Boston Bound

Twelve Two Year olds trying to Climb several old tires

Luke with all of the girls in our Twins Group (Kenzie, Olivia, Halle, and Luke)

Feeding the Chickens

Checking out the Baby pigs

Eating Lunch

Riding on the Tractor

Happy 9 months Aiden!

This was a big week for us on many accounts. Aiden turned 9 months old on Oct. 2, 2010 and is weighing in at 22lbs. 14 oz and already above the 97th% for height/length. On Oct. 3rd, John and I ran the Twin Cities Marathon. This was John's third time to run this marathon and my first time. It was the 5th marathon for both of us. The course was beautiful and the weather could not have been better. We started training for it back in July and I really did not mention it to many people because I honestly was not sure it would be possible considering our daily lives are so busy without adding a marathon to the mix. We were fortunate, however, to find several good babysitters and each Saturday we went on our long runs with a great running group in various locations near downtown Minneapolis. The goal for this marathon was for me to qualify for Boston so that John and I could run Boston together in the spring of 2011. I am happy to say we achieved that goal and we both finished the marathon after several months of training together.

The boys and I made another trip to a local pumpkin patch and apple orchard this week. This one was a working farm with lots of animals that the boys could pet and feed. We went with our "Twins Group" including 12 little 2.5 year olds plus Aiden. The boys loved it and said they wanted to "do it again" as soon as we got in the car to drive home.