a busy few weeks

We have had a few busy weeks, so sorry no update. Last week, Kegan and I took a last minute trip to Raceland to be with her Pawpa during his liver biopsy. It was so good to visit, and Pawpa needed his spirits lifted since he's been feeling so crummy. We just got the results today of Dad's biopsy and it is liver cirrhosis, blah! Still more tests to be done to get together a plan for treatment so we are trying to stay positive that we can get him back to feeling somewhat normal soon. While we visited, Kegan got to spend some time with her cousins too. She and Ava are so cute together. They had the best time passing Ava's Marie cat around.

The next video is of Ava singing. To the trained ear, you can hear her singing Elmo's World. She is quite the singer just like her brother. Her favorite part of the song is the fanfare at the end which you can see as she performs it with dramatic flare (like her brother)!!

On the way home from our trip, Kegan officially turned me into the lady on the plane with the screaming baby. She has taken 5 or so plane trips and been a total angel....except for the return trip to Dallas. We sat next to a man in a nice buisness suit...of course. Kegan loved touching his computer screen, his nice shirt with cookie hands, his face while he tried to sleep.....how that man didn't get up and move I don't know. He acted like it didn't bother him, but I don't know. Kegan kicking him constantly had to have gotten on his nerves. It was an hour of hell. We were both exhausted when we arrived in Dallas from our in-flight "wrestling match".

Then one night at home, and off to San Antonio for the Rock and Roll Marathon. Madison along with one of his friends from work, Jodi, and his family, ran. Jodi's wife and sister-in-law ran the half marathon along with Madison while Jodi braved the marathon. Kegan and I were the running cheerleaders. It was a really cool race. Kegan and I armed with a spectator map, went to the start fo the race and ran to different parts of the course to cheer Madison on. We actually missed him at one point becuase he was so far ahead of his goal pace. At mile 2 Madison hooked up with three elite women in the marathon and ran with them through mile 10 when the two courses split. They were followed by a truck with a time clock that was taking live video of the women....and Madison. He went there hoping to run 1:18 and finished at 1:14:42. We were so excited.

The Marathon crew and their supporters

Mommy and Kegan after an awesome Cracker Barrell lunch

Today it was back to same old. After getting in at 10:30 last night, Madison and I had to go to work. Madison could barely walk by the end of the day as his post-race soreness set in. He went to get a massage after work. Paran Aaron came by to visit since he missed us all weekend. Kegan was so glad to see him