Busy fall!

Busy, busy, busy fall! Lucas started mini preschool a few weeks ago. His class is just once a week and just for 2 hours. There were a few tears in the beginning and he was not interested in letting me take his picture his first day (see below). He is so happy when I pick him up and he has such a big smile on his face and loves to show me his art project from the day. He is getting so big! I am a happy Mommy because I get a 2 hour break!

A few weeks ago I went along with Addison's preschool for her first field trip. It was at the World Bird Sanctuary and Addison and all the kids had a great time and I am so glad I got to experience it with her.

Here is a cute picture of the kids holding hands in the car.

Below are some pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch. It was a beautiful warm day!

Picking out the perfect pumpkins.

Look at our sassy girl.

Enjoying a fall day in the woods behind our house.

Best friends!!!!!!!!!

Halloween 2009....ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Getting ready to trick or treat but they made Mommy happy with a picture first.

It was a great halloween. Their costumes were a hit. They love dinosaures and it was perfect when I even found a pink one for Addison. Lucas was obsessed with his tail and he was very much not interested in taking his costume off for bed. It was a long night and Addison was ready for bed early for a change.

The day after halloween was a big day for me. I ran my first half marathon. I trained for months and put in so much hard work. Bob was planning on running it too but has some serious shin splint pain that would not go away even after weeks of not running and icing. He will get his chance soon though. The run went well despite a very hilly course. Miles 10-12 were very hard but I got through it. My time was 2 hours and 2 minutes (9:19 mile pace). I am happy with my time and happy to have finally accomplished a goal that I wanted for so many years and never thought I would actually go for. I can tell you now....I will NEVER run a full marathon!

Over 1,000 runners

Just getting started (I am on the left).

Final stretch.

I DID IT!!!

I finished in 157 place for women out of 371 runners and 25th out of 65 in my age group.