Hundreds of Peaches, Peaches for Me!

Hannah and I got to spend some time at my parents' house, because Tim was out-of-town for work. My mom thought it would be super-fun to...drum roll please...can peaches! Hannah was such a good helper! (And by that I mean that she mostly squished them into mush, and then rubbed the sticky goo all over her body).

This video doesn't show it, but for a while she was picking up a peach slice, taking one bite out of it, and then putting it in the jar. She did it about ten times in a row; it was hilarious. My mom said that we had to take that jar of peaches home...since most the peaches in it had exactly one bite missing.

Fun at the Zoo

Miraculously, in the middle of July, we were all given a gift - a rainy, cloudy, cool-ish day. Hannah and I took advantage of it and decided to go to the zoo. It was great to actually be outside and not be too miserable.

Looking at the coyfish in the pond.

Crossing the rickety bridge.
Playing in the mud. (This is proof that even though I avoid dirt at all costs, I let my kido get dirty. Kids need to be kids sometimes! Plus, I think it is a good sensory experience and it probably helps develop motor skills. :) )
Rubbing a stick into the mud requires concentration.

Hannah wasn't too sure about the lion. Scary!

Zoo Animals!

My First 5K!

After I graduated, I suddenly realized I needed some new goals to replace my old ones. I don't like being goal-less. SO I decided to take up running. I have always kind of wanted to, but never thought that I had the time. Now that I don't spend every one of my spare minutes studying, I can actually have a hobby. I hope to be able to run a half-marathon at the beginning of next year (new goal). To keep myself enthusiastic and motivated, I decided to run a 5K race on the Fourth of July! What a fun thing to do when it is 1,000 degrees outside! :) My sister, Mary, and my dad were crazy enough to join me. The family before the race. Hannah and Tim were my moral support!
Mary, Dad and I before the race. (Notice how we aren't super sweaty yet!)

Mary and I a few feet from the finish line. (Dad left us in the dust!)

Overall, it was a lot of fun. Most of the people there were pretty serious runners, so that was a little rough because I finished nearly last out of about 650 people. But, you have to start somewhere, right? As Winston Churchill said, "Never, never, never give up. "