Late winter 2009

It's been a little while since we've updated and we have a lot of new photos from the exciting last month.
Two weeks ago we headed out to Hyannis, Massachusetts for the Hyannis Marathon that Mommy was running in. It was cold and windy. We tried taking in the beautiful beaches when we first got there. I think it might be more enjoyable in the summer, but it was still pretty.

On Sunday, Mommy ran the marathon with her friend Kaitlin in 3 hours and 49 minutes! Even though she missed qualifying for Boston by 4 minutes, we were all still proud of her. The weather was cold and windy, but Anna and Daddy still came out to cheer Mommy and Kaitlin on. Then they went back to the hotel to nap, which was good because it started to rain for the second half. Kyle and Theresa (Kaitlin's boyfriend and roommate) braved the weather and were out cheering on Mommy and Kaitlin the WHOLE time. Here's some pictures from them.

It took Mommy a couple of days to recover from that!

The next weekend Aunt Kristen, Uncle Darren, & Maggie came for a visit. We had a wonderful time! The girls all went to the Mystic aquarium while the boys installed a new garage door (I think the girls got the better end of that one!)
Anna and Maggie played so well together. We had a bit of early birthday cake for Daddy's birthday (it's this Tuesday).


The night they left, we had a big surprise when 10 inches of snow fell. Daddy make a nice warm fire that Mommy and Anna cuddled near while watching Nemo.


This weekend Anna had her first invitation to a birthday party. Ella from her class was two and we all went to a birthday party at her house where Anna got to play with Ella and Sebastian (also in her class) and their siblings Evan and Diedra. They played, had lunch, a yummy cake with princesses on top, and ice cream. Anna got Ella one of her favorite books.