Back from the big NYC

Well after spending most of the night last night in the airport and only having 2 hours of sleep, we are back home from New York. It was a whirlwind of a weekend and so much fun. Saturday morning started with yet another surprise from the husbands. We arrived at the Moon house to find a limo waiting for us to take us all to the airport. After checking into our rooms and touring all day we went to see the Broadway show Chicago on Saturday, it was really good for those of us who actually stayed awake for the entire show. We also visited the Empire state building and walked and road all over New York. On Sunday, we shopped most of the day in China town, that was quite the experience.... ("10 dollar- I make no money") We also ran/ walked about 2 miles to see the miracle plane( that went down in the Hudson river last week. We rode in a yellow taxi/ the subway, got in trouble on tour buses, had pictures made with very large bulls (as well as many other places), and walked down Wallstreet. We also cried a little at ground zero and saw the Statue of Liberty. Then we finished our night on Sunday with a little sledding and walked on a frozen lake in Central Park. It snowed most of the day on Sunday and Monday and it was so beautiful. Even though we had a very hard time getting back home this morning (thanks Mark and Brent for picking us up at 1:30am) it was a great trip... Oh and I almost forgot a very important last surprise from my wonderful hubby... I walked into the house last night to the smell of clean (I love that smell):) he had someone (Becky) come and clean my house it was awesome!!!
Thanks Brett- I Love you!!
( I will add pictures later)

Disney Marathon 2009

This weekend I completed my first Marathon in Walt Disney World. It was great it started at 6am with fireworks lighting up the sky at Epcot. We ran through Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, MGM, and ended again in Epcot. The race course was lined with people cheering, bands playing, and Characters everywhere!!!

Nikki, Me, and Lauren at 3:00am race day!
3:45 meeting up with Dana, and Beth

The finish line!!


Here we are running to the finish line after 26.2 miles!!! We lost one person around mile 16 so here is 4 of us ( from left to right Beth, Nikki, Me and Dana)!! Lauren was not far behind:-(


If you look close we are holding hands across the finish :-) If it were not for Dana pushing me through and holding me accountable for our morning races I am not sure I could have done it.

Just after we crossed the finish line posing for a picture!! After crying our eyes out- I know I am too emotional...


Me and the boys after we got our huge Mickey medals- They are awesome!!


Family picture- Thanks Brett for supporting me through all this hard work training for my 1st Marathon- I could not have done it without you!!



My mom and dad did not want to miss this:-) Love you guys

Lauren and Ben

The group all together with our medals!

I will be posting more pictures later that we took during the race. It was awesome Disney had Characters all over the place so we took picutres with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, Goofy, power rangers, and some animals ( I had to have mine with the owl).

Disney 2009

We just returned home from a very excited few days in Disney world! We had a great time enjoying Epcot, Magic Kingdom, and a Character Breakfast... Mason's favorite part was the flight ( his first time) and Brooks loved meeting Goofy!! I took a ton of pictures and here are just a few!!

Mason Tackling Pluto!
Brooks with Goofy!!

The family at Magic Kingdom!!

Another Family picture

Nana and Papa with the boys!!

The boys!

Disney here we come!!

We are leaving for Disney tomorrow and I am beyond excited!! I am running in my first Marathon 26.2 miles with a few of my girlfriends ( Dana, Lauren, Beth, and Nikki). I will update with pictures when I return. Who could ask for a better place to run their first marathon than Disney world. The boys are very excited to go back to "Mickey Mouse's house" as Brooks calls it. Mason is also getting to fly for the first time and is looking forward to the experience. I will update next week.... hopefully:)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!

Tagged....

 Libby tagged me... 

so here it goes.

1.  Go to your pictures folder.

2. Go to the fourth folder.

3. Choose the fourth picture.

4.  Explain the picture.

5. Tag four people.

This is a picture of Mason and Brooks washing off all the sand from the beach (2nd beach trip to Myrtle beach)this summer.  

I tag Stacy, Stephanie, Lori and Morgan