Happy Mother's Day (plus pics)

Happy Mother's Day! I hope you had a special day celebrating your mom (and being celebrated if you are a mom). We are counting down the days until Kelsie is done with school - May 22nd. We are all ready for summer - the pool, the lake and just hanging out without a constant schedule. We are going to have lots of changes coming up in the next few weeks. My job will be part-time (20 hours a week), I will go in the office Tuesdays and Thursdays and work from home the rest of the time from a church laptop. That will allow me to be at home much more and will prepare us for the change of schedule Kelsie will have next year at school. She is going to be attending Christian Life Preparatory School (she got her acceptance letter a few weeks ago). This school is a University Model School which means she will go to class on Tuesdays and Thursdays for instruction and work at home the other days. We are all very excited about the change. She will take core classes there and electives like Bible, Art and Music at home. Well, that's our future in a nutshell so here are the pics of Saturday's race.

Jeff's time
Wayne's time
Jeff and Wayne after the race, they are still smiling!
Some of the wildflowers along the roads throughout the Preserve.

A blooming cactus.
We walked a trail out by the lake at the Wildlife Preserve. It was such a peaceful place to walk and enjoy nature. We saw cardinals, fish, butterflies and even a little mouse (that part was a little startling) as well as lots of different plants and flowers.
The path we were walking.

The Buffalo that are kept out at the preserve. That's why the race is called "Buffalo Boogie." The funniest part of the buffalo is that while we were watching them, the one laying down would go into convulsions and then let out a big belch. Kelsie got so tickled, he did it twice. Hilarious!