5K Race at the Zoo

We decided (or I should say that I decided) to enter the family in the first annual 5K at the Zoo. We were "Team Stretchy Pants". Jimmy chose the name from one of his favorite movies to quote "Nacho Libre". We recruited Justin for the day!

Before the Race...check out the enthusiasm on Chelsea's face!

The anticipation is building...

...and were off and running!

Jimmy crossing the finish line. He left the rest of us in the dust...

or at least he left his mom in the dust!

After the race...yeah...Always the best part!!!

The winning "Team Stretchy Pants"

Easter 2009

My baby boy!

It's a good thing that Chelsea always has her camera around because I always forget to take pictures!

Kenzie, Carter and Lexie...cute!!!

Steve, Lacey, Jaden and Ethan were also there along with Lindsey and Jason but unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of them.

Peyton and Kylie come for a visit

Peyton and Kylie came for a visit during their Spring Break. We celebrated Kylie's birthday while she was here. The time flew by but we had a lot of fun. They especially had fun with their cousins.

Grandpa Hoy passed away on Mar 30

We are very sad at the passing of Jim's dad. He was 83 and has left a great posterity who loved him dearly. We can rejoice that he no longer has to suffer the pains of his physical body. We had a wonderful gathering of friends and family at a memorial service on March 31. It's always great to visit friends and family that you haven't seen for awhile.

Grams Read has still got it! Bowls a 222!

My mom still bowls every week in her league.
Last week she bowled a 222 a t 86 years old!

A Carlsbad Marathon Getaway!

Well, if you've read Mandy's blog, you'll see that she beat me to this post along with taking all the good pictures that I was going to use! Anyway, this last weekend we had a girls getaway...kind of. Mandy and Chelsea got to show off there running skills in their marathon races while I got to show my marathon driving skills by doing all of it, including being the shuttle bus for the runners! I have to admit...my job was easier...just put it in drive and go! They both did fantastic, Mandy in the marathon and Chelsea in the 1/2 marathon. Wow! What a great accomplishment!




Partying on the beach the day before the race!




Mandy showing off her "guns" while I'm trying to find mine!




What cute daughters! I got there approval for this place
as our retirement home...Dana Point...yeah baby!!!

Chelsea after the 1/2 marathon...all smiles!

Mandy after the marathon...how can she look that good?!?!

They sure don't look like they've just finished running!

I wish I looked that good after a run!

Proud MOM!

Post Christmas at the Cabin

The last few years we've been at the cabin in Pinetop for Christmas but this year we went up a couple days after. It worked out well because they had a huge snowfall before we got up there. It was sunny the entire time we were there and with the new fallen snow it was beautiful. It was the most snow that I had ever seen up there, especially the drive up. I'm glad that Jim was driving. Chelsea drove behind with some friends and Jimmy and his friend rode with us. We had a very nice time. Everytime we're there, we wonder why we don't go up more often and enjoy it.

Jim Had to Dig His Way to the Front Door!

Chelsea tried the snowboard this time!

The kids on there way to the slopes!

Learning to Blog

Ok...so now that I've learned a little more about setting up blogs, I realized that I've done it wrong. But for now, I'm just leaving it the way it is. I figure I can change it when I have hours and hours of spare time (which probably means never). I'm just putting up our highlights of 2008 and then maybe in 2009, I'll blog like a normal blogger! You'll just need to scroll down to see our 2008 highlights.

My daughter Mandy was my inspiration for starting a family blog. I love to look at her family blog and see what is happening. It's surprising that I live only a mile away and still get that excited! I hope that some of our family members will enjoy what is happening in the Hoy family.