exciting weekend

we had quite a weekend...

friday after school and work, mike googled and found a place similar to our old favorite X-bos. This place is called The Magic Castle. they have an indoor "soft play" area and games to win tickets. they also have medieval themed putt-putt golf. the girls played in the soft play area until they were tired out. once we were home, i made pancit and we rode our bikes to a park and had a picnic dinner. anya barely made it up that last hill.

saturday, we, the girls, participated in a fun run. Anya and Asia both got medals for completing a kiddie run (they finished in under 6 minutes so i am guessing it was about 1/4 mile). Asia ran the whole time except at the turn around. anya jogged a bit and then waited for asia and then jogged a bit and then waited for asia. someone got a cute picture of them a the finish line holding hands. we were very bad about remembering the camera this weekend. i did the 5K race and finished with a 29:15. i never knew ohio was hilly until then. asia said on the way home that she is going to keep running races so she can win more and more and more medals.

sunday we spent some time a the garlic festival. mike and i agreed that it would have been more fun if we hadnt eaten lunch first. the girls got to make slime, which was a big hit! we also went on a very bumpy hayride.

all in all, it was a fun and busy weekend. sorry there are no pics to go with all of the exciting events =(

USAF Marathon

Mike ran the Air Force Marathon on saturday and did really well. he finished with a time of 3:01:24 (that is a 6:55 pace) he placed 28th overall and 5th in his age group. he is still sore from the run, he kinda walks like an old man right now. Steve and Jen came up and ran the half-marathon. Steve finished in 1:36:23 (7:21 pace) and Jen was right behind him with a 1:38:42 (7:32 pace). I had fun staying home with the 4 kids and grandparents. Anya and Asia sure do like have cousins around to play with. Anywho, i didnt get any pictures because the finish line area was way too crowded. maybe next year!

Will's B-day

we went to Will's 1st birthday party on saturday. what a cutie. anya and asia had lots of fun playing with Juliet. she will be 4 next month so she is closer in age to asia, but anya really enjoys her as well. here are some pics from the party. we would have had more, but i forgot to check the battery before we left. oops....

yesterday we had some severe winds and it took out a lot of trees in the area. i guess now we are ok with not having a nice big old tree in our yard. a branch from one of the trees around here fell on a house a broke a little hole in their roof. maybe i can get come pictures once the battery is charged. anya and asia both didnt have school today. they were happy about that one!

Asia's first day of preschool

today was the big day! Asia started preschool today! she is going 3 days (MWF) from 8:30-12. i know its a long day, i was surprised at the hours. heck, anya was in kindergarten for less time. she is in a very small class, just 5 kids. i think it is good for her. she was very reluctant to let go this morning (it was hard for me too). Mrs. Carmelli, her teacher told me that she did pretty well. she had some times where she cried, but she got over it. she has been talking about school all day long. we will see how friday morning goes. cross your fingers!

sorry about the quality of this picture. asia only let me get one at home and she didnt want to take any pictures at school.

Labor day weekend

we spent labor day weekend in Michigan. it was great to be able to get there is just anout 3:30 hours. we spent some time with my folks and some with mike's. Mike ran a 30K (~18.6 miles) in milford. he did very well. he placed 4th in his age group and 23rd overall with a time of 2:06:47 (that translates to a 6:49 min/mi pace) while we were at mike's parents we got to meet our new niece, Madeline. she is very cute and still sleeps alot. anya and asia were quite taken with her. we all enjoyed the long weekend but were happy to get back home. this place is just about starting to have a homey feel to it.