The Ethington's: February 2008

Grandparent time!!!!

Every Sunday my family usually gets together at my parents house to hang out and have a big family dinner. Well Last Sunday I decided to have everyone come to my house so that I didn’t have to drive in to town. Troy cooked on the BBQ and everyone brought a side dish, the food was great! We ate outside while Gavin and Weston played in the backyard. I love watching the kids enjoy themselves so much and I also love that it was still nice enough to eat outside. After dinner we played games and had dessert by the fire. It was a really enjoyable time. I am really lucky to have such a great family!

Gavin playing baseball with grandpa I think he was really in to it?!

Weston playing soccer, he was great at it!!

My husband grilling up a storm, what a tropper!!!!!!

Guess who cleaned up the mess?

This past week was very eventful. On Tuesday, I went to a vigil at the state capitol for a bill that mandates insurance companies extend coverage for behavioral therapy for children with Autism. It was very moving, and gave people a better understanding about how expensive this burden is for parents. I hope it is made known that Autism is treatable. That is why it is extremely important for this bill to pass. I am so grateful to my mother in law and sister in law who came out to support the bill. I want to thank all of you who signed the petition or who called your district office in support of the bill. My beautiful, delightful, intelligent, and spirited nephew Weston thanks you as well.

Now for the other events… On Wednesday I had my vendor party-- which went okay. I enjoyed being able to shop from the comfort of my mother's living room. I had fun, and I hope those of you who came enjoyed yourselves as well. Although it was fun, I will not be throwing a party for some time (They are a ton of work to organize). I'll still go to them, I just don’t want to have them :).

Okay now on to event three; London’s run. On Wednesday my husband decided he wanted to run a ½ marathon with Tricia and Jared. By the way, Tricia and Jared decided to run the ½ marathon a while back, so the fact that Troy decided on Wednesday is a bit comical. So I signed him up, and on Saturday he ran 13 miles. He made it in 3 hours 17 minutes, which is not too bad for not training and deciding three days earlier. I have to say I am so proud of him. I told him I would join him next year in the run after I train and look better in my gym clothes. Jared and Tricia did very well, in fact I am so impressed with Jared, he did awesome! I am also very proud of Tricia as well. She ran the whole way and looked good the entire time. Kristen and I had a great time driving from mile marker to mile marker cheering them on. - Being a supporter sure was exhausting!! After the race we went to Logan’s Roadhouse so the runners could eat all the calories they burned off. The funniest thing was when the waiter seated us we had to warn him that the racers might smell and not to think these people dressed like this for fun. It was hilarious to see them walking around like they were dying, which they were. I can’t wait until next time when I am able to run myself to death! Awesome day and an awesome run!!!