4th of July

This is really bigger than Christmas at our house. This year we had over 50 people attend, it is almost becoming infamous. We had a bounce house and swimming pool this year which was great for the kids. Also there were plenty of fireworks to put on a show. We had high aspirations of cotton candy for the kids but the machine turned out to be a dud, thanks Aunt Steph for trying! We also had a popcorn machine like in the movie theaters and that was a big hit. Again, thanks to Aunt Steph. The food, as always was amazing. And it was wonderful having most of our Kern cousins and their families there. It was a great time!

Look at how cute they are waiting for the parade!

Patriotic Zach

My Addabear

Kendall after coming down the bounce house slide

Zach and his 2nd cousin Jeffery. They are both sitting up for the first time. Aren't they adorable!

This picture is priceless!

Plant Family Reunion

This was held over in Eastern Idaho at Island Park. It was so beautiful over there. We had a wonderful time spending time with family and remembering why we love our Plant heritage. Thank you to the Kern family for being such great hosts and making us feel welcome.

I only remembered to take a handful of pictures. Dangit!

Look at all those little blonde girls getting their feet wet at Big Spring.

Addie's First Year of TBall

After trying Soccer last year and sitting through game after game of Addie crying, we put her in t-ball with a lot of reservations. They were put to rest. She did awesome, and had a great time playing.

Half-Marathon Woes

So a couple saturdays ago I went out to do my 7 mile long run of the week and around mile 4 my foot, which had been bothering me a little bit the previous week, just started hurting so bad I could barely run. I had no choice to run home as I was out in the middle of the country. I could barely walk on it for the next three days. I researched all of my symptoms and I have decided it either has to be a stress fracture or a peroneal tendon strain. Both require at least 4 weeks of no running. Needless to say, this has been very frustrating and devastating to me, as I felt I was just hitting my stride, a stride with an extra 30 pounds of baby fat I have been trying to lose, this probably was very detrimental and contributed to my injury.
This most likely also means that I will not be running in the Top of Utah Half I just won't be ready. I will have to choose a race in September or early October. I was really looking forward to running with Sara and Emily and Jessica.

I know, I know.....

I have been the worst blogger ever the past few months, I am recommitting to at least get a couple posts a month up!

I'm going to run a half-marathon

My sister is training for a full marathon, so I thought I would give a half a try. My main motivation is losing my baby weight. It is being stubborn this go round.
I am making it public on my blog so I will be more motivated to do it and keep my word. I am looking at the Top of Utah on August 23 in Logan. It is all downhill! So I thought that would be a good one for my first. Jessica will be running the full marathon in September. Kern girls, you should join us! I have changed my playlist to songs on my ipod that I love to run to, and could listen to over and over.

Addies Preschool Graduation

I can't believe it has been almost a month since I last posted! And I have a lot of catching up to do on reading others blogs, I apologize.

Addie had her preschool graduation and play on Thursday. She did a great job with her part. On to Kindergarten!!!!

Thank You to all who participated in the MS WALK

I just wanted to publicly thank on my blog all of those people who either donated and/or walked in the MS WALK for our team Connie's Crusaders. As a team we were able to raise $425.00 to be used solely for research to find a cure for this disease. Even with the economy the way it is we were all able to dig deep and donate toward this great cause. This has touched me deeply and my deepest thanks go to all who participated and donated. As of right now the Boise Walk has raised over 85 thousand dollars!

Preschool zoo field trip

Last week Addie had her preschool field trip to the zoo. One of her best friends from preschool Halle was there, and they had so much fun. Kendall came along for the ride and had a blast as well.

MS Walk

This was the first annual MS walk that the Plant family in the Treasure Valley has done. And it is the first of what I think will be a yearly tradition. This was such a cool experience!!! Even though it was freezing cold and lightly snowing at the beginning, we all felt warm inside because this

was such a great cause we were walking for. We love you Connie! My mom got some great pictures so enjoy.