Justin Bieber has lost a leg!

Yesterday was a sad day in the Elwell household, at least for Brooke. As her and Isaac were playing with her beloved Justin Bieber doll there was an accident with his leg. All I heard was crying coming from both of them and thought one of them had broken a leg. I went to investigate and Isaac was barely able to talk he was so upset. He had accidentally broke JB's leg. Brooke just looked at it and cried. I felt bad for both of them. Then today, Isaac and Kathryn save the day! I picked Isaac up from school and he was so excited. He couldn't wait until we were in the car before he told me he got Brooke a new JB doll and this one sings. He was so excited to come home and give it to Brooke as she got off the bus. Brooke was jumping all over the place she was so happy.

So, once again everything is just grand at the Elwell household. They are now busy playing with him.

(Thanks Kathryn and Isaac! Your the Best!)

Wild and Crazy Spring Break!

We didn't do anything too exciting this week but we had fun being together. We went on a bike ride to South Hill Park. That was fun but it was a little chilly. Connor and I had a date and went to see Diary of a Wimpy kid 2.( He brought along his friend Matthew). We had a play doh contest and I was the judge. See pictures below. I had to choose Brooke since she is the youngest. Isn't that how it works? Cierra's Brooke's

Can you guess?

Connor was busy doing this so he did not participate in the contest. He is always out here doing flips. He has only fallen off once when he was doing a flip and luckily he landed on his feet. He is a boy top to bottom!

He also went to the shooting range with grandpa. He loved it and can't stop talking about getting his hunting license and going hunting with him.

Sock's has been up to no good. I get one mouse head(sometimes two) and what I think may be the lungs delivered either to my laundry room or to the porch everyday. It is disgusting but inquiring minds needed to know so when I saw her with this mouse I watched what she did. Sure enough she ate the whole thing but the head and the lungs. I know! It's totally gross. Any suggesting on how to get her to stop? We have a field behind our house and I know she hunts all day long. I can't leave her in the house all day, she would go crazy.

I had to "borrow" some eggs from Anna(per her request) on April Fools Day and this is what we got. The kids loved it. They are cupcakes! Aren't they so cute?

Speaking of April Fool's, we got my sister! Kaylee called and told her I had fallen down the stairs. She started to freak out so Kaylee told her she was April Fools-ing her! Hehe!

We(the kids and I) and a few friends went to see HOP yesterday. Super cute movie.

So we just did things here and there this week but it was so nice to sleep in and spend time with the kids.

I finally talked Sean into going to the Great Wolf Lodge and we will be doing that later this month. I'm so excited...the kids are too.

Now if we could only get some more sun and less rain! I have 2 weeks until the Wenatchee Marathon and I am super excited! Can't wait. I am hoping to beat my time from my last one:)

Brooke

Brooke has taken off with her reading. It is fun to see her so excited to read. She works really hard on sounding out the words and gets so excited when she can read a whole book by herself. She now reads Sean or myself or story before she goes to bed every night. I can't believe my baby girl is growing up. Next year she will be at school all day and I'm going to miss her like crazy. She makes me laugh with her funny personality.:) Keep it up Cookie!

more running pictures from Coach Tiff!

A few more pictures of Cierra on race day, thanks to tiff!

and her loyal sister waiting for her to cross the finish line!

Cierra's first 5k!

Cierra did her first 5k race and did so awesome. I am so proud of her. She struggled like I knew she would but she finished and that was all the mattered. She actually PR'd. Her 3 mile that she practiced on Monday was 46 minutes and her race was right under 42 minutes. She did great! She thought it was hard doing it but afterwards she said it was fun and she wanted to do it again. Being a runner, I want more than anything for her to keep it up but I am smart enough to know that she needs to decide if this is something she wants. I wish I would have started earlier but it gives me so much joy now, I would love that for her too.

Cierra did the race with 7 of her friends who all did extremely well. One of her friends did it in 28 minutes which was amazing and one came across the finish line and puked! It was great!

Cierra loves her run club shirt!

This is my friend, and Cierra's run club coach. She is amazing and very knowledgeable in running. We are so lucky for her to volunteer(yes, you heard me, she does this all for nothing!) her time to these girls. She has a passion for running and really puts her heart into it. We couldn't be more grateful to her.

Mindy came with us and ran the 10k. It was her first and she did awesome. She ran the whole 6.2 miles without walking once! Great Job Mindy!

Of course my parents, were there to cheer Cierra and Mindy on, and to watch Brooke and Shay. Since they were the photographers too, I didn't get a picture of them.

I ran the 5k with Cierra to keep her motivated. Sometimes I wonder if she would do better without me there. Oh well, it was fun anyways.

Here is Cierra coming in strong!

Cierra and Izabella-they ran on and off together throughout the race.

Top row:Jill(the other amazing coach and friend),Ellie, Brynnley, Kelsey, Maddy, Tiffany

Middle Row: Kennedi, Jalin, Izabella

Bottom Row:Cierra and Hallie

GO SOUTH HILL RUNNING REBELS!!!!!!

(it was a long day for me running wise: I ran the 5k with Cierra and then I went and found my sister 1.5 miles out on the trail and ran 1.5 miles back with her and then met up with my running partners to do my scheduled 12 miles for my training. So, I got 18 miles in and it felt great. The sun was shining and there is nothing better than running in sun! Last week on our 15 miler we got not only rained on, but soaked to the bone! What a difference sun makes !!!)

Brooke's 6th Birthday and more!

Brooke decided to take it upon herself and make a peanut butter sandwich, when I was obviously pre-occupied! This is what I came upon. She doesn't like crust so she cut it off. She didn't have much of a sandwich left but I was proud of her for trying! She reminded me that she is 6 now so she can do it all be herself.

A few weeks ago we got some snow and although you can't tell by this picture it is coming down hard. You would think you would find us curled up by the fire watching the snow come down. Nope! Not the Elwell Family. Sean is making the best of his time before he left for a work trip by washing his car. (and mine too! thanks honey!)

I have a friend that is a heart specialist. She was so very nice to come over and do an EKG and ultrasound on Brooke's heart so I didn't have to pay our ridiculous deductible. This was a follow-up from one she had 2 years ago. She has an extra beat in her heart and we just need to keep an eye on it and make sure it doesn't get worse. Everything checked out fine. We were so grateful for her!

Brooke's healthy heart!

We had a little party for Brooke with my family to celebrate her turning 6. We had a turkey dinner and Brooke opened some presents. Her favorite was from my sister, who gave her some Cocoa Pebbles. This mean mom doesn't let her have them so she was so excited to see them!

Kaylee did Brooke's hair and make-up for her party. She looked very grown up for her 6 year old party!
It's a Tinkerbell Party:)

Brooke and Hailey before the party started!

We did crafts!

We decorated cupcakes!

We did nails!

Brooke opened her presents! She loved the Justin Bieber doll she got from Kaylee!

The Party Guests!

We had cake and ice cream!

We did a pinata!

and as always, we jumped on the trampoline!:)

Brooke had a lot of fun on her birthday! I love to see my kiddos happy and she was one happy kid!


Cierra, Brooke and I went with Brooke's girl scout troop and Amy and Maegan to see the play, Cinderella. It was really cute! The girls loved it!