Basketball

This is the first year that Madelyn was old enough to play basketball on the Augusta Youth Basketball (AYB) league. I was actually suprised when Madelyn expressed interest in playing. Madelyn plays on one of the 1st and 2nd grade girls' teams and is the only first grader on her team. Altough the youngest of the team, she is as tall or taller than the other five girls. Practices are Monday and Thursday evenings and games are every Saturday. Madelyn's team is 100%, with not winning a game yet. They try hard but just don't have the experience or skill that some of the other teams have. However, the girls all seem to have a good time and at this age I suppose that is what is important.

Since basketball season is right in the midst of wrestling Ryan very rarely gets to take Madelyn to practice and won't be able to attend a game until March. I, unfortunately, am one of those moms that gets too emotionally involved and yells too much at the games. I'm sure Ryan is glad that he doesn't have to witness his wife acting a fool at his daughter's game...but just wait until March.





Monkey in the middle before the game.......these girls are hardcore! :)

Wordless Wednesday

SNOW DAY!!!!

Augusta schools were cancelled on Friday due to the snow so I decided to take a snow day too. How could I not when Madelyn asked me to stay home with her and go sledding?
Ryan and Madelyn spent a couple hours in the morning cleaning off driveways (ours and 4 others) while I remained warm inside our house.


Then it was off to "The Hill" for some sledding. We stopped by the Terrys' to pick up Kenzie and Marcus and then Brandon and Lisa joined us at the hill.











Madelyn chose to wear her cowboy boots rather than her snow boots against her parents advice and soon discovered that was not such a great idea. After Ryan had to fish out a sock at the bottom of her boot Madelyn was pretty much over sledding.

Lunch Date

Yesterday Ryan joined Madelyn in the school cafeteria for a lunch date. Madelyn was super excited to be having lunch with her daddy, and all the other kids loved that he was there too.

One of the many fond memories I have of my dad is when he used to spend part of a day with me at school. He would usually spend time in my classroom and then take me out to lunch. When I went through those nasty teenage years I no longer wanted my dad at school because of the whole embarrassment factor that teenage kids have so my dad honored my request. If I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have been such a teenager and would have gladly had my daddy join me a day at school even when I was a teenager. Because as an adult those are the memories that I most treasure.

Racing for a Cure

I have officially signed up and committed myself to raising money and racing for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training (TNT). I also recruited two of my friends to join me in this venture. I will be running my very first marathon (26.2 miles) on June 6, 2010 in San Diego, Ca. Initially I was only planning to run the 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles) but with some encouragament from Ryan I have decided to run the marathon. Since I have a full marathon on my bucket list, have already run four 1/2 marathons and I'll be traveling to San Diego for this race now is as good as time as ever, right? My training partners will be training for their first 1/2 marathon right along with me.

You can check out my fundraising page at pages.teamintraining.org/ks/rnr10/jmuhlig .

I would greatly appreciate your donation as I attempt to raise money to find a cure for cancer.



Committment Day! We are all smiles... I wonder if the "after" pic will be so happy?

Madelyn's Massage Parlor

Madelyn thought I needed a massage and make over this evening and I gladly obliged.

First a leg/foot massage with a LOTS of lotion.




Then a neck and back massage.



Complete with a new hairstyle (Aunt Shelly may have future competition).



You better make an appointment soon because openings are filling up quickly.

Team In Training

After a two year hiatus I have decided to train and complete another 1/2 marathon (actually thinking about training for a full marathon, but haven't committed to that quite yet). However, this time I'm doing it for a cause. I'm signing up for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training.
teamintraining.org/ks
In addition to running for the cause I need to raise $3,000. By far raising the money will be the biggest challenge for me. I've completed four 1/2 marathons so I'm not too worried about putting in the miles, but raising the money is a different story. But I know I have awesome family and friends that would love to donate for such a great cause!! Right?!??!

I have also recruited two friends to join me on this venture. The race we have chosen is June 6, in San Diego, CA. We will start training in February. We will be assigned a coach that will encourage and help us through our training and with fundraising. We will also get the opportunity to complete our long training runs with the team.

I'm super excited about this new challenge. Now, remind me of that when I'm putting in the long training miles.

The TNT (Team in Training) kick-off party is next Thursday. This is when I will turn in my committment paperwork, and the fun will begin. More to come.....