National Epilepsy Foundation Walk
SB and I made our way down to Washington DC for the National Epilepsy Foundation Walk. We both took off Friday and traveled down to Georgetown, where our hotel was. We weren't as close to a metro as we hoped so we did lots of walking instead and some running.
First experiences: taxi cab ride down to get our National Epilepsy Foundation Walk t-shirts, Crime and Punishment store, Frozen Yogurt place (similar to the ones HungryRunner and SkinnyRunner go to), and Georgetown Cupcakes.
So at the end of the day on Friday, we had covered about 6 miles. We ran about 2 miles of that trying to find the Crime and Punishment store (while coverings lots of DC and going to the very important Department of Treasury Building (aka past the White House), the rest of the day we did walking around to the frozen yogurt place, Georgetown Cupcakes and back to our hotel in Georgetown.
We woke up early on Saturday monday to get checked out of the hotel and started our trek down to the National Epilepsy Foundation Walk at 12th street. We had a 3.2 mile run down to 12th street, we also had a quick stop at a bagel place for breakfast. Once we got to the National Epilepsy Foundation Walk, we did some more walking around trying to find coffee to keep warm and then the walk itself which ended up being a 5k instead of the 2.2 miles. We knew we would be tired so we grabbed the Metro to head back to Foggy Bottom then walk the rest of the way to our hotel in Georgetown. So our total for today was around 8 miles....wow thats a lot in two day...no wonder our feet were a little tired.
Overall, I think we had a great time and had some laughs along the way and meet some fun new people. I am blessed and enjoyed being able to go with SB to the National Epilepsy Foundation Walk and see the many people that are affected by Epilespy in some way (person who has it, to a supporter).
We had smooth sailing all the way home with not much crazy traffic.
The Georgetown Cupackes was worth the 20 minute wait to see and purchase their yummy, yummy cupcakes. (Note: we didn't get to eat the cupcakes until tonight (Saturday)).
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Just what the "Dr" order...
... an Evening with family. Last night was a wonderful fun-filled evening with family. We did our Friday family fun run after, everyone was done with work. Then we came back and started cooking/baking spaghetti bubbles and fruit pizza. The homemade bread was already done and cooking when you got back from our run.
Scuba found the spaghetti bubbles on Pinterest and really enjoyed them so she wanted to share with all of us. Ella really enjoy cooking so she helped make the bubbles, she was cutting up the cheese sticks that were used in the bubbles. She might have been taste testing the cheese too.
Everyone and Great Aunt Evie were here except my bil Joe, here at my place to have dinner. My husband and I didn’t have enough clean plates for everyone so we broken out our new china, Corelle dishes for dinner. We were excited to use them, we have wanted to get them out but just hadn’t done it yet and this was a perfect time to use them.
We had a relaxing time laughing at Ella, and talking amongst ourselves. I do have to apologize to my family for not talking much, I was in hostess mode (too much) and was preoccupied with making sure we had everything out and ready and everyone was full and happy. The Ella entertain was making a tent with a blanket and all of us girls getting underneath it and Ella wanted more people to join us too (like BobBob).
Ella was entertained by watching (& selecting videos) on YouTube. She would tell us what video she wanted next or if the computer was close enough she was use the touch pad mouse and select it herself. During one of the last videos, she was watching SB and I sneakily changed Ella into her Penguin pj’s, and she didn’t really notice until she was already in her PJ’s and the video stopped. Here is Ella’s fashion when she was leaving since it was raining outside.
Overall, the family time was just what I needed and hopefully it was what the rest of my family needed too.
Scuba found the spaghetti bubbles on Pinterest and really enjoyed them so she wanted to share with all of us. Ella really enjoy cooking so she helped make the bubbles, she was cutting up the cheese sticks that were used in the bubbles. She might have been taste testing the cheese too.
Everyone and Great Aunt Evie were here except my bil Joe, here at my place to have dinner. My husband and I didn’t have enough clean plates for everyone so we broken out our new china, Corelle dishes for dinner. We were excited to use them, we have wanted to get them out but just hadn’t done it yet and this was a perfect time to use them.
We had a relaxing time laughing at Ella, and talking amongst ourselves. I do have to apologize to my family for not talking much, I was in hostess mode (too much) and was preoccupied with making sure we had everything out and ready and everyone was full and happy. The Ella entertain was making a tent with a blanket and all of us girls getting underneath it and Ella wanted more people to join us too (like BobBob).
Ella was entertained by watching (& selecting videos) on YouTube. She would tell us what video she wanted next or if the computer was close enough she was use the touch pad mouse and select it herself. During one of the last videos, she was watching SB and I sneakily changed Ella into her Penguin pj’s, and she didn’t really notice until she was already in her PJ’s and the video stopped. Here is Ella’s fashion when she was leaving since it was raining outside.
Overall, the family time was just what I needed and hopefully it was what the rest of my family needed too.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Fitness Challenge Results
The results are in for the Family Fitness Challenge: We consumed 1030 servings of fruits/veggies and exercised for 239 hours(14336 minutes)! I am very impressed and proud of my family for completing the Fitness Challenge with outstanding results from my perspective. It was great to see the small changes we were making to our daily routine to incorporate more fruits/veggies and exercise.
My brother-in-law, Rich and I were the overall winners for the challenge. My sisters, Scuba and Heather Sue were in second place just 5 points behind Rich and I.
Congrats to my family for amazing health changes we did for 5 weeks. I know my husband and I will be continuing this challenge on our own and recording the information.
My brother-in-law, Rich and I were the overall winners for the challenge. My sisters, Scuba and Heather Sue were in second place just 5 points behind Rich and I.
Congrats to my family for amazing health changes we did for 5 weeks. I know my husband and I will be continuing this challenge on our own and recording the information.
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