Rusty's brother was in town this past week. We didn't get to see them much (it stinks because Frances and T love to play with Elizabeth and Cecilia) because Frances has school so we have trouble getting there during the week and they aren't always here on the weekend. We did make it down for Boo's b-day (I will have to post the pic later because it is on another camera, but it is so cute because Rusty's folks sat at the table with all the grandkids except the two little ones). We saw them when we headed back in town Monday night. Here is a cute pic of the bunch.





As a result of the ironman....Thomas likes to run around the house and say he is racing. He talks about swimming, biking, and running. He is a big fan of this sweatband I got for him.



Hannah is getting bigger and continuing to be a good baby (if she gets what she wants). She makes it pretty clear what she wants and you better do what she says or be ready to battle it out. I guess that is better than T who just didn't like Rusty for about a year or so.




Frances still loves school. They had a popsicle party today at the park. It looked like almost all the kids were there plus siblings and a parent or two for each (even the. There are a total of 8 kids in her class that live in our neighborhood.

IRONMAN!!!

We (Rusty, Frances, Thomas and I) went to Louisville this past weekend for Rusty's big race. He did a great job! Lot of training went into this (not many people could download a schedule and stick to the major training). Anyway, he did great. He went right under his goal time of 12 hours 30 minutes (he went 12 hrs 23 min). He had cramping issues in two other half ironman events, but the only problem he had this time was because he drank the sports drink they handed out (he said the last half of the marathon his stomach hurt, but his legs were fine). It was a fun event to watch. It is fun to watch the event as well as the spectators. People bring their own cheering sections (an ironman race is a large commitment and takes a lot of training and is a pretty big deal). The kids and I walked down to watch him come out of the water, jump on his bike and run some. Someone gave T a bell and dude man cheered everyone. They had a great time.


we got there really early to make sure we got a good spot (things got pretty crowded). The kids did a pretty good job walking a lot. I did figure out that they would sit together in the umbrella stroller- good times!








They even had fireworks



Dad's House


We did swing by the house my dad grew up in. Here is a picture that I snapped. It is a really cute area.

moving along

They are moving along with the house and we are hoping to be moved back in 5 weeks or so from now. The heat, electrical and roof inspections said we were good to go. They have measured for the countertops. As I am typing, the crew is putting up new drywall (the hallway, two of the bathrooms upstairs as well as numerous walls/misc parts of the ceilings up and down stairs are getting fixed). The next step will be turn on the air once insulation is in and get the house cooled so the hardwoods can be put in upstairs and refinished downstairs. Rusty gets to pick basement carpet (yep, his one room in the house). We also are waiting for the two new bay windows for the back of the house. We also had to add a new fence in the front of the house. We had some trees removed and the old fence was going to need a lot of work to put back up.....add it to the list. I will post pictures this week.