Thursday, March 31, 2011

Florida Part I - Gate River Run

Florida time again! This year Mike went with me and we ran The Gate River 15K together....well not together exactly because there's no way I could keep up with Mr. Speedy-pants. It was an awesome race. It's the biggest 15K in the country....18,000 runners. Being part of a race that big was very cool!

I love these girls and I was so glad to finally be able to introduce Mike to the friends I talk about so much! A couple of other husbands were supposed to come, but had to back out last minute because of work-issues so Mike got to just be "one of the girls"......he was thrilled. Mike finished in an amazing 1:08 and I had a respectable finish of 1:24....my fastest race yet! This bridge was right before the finish line, it was a mile long and it was a killerPost-race celebrating!!!
(How can you tell someoen is a REALLY bad photographer? Their fingers end up in half the pictures!)



St. Augustine.....














































































































St. Augusting light house.....









With our race-weary legs we still managed to climb the 200+ steps to the top of the light house. The view was worth it!










These are our wonderful hosts for the trip. They graciously opened their home to all of us (two years in a row now!), fed us and drove us around everywhere. They're both absolutely fantastic people!




Cool Farmer's Market......it was huge, about the size of a warehouse store and there were varities of fruits/vegetables that I'd never even seen before!

The next morning we went canoeing on the St. Johns River. Beautiful!











Mike touching the Atlantic Ocean for the first time....Florida was beautiful in the Spring......
I want to take this kitty home!!!!




Irish Dance - Caeden's Recital

Caeden got to learn Irish Dance for his school recital. He did a great job and he looked so handsome up there on stage!



Mike & the Boys Sledding!













Manicures!

I'm no longer an Activity Days leader, but this was one of our best activities. Valentine's Day Manicures. I love these girls so much and I'm going to miss them!!!!