Addy's 7

Holy cow, another year has passed and Addy is now 7. I don't feel old enough to have a 7 year old. This is a picture of Addy when she was 1 and then a picture of today. Addy was so excited today, I made her a shirt that had a 7 on it so she could wear it to school, then after Will came home we opened some of her presents from the Grandparents. These presents came last week and everyday she would ask if she could open them up. So she was sooooooo happy. Addy is such a wonderful little girl. She is such a big help around the house and with her brothers. She loves school and she is so artistic, anything to do with crafts and she is there. Addy is such a great reader, she will often help Carter try to read or count. She is becoming a young lady, we love her so much. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADDY!

Halloween 2010

This year on Halloween it was pretty cold and we had to dress warm when we went out. Even though we dressed warm Boston only wanted to be out for about 30 min. He had had enough. Will had to work so we went out Sunday night with some of our friends.
On Saturday Addy and Carter went to a birthday/Halloween party and had a great time. They both got their face painted to match their costumes.

On Monday for family home evening we carved our pumpkins. Carter and Addy loved it, but Boston was not sure what to do. He did not want to touch anything that had to do with the pumpkin.

The kids and I a few weeks ago went down Church Street and went trick or treating to the stores. It was a beautiful day and Boston could not get enough candy. He didn't want to stop, it was so cute when he would say "trick or treat". That night we went to the church and we had a trunk or treat and chili dinner.

We had a great few weeks of Halloween this year. All the kids looked so cute. Addy was a witch, Carter was bumble bee the transformer and Boston was tiger.

Taekwon-Do

About 2 weeks ago Addy and Carter started taking Taekwon-Do 3 nights a week. They have really wonderful teachers that are really really patient. It is really fun to watch them learn. Adyson does really well, she listens and has really strong hits and kicks. It is hard for her to come out of her shell while in class, which is a surprise because she is totally opposite at home. Carter loves to go and and is trying really hard to listen and do what the teacher asks. I think that this could be really good for Carter and his listening skills. I am hoping that they stick with taekwon-do and become really good at it and very confidant about them selves. Boston was feeling left out while I was taking Addy and Carter's pictures so he jumped in a few. Who knows we could have all three kids in taekwon-do.

Hartford, Connecticut and the Big Race

Saturday October 9, 2010 I ran in the Hartford, Connecticut half marathon. This year there was over 15,000 runners all together. It was really crazy at the starting line. We had a perfect day for running. I ran my race in 2 hours and 9 min. I felt really good about my race. Overall I was 2575th of 4612, out of all the females I was 1132nd of 2540, and out of my age group 30-34 I was 195th of 399. There was so many people at the finish line, that with a stroller and 3 kids Will was not able to see me or take any pictures at the end. The race took pictures of all the runners during and at the end of the race so I was able to buy a couple of pictures of me running. We also went back on Sunday and took some pictures of the finish line and the start line.

After my race we went to the Childrens Musuem and spent 2 and a half hours there. The kids had so much fun they did not want to leave.

My friends Mindi and Angie are who I have been running with to get ready for the run and it was a little crazy during the race, but I was able to get a picture with Angie and I will have to get one later of Mindi. It was so much fun to run with these awesome ladies. We got up pretty early to get our runs in but they made it all worth it.

This arch is at the center of Hartford and we ran underneath it to the finish line. And our medal that we got for finishing has the arches on it. The starting line was really crazy, we started at the capital building, the marathon and the half marathon all started together for the first mile and then we split off. On Sunday when we went back to the capital and somone had put a race number on a statue.

So I guess now that I have finished a half marathon I think that I could do one again and I might even think about doing a whole marathon........we'll see.

On the way home this is how Boston was watching his movie. Got to love this guy!