Saturday, November 2, 2013

Baltimore Marathon

Mid-October was the annual Baltimore Marathon downtown.  Tony and I ran the half marathon back in 2005, and it was a horrific experience for me.  I hadn't been back since.  Well, some friends at school signed up for the Marathon Relay and asked if I wanted to be the girl of the team.  Looking for some motivation to get back to exercising after baby, I said yes.  I ran the easiest (most flat instead of uphill) leg, but the longest distance (7.3 miles).  It was a lot of fun.  We all dressed up as Superman.  I even borrowed a cape from a student.  While waiting for my leg of the race to start, there were some of my students on the Cross Country team there, so I wasn't bored.  I was just so glad that it wasn't raining...  The 2 days before the race, we had the most rain I've ever seen.  Luckily, it cleared out just in time!!!

Here's me before the race:
And a pic of all of us after:
As I crossed the finish line, the Baltimore Sun news crew stopped me for a quick interview.  You figure they were there all day and interviewed a ton of people.  In the next day's newspaper, they printed 4 pictures... And one was me.  BUT it was a TERRIBLE pic!!!  Worst ever.  My colleagues were kind enough to post it all over school as a joke Monday morning : )

Friday, November 1, 2013

End of Summer

In early September, we had one last family trip to the pool and to the WV property before it gets too cold...
 WV...
Scrunchy face...

8 months

Back on 8/31, Lydia turned 8 months.  It was much harder to get her pics...  Won't sit still or leave the "8" sticker on...  But, cute as heck!


Saturday, October 19, 2013

Lake Gaston

Mid-August (our anniversary weekend), we met Mike & Cacile at Lake Gaston for 4 days.  They brought their boat and we had a grand ol' time...  Water-skiing, hanging out on the dock, lounging on the island, swimming, etc.

The night we got there, it rained like a monsoon while Tony & Mike drove the boat to our dock and tied it up...
Luckily, the next day was much nicer!  Lots of fun to be had!!!  Lucas didn't miss a beat water-skiing either.
The next day was much of the same...  I even water-skiid for the first time in 4 years!
This was the pic Lucas chose to show his class for his "about my summer" presentation!
Could've stayed a whole week for sure!!!