Emmy's Letter to Santa

Lily's Letter to Santa

She's being extra good this year to make sure "Jack", our elf on the shelf, gives Santa nothing but good reports!

Favorite Moments

Love this month...
Love this Holiday...
Love this special time with my family!!

Decorating.

Spent the afternoon putting up our tree.
So happy Daddy is home to share the holiday with us this year!

Finished Product...Our Tree!

Our Girls....

So much to be thankful for today.

Happy Thanksgiving to all our family and friends!

Turkey Trot 10K

Now I don't have to feel bad about all the goodies I'm going to eat today!!!

Zoo Time

The new baby giraffe, Willow (best pic I could get, she was shy)

Spent the morning at the Zoo with the McClure family.  We enjoyed a picnic lunch, lots of animal watching and a ride on the train. Thanks Kevin, Michelle and Riley for a great day!

THE CREW

The best of friends... Lily, Ellie, Emma, Caroline and Lydia
November 2009

Jaguar Team Party

Celebrated the end of the Jaguar soccer season with a team party at The Jungle Gym. The kids had a great time.... jumping, pizza, cake, goody bags and of course a really cool trophy. The Neighborhood Youth Soccer League has been a wonderful way for Lily to learn the fundamentals of soccer and how to be part of a team. It was also nice having Daddy as one of her coach's! It was a successful season, we made lots of new friends and had a blast! We'll definitely be playing again next year. Now on to swimming lessons....

The Great Flood

We survived the great November Nor'easter, but not with out flooding. Our area of Virginia Beach received over 13 inches of rain. We only lost power for about a day, others were not as fortunate. Luckily Jeff was home, so the four of us enjoyed a mini stay-cation. Check out the video I posted below. Our entire street was flooded and impassable for almost a day. There were kids having canoe races up and down the street, as some areas of water were over Jeff's knees. The water came up as far as the back of our van. After 2 days of rain, Jeff and I were getting a little nervous. However, the house survived with no water damage.

LOVE THIS!

My Little Chef

Always wanting to help Mommy in the kitchen!

OBX Half Marathon

Mile 10....tackling the BRIDGE!!!!

Outer Banks, North Carolina
Ran my second half marathon with Pam and had a great run. Managed to beat my Rock 'n Roll time by several minutes. Finished in 2:30 even, so I feel great (although, I was secretly hoping to get in the 2:20's...next time). It was a sunny, 60 degree day and the course was beautiful. There was a KILLER bridge at mile 10....straight up a half mile and straight down a half mile. So glad Pam and I drove down for the night and ran this race, we'll definitely run it again. I put the full slideshow below, as I took pictures of the course as I was running...enjoy!