Catching Our Breath

We have had a lot going on here at the Scullen house!!!

This time of year we call the "birthday season"...Kate is May 7th, Emma Grace is May 21st, and Christopher is June 14th.  Between the 3 birthdays and ALL of the end of school festivities....May has come and gone in a flash!!

Here is Kate....now a DECADE old!!!  10!!!

 To celebrate her birthday, Kate wanted to have a dinner and invite our best family friends over to celebrate.  All her idea....She planned everything.  She and Brett worked all day on the menu and cooking all the food...even her own "special" birthday cake.  I filmed her and was asking about her party plans...love her response!  What a terrific girl.






 We had a birthday celebration dance to Flo Rider of course!...

 The delicious lemon and strawberry cake...
 What a cutie!!!  TEN years old!
Backing up a bit....On April 28th, Emma Grace and Brett ran in the Nashville Half Marathon and I ran in the full marathon.  We had an amazing time!  We ran and raised money for Ordinary Hero.  This is an awesome organization started by this fantastic mom of FIVE in Nashville TN.  The help advocate for children needing adoption locally and internationally.  There motto is we can all CHANGE THE WORLD FOR ONE.  Just one person can have their life changed and will in turn change the life for someone else.....

THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our cause!!!!  THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!  Our family's hearts have changed with your help.  It was amazing experience and we have met some amazing people to share with.  

Here is a new video that they premiered at their Spring Benefit which was the night following the marathon.



Here we are on the way to the race expo to pick up our race numbers



I think I took pictures post race....I am sure I did....but now I can't find them!!!  I may have been too delirious or hot to even know what I was doing.  Ha!  (the race was great...but soooo hot...ugh!....I think it was in the 80's by the time I crossed)

Here are several "end of year" activities for the girls...

EG had her end of year choir performance...somehow...Brett got involved and had a small non-verbal part in the show.  I think I giggled the entire time for him :)  They both did great!




Here was Kate at her piano recital...flawless of course!

Okay....here is about half way caught up....a trip and EG birthday to go...

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