Snow days!

These are pictures from two weeks ago when we had all of our snow days.  This was at 9:30 am.

 This was at 12:30 pm.

 This was 3:30 pm.

 This was 9:30 the next morning.

9:30 am

12:30 pm

3:30 pm

9:30 next day

9:30 am

12:30 pm



3:30 pm

3:30 pm

 3:30 pm

9:30 next morning 

9:30 next morning



That got us me out of school for 3 days & Courtney for 4.  It was nice to spend the days with Cael but we were going a little stir crazy after a while.  Things are finally starting to melt!!

Cael's new bed!

We've figured out that Cael sleeps much much better if he is in a bigger bed.  He was in his toddler bed but he was waking up at least once every night.  We started putting him down on our guest bed which is a Queen size.  Surprise!!  He sleeps all night!!!  So we decided it was worth it to buy him a new bed.  We ended up going with a bunk bed that is a twin on top & full on bottom.  We don't even need to worry about buying a twin size mattress because he won't be up there for a good long while.  We paid for the bed but it won't be in until next week so here's a picture of what his new bed is like!

Blogger Awards!

I have to cheat & steal this idea from Katie. I saw it on her blog (that she saw on someone else's blog) and thought it was cute. Here's how it works:


1. Thank & link back to the person who awarded you.
2. Tell 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 10 great bloggers.
4. Contact those bloggers & tell them about the award.

About me:

1. I love keeping up my blog. There, I said it. I love telling people about my crazy, insane life with my hubs & son. I don't even care if people think it's crazy! If you know about my blog then you are obviously reading it....must not think it's too crazy I you're taking the time to read it, right?! I love being able to keep people posted on Cael's little life and occassionally Courtney & I do something that makes it on here, too. :)

2. I love my husband. Courtney Marsh drives me insane & makes me want to rip every hair on my body out sometimes but he is mine. I have practically grown up with him (and taught him everything he knows!) and am a better person because of him. If you don't know our story, here are the Cliff's notes: We met in 7th grade. We were very close friends - I even gave him girl advice! Courtney was so short and would dance with me at school dances so he could look down my shirt or dress (true story!). We started "going together" on October 25, 1994 to get his cousin Ashley to leave us alone. I told Ashley I would stay with him for 2 weeks....it's been a long 2 weeks! We went to college together at ESU, graduated & got married a week later on May 25, 2002. Love you, Bubby!

3. I love my son! Cael Ryan was born on June 10, 2009. Yes, we waited a long time before we had a baby! He was a well thought out plan and I would say our plan worked out perfectly! He was small when he was born (5 lbs. 13.8 oz) but with a big personality. He was the best baby ever!! He rarely cried & was so laid back. He continues to be laid back & is growing in to being a curious, smart, fun, loving, empathetic, wonderful toddler. I cannot imagine my life without him! Love you, Mr. Boy!

4. I love Cowboys football! I don't see this as a problem at all....my husband has a different thought on that. I love them no matter what their season looks like. Case in point - this year they pretty much sucked & I am still cheering them on. I have their star tattooed on my back (don't judge me!) and I have Cowboys blankets out the wazoo. I love, love, LOVE them! And....my hubs wrestled against my favorite player, #41 Terence Newman, when they were little in Kids Federation wrestling. Newman grew up in Salina, KS.

5. I (secretly) love watching my husband coach wrestling & baseball. Cross country - not so much. I love how the boys respond to him & how they treat our son. They love having Cael around. They even accept him into their "circle" when they aren't wrestling. The parents love him, too, which makes tournaments much easier. I am so comfortable aroun the wrestling group of boys & parents and look forward to spending Saturdays with them. I am (again secretly) a little sad when the season is over. :(  As far as baseball goes - I mainly love it because Cael & I get to be outside.  I think this season will be a lot of fun with him able to walk (run) all over!

6.  If I weren't a teacher I would want to be a photographer.  I love to take pictures!  I would love to have a big fancy camera but I really don't need one.  I don't think I'm that great at taking pictures but I still love it!

7.  I (secretly) enjoy running & I want to be good at it.  I am trying!  I did not run at all last week when we had our snow days.  I am starting again Monday bright & early with my 2 mile run.  I really want to complete the 4 mile run in April & I want to do good!!

And now on to the awards!

1. Katie
I have to give an award back to Katie.  She gave it to me (thanks Kate!).  Katie was there with me when I really started this thing.  I had made 2 entries before we moved to PR.  The night that we finally got internet we both started working on our blogs.  I love that we can keep in touch through our blogs.  I feel like I already know Hollyn because of her blog!  And Cael loves to see pictures of his girl Hattie Jean.  We love the Dills & we miss them very much!!

2. Scott
Scott is one of Jizzle's good friends from DC that we have become close with.  Scott came to see us in PR with Joy & we had a blast!  We love getting to see him when we go visit Joy.  Scott is an amazing cook!!  I love to get recipes & ideas from his blog. 

3. Jason
Jason is another of Joy's good friends from DC.  He & Scott are Cael's Guncles and he loves them!!  I love to read Jason's blog & get ideas about good movies, TV shows, books, games, etc.  When he & Scott came down to PR we had a blast dancing around, drinking & eating.

4. Tricia
Trish is Courtney's cousin that lives in Texas.  She is really the reason I started blogging.  She & her hubby moved to England and she started a blog while she was there.  She was pregnant with Zekers & it was great to be able to keep up with how her pregnancy was going & then life with baby.  She has kept the blog up & they now have Ezekiel, Daisy & the latest, Elijah.

5. Nicole
Nicole is Courtney's cousin also.  She is married to Travis.  She started her blog a while ago & sometimes has trouble keeping it up to date.  I suppose she gets a pass because she does have 2 kids and works full time.  Excuses, excuses!!  I really enjoy when I get to spend some time with Nicole.  It's nice to be with another working mom that's involved in this crazy family I married in to!  Cael loves her 2 girls Alta & KayLynn.

6. Misty
I have only met Misty one time.  She is one of Kate's good friends from college.  Courtney & I drove to Iowa to watch Allyn wrestle in college nationals & we got to meet Misty & her family for lunch.  We feel like we've known them forever!  They are the nicest family & we hope we get to see them again!!

7.  Jean
**I am starting to steal awards from Kate!!  I think I need more of my peeps to start blogging!!**
Jean is Kate's mom.  She is one of the neatest women I've ever met!  She is 62 years old & RUNS.  Not here & there runs but RUNS.  She just ran a marathon at Disneyworld!  Yes, you read correctly, a marathon.  26 miles!!  I'm 32 years old and am having to really work to run 4!  Crazy!!  We've met Jean & John in Puerto Rico when they came to visit and had so much fun!  After meeting Kate's family it's easy to see why she is so loveable!  ;)

8.  Sheila
Sheila is another of Kate's friends.  Kate is much better at getting people to blog than I am!  I really need to work on people....  Anyway!  Sheila came to PR so we have met her also!  She is a newlywed & spends a lot of time outdoors with her hubs.  Even in the freezing cold of South Dakota!

9.  Marilyn
I taught at MacArthur with Marilyn.  She is a fun lady!!  She has since moved to Texas (I'm still not happy about it!) and is teaching there.  She hasn't blogged lately but I'm sure she will soon....right, Marilyn?!

10.  I, unfortunately, do not have a 10th award.  People!  Please work with me!  Someone, anyone, start blogging! 

I loves me a Cricut!

If you don't know what a Cricut is I feel sorry for you!  A Cricut is the neatest die cutting machine thingy ever!!  I have seen them on TV for at least the last few years and have always wanted one.  I had heard of some moms at my school that had one & I was jealous.  For at least the last 5 years there was a wrestler's mom that made poster board singlets & put the boys' names on them.  They were always hanging on the gym wall for the home matches & the boys loved them.  She even made one for Cael last year if you recall.  Well, her son graduated last year so there was noone to make the singlets.  Believe it or not, moms started asking about them this year.  I got a pattern from another mom & asked a mom at school to make the letters for me using her Cricut.  She did (thank you Gayla!) and I put them all together.  That little machine does awesome work!!  I told Courtney that I really need one because then I can make the singlets every year and not have to worry about having to ask someone to make them.  It worked and I am getting one!  I know for sure I will now that we've heard amazing, fabulous, crazy news about our tax refund this year.  And we refinanced our house & got a great rate & drop in our mortgage payment.  And we don't have to make a payment til April 1.  And we'll get escrow money back.  Yep.  Mama's happy!!!  Here's a pic of the singlets I made.  The poster was made at school by a student.  Pretty cool!

Here's the thing.  I want to be a crafty person!!  The truth is though - my sister got the crafty, artsy gene.  Here's my attempt at being creative for KS day last week.

In case you can't tell it's a sunflower.  It worked for Kindergarten - they loved it!  And we discovered that Cael likes twinkies!

Snow Fun!



We are finally back in school for a full week this week!  We've had 4 snow days plus the holiday so Cael hasn't been away from us for more than 3 days since Christmas.  Let me tell ya - I can tell!!  He hasn't been his loving, quiet, calm, happy self at daycare until this morning!  Yesterday he screamed so much when I was trying to leave (which yes made me cry) and when Tracy picked him up he slapped her across the face!!  Luckily today he seemed back to his old self (fingers crossed).

When we had our snow days we took Cael out for a few minutes.  It was too cold to take him out for very long at all.  Here are some pictures of Mr. Boy in the snow - see how deep it was?!

 Yeah he decided he didn't need gloves!

 Such a cute little booger!!!

 And when we came inside he decided he was a dog.  How much would you pay for that little doggy?

 This is part of the reason why I have to take my students out the front door & not out our classroom door.  That might hurt a little!

THE Ipod Thingy

People have been asking me about my ipod thingy (I don't know what to call it!) so I thought I would explain & show pictures.  If I just explain it it can be a little confusing.  So  here it is!

This is the sensor & plug in for your ipod.  I got mine for $30 at the Nike Outlet at the Legends.  You can also order them online.

You can spend a bunch of money on the special Nike shoes that the sensor goes in the bottom but I didn't.  You can buy a pouch that laces onto your shoe for like $7 online.

 You don't even know the pouch & sensor are on your shoe while you run!

 You plug the other thing into your ipod & when you turn it on you see "Nike + Ipod".  That's where you go!  You can have it programmed by time, distance, calories burned, etc.  I have it programmed by custom distance so I can change it each week when I run farther.  It comes on & tells me when I've run 1/2 mile, halfway through, 1 mile, 300 meters, etc.  Then it tells you when you have run your distance.  Lance Armstrong comes on & tells me when I've run my fastest mile & some chick comes on to tell me when I've run my farthest. 

It is really cool & I highly recommend getting one if you need some extra motivation or encouragement to walk or run!

Week 4 of my running

I haven't posted much about my running so I thought I would today.  I started my 4th week of running yesterday morning.  Yes, morning.  I am up and downstairs running no later than 5:30.  I'm going to have to either start taking breakfast in the car on the way to work or start running earlier.  Yeah I think I'll be drinking protein shakes in the car, thank you very much!  My first week I ran 1 mile, second week 1 1/4 miles, last week 1 1/2 miles and yesterday I started 1 3/4 miles.  It's going pretty well.  I LOVE having my ipod thingy to tell me how far I've gone, what my time is, how many calories I've burned & the occassional kuddos.  It really makes running bearable!  I would normally be freaking out about running 2 miles on a treadmill next week but I'm not at all.  Do I like running?  No not really!  But I want to like running & I want to be good at it.  That may take a while!  I am definitely not where I would like to be on time but I'll get there....eventually...I hope!  I am definitely slower than I was in PR when Kate & I ran but I'm also older & have had a baby so I'm heavier.  :(  4 weeks down - 11 to go!

Playing in the snow!

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Bathing with my clothes on!

Untitled from Kelly Marsh on Vimeo.

Why you should NEVER leave a 19 month old unattended....

Last Friday night we spent the night in a motel in Wamego because we had a 2 day wrestling tournament in St. Marys.  It was 9:00, we had just arrived at the motel, Cael hadn't eaten and he was grumpy.  Courtney went to get dinner & I started the bath.  I ran to put a diaper & his jammies on the bed and that is what I found when I went back to the bathroom.  Do you know how difficult it is to take soaking wet clothes off of a little boy?  Pretty darn difficult!  And yes even though I wasn't happy with him I had to take pictures and video.  Of course!!

Bath fun!

I don't know about at your house but in the Marsh house we love bath night!!  We turn the water on and Cael comes running!!  Last night was bath night and mommy had a little fun with Cael's hair.  Then Cael was being so cute so I had to take pictures.

 He is talking to the baby in the circle.

 That is a handsome baby!!

 So stinking cute!

 I couldn't quite get the picture in time.  We look at Cael and put our hands on our face like the Home Alone thing and he does it back.  So funny!

 He was sticking his face in the water and getting a bubble beard.  Apparently it didn't taste very good!

First week of running & the KU basketball game

First - I completed my first week of running to get ready for April!!  I actually did it!  I know it doesn't sound like that big of a deal because I still have 14 weeks to go but I'm pretty proud of myself for getting up and doing it!  I ran Sunday, Monday, Wednesday & today.  I ran a mile each day and kept my time below 11 minutes.  I know that's pretty slow but hopefully I'll improve on that with each week I run.  Next week I'll run 1 1/4 miles.  I think it's a good idea for me to slowly bump up.  I probably won't run 4 days next week because I only ran Sunday of this week to try out my ipod thingy....which I love!!!

Moving on!  On Wednesday night Courtney & I got to go to the KU men's basketball game in Lawerence!  One of dads bosses has season tickets and he wasn't using them on Wednesday so he gave them to us.  The only thing was we had to take Nicolas who is a HUGE KU fan.  It ended up being the 2 of us, Nic & Courtney's principal.  I know kind of strange, right?!  Amanda, Jim & Anna stayed with Cael and he had a blast!  We only played UMKC so it wasn't a big deal but it was still fun.

This is where we were sitting.  That is a picture not zoomed in at all.  The seats were great!

 They have a KU hall of fame downstairs so we had to check it out.  Is Nicolas related?  I'm guessing no!

 This is the halfcourt from the original gym.

 Championship trophy!

 Nic's wingspan. 

 Courtney's wingspan.  He had the same wingspan as one of the girls!

 How big is your foot?

 Here's a picture from the second half.  We had a blast!!



4 mile run...

Okay so I have several New Year resolutions, one of which is to finally lose all this damn baby weight!!  I'm getting closer but it's still not gone.  Yes I know my son is 18 months old.  Unfortunately I am not one of those women that loses it the day I come home from the hospital.  And of course I'm not going to be happy with being at the weight I was at pre-Cael...I want to lose 10-15 more than that.  Keep in mind that I teach Kindergarten.  What does that have to do with anything?!  I need positive reinforcement, encouragement & a goal to reach or I won't do anything!!  So I found out there is a 4 mile run in April at the plaza in KC.  I've decided that I am going to work my butt off to be able to do it!!  Courtney says he'll join me - we'll see.  Courtney got me the nike+ipod sport package for Christmas and it is awesome!!!  It's a sensor that you put in a pouch on your shoe (or in your shoe if you have the fancy nike shoe which I don't) and then there is a thingy that plugs into your ipod.  You can set it for lots of different things, one of them being the distance you run.  I decided to start today to make sure it works correctly.  I set it for 1 mile and started running.  While I'm running & my music is playing this voice comes over and tells me I'm halfway done!  Then it started with 500 meters left and told me how much was left every 100 meters.  I learned that the distance setting on my treadmill is completely off and I've been running much farther than it tells me.  I also was able to run a mile is pretty much the same time as Kate & I did in PR which THRILLS me!!!  Here's my plan for the 4 mile run: for the month of January I will start with 1 mile and bump up my distance a quarter of a mile each week.  So the month of February puts me at 2 miles bumping it up a quarter of a mile each week.  March will be 3 miles bumping it up a quarter of a mile each week so that the first week of April I will run 4 miles and be ready for the run on April 17th.  I decided to write about it on here so maybe I will actually stick with it.  We'll see how it goes!  If any of you want to run with me in April let me know!  Katie Dill I'm looking at you......

Daddy has toys too!

Daddy got a neat toy for Christmas too!  He got a remote control helicopter that he loves trying to make fly.  He said last night that maybe he needs to read the directions....ya think?!

 Winston tries to jump up and bite the helicopter whenever Courtney flies it.

 We all got little flashlights, too.  Cael is so smart - he decided to take his to where it was dark so he could see stuff last night.  Smartie pants!!

 Cael also discovered that he could put the bottom of his bowl in his mouth and carry it around.  Daddy can put it in his mouth too!  I really do live with 2 boys!

 Action figures are fun, too!

His favorite thing though might be being put upside down.  He laughs & laughs.  I'm just waiting for him to get dropped on his head....

I'm a big boy now???

Mommy decided I am ready for my toddler bed already!  Crazy woman!!  I decided that I could at least help daddy set it up so here I am being VERY helpful while daddy converted my crib to a big boy bed.

 He did a good job!  I can't believe you want me to sleep here!!!!

If I'm such a big boy then that means I get to eat my banana the way I want to....even if that means sharing with my dogs & eating in my room!

Maybe I'll share my banana with Mickey....or not!  (Thanks for the cool sheet Uncle Travis, Aunt Nicole, AJ & KayLynn!)

See!  Told ya I could eat my banana how I want to!

Okay so my new bed is pretty neat but I didn't feel like sleeping there all night!  I slept until about midnight and then decided I needed my mommy.  Daddy left the gate open so by the time mommy heard me I was on my way downstairs!  Someone better remind daddy to shut the gate!!  Maybe I'll sleep all night tonight in my big boy bed....