HeRe sHe cOmEs........

Taylor running in the 2 mile.

Delaney running in the mile.

Hey to you all!!!!!!!

Sorry to leave you hangin' on the track meet!!!!!

Just want to say thanks to all of you who stopped by to wish the girls good luck at the regional track meet!!!!!

I will get right to the point here......

Taylor got 2nd in the 2 mile.......GREAT job Taylor!!!!!

But did not make it to the state track meet. {there is always next year}

Delaney got 1st in the mile!!!!!!!!

Soooooo she will be making a trip to the state track meet!!!!!!

AWESOME JOB DELANEY!!!!!!!!!

Just want to take a second to let them both know how proud we are of both of them!!!

And how much fun we have watching both of them run!!!!!!!

Great year girls!!!!!!!

LOVE you both a ton!!!!!!!

GOOD LUCK AT STATE DELANEY!!!!!!!!!!

KaLe.....

Ok I am really running behind on blogging so I will keep tonites kind of short!!!!!

But we are very excited to tell you all that on Saturday(14th) we took Kale to his district

wrestling meet in Oskaloosa and he got 2nd place and they take the top 4 in each weight class

in each district.....so he will be going to the AAU state wrestling meet in Des Moines in 2 weeks.

We are sooo proud and he is such a humble little guy.....that really makes winning so nice.

When you can win and not prance around.....not that it does not deserve a little celebrating but

he is very humble!!!!!

AWESOME job Kale we are very proud of you!!!!!!

I will post again later to let you know the plan!!!!!! 

sTaTe MeEt....

Saturday morning we were up bright and early and on our way to Ft. Dodge to the state cross country meet to watch Taylor run......and hope that she runs fast!!!! No we just want her to do her best and be happy with her results....no matter the place she gets. Because as far as I am concerned anybody who can run 2 1/2 miles without being carried off on a stretcher is a true champion in my eyes!!!!! We got there kinda early because you have to get a good parking spot and a good place to tailgate and hangout after the race. We got a good spot to park not far from Troy's Uncle Gary and Aunt Jill......they are the true tailgaters.....thanks so much!!!! So we were able to watch some of the early races and prepare for the 1:00 race(Taylor)....ya know....where do we want to stand and where is the best place to get a good picture or two......so many questions you must ask yourself just to enjoy a 15 minute race!!!!! But it is all worth it after you get to watch your child perform at this level!!!!! So I am sure you are all wishing I would just get to the point.......how did she do!!!!!! So she got 28th place with a time of 15:56 out of 127 girls in class 2A.......so I think she did sooooooo AWESOME I can not even tell you how proud we are!!!!! She is one of the top 30 runners in her class in the entire state!!!!!! Pretty stinkin' cool Taylor!!!!We are very proud of you!!!!!! We took a few pictures so I better share those too!Two of Taylor's friends Jo and Chelsey made the trip to cheer Taylor on.......thanks for coming ladies!!!!

Kale hangin' out with "the ladies"......now who wouldn't like that!?!??!?!?!?!

The cross country team after the race.

Taylor and her coach.......Mr. Miller.

Taylor and her Melcher cheering group.......thanks to you all for coming!!!!!!!

And I can not leave her loving family out......aawwww aren't they all so cute?!?!?!?!?! Although her father seems to be telling me to just hurry up and take the darn picture!?!??!?!?!

I just about forgot to put the pictures of Taylor running.....I must have gotten excited about everybody coming out to watch her run?!!?!?!? I think she is flying in this picture?!(if you look close I think both feet are off the ground at the same time!!!)

Running in the middle of the race......and she is ahead of some of the girls that beat her this year so you can't ask for much more that that!!!!! She ran her best time of this year and finished the race without being carried off on a stretcher so in my eyes she is a true champion!!!!!!!
Just want to say thanks to.....Grandma Jan & Grandpa Mike, Grandma Becky, Uncle Gary & Aunt Jill and all of the Melcher fans for coming out to watch Taylor run I know it means the world to her knowing that you all think so much of her that you would drive for 2 hours to cheer her on........and so you can eat at Applebee's!!!!!!!

fT. dOdGe.....hErE wE cOmE!!!!!!!!

Last nite was our regional cross country......well not ours.....the girls!!!!! For regionals you have to finish in the top 10 or as a team you have to be in the top 3 to go to state!!!!! And because we had both Taylor and Delaney running I was hoping there was a way.....either way that they both got to go.....I just did not want to see the disappointment on their face if one made it and the other one did not!!! It had rained all day and it was very chilly....and all the way up my stomach was in knots worrying about them doing good or not because of the crappy weather!!!!

When we got there they both were in good moods and smiley.......good sign I thought to myself!!!They both had an awesome start......and away they went. Cross country is one of those sports that if you are not in really good shape yourself.......it is quite a work out!!!! They are usually at golf courses.......for the most part quite hiLLy.......and tonite was no exception......plus mud......ALOT of mud!!!!!! So where I was standing I did not see alot of the race. But at the end Taylor came in 3rd with a time of 16:23 and Laney came in 17th with a time of 17:27.........oh poop I thought that does not put Laney in the top 10........so it was like a nitemare in my head.....how horrible she was going to feel.....but how happy Taylor was going to feel......so as parents......what do we do??????? YIKES!!!!!! I can not talk to them right away if they are upset and look like they might cry.......because you guessed it.......I will cry too!!!!!! So back to the meet.......we still have a chance if the team finishes in the top 3.....................HOLY COW.......they got 4th place.........so Taylor will be the only one running at state from her team.....I am soooooo happy for her but I know she would have much rather everybody one her team to get the chance to run. So I just want to say to them both AWESOME!!!!!! job......we are SOOOO PROUD of both of you!!!!!! And GOOD LUCK at STATE TAYLOR!!!

WE LOVE YOU BOTH!!!!!