Ugly Sweater 5K!

Babe & I have been big into fitness lately! We completed the 14 week BeachBody program - T25 and have both started new programs to continue on our journey. It's been great doing this together and seeing the results we're seeing :)  As I've never been one to run, at some point during the 14week T25 program, I noticed my endurance for running had improved. A LOT. One day I did the treadmill to see how long I could go without stopping - i did 2 miles! :) The next time I did 2 1/4 miles, and the time after that, 2.5 miles! I was improving my own time by 1/4 of a mile each time :) Good goal?! I think so!

I had come across a groupon for an ugly sweater run up in Philly. Babe agreed to it, and so did good friends of ours! So we decided to make a day trip of it :) And it was this past Saturday! My goal: to run the whole thing! I hadn't ran since the 2.5 miles, so I was nervous. Plus I've always hated running in the cold. But, I was determined!

And ya know what happened???

I DID IT!!!!!!!!! :)

We ALL did it!!! Babe ran/walked with the kiddos - the 2 littles in our jogging stroller and Buddy kept up with him! Poor Princess is freezing here :( But she still had a really good time :)

My running buddy for the day! She stayed with me the whole time :)

A reindeer with fake snow!

After the run, we headed back to the hotel room to shower and get ready to go see some sights of Philly and Santa :) We had lunch in Chinatown, then headed to Macy's!

As soon as we got to Macy's, we got in line for Santa! It wasn't too long when we got there - thank goodness - and they have you go through Dicksen Village while you are waiting! Such a great idea and it was really neat to see :)



Monkey turned 3!

I came on to put up Princess's 5 year photos, only to realize I never put up Monkey's 3 year photos! I'm so bad! So...here's Monkey's 3 year photos...it's crazy to think he's ALREADY 3 (and has been for 3 months)!!! :)

Snow days!!!

In the last 3 days, we've gotten 2 snow storms! So schools have been closed, and work has either been delayed or closed :) I can't complain - it's been more time with the kiddos, even if Babe has been sick :(

All 3 of my babies! Only pic of Buddy because he spent most his time in the snow with friends :)

This is their little snowman, named Unicorn :)

Monkey was a big help when it came to shoveling :)

Pretty Princess!

All he wanted to do was eat the snow!

Christmas photos

We didn't get to do family photos this year because our schedule has been crazy and the time we did have it scheduled to get them done, the weather was too cold! So, I took some of the kids and these will be just perfect for this year :)

This one cracks me up soooo much ;)



Ravens Training Camp!

We got to take a tour of the Baltimore Ravens training camp with Buddy and his football team!!! 

It was such a cool experience and I think we all had a great time :)