A mommy post

Hey everyone!! I'm gonna be selfish and post pictures of ME!! If you don't have facebook, you don't know that I participated in the DFW Marine Mud Run this past Sunday. It's exactly how it sounds...a 10k (6.2 mile) "run" through military style obstacles, and, you guessed it...mud. And lots of it. It was super challenging, but so much fun!!! Compare it to those ropes courses you did in junior high...I left feeling like I could accomplish anything!! It involved crawling army style through trenches, climbing walls and ropes, and sliding down muddy hills to a muddy "lake"!! I got super muddy, and had a blast!! Join me for Mud Run in Fall 09!!


My neighbor (and the person who made me do this in the first place) Shannon and I pre-mud!!

Our first "trench". The water was pretty chilly!!

On the final stretch. This is so much harder than it looks!!

Making my way through our final obstacle!! Finally...

I did it!! Muddy and happy...it was great!!

Thanks to Shannon, Kelly and Tadd for the pictures!!

T-ball!

This is the boys' first season of t-ball. So far, so good! They seem to really like it, and they've had fun at the games. Both of them have gotten pretty good at throwing the ball, and they're getting the hang of what to actually do with it once they catch it!!
Here are a few pics from our last game!

Cody up to bat.

Cody played "pitcher" one inning. They alternate positions every inning so every kid gets a chance to play every position. Cody did pretty good catching the balls...just wasn't sure where to throw them afterwards!!



My two little sluggers. (Blake was cold, and not very interested in posing)
Cody headed home!!
Blake's turn to batBlake's turn as pitcher

Blake headed to first! I think this is such a cool picture!!
Getting some advice from the 3rd place coach (aka Dad) before running home.

The Magic Kingdom!!

Finally...the Magic Kingdom. The most magical place on Earth!! It was so fun, and so great. We all had a fantastic time, and were very sad to leave. Watching the fireworks as a family, and experiencing the magic of Disney was so wonderful. As Blake said while we were watching the fireworks..."do dreams really come true?"...Yes baby, at Disneyworld they do!!

Mommy and the boys on the teacups!!

Blake watching the parade come while enjoying his ice cream!!

Mom and boys with our mouse ears!

Dad and the boys in front of Cinderella's castle

Buzz lightyear!!

Animal Kingdom

We spent our first day at Animal Kingdom. We went on a safari and met Mickey and Minnie for the first time.

We also rode several rides, including a dinosaur ride that scared the bejeezus out of poor Cody.

They had a great parade at the end of the day. It was a good time for our first Disney experience!!

Pooh and Tigger...Cody wasn't too sure of these big guys yet, so no picture with Pooh.

Meeting Safari Mickey and Minnie

With our 3d glasses before the "It's a bugs life"

3-d movie

Our character dinner!

We had breakfast with Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, and Goofy at Chef Mickeys. It was neat because all the characters came to us so we didn't have to wait to see them all!


The family with Mickey!!

Kisses and Hugs from Minnie!!

Posing at Chef Mickeys

Pluto and Goofy

Donald Duck

Epcot

Traveling "around the world"...this was our last stop...Mexico!!


My sweet boys...this was taken in Paris by the way...


Chip n Dale!! They were so funny.


Bruce the shark from Nemo!!


The family in front of the giant golf ball/bowling ball!!

We had a really good time at Epcot. More than we thought we would. It really is a cool place, and we had fun going to all the different countries collecting stamps for their "passports"!!

Hollywood Studios

Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater!!

The cold front came through on Sunday and our last day (Monday) was spent at MGM/Hollywood Studios. It was windy and chilly, but not awful.
This was where the bulk of the non-traditional characters were. Beside the pics I've posted, we got autographs from all 5 Power Rangers (red, blue, yellow, pink, and white), the green army man from Toy Story, the Little Einsteins, Handy Manny, and Fro-zone from The Incredibles.



Bolt!!


One of our most anticipated meetings...Buzz and Woody!!!



My tough Power Rangers in front of the Power Ranger car!!

My crazy kids.

I almost fell out laughing when I saw what they were doing. Only my kids.

And Cody did pop that last one...my battery died just as it happened.

Misc pictures

Just a few pictures from recently!

My college sorority recently had a small reunion here in Dallas. It was mostly girls from my pledge class and the year after. It was really fun to see everyone again. Some of these girls I hadn't seen in over 10 years!!
Here I am with 2 of my roomies from my senior year...Leslie and Lauren


Me and Lauren



Cody showing off his "bobos". All the bandaids are gone now! We had our follow up appt with the surgeon yesterday and all is good. He will be going back to school next week and is very glad. He's so bored staying home with Mommy. We still have to take it "easy" for another few weeks, but he'll be good to go for Disney!!

The boys showing off their teeth.

My red ranger, Blake