Weekend Recap

Another weekend has come and gone too quickly, but at least this past weekend was jam-packed with FUN!  I am happy to report that Andy and I survived the half marathon!!  I honestly do not know how I did it, but I felt great the whole time.  Andy finished in 2:11:00 and I finished in 2:11:09.  (He started his end of the race sprint before I did. :) )  We ran at a steady 10 minute pace the entire race, stopping to walk for about a minute at each water stop.  The course was great--all of the hills except for 1 were in the beginning, just the way I like it.  While my 6-months-ago goal was to finish in under 2 hours, I am just proud of myself for finishing at all, especially after majorly slacking on my training program.

(Not my wheelchair in the background)                                 My bff Sarah and her hubs also ran the half.

I forgot to mention that Ben thought it would be a good idea to wake up at 3:30AM on Saturday, so Andy and I were both up with him.  Although Benji went back to sleep after a bottle, Andy and I were wide awake!  Andy made some delicious banana pancakes, which he believes are the reason we felt so great while running, and then we were off.  (After my mom came over to watch Benj, of course.)  Thankfully, the rain stopped shortly after we started running and it was beautiful weather after that!

We were exhausted after the run, but we didn't want to miss the 8th and 10th birthday party celebration for the lovely Hannah and Emily!  It was a beach themed party complete with leis and shades.  Although it looks like we are holding Ben's hands down, he actually really got into his glasses.  However, after a lot of partying, (which included crawling everywhere and finding any teeny tiny crumb he could get his little paws on) he decided to take a nap...with one ear closed so that the rest of the party-goers wouldn't disturb him. :)  Since Andy and I were struggling to not only keep our eyelids open but also to stand, we called it an early night so we would have energy for Dad's Day!

Benji was so excited for his first Father's Day that he decided he wanted to get up around 4:45.  Luckily, Ben bought Daddy some of his all-time favorite Alterra coffee to help keep him awake!

"You have to read the card first, Daddy."

"I can help."

Benji hit a home run with the gifts he picked for daddy.   However, I think his favorite gift was his "DAD" photos.  Ben was such a little model for his pics that it was hard to choose the cutest ones!

In case I didn't brag about Andy enough in the last post, I have to add how he was such a good sport to wear the following shirt.  Granted, Benji is the cutest kid around so who wouldn't want to dress like him, but still...

We spent the morning with my dad, Joe, and Anna down by the lake getting some breakfast and walking around in the BEAUTIFUL weather!  We went to lunch at Andy's parents' house and then went and got pizza and fro yo for dinner!  We even let lil Benj try some frozen yogurt and he kicked, squealed, and smiled in delight.  All in all, it was a perfect weekend with my little family.  We're hoping the weather stays warm so we can take Ben swimming before his surgery in a week from today.  EEK!