Pictures from Cumberland Falls.

Kendall at the top of the falls.


Kaitlynn at the top of the falls.


Kendall posing for a picture. She loves having her picture taken!

Kylee, Kaitlynn, and Kendall. It is so hard to get a good picture of them together.

The girls in front of the falls. Kylee isn't very patient when it comes to taking pictures.

Kendall and Kylee skipping through the park.

A picture of the falls. My camera battery was almost dead at this point. I had spent the weekend taking pictures at the soccer fields and forgot to charge my battery before we left the hotel.

So pretty!

Kendall and Kaitlynn. Kylee was done!

I asked Kaitlynn to take a picture of me and Trey, I had no idea at the time that Kendall was in it too! I mentioned she loves to have her picture taken, didn't I?

Oh, and one more picture per Kendall's request.

Kaitlynn and Kendall inside a cave. Kendall wasn't too sure about it.

Kaitlynn posing for a quick picture.

And the best picture of the day! I remembered to turn my flash on! Oops!

On our way home from the regional soccer tournament we decided to make a pit stop at Cumberland Falls in Kentucky. It was beautiful and the perfect ending to our weekend!

World Championship!

The Lunachicks are heading to the World Championship at Walt Disney World!

The girls competed in the Kick-It Southeast Regional tournament this past weekend in Kentucky where they qualified to advance to the World Championship!!

Movie Night!

With all the soccer that has been going on this summer, we haven't had much time to spend one on one time with the girls. I decided to take Kendall to the movies Wednesday night while Trey, Kaitlynn, and Kylee went to soccer practice. We saw Despicable Me. It was funny and Kendall really enjoyed her popcorn and large Sprite. Yes, large. You get a free refill when you get a large so we split one. It worked out well too! No potty breaks during the movie. Then again Kendall has never had to take a potty break during a movie.

I'm hoping to get to plan something for me and Kylee soon, but really she would just love to play soccer. She warms up with the team and is always ready to go in. She never gets to, but she wants to. She wants to play so bad!

That's my 2 year old!!

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Kylee seems to be a strong one, so tonight I decided to take her float off and see if she could swim on her own. Well, it didn't take long and off she went! She's 2 years old, y'all! I'm still in shock. I thought it might happen next summer, but never imagined it would happen this summer.

Kendall isn't very happy with it at all. I think she feels that Kylee is stealing her thunder a little bit. We've had a long talk about it and I hope she will begin to be happy for her sister. I feared there would be competition between the two of them because they are so close in age. I didn't think we would see it so soon though.

By the way please overlook all the blooms and leaves in and around the pool. Trey was trimming the crape myrtle while we were swimming.

Kaitlynn's Check Up

Kaitlynn went to the doctor yesterday for her yearly check-up. She probably won't like that I am posting this, but I keep this blog kind of like some people keep a baby book. So, she weighed in at 113 lbs and is 5 ft 2 and a half inches tall. That's pretty big for a 10 year old!! Our doctor also says she still has about 3 years of growing left. I wonder how tall she will end up? Definitely taller than me, I'm 5'3.

We also talked about her knee. She thinks Kaitlynn will feel some relief once she quits growing. Not much she can do but rest it until then and so far not much of that has happened. She doesn't complain about it much anymore unless she really over does it. She had 3 games the other night and that was too much. She complained about her knee and it was noticeable (meaning she couldn't hide it) that night after she got home. That was the first time in a long while that she has complained about it. We now have an idea of what her limits are.

She only had to get one shot, the hepatitis A shot. Of course that wasn't a big deal for her since she gets six allergy shots a week.

Right after the doctor left and before the nurse came in with her shot Kaitlynn discovered she had a loose tooth. She was eating a sucker and said "hey, I have a loose tooth." I looked at it and it was an upper molar hanging by one corner. How she didn't know she had a loose tooth before that point in time I don't understand. So she pulled it out which left her mouth bleeding a little. She stuck a paper towel in there to try to stop it. When the nurse walked in she had no idea what was going on. It was kind of funny and just adds to the list of places Kaitlynn has lost teeth. She has handed me a tooth on the soccer field, from the back seat of the car, and now while in the pediatrician's office.

Kendall's 4 Year Old Stats

Kendall went in for her 4 year old well child visit this morning. This visit was a little different from previous well visits because first of all Kendall had to give a urine sample. She thought this was hilarious and kept asking when she got to pee in the cup. The doctor had sent the cup home with us so she could do it before she came in. We had talked about it for a few days, just kind of getting her prepared for it. She thought this was such a big deal and this morning she was excited to finally get to pee in her cup.

We then went to the office and she had her height and weight checked. She is 40 lbs which falls in the 75th percentile for her age and 43.5 inches tall which puts her above the 95th percentile for her age.

The nurse then took a small blood sample via a finger prick. Of course Kendall did not handle this well. The finger prick left Kendall pretty upset for the remainder of the visit.

When the doctor came in we discussed Kendall's development which didn't take too long. Our pediatrician goes to church with us so she sees the girls weekly. She even keeps Kylee in the nursery on Sunday mornings.

After her examination she decided to prescribe more ear drops for Kendall. It seems as though her swimmer's ear is coming back. Kendall did not want her to touch her ears at all! That finger prick really put Kendall in a mood. The doctor also gave me the option of doing Kendall's vaccines today or wait until she starts kindergarten. I decided to go for today since Kendall was already upset and honestly if we wait another year she'll just be bigger and harder to hold down. Sad I know, but Kendall isn't very cooperative when it comes to things like this.

Here's the kicker Kendall didn't have to get the second chicken pox vaccine. When Kendall had the first chicken pox vaccine she had a mild reaction. A few weeks ago I took her into the doctor because one morning she woke up with 30-40 spots on her body. At that time the doctor said she wasn't sure what it was, but today she said she thinks it was chicken pox. She said that even if a child has had the vaccine they can still get a mild case. She also said the spots may even look different, making it hard to diagnose. Since Kendall also seemed to be sick when she had her spots (a few of them are still visible now) she thinks it probably was chicken pox. So, that got her out of one shot, but she still had to get 3 other ones. Needless to say Kendall did not leave a happy camper at all.

A little bit of everything...

It has been a while since I have blogged so I thought I would post a little update. Let's see this summer has turned out to be much busier than I ever imagined.

First of all SOCCER.... Kaitlynn is playing 3v3 soccer this summer and her team has done quite well. She normally plays soccer in the spring and fall but decided to try 3v3 this summer so there's no break for her. I don't think she minds a bit though. :) The team has done so well they will be playing at a regional tournament in a few weeks to try to advance to the world championship which is played at the Wide World of Sports in Walt Disney World. They have already advanced to a national tournament that will be played in Ohio in a few weeks (close to King's Island). The team has a lot of travel ahead of them, therefore I have been planning some fundraisers for the team. So far we have sold Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and had a yard sale. We are planning on having another doughnut sale in about 3 weeks. If the girls make it to the world championship I will be scheduling even more fundraisers.

Kaitlynn began getting allergy shots almost a month ago due to her allergy to grass. Since she decided to play soccer in the summer and that just so happens to be when grass grows we decided it was finally time to start the shots. The doctor thinks we will see a big difference this fall. Right now she is getting 3 shots twice a week. I really hope this helps her. I'm so tired of constantly changing her allergy meds and all the sinus infections she gets. I think if we get this under control for good it will benefit her greatly in soccer.

Kendall is taking ballet classes this summer. She goes once a week and loves it!! Ballet may just be her thing. I know she is only four but she's the same age Kaitlynn was when I started noticing her love of soccer. I guess time will tell...

Kendall learned how to swim on June 6th. I remember this date because it was the day after her birthday party. She just decided that she didn't want to wear her float anymore and off she went. I still can't believe it! A week after turning four, she swims, without being taught how. Anyways, we tried the swim team out and she liked it. Now Kaitlynn and Kendall are on the swim team. They practice twice a week at the YMCA and have four meets plus a championship meet over the course of the summer.

On to Kylee, she isn't involved in any activities. This however wasn't her decision. Unfortunately there just isn't much out there for 2 year olds. She does go to almost all of her sisters' events though. Last Thursday night she had a meltdown while watching Kaitlynn play. I had to pull her off the soccer field right before one of Kaitlynn's game. The entire time she was screaming "I AM A SOCCER PLAYER!!" One day she may very well be, she will just have to wait it out for now.

I'm trying to keep up the running but with all this busy-ness it's hard. It is also unbelievably HOT outside. I am not making excuses though. I will keep it up!

I can't believe that school starts back in less than a month. It is so crazy how fast summer is flying by!

Swim Meet #3

That's Kaitlynn in the right side of the picture. She had just dove in the water for the last leg of the 200yd medley relay.

Almost half-way and look at the ground she has gained.

Woohoo! She pulled it off. Go Kaitlynn aka "the anchor."

Here's Kendall in her 6 & under 25 free, smiling and all laid back. She also swam in a 100yd 8 & under medley relay.

Kaitlynn smoked the competition in the 50 yard backstroke (every lane had a swimmer you just can't see them due to my camera angle) and also won the 50 yard breaststroke.

The girls swam in what will be their last regular season meet Tuesday night. There will be one more meet next Tuesday night, but Kaitlynn has two soccer games and will not be able to go. They will swim in their championship meet on July 31st.

Sparklers!

Last Saturday night we had a cookout at my parents' house. When it got dark we shot off a ton of fireworks! We really lit up the sky! Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of those, but I did get one of Kendall and Kylee playing with sparklers. This was the second year that we put on a fireworks shows in my parents' backyard and both times I have neglected to take pictures. Ughh, I promise next year I will. :)

June Total

71.60 miles in June. I've learned that it is much harder to get my runs in when the girls are out of school and mother's day out. It's also been really busy around here with soccer and swim practice, but enough with the excuses. July WILL be a better month! Total for the year is now 481.32 miles. I was shooting for 500 miles by the end of June, looks like I now have some catching up to do!

I did manage to get another race in this month. The Disney Expedition Everest Challenge which you can read about here.

Another 5K for us!

This morning me and Kaitlynn competed in another 5K race.

I'm not sure what our times were, but I did place at this one!! I finished 2nd in the 20-29 age group.

Kaitlynn ran some of this one with two other girls from her soccer team and ran some of it alone. I can't believe how grown up she is. I'm super proud of her!

Two more Lunachicks crossing the finish line. Way to go girls!

After the race we hung around and browsed some of the booths and the girls took a little train ride.