Marshall's toddler time egg hunt

While ivy was in school a few days after our other egg hunt, the Kingsport Library did a little hunt in the courtyard next to the building for the toddlers! It was pretty darn cute. Afterwards, Marshall wanted to go back in and check out a dinosaur book and when we came back out, we decided to spend a few more minutes with friends... I love the last couple pics of Marshall with his buddies. They were all SO into the dino book! Such boys!

 

Egg hunt with friends!

(Excuse the squinty eyes pic, hehe)

A couple weeks ago, my friends and I got together one morning for an Easter Egg luncheon and hunt at our friend Sara's house here in town.. The weather was gorgeous and the kids had an absolute blast picking up the eggs and then playing in her backyard afterwards. We hung out and enjoyed the sunshine for a while! Such a fun playdate! 

St. Patrick's day

 I don't usually do a whole lot for this holiday but just ran to the store and grabbed a couple fun things for breakfast. It's actually a BIG deal that I got my kids this cereal because it's one that Ivy always begs for but I usually tell her no because they eat nothing but the teeth-rotting marshmallows! lol. Figured it would be fun, just this once... Anyways, Ivy had a fun green day at school while Marshall and I had fun at the toddler time at the library. Monster day! He was pretty excited.

Spring fun

This was taken on one of my greenbelt runs... The first green and blossoms I've seen of the season! Also, some turkey's near the water. lol!

 Kicking the soccer ball around with Marshall:

Finally warm enough for playing in the streams? Not quite yet, but Marshall thought so. haha:

Front yard playing with Beckham and Brigham.. and a great view of the blossoms on the trees: 

Few more from around the neighborhood! Look at all the blossoms!!

Sunset bike ride

 Just took an evening bikeride down on the greenbelt with Sam one day. Love that it's finally getting warm enough to do stuff like this!

Rooster Rob Run

With my half marathon being pretty close, and knowing I'd have to do some hills, Leisa and I decided to train on a longer, 9.5 mile run, from her house down to this little breakfast joint in the country hills a couple weeks ago. We ran south, but the roads were at a gradual incline so it ended up being a pretty tough run! Not to mention, we missed one little turn and got off the route for about a half mile. Ha! So we ended up doing 10.5 miles! Yeesh! I've never ran that far in all of my life! Our husbands met us at the breakfast place and we definitely got our calories worth in French bread French toast! It was pretty worth it. For the food AND the views! Love these back country roads! The hills, not so much. lol. But all in all, such a fun morning!!! Big thanks to Leisa for whoopin' my butt into shape! Literally!

 Selfie with the cows. So. many. cows:

 If you look close, you can see the Smoky's in the distance! Faint because of the clouds, but there! This was the prettiest/best part of the run! Downhill FINALLY:

 Aaaand breakfast with the crazies, I mean, children. and SO happy to be done!

With my carb-heavy meal afterwards! And the run on the gps- don't mind how slow we went, I'm still learning how to push my heart! haha! BUT, look at that crazy incline!