Riggs at 12

So Riggs is 12 now....

and we have the Instagram birthday shout outs to prove it.....

 So what is Riggs like at 12? Well, he is beautiful for one...I guess handsome is the better word...but I think he is stunning. He is smart...but he doesn't have to try hard at school and I wish he did...a least a little bit. He made straits A's with out studying more than 15 minutes all year. He is funny...and witty...I laugh every day at something he says...and this is so refreshing because he was so often so serious as a child. He loves his friends...so very much. They mean the world to him and he treasures his time with them. He is active...he runs, plays basketball, swims,and loves to be doing! He says he is going to do The Escape from Alcatraz triathlon when he is 18 and the IronMan at 21. He is skinny...always hungry...but skinny. I love how I can have conversations with him now...about the world and just anything...he has an opinion and that is really cool..it's a new way I get to discover him and who he is. I think he is just the coolest kid....and I am very proud of him.

I see quite a bit of his back these days...as he leaves....always going off to do something with someone.....and even if we are all together he walks ahead...sure of where he is going...no long at my side for guidance...or behind me for my lead....

He is growing up...and I just love him more every day!

Riggs' Real Birthday- Happy 12th!

You have to celebrate on your REAL no matter what! SO today we celebrated Riggs's Real birthday on his Real Birthday! He chose Hometown Pizza with his buddies that could come!

 Of course, the Family and the Timmerings were there to celebrate too!

 I can't believe he is 12...next year he will be a Teenager! I hope we wishes to be little forever on his requested Dairy Queen ice cream cake. (sniff....sniff....)

 We opened presents ......

 and I love that he got a Flash shirt...he lived in his Flash costume when he was little!

 It was a fun night....

 Even the car ride home was full of laughter!

 Back at home the boys played basketball.....

 and he got more presents....

 all in all..I'd say he had a great day on his 12 th birthday! We sure love you, Riggsy!

Tates Creek Track Meet

After a FULL day...Goshen door decorating...a reception I hosted at Goshen, a Kindergarten zoo trip..I picked Riggs up from school and he and I headed to Lexington for a track meet at Tates Creek High School. He has very few friends on the track team and today not one of them were there. He hung with me...we sat in the bleachers...as the sun set...under a blanket. He was tired from the week...I was too. We both just wanted to go home...but we left that unsaid.  Jeremy was on first call but surprised us and showed up. Riggs usually takes a potassium pill before he runs and when I left the house that morning I did not grab them. It hit him that he didn't take it and he freaked out a bit...he was afraid he would cramp up on his run. I felt terrible. I try so hard to juggle the 6 of us...but sometimes I drop the ball...even with my very best efforts. I suggested a melt away tylenol that we told him was a potassium pill...mind over matter....and it worked like a charm. 

Riggs, when you read this later in life....just know I love you..sorry to trick you but it worked.

 It was a big meet...stiff competition..

 He was little.....and most everyone in the heat ran a sub 6 mile....yikes!

 But he ran and...without potassium...earned himself a new PR...a 5:29 mile!

 Now the tough part.....it was cold...and we were freezing. Riggs and I sat in the truck ...in the dark for over an hour together...and at 11 pm...tired and cold...they called him to run 2 miles as fast as he could....(deep sign)....we both wanted to eat....and have a warm bath...

 but off he went....

 and it was hard.....

 really hard.....

 but he did it...and I was so proud of him....
We gathered our stuff and headed to the car....stopped by Wendy's for nuggets and Starbucks for a Vanilla bean frap....he so deserved it! We headed back to Louisville and at midnight when it was officially his birthday I cranked the music and flashed the lights and beeped the horn! Riggs was officially 12! We were bone tired but together ringing in his birthday!

Mile Split

Can you imagine how excited we were to pull up MileSplit on my phone and see the North Oldham Boys on the cover of the site! It was awesome and so exciting to see these boys getting a little attention as we get closer and closer to state. Just a memory I want to remember! Go North!

Trinity Meet 2013

It was time for the Trinity Invitational! Goshen top runners were there......

and Riggs and Jack decided to run unattached today!

The crew came to watch them!

and they had a great race!

Riggs came in second over all and Jack 3rd!

Rollins had a great race too!

The awards ceremony brought trophies galore!

The Goshen boys took first place!

and it was another meet that the Hardy boys were together!

Hillcrest Youth Triathalon

 Somehow in the hustle and bustle I skipped a few things I should have blogged but didn't....one of them was the Hillcrest Triathalon!

It was Sk's first time.....

Rollins' 3rd year.......

and Riggs' 5th year I believe!

They swam.....

 transitioned.....

Biked........

and ran their little hearts out.....

all the way to the finish line......

Best memory of the day was when SK got a water on her way to the run.....

She sipped it and then asked me where the trash was.....

no trash can? "I can't litter, mom!"

I told her just to throw it....and she stood there... for what seemed like forever....contemplating this evil act of littering.......as the triathlon clock kept going....

Finally, after seeing 15 people toss their cups in the grass, she tossed hers too and ran on.....

sweet, SK.......love her and her heart so much....

Julia & SK finished but they were both emotional from their efforts....they tried so hard

 The firetruck blasted the kids after it was over to cool them off!

they were wet and happy....

silly.....

and proud!

Both Riggs and Rollins placed in their age groups!

It was a fun morning! 

The Hillcrest Triathalon tradition continues!