating would not be complete without the chicken dance. :)

Enjoying cookies and milk afterwards. 

Baby goslings at the Rhododendron Gardens. 

Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival

Yesterday was gorgeous!  We decided to go down to Woodburn to the Wooden Shoe Festival and let our husbands golf the day a way.  We missed the sun at the festival, but headed to the park after and had lunch in the sun! 

We then finished the day with bike riding, food eating, sun soaking, and tennis playing.  

Couch to 5k - Finished!!!

In February I decided that after talking about it for over a year, I would finally get into action and do the couch to 5k thing. It was brutal at first. I have never been one for running. In middle school when we had to run a mile for gym class I was always one of the last to finish... embarrassing. Luckily, the couch to 5k starts you out nice and slow. Even though I thought I would die I actually started to like it. I liked the fact that in just 5 weeks I could run for 20 mins straight! So, my friend, Marissa, signed up with me to run my first ever 5k! We did a few 3 mile runs the week leading up to the 5k and they went super well. Saturday came and I was super nervous. It was my first experience of anything like it and I was just nervous. We stated out well and then I got a huge cramp in the middle of my stomach and side stitches. The cramp in my stomach would not go away regardless of slowing it down. Looking back I am super mad that we had to walk for part of it, but I was dying. I was in serious pain and my breathing was super shallow. Any way, I did it. I did a 5k! I wish I could say I ran the whole thing, but there will be a next time! I plan to keep running, hopefully improve my time and learn how to breathe right to prevent the cramps/side stitches. My time was 35:19. I am totally okay with it. It was a good experience, and now I know I can do it! When I was all done Addy came up to me and said "Good job, Momma! You did it, Momma!" Made me feel so good! Tyler was a great support and took pictures for me! Now, for the fun part... pictures! No one looks good when they run, so don't judge me. :)

Pre-race! Marissa won an awesome gym bag from a drawing!


Just getting started.


Still at the beginning.








Sprinting to the finish!


Almost to the finish line!


The results!