Family exercise

Friday afternoon with Jason home we took the rare opportunity to go to the park

and exercise as a family.

Jason is planning on doing a marathon in January and in conjunction with that Cailyn is going to do the kids marathon. The kids are to run on their own and record their miles. They are to do the last mile the day of the race. When we talked to Cailyn about it she was super excited to run with Daddy. We has gone only twice so far, but is geared and ready to do more.

Jessica is tracking her miles as well, although she is not even close to being ready for something like that. I think she might wait until next year or the year after before she is

officially signed up for a race.

Me after our family run!


Jason doing some dips at the park.



Two of the most attractive guys around.

Cailyn doing her mile. I have to say I am impressed with her form and speed. Now all she needs to do is keep it up for a longer period of time.

Jessica loving her run!!!

Of course after we did our exercising we HAD to go to the park and play. We had a great time having Jason home early to play. We love fall weather!

Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast

This past Friday Cailyn's school had a Thanksgiving feast. Younger siblings were not allowed to attend so Jason took off early from work so he could go. He said that they had a 2 minute presentation and spent the rest of the time eating. They did all get to make a little costume. As you can see, Cailyn was a Pilgrim(cutest pilgrim around if I do say so myself). Overall she had a great time and I was glad that Jason was able to be there with her.

Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!

Our big 6-year-old

Our Baby girl turned 6 this month. We can hardly believe how time flies. Her birthday was on a Sunday this year so we had her party on Saturday with a handful of friends. We played games, destroyed a pinata, and had cupcakes and hot cocoa. Oh yeah, and she opened presents. Thank you to all that attended and helped make our little girl feel special.

Some things that you might not know about Cailyn:

Her favorite color is PURPLE

She LOVES school(she gets the best conduct color almost everyday)

She is running everywhere she goes and will make anything a race if allowed.

She loves to draw, paint, color, write, cut, paste, etc. Basically she is an artist(which means craft stores are dangerous to go to with her)

She has a great memory(thank you Daddy for sharing that gene)

She has a beautiful smile that she willingly shares for all to enjoy.

She is very creative with story telling and has very innovative ideas.

She loves to have a plan and know just what is going on, yet

she is spontaneous at the same time.

There is no one like this gorgeous little Daughter of our Heavenly Father.

On Sunday morning Cailyn opened this present from her Mommy and Daddy(which Daddy picked out all by himself). She loved(and by that I mean LOVED) it and was extremely excited to wear it to church. Don't you love her crazy hair. It looks like that every morning.

Cailyn, We love you and are Eternally Blessed to have you in our Family!!!

We LOVE Da!

Da is one of our favorite people. He has such a contagious smile and his "loves" are the best.

Boo!

Jessica. . . or is it?

Cailyn, the pretty witch.

Little Devil David!

Jessica as Glinda, the good witch of the north.

We had a Happy Halloween!

Running and Flying

It is a little embarrassing how long it has been since I have blogged. I want to do my best to catch up. I will start with just a few things that have happened since the last time anyone heard from the Texas Holloways.

Jason has always been a runner, but this year he has been pretty serious about taking up the sport. He has done 2 official races and run MANY miles in between. He placed in both races. We are very proud of him.

Our strong runner.

The silver medalist and his cheering squad.

The cheering section at the best.

David taking a little walk.

Jason's equipment. He got teased by some of the other runners about him running in "Chucks".

In October we had some visitors. I am not very good at taking pictures often so I didn't get any pictures of Uncle Brandon. He was here for the entire month of October and we greatly enjoyed his visit. Thank you for coming, now we are waiting for y'all to move down here.

My Uncle Les was another visitor in October. We had a fun time having him around. One of the most unique things about his visit was him flying us around in his plane. Thank you, we had a blast.

The Red Flyer.

Uncle Les

The pilot

The co-pilot

The passengers.

Brain secretary please

Do you ever have those moments when you have really deep thoughts(you know the ones that help you to better yourself), but they are so mixed in with other thoughts they don't come out clearly. I feel at times I have so much going on in my brain that I can't focus on what is truly important. Does that happen to everyone?

Since we have been back from vacation I haven't been able to really get anything done. I can't focus. It seems I am just doing what needs to be done to get by, but that I am making no real progress. Like I am in neutral, unable to put myself in gear. It is frustrating.

It has been raining a lot here and so I didn't get to go walking yesterday morning with my Dad. So, last night in the intermission of the rain I went running. I think that my mind was more clear then than it has been in several weeks. I am trying to make myself into a runner, but I just don't like the process. I can't stand to sweat, or the soreness that comes from a run, or struggling to breathe. It feels like a waste of time most of the time because I have so many others things I should be doing(0r I am missing out on precious sleep). However, I do love that after I run I have this sense of accomplishment. I love that I feel more energized and motivated to do my chores. I feel like I have just done something positive 'just for me'. I feel almost thinner/prettier. I just wish that I could get that from something else. Until I figure what that something else is, I will continue to walk and run.

This may seem random and unorganized, but it is all coming from an overloaded brain unable to file information. It is like that drawer that everyone has with papers, pens, bills, etc. You know that what you are looking for is in there, you just can't find it when you need it. I guess what I am trying to say is that I think I will be able to get in gear if I run more frequently(you know, to clear my mind). I have gotten out of the habit of going every day and I need to do it again. I just wish I liked the process a little better. It would sure make it easier to get out of bed.