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Nothin' Much-Just a few more pics to enjoy

Well, not much has happened since last time I wrote. We did go on a super long walk on Friday that included taking Maddy to the park to swing for the first time. She seemed to enjoy it. It was very windy that day. She fell asleep on the way back home.

We had to stuff a blanket behind her because the swing was just a little to large for her to sit in without something to pack her in a little bit.

This was a different day. We stopped by Sonic after our run (kind of counteracted the benefits of our workout) and got a D.P. for me and an ice cream for Aaron. I think Maddy liked the ice cream but it was hard to tell. She kept wanting more but she never really smiled or got really excited while she was tasting it. I guess she just wasn't quite sure what to think about the stuff.

Oh yeah. So I don't know that I've really mentioned this yet, but on February 27th we will run the Cowtown 1/2 Marathon in Ft. Worth. My mom is coming down to run it with us and the goal is to qualify for the Pike's Peak ascent which takes place August 20th. To qualify you have to run a half marathon in 2hours and 30 minutes or less or you can run a marathon in a certain amount of time. Aaron is already qualified from the marathon he did in December but I missed it by about 5 minutes and Mom also needs an official race time to qualify so this is the plan. I'm a little nervous...not about qualifying for the ascent, but more about making it up Pike's Peak alive in August if I do get to do that race.

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Brandon E. said…
I bet she was really enjoying that ice cream. Gotta be careful though, letting her eat it too fast. The last time we had ice cream D. ate it to fast and started crying. It was funny because he didn't want to slow down.
January 28, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Anonymous said…
I love the park pics! Maddy is so funny working on that ice cream.

Does your blog send out an email like Crissy's?

Aaron
January 29, 2010 at 5:59 AM
Sara Funk said…
Wow! More marathons and half marathons! You guys are studs! I don't know if I could run for that long! Maddy looks great guys! Congrats!
January 30, 2010 at 10:31 AM
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