Saturday, November 19, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Spidey Night in NYC
Lynette, fantastic friend from our college days, met me at my house Friday morning and we took the train to the city for the day/evening. We had an amazing time together, and by the end of the evening my abs were sore from laughing so much with friends. Here we are in Grand Central Station eating gelato within 10 minutes of getting off the train!
Besides the bathroom & ordering gelato our first stop was meeting up with another college friend, Ben. Here he was graciously mapping out shopping & metro stops for Lynette & I. Clearly annoyed/embarrassed at all of our tourist picture taking.
Kyle & Ben met up with us early evening on the High Line to walk to dinner before the Spiderman show.
Kyle, wonderful food connoisseur led us to a fantastic pan Asian restaurant called Ember. Perfect!
Lynette's man, Steven, met up with us after work at the restaurant too...adding to the fun, laughter, and my sore abs.
College Buds 10 years later
Ben, me, Kyle, Lynette, Steven on the Spiderman stage while Kyle gave us a backstage tour after his FANTASTIC performance. Such a perfect day/night!And where was Riley you ask? He gave me the day!!! He graciously took all 4 kids all day (besides his early morning hunt) & hosted cadets and his former Commander from Ft Campbell in the evening. Great day had by all!
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
The Race
My Cheerleaders! Rachel with Solomon, Adam with Tess, Saedi, Riley with Elllie & Isaac
Ellie & Saedi loving the metro
Pit stop to strip down to shorts, eat a fig neuton & give kisses to the children...Mile 16?Praise God I survived the 26.2 and felt pretty darn good! I was getting worried on Saturday when it was hailing, snowing, raining during my packet pick-up and we were getting word from friends that West Point was having a blizzard. Thankfully, the weather cleared Sunday morning, and although the start of the race was chilly, I ended up finishing with sunshine in my trusty shorts and tank. Although my goal was 4:20 I finished in 4:30:12 but felt strong most of the time. I took my time stretching, walking through food and water stations, switching out socks, kissing my children, etc. And, who did I think of in my weakest moments? The Ethiopian fuel carriers! Yes, my legs hurt and I got a little nauseous around mile 16, but there was an end to my race and I had people handing me water, food, and cheering for me. Let alone, I was in a safe environment with other runners packed in next to me doing the exact same thing. I'm so thankful God gave me the courage to run a marathon again-- to run it 30 min faster, to feel stronger, to gain a new perspective.
The best part of the weekend, though, was staying with our friends, Adam & Rachel (who we hadn't seen in a few years) and meeting their daughter, Tess. What an amazing family these guys are! Not only did they spend Sunday morning with Riley and the kids chasing me around the course, they watched our 4 kids so Riley could track me down at the finish line. I really enjoyed getting to know Rachel more (she was usually deployed during our time in NC) and conversing over stay-at-home parent issues with Adam since he got out of the Army a year ago and is taking care of Tess. It was like we hadn't missed a beat with each other even though so much time had passed. I do have to admit, that I didn't recognize Adam right away since he's gone all Grizzly Adams.
Approaching the Finish Line on the final uphill climb
DONE! I'm happy but this hurts!Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tea Parties
The girls modeling their new $5 yard sale dresses
Saedi had been asking me for weeks to have friends over for a tea party. I finally felt like it was do-able so the girls made last-minute invitations which we hand-delivered and then had our orange-food-themed tea party. Saedi had her friends over for 1 1/2 hours in the morning, and Ellie hosted in the afternoon. All the girls had fun painting rocks (I couldn't find small pumpkins without driving a ways), decorating cookies, and enjoying ham and cheese leaf sandwiches, orange jello, cantaloupe, carrots, cheese nips, & hot chocolate with orange marshmallows.
Haddie, Julianne, Saedi, Maryann (Analynn came later)
Meg, Ashley, Ellie, & Jaycee (Alyssa came later)
Painting Rocks
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