Cousins

I love cousins.  They are almost as great as siblings.

Bridget has a TON of awesome cousins.  (19 to be exact.)

She just adores each and every one of them.  She loves to play
with them all and get dragged around from one fun thing to the
next.

The cousin just older than Bridget is Alesa.

They are 15 months and 2000+ miles apart.

They don't really get to see each other very often but
each time they do they become better friends.

I can't wait until B can draw pictures and write letters
so these two little girls can be best friend pen pals.

The cousin just younger than Bridget is Kayson.

Kayson is 20 days younger than B and it is so fun
to watch them interact and play.

I am glad B has a tough little cousin to take care
of bullies for her.  Even though she is usually the one
doing the bullying...

I am so thankful Bridget has so many awesome examples to look
up to and to learn from.  Thanks for teaching her all
she needs to know guys!!

Boston anyone?

So I guess it's time I posted something on this blog.  Sorry it's been a while since Cassie's posted anything but she's been busy with the Merkley's Biggest Loser blog, working, and taking care of Bridget (and breaking the camera).  I thought I would let everyone know my goal I have with John Gillman for 2014.  It's a little ways off but I gotta get started if I want to make it.

Here's my goal:  I want to qualify for the Boston Marathon in 2014.  To do so I need to run a marathon in under 3 hours.  That's 26.2 miles in under 3 hours! Nuts I know but I figured it would get me back into shape and give me a goal that I can look forward to. 

This year John put together a team to run the Ragnar Relay race in Las Vegas which is Oct. 21-22.  If you want to check it out click here- Ragnar Relay.  It's going to be big step forward for my bigger goal.  Right now I'm not sure what legs I'm going to be doing but you can check out all the legs and the course map if you're curious.

The other reason I'm doing this is I thought if I let everyone know, I couldn't back out or chicken out.  Well I guess that's all I wanted to do.  Have a great day everyone!

Logan