We Ran The Bird!

Well, this morning we "Ran the Bird." We ran the Akron Marathon/Half Marathon. The mascot for the run is the Roadrunner, therefore the saying "Run the Bird." And if you want to get technical, I personally only ran half of "The Bird." LOL! This was Patrick's first marathon and he did an awesome job. There are a lot of hills and that is what makes this marathon a more challenging one. His overall time was 3 hours and 40 minutes. So we would like to share a few pictures we caught throughout the day.

The following picture was taken after we got home.Here is one of Patrick, after much hydration, food and stretching! (The color was starting to come back to his face!)
And we managed to find these really cool shirts for the kids. The front reads "If you think the Roadrunner is Fast......"
And the back read "You should see MY DAD!" They wore them to the race and they looked so cute.

And a picture of Patrick, Jordan and Isaac after we got home.Unfortunately, I forgot the camera so the next few pictures are courtesy of Patrick's dad, Gene. Thanks Gene for being on the ball.

Patrick greeting the kids about 10 minutes after he finished.

With hugs and kisses.

I did run the the half marathon and I have to say that is was pretty hard. The hills really make a difference. Gene caught this picture of me when we were waiting for Patrick to finish.

And here is a picture of Gene with Jordan and Isaac. (With their roadrunner fans. Isaac's was moving too fast to be caught by the camera!)

Also for fun and amusement, like the run itself wasn't enough, there was a huge blow-up roadrunner. And we couldn't help but take our picture in front of it. So in the following picture you can really only see the legs of "The Bird" but that is okay.

Well, here is to another road race down. Congrats to Patrick for a great first marathon. We'll see if he EVER does another! LOL Also, a HUGE thank you to the Allen Family and Vasquez Family for coming down and supporting and watching us. You truly are great friends.

Love Ya and God Bless, Tara G.

Isaac's first day of School!?!?!? (And second!)

Isaac has been in school for 2 weeks now and I have been meaning to post pictures of his first day. When we woke up we got ready and I was ready to take pictures. The only problem was that the battery in the camera was dead. So, I decided that we would just take pictures AFTER school. That sounds like a good idea, right! Well, after we got home he put on a new pirate costume and wouldn't stand still for anything! So, after running around for a little bit his God Mother asked if she could take him out for lunch and have some fun for the afternoon. Isaac was beside himself and was running out the door before I could catch a good "First" day of school picture. So the next 2 pictures are of him running around and playing in his pirate costume. Sydney also took to the pirate activities and in this picture Isaac is trying to put her pirate hat on.
Other than pirate pictures, none were taken on his official FIRST day of school.
So, on his second day of school I was ready with the camera (full battery and all.)

(He eventually put on shoes and THEN we were off to school!)

And here is a picture of him in the car waiting for drop-off. He is sticking his out of the sun-roof. He was very excited.

Ya, I know, probably not the safest picture ever taken but I do want to say that we were not driving at the time in which this picture was taken! (That is a special note for any CPS workers who may follow our family blog!) HA HA HA HA HA HA

So here is to a great year of preschool for Isaac. Good luck "Big Guy" and have a blast!

Love Ya and God Bless, Mom and Dad

This is how we Roll!!!

What are we doing now that Jordan is in school all day? Well we are trying to stay busy that is for sure. Isaac and Sydney are definitely getting some nice quality time together that is for sure. I caught this video of them playing together yesterday afternoon.

As much as we miss Jordan during the day we are still having fun and enjoying the quality time together. As you can see, Sydney is not only getting quality time with her brother but also a good workout in some days. We hope everyone is getting back into the school routine.

Love Ya and God Bless, Tara G.