Who I am Thankful for........

A family with as much different personality traits as hair color! I love them!

Yes...he is my big brother.....and we run together....

What fun it was to watch Jason and Stephen on the basketball court together for so many years. They would pass to each other without looking. They had plays they created when they were 5 and 6 that they used in middle school. But there was a end of basketball playing together after 7th and 8th grade. Not until this year have two Bass siblings been on a team together. Jason and Katie Ann ran for the High School Cross Country team. The plays are different but watching two siblings work together is still joy. From riding back and forth to practice, to cheering each other on in races, teamwork was evident. This was Katie Ann's first year but she managed to run varsity and to run in each race her big brother ran. Both teams went to State. ( Another overnight trip of memories without the parents) Then the season ended with both Bass kids having great runs at Steeplechase. And after all the running was done, Katie Ann and Jason each ranked 10th in the Mid-State Cross Country Team. A job well Done!

This is what I clean weekly....

Cross Country last year was gorgeous weather. Never too hot or too cold and it never rained. This year....A different story. This scene is a weekly scene since September. Mud, Mud and more mud. It has rained in Murfreeboro, Birmingham Alabama, Bowling Green Kentucky and others. But I have managed to keep it clean! Spray and wash....then press the soak cycle plus the extra rinse cycle.....it only takes 73 minutes! ha.....

What has Caroline been up to?????

One thing Caroline can not get enough of is hugs from the family. SO this is a typical sight of seeing her hugging her dad! Caroline was invited by her Hayden to come visit a farm for the day. They made a mosaic and did some running after chickens.

Caroline has finished the race at least for this season. Her school ran their last race of the season at Cedar Hall which has a great place for a cross country race. You are really running the country. I actually hear runners say they had to jump over "cow poop"