Welcome 2009

So here's what we've been up to:
We spent a weekend in Orlando at a timeshare with Grandma & Grandpa and took them to Disney Hollywood Studios. We went on a lot of rides and found out that Handy Manny is Hispanic...who knew???

After Disney, we did a photo shoot with one of Big J's friends from high school. You can see her work at JPSearcyPhotography.com. It was amazing and made great gifts for the holidays.

Hanukkah was fun. Lil J was spoiled by everyone but his favorite gifts seem to be his homemade Curious George Blanket from his Aunt H and his Pirates Treasure Chest from Grandma and Grandpa.

We've taken some friends out on the boat, including the P's from Ohio. That was a lot of fun and we had beautiful weather. Our friends from NJ were here with their 7.5 month old twins for a visit and we saw them on 3 different occasions and had more fun each time.

New Year's Eve was at our house this year with the regular gang. We ordered in sandwiches from Jason's Deli and everyone brought yummy desserts. The kids were good for the most part, no one got hurt and nothing in the house was broken, but someone else can host it next year. On New Year's Day, we had another block party which was a lot of fun but Big J and I left early to go to the Orange Bowl Game at Dolphin's Stadium. It was Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech so we didn't really care who won but after the first quarter, we were clearly rooting for UC since the VT fans were so obnoxious. The best part was the family in front of us who were Gator fans. They cheered for whoever had the ball and they were a very funny bunch.

This past weekend we went back to Disney...again. We spent Friday in the Magic Kingdom with the H family from NJ and that was a wonderful day. Saturday was at Epcot with SK from Jeff's office and we had dinner with everyone from Peachtree at the Land. On Sunday, we went back to the Magic Kingdom with SK. Lil J had a blast hanging out with him on all the rides. I can't believe he's big enough to go on all the adult rides except for Space Mountain.

The last item of importance is the race. I've been training for 3 months for the Miami Half Marathon and raising money for CCFA. I've raised over $2000 dollars and I can run up to 12 miles. I have ITB Friction Syndrome which causes pain in my left knee so it's been tough but I'm holding my own.

Now, back to work.