Indy Mini Marathon 2009

This is my first Mini Marathon and I am happy to report that I completed the 13.1 miles in 2hrs, 21min and 34secs! My goal was to complete the run in 2hr, 15-20min so its safe to say I was in the zone. The experience was awesome and I will probably do it again in the future. I'd like to do some shorter runs between. Some I'd like to do are the Lexington, KY and the Peachtree of Atlanta, GA. I have heard the Chicago Rock and Roll race is fun too... I think they have a bunch of rock bands along the route playing songs for the runners. Suppose it would be fun. There is also a Geist run I may check into. I have developed a love for running, so I hope that my body can tolerate it for a long time to come!

Mike and the kids had a terrific time run/walking the Indy Mini 5K this year. It made me so proud and excited that they were able to experience such an awesome event! I hope they come again and participate. I have them signed up to complete the kidz marathon May 16th at BSU. They have been walking since the beginning of Spring and by the end of school, they will have all but one mile (which they will finish thru the YMCA's kidz marathon) at Ball State in a few weeks.

It was nice to have the family over after the race at our house. Several members came to Indiana. Aunt Judy is from Chicago area, Uncle Joe and cousin Jessica came from North Carolina, Cousin Todd came from San Francisco, and my sister Charlotte, her husband Peyton, my two nieces-Lisbeth and Leah came from Palm Harbor, FL. Aunt Janet, Uncle David, cousins Sarah and husband Chris, cousin Sue and Grama Great (Helen) came to our house to eat and spend the day together. It was nice!

The next day my sis and I traveled to Hamilton Town Center to have lunch and window shop! We went to a great Irish Pub called Moe's and had a terrific lunch followed by Gelato and Sorbet for desert, YUM!!! We enjoyed our time together very much although there seems to never be enough of it. We may get together in June when my family takes vacation in Siesta Keys, Sarasota, FL... Can't wait!

Easter 2009

We had a terrific Easter at Nana and Papa's house. Susan, Paul, Rick, Ruth Anne, Jenni, and her boyfriend were there. We missed Nana very much but Papa did a good job of manning the fort! After dinner and egg hunting Papa, Suz, Paul, Mike, I and the kids headed for Morrow's Meadows to fly our kites! Perfect weather (windy) to fly kites... it was chilly to say the least. We had fun and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Meet the Players Night @ Conseco Fieldhouse

This was Dad and Kait's night out in the big city of Indianapolis. It was her turn to have a night out with Dad and since Mike has taken the other two kids to Conseco for special events, Kait was up for a turn. They reported having a terrific time and Mike got some great pics to bring home. My favorite is the pic of Kait and Larry Bird. He is sooooooo tall, especially to my sweetie all of 5'2"...Hee hee! She would be upset to know that I blogged her height. She has become sensitive to her height since a lot of her peers are now almost a head taller. I say look on the bright side, she can wear high heels without one care:) I think Mike and I have come up with a plan for a wall of Fame in the basement. We have autographed sports tickets, Jersey's , Basketballs and Pics with celebrites and good times with friends to display. I just have to make the time to complete the lengthy TO DO list. Well, enjoy the pics!

Grant's Spring Play

Grant was a blue raindrop second from the right. What a cute Spring Play it was! Grant's teacher, Mrs. Nixon is so creative. This is the second school play that Grant's class has put on this year. The first was Nursery Rhymes and it was cute as well. The coustumes are amazing! We really enjoyed watching this play. The kids all had many speaking parts individually and together as a group. Pretty impressive! Wee Wisdom Nursery/Preschool prepared my kids well for speaking parts and the Stage. Hope the pics transfer in with this post otherwise they will follow. Still trying to grasp the complexity of this new blogging hobby. Till next post, Avwah!

Taylor's State Meet (Gymnastics 2009)

Well, after returning from NY we went to New Castle Field House to watch Tay compete for State. Mamaw and Grampa came to watch too. It was amazing to watch how well Tay did and how far she has come! Her daddy and I couldn't be more proud. She came home with a participation medal and medals in 3 events (uneven bars, beam, vault) plus an All Around medal!!!! How exciting! She did not know how to react. Her floor routine suffers some d/t her not having her bridge kick over skill quite yet. She is working hard to obtain that skill. She has been moved back up with her team to level 4 after having a heart to heart with the coaches and the head coach of Tay's gym. Thank God for that little miracle. That was stressful, but never the less we ultimately got what we hoped for and are Thankful. She will have to work hard on a couple level 3 skills and press forward with her new level 4 skills all at the same time. Time is on our side, we don't start competing again until end of this year, so she can work hard thru this summer and we have every bit of confidence that she will meet her goals! Here are some pics of her meet. Enjoy!

I am not having the least bit of luck getting my images added to my posting. I will try again then I am giving up till I get ahold of Lazette, my blog coach! Haaa Ha.

NY trip pictures

Well, I have decided to give it a go on posting some pictures from the NY trip that Kait and I took for her Band Competition. I hope this is not too hard because I want to proceed with catching up! Here goes! Wish me luck.

New York Trip with Kait

Well, so much has happened since my last post. I have taken the new position at CIO surgery center as a pre/post anesthesia nurse. I have also taken a new position at my current hospital in their resource dept. I will give them 32 hours biweekly for a lot more money doing the same job as when I was PRN. I am loving the new job and adjusting to the increase in hours at my hospital. This year is my year to really grow in my field and build some experience and hopefully with experience confidence in my skills as a nurse will come. It is hard to have confidence when you hardly ever work.

As for the NY trip, Kait and I had a blast! NY is an awesome city, very clean and full of excitement. We were paired with one of Kait's best girlfriends and her mother Lisa (also one of my good friends). We roomed together and rode on the same bus. It was almost like our mini girls vacation. We arrived in NY city after driving all night to see the Today Show be filmed at Rockerfella Plaza. Pretty cool! We tevoed it and found ourselves on TV! We then left to tour the West side, Manhattan and the Bronks by bus. We visited China Town and Little Italy and shopped for about 40minutes. I would have rather shopped at Times Square, but brought back some cool souveniers anyhow. After a long day we ate at an Italian resturaunt and then checked into our hotel. The next morning was up and at em' early to go to Staton Island College for the Band Competition. We were competing against High School. Kait's class has always been very gifted in the music, arts area. We were so proud to take first place trophy in their division, but sad to have missed the Grand Champion Mother of a trophy by only 2 tenths of a point. Still a very proud moment for me and the other parents.We took a tour of Ellis Island where we enjoyed the Statue of Liberty, then headed back to 42nd street for a broadway play "Mary Poppins". I would highly recommend anyone of any age to go to this, Wow! Incredible! We had our awards ceremony at the Midevil Times Castle in New Jersey where again our luck was running high... Kait, Maria, Lisa and I got booth seats (really cool, there are only 4 booths in the arena... the best seats). We had soo much fun and will cherish our memories.

After a very long trip home, It was on to Taylor's Gymnastic State Meet! She did such a good job and brought back 5 medals!!!! We are so proud of her for sticking with it when she had been so discouraged early on. I will post pics soon!