Your Christmas VJ (video jockey

Youtube is a place of many wonders. How bout some youtube Christmas Cheer? Here are a couple more all time favorite songs to get the Christmas going!

Hope that you had a Happy Thanksgiving...

Hello! Hello!

Hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend. We enjoyed turkey and the fixins with my parents in Cincinnati. Anneliese and Emmeline got to play with their cousins Sarah and AJ. It was a nice afternoon. Unfortunately we forgot the camera. Oddly, I think that cranberry sauce, out of the can, was the hit for the kids. I begged for pecan pie and got my wish. In a word, DELICIOUS. If you can't enjoy pecan pie then I am just sorry for you :)

As you get ready for the holidays here are two songs to help you get in the spirit:



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SEE YOU SOON!

Halloween!

Fall is in the air...

Today we headed over to Stoney Creek Farm for a hay ride and a walk through the pumpkin patch. The weather was perfect for long sleeves and a light sweatshirt. We found a pumpkin that we liked but opted to just buy a couple later from the grocery store. Anneliese and Emmeline played on the swings and slides for a bit. Anneliese took a ride in the "pumpkin train." Turned out to be a really nice day.












Last Year at Stoney Creek Farm.

Oh, It is on tonight. The mother load of pictures and a video!

Anneliese at Coxhall Gardens Emmeline at Coxhall gardens Emmeline the little swimmer Anneliese the school clothes model The girls

Anneliese Gives Herself a make over with a little help from a professional


Our nature walk at Cool Creek Park today.

We went leaf hunting for fall decorations. The trails were crowded with people enjoying the summer weather. In Indiana we go straight from summer to winter.



VIDEO

What happened to September?

Sorry for the lack of posting in September. Here we are in October. Some great things coming up this month like Halloween. I have plenty of pictures and a few videos that I need to catch up on for everyone to see how much Anneliese and Emmeline have grown this summer! More to come on that...check back soon.

The new TV season has started for many shows. Here is what you will find us watching:

Survivor
Biggest Loser (no link because NBC's website sucks!)
Law and Order: SVU (again NBC)
Bengals (when it is our misfortune that they are actually televised)
Colts (is it time to jump of the band wagon?)
Criminal Minds

What are we reading?

Liz is reading 1-2-3 Magic and we will soon be better parents for it (I am next on the list to read it)
Don reads "a vast variety of sources"

Shifting gears on the blog

I've decided to make the main focus of this blog all things family related. I seem to have drifted that way this year as posting about running has given way to posts about birthdays,etc. Since running is still an important hobby and fundraising effort for me I have created a second blog related to Anneliese's Road Racers for Resaearch. Be sure to visit that site if you are interested in keeping up with my training and fundraising efforts. Also, if you would like to participate as a team member of AR3 at future events I will create a log in for you so that you can keep us up to date with your training through blog entries on the AR3 website.