We spent Thanksgiving in Virginia with Adam's sister and their family. We've been so blessed to have family somewhat close by to us; it's not that far of a drive from here - but this time we decided to fly there. I don't know what it is with flying around the Holidays, but why does it suck so bad.
Especially flying Southwest. Adam and I have made an end to flying Southwest around the Holidays - they always, and I mean always, screw things up somehow.
Anyways.....Thanksgiving weekend was very relaxing and full of over-eating. We made it to the National History Museum and got to see all sorts of great stuff. We took pictures of Dorothy's(Judy Garland's) Ruby red slippers that she wore on set of the movie. We got to see the original Kermet the Frog; Abe Lincoln's top hat; and C-3PO. I love going to D.C. - there's always so much to do.

Gals Vaca....





My mom and aunt Marie were able to come visit us for the weekend, it went by way too fast. We tried to keep them busy with all the sites that we could cram in before they had to leave; We visited all the church sites, plus Niagara Falls. Good times to be had.

I'm so excited that I wanted to post early and then post some pictures after wards....
My mom and my aunt are coming out to visit us next weekend! I'm so thrilled to finally get my mom out here. It's been more than a two year process of trying to have her come visit us.
I can barely wait - I hope this next week flies by and then time slows when she's here.
They fly in Thursday and stay till Monday morning. We have the whole weekend planned with visiting all the Church sites, my mom is a huge church history buff - she gets excited about genealogy and history. It will be so great for her to be away and be able to relax and enjoy herself; She deserves it.
It's going to be hard when they leave. Oh hum...

Akron Ohio 1/2 Marathon
























I had the chance to run a 1/2 Marathon last Saturday with one of our great friend, Justin.... it rocked! I was really proud of myself, I didn't train nearly as much as I did with the last one and I took 12 minutes off my time. What was that all about! I ran over the finish line @ 1:56:42 - but my chip time said 1:54:16
My goal was to run it under two hours.....I'm so happy that I did. Justin did amazing too! This was his first one and he got 1:49:-something..... His goal was to make it under 2 hours too. I'm so glad that I ran it with him, he was my motivation to try and run faster.
There was 11,000 people that signed up to run the Marathon, 1/2 marathon and relay. It was so awesome being in that atmosphere - everyone was so excited to be there.
I seriously hit the wall about mile 11 - it started to get more up hill, I really wanted to shoot the person that decided to put hills there - or should I say the race course. What were they trying to do - kill every body off. Anywho - that's one more to scratch on my belt.
I've love to say that I could do a full marathon, but the more I do 1/2 marathons - just don't know how someone could run 13 more miles after that. Golly Gee.
The first place Marathon runner got 2:27:21 - I just don't get it - they ran 26 miles in the amount of time that 1 person did 13 miles........Oh to have that ability.

The little one on the right is Adam. I think he was 3 or 4 in this picture.....Isn't he the cutest little thing?!

We had all heaps of fun with Adam's parents that came out to visit us for the Labor Day weekend. We went to a Indians game and the Air show downtown Cleve-town. We also took them to the Amish country. It was so much fun having them here with us.