Soccer and Halloween Wrap Up.

Julia's last soccer game was the weekend before Halloween, see how far behind I am. But she had a blast and can't wait until the spring. She made some new friends and really developed a few old ones. They went out in style by winning their last game 8 to 1 (It was the only one that she played in where they won). Way to Go Julia!

Halloween in a nutshell. We trick or treated and Grandma's and partied there until 8:30. Whohoo we are quite the party animals.

Connor as Buzz Lightyear (this was his only costume). He wanted to wear this every day all day from the time we bought it in Disney World until today. He loves that thing.

This was Julia's first costume choice, until we got to Disney World, then she wanted to be...

Princess Aurora. Here they are at their first house, Connor has already gotten the hang of it and immediately screams, after each door, my turn, my turn. (He wants to ring the doorbell every time).

We love Buzz Lightyear.

This was Baby Michael's first Halloween and his parents did well. He was the cranky skeleton.

This was the whole scary party!

Yeah I finally did something that is a little better than nothing. Here is a collage of pics (there were over 400) that I hope you enjoy. There was obviously a lot that we did, Magic Kingdon, Epcott, Animal Kingdon, Sea World, Hollywood Studios and Discovery Cove. Julia and Grandma got to swim with the dolphins and Connor got to meet Buzz Lightyear. It was truly a memorable time and one that without the love of our family we would not have been able to go on. Thank you Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Mike, Aunt Cindi, Uncle Wes and Aunt Sherrianne for all of your generous contributions of Sky Miles and Condo rentals. We love you all.

Weight Update

Ok so you probably didn't need to know this but I had to shout it out and this is how I do it. I am in the 230's now. Ok so it is 239.6 but still, it is awesome and I am soooooo happy!!!!! I am going running tonight after Math and will probably smile the whole time. :)

Get Out And Live!!!

Apologizies

I am sorry friends for the lack of pics from our vacation to Disney World. I have tried to get Picasa to work the way I wanted but I have since given up. I have 400+ pictures that I will sort through and find the ones that I think are most interesting but I have to do other things so it will be a bit.

In the meantime I will give you a running update.

I have still been running. Woot! I am getting into smaller clothes that have been sitting in the back of my closet for years. I stole a pair of Steve's jeans about a month ago and Saturday he told me that they are getting baggy. This makes me so happy. Today (right this minute) I am wearing the sweater that Steve and I were given by my parents when we got engaged to have our engagment photos taken in. I love it!! I am starting to feel more like a smaller person although I still look in the mirror and am pretty harsh. I keep telling Windy that I need to remember where I started (310lbs, and a complete mess) then it is nice to say I weight 244 and am still loosing. For those that don't know it is a constant struggle.

I think that is why I am so obssessed. It is either that or go back to the same old. And that is NOT happening.

This week is halloween and there is a lot going on so I will see you guys later this week.

Love you all!

Semi Update

Ok so I know you are all ready for the trip pics and stories but you have to wait a little longer. I am almost caught up (I have downloaded the pictures) but I still have homework to do first. So I will probably get something up this weekend. I do have to say I am so happy to be home and missed everyone while I was gone. I did catch up on the 66 blog posts that I missed while I was out and am glad that you all kept posting so I could stay caught up.

Vacation post next...

Blogging Break

The magic awaits!!

I will be taking a break for about a week and a half from blogging. Our family is out of here tomorrow and I will busy all day today getting ready. I will say Hi to Mickey for all of you. We are leaving at a great time too. Enjoy the snow (Sam I know you will). ;)~

Striders 7 2008

I forgot to check to see if they had my time posted for my Run at Mountain to Metro and they did. Click on the link (just click the title of this post) to see me. Don't worry I am there you just have to scroll to the bottom of the list. ;)

Oh and per Michelle comments (See Running Update) we don't have a 1/2 Marathon picked out yet so any suggestions are welcome. Sam and I are looking to go in the Spring.

Running Update

I did run tonight. :) Yeah me! I have decided that until I start my next training schedule (for the half marathon) I will just run as far as I can for a certain amount of time. Since today was my first day after my week off I wanted to run as long as I had before and see how far I could get. So I ran for 45 minutes and then turned around. I ran my old route (6.5 mile route) and had to actually add a few blocks and then turned around and ran the way I came. I ended up running 6.83 miles. So an average pace of 13.16. I am very happy with that. On Wednesday I will probably just run for an hour. This makes me so very happy!. Sorry How many times I have said happy in this blog. :) Guess you know how I feel. Get Out And Live!!

Update

I didn't run this week, I gave myself the week off after my awesome 7 mile run but I have felt lazy this whole week so tomorrow I am running. :) Don't worry it is OK to give yourself a break just as long as you get right back to it. I do have to say one thing though, I have missed it. And my sis has been running this week so it was awesome every time she texted me with her new accomplishments, it has been a great motivator too. Keep it up Windy!!

They call it Puppy Love...

Julia has her first Crush. I am so happy he is from a nice family. This is Julia and Xander Larsen (yes he is David and Carrie's boy). LOL she gets so embarrassed when I say that he is her boyfriend but on this night (the night of the WOW friends BBQ) she wanted to wear a dress and put lip gloss on so it is serious stuff. We had one of the "talks" so there is no funny stuff going on. It is absolutely adorable.

This week is going to be long and very busy. Our family is going to Disney World for a family vacation on Saturday. We are all so excited and can't wait for Saturday morning, when we have to be at the airport at 5 am!! Ughhhh