Ok, I have a lot of trips this summer, but I am going to do my best to blog about each one and keep you posted on what is taking place in the life of the Thompson's. So, stay tuned and check back in...I promise it won't be that long before I post again.
Grace and Peace!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
My boy is getting old!
That is right! You are not seeing things! Caleb graduated from Kindergarten today. I am so proud of him (and his mother is as well). He even prayed for the graduation and did an awesome job (if you can rate someone's prayer!). It was awesome!
Man, this sounds so weird, but I have really been thinking a lot lately about Caleb and Cully and raising both of them. It is work for sure but the rewards far outweigh the cost! God has given us two great boys and I am sure after many years of therapy after leaving our house one day and getting out on their own they will be ok. I love both of them so much and want most of all for them to be who God has created them to be.
It is so fun watching some things start to shape in Caleb's mind about what that might look like. Obviously he is a long way from having to make those decisions about what to do with his life, but I hope that I am shaping him to start to live into that story even now. I can't wait to see what God might want to do through him.
I can't believe that I get to be a part of that. The thought of that could be stressful (and honestly, I am starting to sweat when I think about that), but I have to know that ultimately they are God's! Thanks Caleb and Cully for being great kids! I love being a dad!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Some Pictures from the Race
Here are the pictures that I promised...sorry that it took me so long.
The boys waiting and hoping I haven't died...
I finally showed up...
I am trying to finish strong...
The finish line is in sight...
Here we are after the race...
Caleb is helping me stretch it out...
My race partner...
Once again, it was a lot of fun! My offical time was my un-offical time...4:17.59. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
The boys waiting and hoping I haven't died...
I finally showed up...
I am trying to finish strong...
The finish line is in sight...
Here we are after the race...
Caleb is helping me stretch it out...
My race partner...
Once again, it was a lot of fun! My offical time was my un-offical time...4:17.59. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I AM AN UNCLE!
Just wanted to show you the pictures of my 1st nephew Asher. He was born early this morning and weighed in at a nice 10.2 pounds and was 22 inches long. That is a big baby!
Here is a picture of him. I can't wait to see him in March!
Isn't he cute!
Here is a picture of him. I can't wait to see him in March!
Isn't he cute!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
26.2
Well, that is how far I ran on Sunday...that's right, I ran the entire thing! Here is a few thoughts from my experience...
Things started off nice...I was running with one of my small groups leaders in the youth department from church. Our goal was 4 hours and 20 minutes. In order to do that, we had to run an average mile of 9:55. After weeks of training, I thought I could handle it in regards to how my training had progressed. So, we started our run and was running on average about a 10 minute mile or so.
At the half was point (13.1 miles), we were a few minutes ahead of where we should be. We ran it in 2 hours and 10 min. All we had to do was repeat that performance on the back half and we would be good.
Around mile 15, we had worked up (or down) our pace to the desired 9:55 that we were hoping for. I was still feeling good, feeling a little bit of pain, but overall feeling pretty good.
At mile 18, my partner was feeling it pretty bad. He hit "the wall" that I had heard about so much that runners hit in a marathon. "The wall" is the point where your body is saying it is time to stop running and you still have some race to run. The trick is to tell your brain that you are not done and that you can keep on going. I believe that part of it is a mental thing for sure. However, he hit it at 18 and I was still feeling like I could keep on our pace. So, he told me to go ahead, that he was going to have to slow down a bit and wasn't going to be able to keep up the pace. I asked to make sure he was cool with me running on, and off I went.
I got to mile 20, which is the longest distance you run in training, and mentally thought "here we go." I started into the unknown adventure of running a distance I never had before.
Mile 20 felt good. 21...felt good. 22...still felt good. 23...man, I can't believe I still feel ok. 24...oh boy, I am not going to make it.
Mile 24 was the worst part of the course. I am not sure why they do this, but on mile 24, you have to cross a bridge...therefore you have to go up and over the bridge. So, at mile 24 you have a hill. I am not sure, but I think that is what did me in. I hit the wall for sure. I wanted to stop so bad. All I could think was, "I am not going to tell Mark and Seth that I stopped" and "Tera and the boys are at the end waiting for me, I have to keep going."
Well, it got me through. Even though that last 2.2 miles were hard (probably one of the hardest things physically I have ever done), I did it. And my official time (from the P. F. Changes Marathon website) is.....(drum roll please).....4:17.59. I was 2697th overall out of 5711 finishers, among men I placed 1760 out of 3190 and among my age group I placed 243 out of 444 (and by the way, 3rd place male was in my age division).
I don't have the camera, so I can't post any pictures today, so I will do that tomorrow. I will for those who are interested give you my mile by mile split time.
Mile 1-10:11
Mile 2-10:02
Mile 3-10:01
Mile 4-10:30
Mile 5-9:26
Mile 6-9:59
Mile 7-10:00
Mile 8-10:05
Mile 9-9:56
Mile 10-9:50
Mile 11-10:05
Mile 12-9:38
Mile 13-10:17
Mile 14-9:12
Mile 15-9:43
Mile 16-10:13
Mile 17-9:52
Mile 18-10:01
Mile 19-9:19
Mile 20-9:29
Mile 21-9:25
Mile 22-9:44
Mile 23-9:16
Mile 24- 8:59
Mile 25-10:00
Mile 26.2-12:31
Things started off nice...I was running with one of my small groups leaders in the youth department from church. Our goal was 4 hours and 20 minutes. In order to do that, we had to run an average mile of 9:55. After weeks of training, I thought I could handle it in regards to how my training had progressed. So, we started our run and was running on average about a 10 minute mile or so.
At the half was point (13.1 miles), we were a few minutes ahead of where we should be. We ran it in 2 hours and 10 min. All we had to do was repeat that performance on the back half and we would be good.
Around mile 15, we had worked up (or down) our pace to the desired 9:55 that we were hoping for. I was still feeling good, feeling a little bit of pain, but overall feeling pretty good.
At mile 18, my partner was feeling it pretty bad. He hit "the wall" that I had heard about so much that runners hit in a marathon. "The wall" is the point where your body is saying it is time to stop running and you still have some race to run. The trick is to tell your brain that you are not done and that you can keep on going. I believe that part of it is a mental thing for sure. However, he hit it at 18 and I was still feeling like I could keep on our pace. So, he told me to go ahead, that he was going to have to slow down a bit and wasn't going to be able to keep up the pace. I asked to make sure he was cool with me running on, and off I went.
I got to mile 20, which is the longest distance you run in training, and mentally thought "here we go." I started into the unknown adventure of running a distance I never had before.
Mile 20 felt good. 21...felt good. 22...still felt good. 23...man, I can't believe I still feel ok. 24...oh boy, I am not going to make it.
Mile 24 was the worst part of the course. I am not sure why they do this, but on mile 24, you have to cross a bridge...therefore you have to go up and over the bridge. So, at mile 24 you have a hill. I am not sure, but I think that is what did me in. I hit the wall for sure. I wanted to stop so bad. All I could think was, "I am not going to tell Mark and Seth that I stopped" and "Tera and the boys are at the end waiting for me, I have to keep going."
Well, it got me through. Even though that last 2.2 miles were hard (probably one of the hardest things physically I have ever done), I did it. And my official time (from the P. F. Changes Marathon website) is.....(drum roll please).....4:17.59. I was 2697th overall out of 5711 finishers, among men I placed 1760 out of 3190 and among my age group I placed 243 out of 444 (and by the way, 3rd place male was in my age division).
I don't have the camera, so I can't post any pictures today, so I will do that tomorrow. I will for those who are interested give you my mile by mile split time.
Mile 1-10:11
Mile 2-10:02
Mile 3-10:01
Mile 4-10:30
Mile 5-9:26
Mile 6-9:59
Mile 7-10:00
Mile 8-10:05
Mile 9-9:56
Mile 10-9:50
Mile 11-10:05
Mile 12-9:38
Mile 13-10:17
Mile 14-9:12
Mile 15-9:43
Mile 16-10:13
Mile 17-9:52
Mile 18-10:01
Mile 19-9:19
Mile 20-9:29
Mile 21-9:25
Mile 22-9:44
Mile 23-9:16
Mile 24- 8:59
Mile 25-10:00
Mile 26.2-12:31
Friday, January 15, 2010
Sunday
Well, this Sunday will be different than any other Sunday in my life. This Sunday, I will attempt to run a full marathon.
To be honest, I am a little anxious about it. The good thing is I am not running alone. Someone from my church (thanks Kevin) and I are going to pace together. We have a goal in mind, although I am not going to share that at this point. Check back in on Tuesday to see if we met our goal or not.
It should be a lot of fun! I am looking forward to the challenge. This morning I did my last run...2 miles. It took me an entire 16 minutes to run. That has been the weird part of the entire training. This week I have done 3 runs. For weeks I have been running my tail off and this week seems like I should be running more...but the training says you should taper your runs as it gets closer. So, this week I have done a 4 mile run, a 3 mile run and then a 2 mile run and I am done until Sunday.
Well, I feel like I have rambled on about this and that this post is pretty pointless. I will have a recap next week and let you know how we do. I will try and get some pictures as well.
Grace and Peace!
To be honest, I am a little anxious about it. The good thing is I am not running alone. Someone from my church (thanks Kevin) and I are going to pace together. We have a goal in mind, although I am not going to share that at this point. Check back in on Tuesday to see if we met our goal or not.
It should be a lot of fun! I am looking forward to the challenge. This morning I did my last run...2 miles. It took me an entire 16 minutes to run. That has been the weird part of the entire training. This week I have done 3 runs. For weeks I have been running my tail off and this week seems like I should be running more...but the training says you should taper your runs as it gets closer. So, this week I have done a 4 mile run, a 3 mile run and then a 2 mile run and I am done until Sunday.
Well, I feel like I have rambled on about this and that this post is pretty pointless. I will have a recap next week and let you know how we do. I will try and get some pictures as well.
Grace and Peace!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Our Trip to Echo
While we were in Florida, we stopped by and saw a couple of old friends who live in Ft. Myers. Stan and Beth Doerr live at a place called Echo. Being friends with them, I had heard of this place for many, many, many years but never visited it. Since the fam was down, we decided to go and have a personal tour with our friends. It was awesome!
What they do is definitely multi-functional. There main purpose is to show people around the world how to grow there own food and thus provide food for their families for a lifetime. Here is a sign on their building with their logo and mission statement...
So, they literally have connections around the world with people. They also partner with other world relief organization such as World Vision and many others.
How do they do this? you may wonder...I am glad you asked.
They have volunteers and interns come and spend time there, learning how to grow different plants in different climates and landscapes. They then send out the interns as missionaries and teach people how to grow food that will thrive in their particular world region. It is an awesome thing! While I was there, I kept thinking of the old adage "Give a man a fish and feed him for a day...teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime." God is doing some neat things through this organization and they are able to minister to people by first feeding them and meeting a physical need and then explaining why they do what they do.
I was really impressed with the set up and the garden that they have. We got to eat 5 different types of oranges, which were amazing. We also ate a leaf that tasted like fruit, cactus and other plans as well.
Once again, I cannot state enough how impressed I was with the grounds and the work that they are doing. You should check out the website and get more information. Here is a link to their website. It really was a great day! Thanks to Stand and Beth for showing us around and thanks also for all that you are doing for people around the world.
Below are more images from our day there. I wish I would have taken more, but this is all we have.
Looking at some ducks in one of their ponds...
Dad and Cully feeding some of their rabbits...
Caleb holding a bunny...(sorry about it being sideways...just pick up your computer monitor and flip it sideways...I tried to get it to flip but it wouldn't let me save it after I had flipped it, so I guess I am saying sorry.)
What they do is definitely multi-functional. There main purpose is to show people around the world how to grow there own food and thus provide food for their families for a lifetime. Here is a sign on their building with their logo and mission statement...
So, they literally have connections around the world with people. They also partner with other world relief organization such as World Vision and many others.
How do they do this? you may wonder...I am glad you asked.
They have volunteers and interns come and spend time there, learning how to grow different plants in different climates and landscapes. They then send out the interns as missionaries and teach people how to grow food that will thrive in their particular world region. It is an awesome thing! While I was there, I kept thinking of the old adage "Give a man a fish and feed him for a day...teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime." God is doing some neat things through this organization and they are able to minister to people by first feeding them and meeting a physical need and then explaining why they do what they do.
I was really impressed with the set up and the garden that they have. We got to eat 5 different types of oranges, which were amazing. We also ate a leaf that tasted like fruit, cactus and other plans as well.
Once again, I cannot state enough how impressed I was with the grounds and the work that they are doing. You should check out the website and get more information. Here is a link to their website. It really was a great day! Thanks to Stand and Beth for showing us around and thanks also for all that you are doing for people around the world.
Below are more images from our day there. I wish I would have taken more, but this is all we have.
Looking at some ducks in one of their ponds...
Dad and Cully feeding some of their rabbits...
Caleb holding a bunny...(sorry about it being sideways...just pick up your computer monitor and flip it sideways...I tried to get it to flip but it wouldn't let me save it after I had flipped it, so I guess I am saying sorry.)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
A Few More Pictures From Florida!!!!!
Caleb and Cully ready for church...
You have to love these hats!!!!!!
Cully in his work goggles from his new work bench....
Tera and her awesome "peacock" ear rings Cully picked out for her...(I doubt we will ever actually see them on her!)
The boys at the beach...
Once again, it was a great trip! It is great to be back though and get back into some sort of routine. I should be back to posting blogs on a regular basis.
You have to love these hats!!!!!!
Cully in his work goggles from his new work bench....
Tera and her awesome "peacock" ear rings Cully picked out for her...(I doubt we will ever actually see them on her!)
The boys at the beach...
Once again, it was a great trip! It is great to be back though and get back into some sort of routine. I should be back to posting blogs on a regular basis.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Pictures From Florida
Here are some pictures from Florida that I thought you might enjoy.
Here is a family picture of the Cully/Thompson clan...
Here we are with hats that Christopher made us. I will defintely be sporting this when I get back to Phoenix!
Here is a Thompson picture at the pier just before sunset...we missed Mark and Allyson (and Asher) for sure!
Here we are on the beach. Once again, we missed Mark in this picture.
Here are Pop Pop and the boys on the beach.
Here we are...aren't we cute?!
Overall, it has been a great trip! We have spent some quality time with family and friends. However, I am ready to get back to Phoenix and get back to a routine both physically with sleeping and especially eating. We haven't done bad, however, it is hard to eat good when you are not home and when you are seeing people you haven't seen in awhile. Usually getting together always includes food.
Here is a family picture of the Cully/Thompson clan...
Here we are with hats that Christopher made us. I will defintely be sporting this when I get back to Phoenix!
Here is a Thompson picture at the pier just before sunset...we missed Mark and Allyson (and Asher) for sure!
Here we are on the beach. Once again, we missed Mark in this picture.
Here are Pop Pop and the boys on the beach.
Here we are...aren't we cute?!
Overall, it has been a great trip! We have spent some quality time with family and friends. However, I am ready to get back to Phoenix and get back to a routine both physically with sleeping and especially eating. We haven't done bad, however, it is hard to eat good when you are not home and when you are seeing people you haven't seen in awhile. Usually getting together always includes food.
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