Ladiesfest 2010

Mel and I ran in a women's 8kn race Saturday with 688 other women. We entered as a Sister/sister team and got second place. It was a beautiful morning and we had lots of fun. My goal was 42 minutes and I crossed the finish at 41:52 placing 41/688. The top picture was me trying to beat the clock at the finish line. It helped immensely having Mel there cheering for me as well as Ken, Luke and Isaac and Mel's husband Pete and their girls. Now I can rest for a month before my next event. Thankfully....

Everyday Life with the Leffers

Hanging out with Daddy.

Notice Luke crying in the background b/c Isaac now sits in his old swing.

There's our smiley Isaac.

Sam modelling his new jammies.

Luke loves hanging out on the top bunk lately. He can get up but not down. I've been hiding the ladder in the closet hoping he'll get over his obsession. The boys were reading books before bed the other night.

20 mile Coulee Cactus Crawl

Team name "Dude where's my van?"
This is where our race was in the Lethbridge coulees.

Passing the bracelet to my sis in law Mel.

So I completed my first race since I had Issac 3.5 months ago. It was a 20 mile relay race thru the coulees. It was probably the hardest running race I've done based on the landscape. I completed the shortest leg, 4.7km but supposedly the hilliest. The rest of my team were such strong runners and we are all super competitive. Mel and I are both still nursing so we took Baby Isaac and Baby Shawna along for the day. They were so good about being carted around in the van. It was a blast. Can't wait to do it again next year! We won 1st place for an all girls team.

3 more to make a soccer team!

So....our great friends Paul and Tracy had another boy today. This is their fourth boy as well. I can't believe that we have 8 boys between us. He was born around 3:10pm. weighs 7.3 lbs, his name is Isaiah Jacob Vander Heide. Isn't he so cute? And so small compared to what Isaac was and is....Congrats to our bestest friends. We are looking forward to many exciting times with all of our boys!

Isaac- 3 months

Happy 3 months Isaac!

- weighs 18 lbs and 13 oz. and is 25.5 inches long.

- wears Size 4 diapers

- has been sleeping through the night for 3 weeks now (8:30pm - 6:30am)

- nurses 6 times a day, 3 hrs. apart

- has started sitting in the exersaucer, propped up by a blanket

- loves going for walks and being outside

- has had a few baths in the big tub with Luke

- loves getting cuddles and attention whenever he can

- smiles instantly when you talk to him no matter who it is

- loves watching his brothers and smiling at them

- is wearing 9 mth. sleepers and 12 month t-shirts and shorts/pants

- has actually giggled once when I was tickling his neck but I have not been able to get him to do it since.

Park Lake

Saturday afternoon we headed out to Park Lake to a not so busy park to play. The lake water actually wasn't that cold so the kids stripped down to their gaunch ( I think this is either a dutch word or Red neck word for underwear). I started by rolling up their shorts, then I decided to take their shorts off, then their tank tops were getting wet so I proceeded to taking off their shirts and then they got their underwear soaked. Luckily I had spare underwear in the diaper bag which they wore home. We planned on having a wiener roast with the kids but ended up changing are plans to go to Aunty Ang and Uncle Pete's for a BBQ with family. Good times!

Spoiled Rotten!

I can't believe how much fun we've been having already this Spring. In the last week alone the boys and I have been swimming, playing at three different parks in Lethbridge, had Noah, Simone, Adam, and Kaylee over for playdates and played LEGO for hours in between.

I don't know who's more spoiled, me for getting to stay home with the kids and do all of these exciting things or the kids who get to have so much fun with their mom.
We are loving the sunshine and enjoying every moment we can outside and inside.