Catching Up

It's been awhile so I thought I would catch up on here. I am bad about taking pictures so then I feel like I shouldn't post anything because it's boring without pictures. I do have one though, Taylor mowing for the first time, except it was too heavy for him so he couldn't do it all by himself! Taylor is doing really well in 4th grade this year. He gets good grades and thinks his teacher is funny because she is always telling them weird stories. He is doing better in soccer and is still the same old Taylor! He will be ten in a couple weeks! He is having some friends spend the night this Friday and they are going to a haunted house so he is excited about that. He also just earned his bear at scouts last month so he is on to whatever is next with that! LOL! I know nothing about scouts! It's kind of nice having an older kid that is responsible, hopefully he stays that way!
Kinley loves first grade and is super smart. I think she kind of misses her naps though or maybe I miss them, but she still seems to need one, she is tired by the time she gets home. She is playing soccer and doing gymnastics team so it's kind of been crazy. She doesn't get to go to soccer practice because she has gymnastics practice at that time. She is still getting a bunch of goals each game though, this last week she got 5. She loves gymnastics and practices all day long. She loves having friends over to play and is so girly!
Syler will be two next month!! That is crazy! He definitely acts like a two year old but he can also be super nice. He talks nonstop and he always says the funniest things! Lately he likes to say "thank you mama" or to whoever did something for him but he also likes to call me daddy on purpose! I'll be like I'm not daddy and he dies laughing and keeps calling me daddy or Kinley, whoever he feels like calling me! It just seems so funny for a one year old to come up with these crazy things, you should seriously hear the things he says, he's an adult already! He really misses the kids when they are at school so I try and do things with him. Of course we go run every morning so he likes to play at the YMCA for an hour. He loves Barney and will watch that while I take a shower and then we play and run errands if we need to.
Den is still working in Chicago and coming home on the weekend. He just finished one year so only two more to go! A couple weeks ago we both did the warrior dash. It's a 3 mile run/obstacle course. I told Den to stay with me but I took off and never saw him again! He said he ran the whole time, he hates running, so at least he did it! He finished in 43 minutes, I was surprised because he didn't train and it was pretty hard! There were four very tall walls to climb in a row, mud, hay bales, cars, short walls, and wire to crawl under. I finished in 34 minutes. We went to do another next year but this one is 13 miles and harder obstacles.
So during that warrior dash my side was killing me the whole time but I kept going, disappointed now because I definitely could have had a way better time. Anyway, I've had problems with my gallbladder since I was pregnant with Syler and it went crazy during that run. I had surgery on Thursday and got it out. I was very nervous but it actually wasn't that bad. Even right after surgery I was still up and doing things. I might try and run a little tomorrow and see if that hurts, might not be a good idea yet though. I'm glad that is over with though. Next week is international competition with TuneTown!! I'll be in Houston for a week and I'm so excited!