Playdate Fun

Today we went over to a friend's place for a little fun in the sun. All was good until it was time to leave and both the boys freaked, but I think they were just having so much fun they didn't want to leave... that and it was nap time!

Despite what it looks like Clark did NOT eat :)

Dex wasn't super down with the awesome baby play area at first-

but he warmed up and then loved it! might be in the hunt for one of these this summer.

Clark was jazzed that they were building a new house next door. Workmen galore!

Hugs for Jack- how cute is he??? Look at that face, his momma is going to be in trouble when he's in high school!

Cleveland

Two weekends ago (wow I haven't updated in FOREVER!) I headed to Cleveland for my cousin Drew's wedding. I went solo because we didn't want to mess the boy's schedules up too much with the travel, hotel situation etc.

I've been putting off making a post since I know I have more pictures from when Grandma & Grandpa DiTore were in town but for the life of me I can't find the card they're on anywhere! So, I'll post when I find them :(

Click HERE if you want to see more pictures from the Cleveland weekend and wedding- fun times. I'm linking to my Facebook album since Picasa is being strange for me right now.

Lord, help me

I registered to run a marathon. I've never done one before for a very obvious reason... I've always HATED running. But several months ago I decided to run an 8k with my girlfriends and got hooked. Then I stumbled upon the group Team in Training and knew this would be the way I could train for a marathon and not go crazy, or hurt myself for that matter. So for the next 5 months I'm going to run my heart out and see if I can get ready. If for some reason I'm not there is a half-marathon as well, but I'm going to run like that's not an option!

Through Team in Training I'll be working with a coach and a team of women also training for the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco. The marathon draws over 20,000 women from across the world, and the money we raise will go towards the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I'm so excited that I'm getting the opportunity to not only challenge myself physically but also raise awareness and funds for such an important cause. Right now my fundraising goal is $3,500 and I would LOVE help in raising that. SO, if anyone reading this would like to contribute that would be awesome!!! If anyone reading this has any fun fundraising ideas I'd love to hear them. If anyone reading this thinks I'm crazy, you can tell me that too :)

The link I have added to the left side of this page will take you to my secure donation page. If you decide to donate you will receive a confirmation email, and please save that because it's a tax deduction! And I'll be sure to post an update on my training progress... Right now I've only been training for 2 weeks and i've been running an average of 3 miles, 5 times a week. Although, looking at the August & September training schedule I'm a little scared!

Our first 5k

I ran an 8K with my girlfriends this year (and got hooked on running) but had never done a 5K before, so Rich and I ran one last weekend for the first time. It was nice to be able to do one together since most of them fall during Dex's morning nap, we wouldn't get to unless we had sitting- so thanks Grandma & Grandpa! Here's a quick shot from when we got home.

I'm going to do one next month in FL when we're visiting the family, and am signing up for a Halloween 10K this fall with a bunch of friends. The ultimate goal is the Disney half-marathon next year, fingers crossed!

Grandma & Grandpa DiTore are here...

and are sadly leaving already. It's been an awesome two weeks with them in town though and we are missing them already. Clark is obsessed with his Grandpa and they even have their own little phrases they say to each other. I know he's going to be so sad tomorrow morning when he wakes up and can't climb into bed with them! Luckily we get to head down to FL next month for a quick visit...

And for some reason I was NOT good about snapping a ton of pictures, but I'll try to post the ones I did take over the next couple days-