reflections of a mom's life: Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon Va Beach

Friday, October 16, 2009

the "Mullenator"

Tom & Grace and The Mullen's own a boat and we were able to go out on it with them Labor Day Weekend. It has never worked out during a visit in the past so we were VERY excited to get this chance! We rode down to Waterside and had dinner at Outback, walked around a bit, and then came back home. Doesn't that sound like fun??? :)

The boys had a blast and Grace even gave all the girls baths and had them in their jammies before we got home! Hilarious! We had a BLAST!

Anthony's 1st 1/2 Marathon

Anthony was SO supportive of me while I trained for my first 1/2 Marathon. After he saw that I was able to do one and ENJOY it he was sure he wanted to do one too! He signed up for the Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon in VA Beach Labor Day weekend, September 6, 2009. He did AWESOME!!! He was much faster than me and I was SO proud of him and happy I could be there to cheer him on!

at the Expo to pick up his race packet

Jackson is always willing to give us a laugh!

up bright and early! my sisters were amazing and offered to watch the kids for us while we were at the race. i know the boys would have enjoyed it in some ways but it was so nice to be able to watch without wondering if a child had wondered off! there were SO many people. seriously ridiculous! i didn't even see Anthony cross the finish line because there were so many people and it was hard to find him! i was really bummed about that but i loved being there to support him and he did such an AMAZING job!

he convinced Chris to join him in his madness and sign up for the race. i think Chris was really wishing he hadn't agreed but he was a trooper and finished his first (maybe his last) 1/2 marathon too!