Anchorage AK, here we come!

Well, we got our #4 pick on the list of 38 bases. We are really excited about moving to the vast wilderness of Alaska! I have almost always lived in the states at the bottom of the alphabetical list (Wyoming, Utah, Virginia, Washington) , so I guess it's time to move up to the top! I am excited to find out more about the area and start making plans to head back to the western half of the country... I guess AK counts as the west.

video of Lucy

Little miss Sunshine

What a great movie! We watched Little Miss Sunshine tonight.What an honest movie! So full of reality and truth. I hope I can be a parent who always instills good values and tolerance into my children's lives. I think one of the best virtues is to have an open mind and be accepting of everyone.

We woke up to SNOW!

OH MAN!... what a bummer to wake up to snow! I was planning on setting up my jewelry at the western market, but it was canceled because of the weather. Hopefully next week will be nice, I am going to try again to participate. It is a small market up in the Adams Morgan area that goes through the summer from noon to dark on Saturdays. www.DCwesternmarket.com

Our Treasure Hunt...

Lucy and I made a trip out to our favorite thrift store this afternoon. It was worth it because we found this whole set of mushroom containers. I squealed when I saw them. I think Lucy is really learning to enjoy treasure hunting at the young age of six months.

Blooming Trees make me Happy!

Bradford, Lucy and I went for a run and a picnic this evening over at Haynes Point (a park right by all the monuments.) It was so beautiful to see all the cherry blossoms. Yesterday was "peak bloom." I wish the blossoms would last longer, but we will enjoy them while we can.

Monument Avenue 10K

Well, we ran the Monument Avenue 10K in RVA this weekend. We met up with our good friends, Marcus and Turia Pope, and all headed towards the start line about 8:20 am. It was a great morning, the weather was nice and we saw lots of old friends from Richmond. Our friend, Sarah Stearns, watched Lucy while we ran and then met us after the race at Monroe Park just across the finish line. I saw them at about mile 1.5 and again just after the mile 6 marker. It was such a nice burst of energy to see them cheering on the sidewalk! I made my goal to run the whole way. I ran at a pretty slow pace, finishing in 67 minutes, but I felt really good at the end. Bradford ran it in 48 minutes, which met his goal of running it in under 50 minutes.

We stayed with our friend Cheryl, who is always so accomadating and hospitable! We always love staying at her beautiful house out in the "country" of midlothian. Saturday night we met up with the Thompsons at Joe's Inn for their famous Speghetti A La Greek. It was great to see them and catch up. We couldn't belive how big Ava and Elizabeth have gotten.
We were also able to meet up with our friend Tara and her two cute girls, Marleigh and Marion at Baker's Crust for brunch on Sunday.
It was a great weekend of running, seeing friends and good food!