St. Simons Recap

Uploading all these pictures has taken forEVER, so I'm running out of writing time...here's the quick and dirty on our trip (which was fabulous!)
Event 1: Casino night!  The kids...well, they are still talking about it-

Matthew getting ready for the money machine...game face on!

Caitlin's turn!!

They ended up with $53!!!

My little gamblers...

Event 2: the new playground by the pier-

Daddy and the Ben

Monkey

Down the slide!

Cool spinny thing...

They all climbed the whale sculpture, but it was slippery!  Caitlin was scared to death-

Finally coaxed a smile out of her ;)

Perfect tree for climbing!

Headed to the water!

Event 3: The beach!

Everyday Matthew would draw a big circle for us to put our shoes, towels, etc.

Out for a swim!

Caitlin was always finding sea creatures...they found a lot of crabs and sand dollars!

Beach Bums:

He loved the sand!

Matt wanted to take the kids out to ride waves...I was scared to death!!  Of course they loved it...

Even Ben got to go!

Event 4: the pool!

Ben enjoyed hanging out in his float...especially when siblings would entertain him!

Event 5: Dinner at Skippers Fish Camp (a tradition :))

Checking out the gar and turtles:

Daddy and The Ben...matching!

And that's all!

Reason 5,783 I Love My New Washer/Dryer:

Accomplishment

I am very proud of Matt and I, and I wanted to record my accomplishments here...I'm burying this post between several others, because honestly no one probably cares but us ;)  For my records, actual post date is Sept. 2, 2010.

For the past three weeks, Matt and I have been getting up before 6am, and running about 2.5 miles.  We alternate, so he goes M & W, and I go T & R.  We skip Friday and try to make both weekend days.  Chassie goes with us in the mornings, which is great for her health as well!  Altogther, we are logging between 9 & 12 miles/week.

Last weekend, I was actually able to run five miles, no stopping, on hilly terrain through town-it took me a little over 50 minutes, but I did it!  And it was after swimming ten (there and back) laps in our pool. 

Yes, it might sound like I'm tooting my own horn here, but really I want to remind myself that I CAN do it-for all those times I feel like quitting, or forget my running roots...I am a runner, and I will make it to that marathon! (probably when I'm eighty, but thats ok).  I couldn't do it without Matt though..he is such an awesome running buddy.  We work well together, motivating and pushing each other to go just a little harder, or a little further each time. 

Anyway, that's all.  Except, I am secretly enjoying the run.  Getting up in the morning is the hardest part, but once I'm up and dressed...I am so glad to be at the beginning of the run....knowing that half of the battle is won.  Hopefully we'll keep this thing going!