New Pictures of the Girls

Hopefully this will be worth the silence.....

Shamrock Marathon.....

Sorry I haven't had updated the blog since the last run.  

Eric ran the 8k with our friend from church.  I ran the 1/2 marathon with my friend Reggie.  I finished in 2 hours 50 mins and 22 seconds.  That is about a 13 minute per mile pace.  That was a little slower than we had planned but we finished!

We are doing a family run in May....at the zoo.  Abby is super excited!  

Virginia Is for Lovers Race

My friend Reggie and I at the finish

 During the race at about mile 6-7

 At the finish line!

 Abby at the finish line!

Abby racing

I have been training for a race in March but our friend convinced me to run this with him.  It was a 14k race which is almost 9miles.  Abby really wanted to do a run so we signed her up for the 1k (which is about 2/3 of a mile).  She loved it!  I did really well as well.  I ran the entire thing and completed the race in 1:44:29.  That is about a 12:00/mile pace.  Abby completed her 1k in 5:57.  She was 7th in her age group (2-10 yr olds).  

Sorry for the lack of posts!

Sorry for the lack of posts!  We have been going 90 to nothing for the last few months.  We had a good Thanksgiving with friends ( I didn't have to host!) then we went to Oklahoma for Christmas.  Sprinkle in some Christmas parties and you can see why I haven't had a chance to post.  I will try to get caught up soon!

Parent Teacher Conferences

Well, I just got home a little while ago from both girls parent/teacher conferences.  

Maddie- she is doing great!  she is shy and reserved but as long as her good buddy is there with her she does even better.  she always is anxious to learn and is a great listener.  nothing but glowing remarks about her!

Abby- she is doing fantastic as well!  she is above average in everything.  the school tests for the gifted program in january and her teacher thinks that she will do well on that.  her teacher said she is a delight!

Halloween 2012

We got to go trick or treating with friends tonight!  the girls had lots of fun and went down pretty easy when we got home!

Apple Picking

Doesn't her donut look yummy??

All of the apples when we got home!

Some of the jars of applesauce!

 easy, yummy crockpot apple butter. 

Well, we celebrated Abby's 7th birthday with a trip apple picking in Charlottesville.  She got to have a 1/2 day of school so we could get on the road a head of the rest of the traffic.  We hung around downtown Charlottesville afternoon and early evening and then got tucked into our hotel for the evening.  Saturday morning we got up and headed towards the apple orchard.  We got there and had some apple cider donuts and hot apple cider, so good!!! We met a few other couples from our community group there and then we all headed up the mountain to find the apples.  Apples we found!  62.3 pounds of apples later, we left the mountain.  Once we got home, I have been busy making apple goodies.  20 jars of applesauce, 16 jars of apple butter, an apple pie, and an apple cake. I also used a few apples for pork chops tonight.  We have been eating them too.  I have probably 12-15 apples left.