Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! I have to say that this was one of the best holiday seasons I can remember! We had a lot of fun with holiday parties, Cally had her first Christmas program at school, we had a cookie baking afternoon with Grandma, and countless other memories! This year Nick's sister Katie came in town for Christmas with her boyfriend Moe and her son Gavin. We had so much fun having them here for an extended weekend the kids were in heaven. We went down to my parents for Christmas and enjoyed a nice relaxing holiday Nick and I even got in a run!
New Years Eve we went with some friends to a kids holiday party which was great! The kids even got to play with a pinata. We all made it to midnight, even the kids! It was great! Needless to say we are still recovering this weekend! Cheers :)
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Thanksgiving
This year we went to Iowa for Thanksgiving. I took the kids out the week before sans Nick and spent the week with his family. That weekend I got to run one of my favorite races with Katie, LIving HIstory Farms, and it was a blast SO muddy and crazy in fact I think it took us 2 hours to run the 7 mile course but so much fun! On Sunday we spend the day with RoseMarie in Perry and the kids saw Bambi for the first time (they loved it!!) We then got to go to Chloe and Laney's bday party which the kids loved! Monday I drove the kids to Omaha to meet my aunt and cousins out there and it was great! We were able to meet Christian and Bethany for lunch and I showed the kids our first home and their dad's restaurant! I even got to take them for a run around Lake Zorinsky! The rest of the week was spent with all of the family and we even went as a huge group to see Tangled, another hightlight! We had so much fun I forgot to take pictures but we will for sure always remember this trip!!!
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Halloween
The kids had a great time at Halloween this year. Cally choose to be Ariel and Reese wanted to be a "magenta princess"! We had a lot of fun with Halloween parties and the White fish bay pumpkin festival all leading up to trick or treating on Halloween! The kids lasted out for over an hour, it was great!!!
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
End of Summer/Fall :)
Ok, there is a lot to catch up on! Life has been crazy between my racing and recovering and Nick traveling like crazy and Cally starting school I feel like I havent had more then two seconds to sit down! Lets start back in July we had a lot of fun that month! We went to several outdoor concerts with friends and spent many days at the pool. I had my 1/2 ironman in Racine which was a great experience I finished in 6:14 which i was really happy with especially considering that it was in the low 90's that day!! Nicks mom was nice enough to come and help and to visit for a few days and my parents were able to make the trip as well! The kids had fun at the park and the beach while they were waiting for me to finish! The last day of July was spent by me driving out to Madison with my friend Courtney and completing the entire Madison bike course of 112 miles, which we actually did 116 cause we got a little lost!!!
August: We celebrated Cally's 4th bday which was so much fun. We had a bday party for her at Possibility Playground with 24 of her closest friends :) Everyone had a blast and the weather was perfect! We spent a lot of time outside at the parks and pools and had a great summer!
September: Cally started kindergarten on Sept 1! Her teacher is Mrs. Kubicki and Cally is thriving! We are so blessed to live 2 blocks from her school and for her to be in such a great place! It has been quite an adjustment though I must say but we are now into a groove. Cally is also going to her nature preschool 2 afternoons a week (Schlitz Audubon Nature Center) and that has been such a blessing for her! She is so comfortable and just feels at home there! Right after school started it was time for my Ironman which was Sept 12. I have to say it was one of the best days of my life! It really felt like a dream. The whole day was perfect. I felt fantastic barely tired, I just kept thinking "I am going to be an Ironman" and I also kept thinking "90% of my training days were harder then this!" THe kids and Nick were able to come along with my mom and sister and our dear friends Melinda and Craig came out to cheer me out on the bike! The swim was horrific! I got beat up like crazy by all the men. The bike was incredible and ironically was my favorite part of the race. It is such a beautiful course,extremely hard but so pretty. The spectators were amazing on the climbs I felt like I was in the TOur de France! I got up to 45 mph on one the hills, scary! The run was great. It was all through downtown Madison and was so pretty the support again was incredible and felt really strong. I finished in 13:24 which far exceeded my expectations! It was an amazing experience and I am so glad that I did it and I feel so lucky to have such a support husband who wants me to accomplish my dreams and to my friends and family who helped me out SO MUCH!!!
Sept/Oct: We have been doing all of the fall activities from going to the Cedarburg Harvest Fest, Pumpkin Farms, and Apple Picking. We went on some beautiful fall hikes and have been spending TONS of time outside considering the weather has been perfect up here!!! Here are some pics from the last few months!
August: We celebrated Cally's 4th bday which was so much fun. We had a bday party for her at Possibility Playground with 24 of her closest friends :) Everyone had a blast and the weather was perfect! We spent a lot of time outside at the parks and pools and had a great summer!
September: Cally started kindergarten on Sept 1! Her teacher is Mrs. Kubicki and Cally is thriving! We are so blessed to live 2 blocks from her school and for her to be in such a great place! It has been quite an adjustment though I must say but we are now into a groove. Cally is also going to her nature preschool 2 afternoons a week (Schlitz Audubon Nature Center) and that has been such a blessing for her! She is so comfortable and just feels at home there! Right after school started it was time for my Ironman which was Sept 12. I have to say it was one of the best days of my life! It really felt like a dream. The whole day was perfect. I felt fantastic barely tired, I just kept thinking "I am going to be an Ironman" and I also kept thinking "90% of my training days were harder then this!" THe kids and Nick were able to come along with my mom and sister and our dear friends Melinda and Craig came out to cheer me out on the bike! The swim was horrific! I got beat up like crazy by all the men. The bike was incredible and ironically was my favorite part of the race. It is such a beautiful course,extremely hard but so pretty. The spectators were amazing on the climbs I felt like I was in the TOur de France! I got up to 45 mph on one the hills, scary! The run was great. It was all through downtown Madison and was so pretty the support again was incredible and felt really strong. I finished in 13:24 which far exceeded my expectations! It was an amazing experience and I am so glad that I did it and I feel so lucky to have such a support husband who wants me to accomplish my dreams and to my friends and family who helped me out SO MUCH!!!
Sept/Oct: We have been doing all of the fall activities from going to the Cedarburg Harvest Fest, Pumpkin Farms, and Apple Picking. We went on some beautiful fall hikes and have been spending TONS of time outside considering the weather has been perfect up here!!! Here are some pics from the last few months!
Monday, June 14, 2010
Jamaica
We just got back from a wonderful trip to Jamaica with all of Nicks family to celebrate Steve and Dani's 10 year wedding anniversary! The week was spent golfing, swimming, going to the beach, swimming with dolphins and spending quality time with family. We stayed at Silent Waters in Montego Bay and it was an incredible villa! THe girls had so much fun and in was so nice to spend so much time together as a family! Here are some pics of our trip!
Callys Last Day of School!!!
It is so hard for us to beleive that Cally has completed her first year of school! Here are some pics of her last day!! I can't beleive how fast time is going by, we wish we could just freeze time!!!
Reese turns 2!!!
I know I am late but our little goofy turned two April 26! We celebrated with some dear friends and family, we kept it small because she tends to not like big crowds and she did great! She was so excited to have some of her friends over and loved all the cake and presents! Reese just got a new pair of shoes which for her is a big deal considering that she has been wearing the same shoes since November!!! SOme of the things that Reese is doing a two:
-She has to have her "blankie" which is a restoration hardware HUGE blanket that she wont let anyone touch, those of you have tried to use it know what I am talking about!!
-She loves her dolls! SHe is constantly playing with them and normally always has to have two! We always joke that she is destined to have twins!
-She is my accessory girl, she is always wearing several necklaces and bracelets, she also loves shoes, which is so sad cause she only has one pair, but she loves to wear her sisters!!
- Her fav words are "mine", "no"!!!
-She LOVES to cuddle she is our cuddle bug, I hope that she never grows out of this phase!
-She is very certain of what she wants and has definite opinions, she has no problem sticking up for herself and is extremely stubborn, all traits that we love about her!!!
And last but certainly not least, Reese we love you more than you could ever imagine, you inspire us every day with your perserverence and strength, we love you sweetie and feel so blessed to have you in our lives!!!!
-She has to have her "blankie" which is a restoration hardware HUGE blanket that she wont let anyone touch, those of you have tried to use it know what I am talking about!!
-She loves her dolls! SHe is constantly playing with them and normally always has to have two! We always joke that she is destined to have twins!
-She is my accessory girl, she is always wearing several necklaces and bracelets, she also loves shoes, which is so sad cause she only has one pair, but she loves to wear her sisters!!
- Her fav words are "mine", "no"!!!
-She LOVES to cuddle she is our cuddle bug, I hope that she never grows out of this phase!
-She is very certain of what she wants and has definite opinions, she has no problem sticking up for herself and is extremely stubborn, all traits that we love about her!!!
And last but certainly not least, Reese we love you more than you could ever imagine, you inspire us every day with your perserverence and strength, we love you sweetie and feel so blessed to have you in our lives!!!!
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