5K

This Saturday I ran my first 5K in a really long time. The race was to raise money for brain cancer research. Last year a little boy in our neighborhood was diagnosed with brain cancer and his family put a team together and Tracy and I decided to join in. We actaully had a lot of fun and got some pretty good exercise too. It was a really really hilly run.. And HILLS are not my thing... but I did come in 19th in my age group and I found that very motivating. Now I'm planning my next race and maybe even thinking about doing a half marathon???? Who would have thunk it---heeheehee

CRASH BOOM BANG

All I heard was CRUNCH!!! I was heading out to take the girls to swim practice on Monday and Todd's car jumped right behind me and you guessed it I ran right into it. I'm not sure what I was thinking or doing for that matter, but all I know is the words that came out of Todd's mouth are not repeatable. Needless to say he was a bit upset, because not only did I damage his car but mine too. My explanation to him was that I already knew he was having a bad day, so my goal was to make it worse!!!! UGH, the last thing I want is to drive around in a beat up car.. Anyway, we are friends again now, he has forgiven me and life is continuing to go on:)

The Birthday Girl ;)!!

April 23rd, my baby girl is now EIGHT!! I can hardly believe it. I worked last night so on my way home I stopped and got a few birthday morning surprises. Dunkin donuts for chocolate frosted donuts with sprinkles, the grocery store for a bouquet of sunflowers for my sunshine, a birthday balloon and a cookie cake(special request) for the classroom celebration. I got a lot done in such a small amount of time. Gunnar was so excited. She loved getting the goodies before going off to school. Todd went to lunch with her and took chick-fil-a for an added bonus, another smile from the birthday girl. When she got home she was excited to tell me that everyone sang happy birthday to her on the bus(even the bus driver) and in her classroom. So school was in her words "awesome".... For dinner she chose Mellow Mushroom---YUMMO! The Savinos joined us in our dinner celebration. We had an hour wait before finally getting our table. Todd ordered Cherry Coke for the kids at the table. Nice treat, especially for the two little ones(Gates and Dominic). Gunnar Grace got to drink hers out of a Ketchup bottle--she requested a "special birthday glass". We had garlic pretzels while we waited for our pizzas to arrive. The pizza was fabulous! Our waitress was spectacular-- at the end of the night she brought out a HUGE cinnamon sugar pretzel, which apparently is Mellow Mushrooms version of a birthday cake. It was big enough for all of us to share. You'd think we'd have been extremely full by this point but we all dug in then rolled out of the restaurant, yawning and holding our bellies. We had a great night, but I must say I'm still in awe that my baby girl is 8 years old.

The Realization of EIGHT

Where does the time go??? It travels way too fast. One moment they are tiny little bundles of joy the next minute they are all grown up and sprouting their wings. The next step will be to leave the nest and fly away. Today I looked at my precious Gunnar Grace and realized that she is growing into such an amazing young lady. She's EIGHT now, so unbelievably hard for me to accept. I am sooo proud of who she is becoming. I know we are doing something right:). After all, we were CHOSEN to teach her and prepare her for the great big world.

OLD NAVY MODELING SHOOT!!

Who knew a day at Old Navy could turn into a modeling shoot? The kids were bored to death so I whipped out the camera and started taking pictures. The kids thought this was the bomb. Of course Gunnar acutally thought they were going to use her photos for advertisement---ummmm NOT!! You can tell for yourself that they were all goofy and over the shopping trip.

Night with Friends

It's not often that Todd and I get a night out without kids, but we had some friends come in town and we got a sitter and out we went. John was actually working at the EAGL Championship meet -- he was the commentator. He announced all of the awards for the Banquet and then announced the meet on Saturday. After the Banquet we went to Maxamillians for a little adult conversation before heading back home to a nice quiet house. The baby sitter had everyone all snuggled in and the lights were out. Not bad for a 14 year old:) John and Lacy have 2 kids ages 3 and 19 months and of course we have two 7 and 3--so Miss Landi had her hands full. She did an awesome job and we had a fantastic night. We were home by 1130, because it was back to work for the guys the next day and off to be spectators for Lacy and I. We took the girls with us and left the boys home again.(with a sitter of course:o).. Thankfully the Wolfpack won and Todd was able to enjoy our company for one more night.

EAGL Winners!!!

The meet went down to the wire.. We were neck in neck with UNC and W. VA through 3 events, but in the end.. bars(our last event) went our way and we hit every single routine and stuck. Lets hope that regionals will have the same outcome. To make Nationals you have to be in the top two teams. We will be facing, GA, Nebraska, Penn State, UNC, and W. VA. GA will more than likely be the winners, as they are first in the SEC, but hopefully we will hold our own to the other teams. If we have another meet like EAGL we will be there for sure!!!! Keep your fingers crossed!!