Sam learns to tie his shoes!

We worked on it during the Thanksgiving break and after 2 days, he got it!!! Even a double knot!

Turkey Trot 2011

We celebrated Thanksgiving with a Turkey Trot. The boys ran a 100 yd dash and a 1/4 mile kids fun run and then Sam decided to just up and run the entire 4 mile race with me. What a great running parter! Not even a complaint or a need to stop and walk once! He was so proud of himself and loved getting all of the cheers from the spectators on the side lines. But the following morning, he was a bit stiff and certainly less active.

The Cake

Christina got a beautiful cake for Mike's party to celebrate his running prowess. He is really in the best shape of his life at his ripe age of 40!

More Birthday Party Pictures

Mike's Birthday Party

We had a very low key birthday lunch for Mike after the marathon today. We had about 35 people (including the little people) come enjoy hamburgers at Bigz. Mike was so pleased and very relaxed and I have to say it took very little organization on my part and was a lot of fun for everyone.

San Antonio Half Marathon

Mike and I completed the half marathon this morning! It was less than ideal conditions, sunny and about 75 degrees by 9 AM! Mike was so nice to stick with me the entire race. And I was glad that I was able to finish despite a poor training effort (just decided to run about 1 month ago) and a torn meniscus on the left knee (my good one). But the knees felt fine, it was just the 3 lb t-shirt due to sweat accumulation by the end of the race. We ran a bit with my friends, Lisa and Rachel, but really finished the race with my friend, Jen. Not sure I am rushing to do that again, but I am looking forward to being a spectator to Mike's Austin Marathon run in February.

Fun at HEB and Shabbat

I took Tyler and Sam out for breakfast the other morning, well I took Sam and Batman, and then they enjoyed some time at HEB, Batman was a big hit! Here are Tyler's good buddies from school, Zachary is on the right and Roger is on the left.