Happy 5th Birthday Sophia!

Here is Sophia at School today. Will post more later. Miss you Daddy!

What a time to resume working out - a business trip

Seattle in February, Kris your longings for Seattle just can't be bad enough for a week of grey days.

I posted about working out near the end of December and the pain of that work out, we did really well for about 3-4 weeks and then critsits for Jason, DST for James, a new position for me and just tons of work for Dave and I have not been to a work out in 2-3 weeks.

So I took shoes, shorts and shirts with me thinking I will work out while on this trip. I also hoped to start eating in moderation, an 11:30pm visit to Cheesecake Factory didn't really start that off well, but at 7:30 am I had time to kill. I wasn't meeting anyone until 9:00 so I debated it, struggled and mentally forced myself to get those clothes on and go down for a run on the treadmill. 2 miles as quick as you can. I finished in 20 minutes, not too bad.

Whil Tom work out, run, or bike again?

Speaking of biking, the MS150 in NC will change its route this year to be AT the beach with 35/70/100 mile options. I think we will see some spouses and kids riding this year due to the lower mileage options.

SNOW

We got snow, which at 5:30 this morning did not appear to be coming as promised, 2 hours later though and we were blessed with about 1 -2 inches of snow.



Sophia upset about the cookies not being available for eating but instead for the eyes.



Dad and kids with possibly the biggest snowman we will ever have while we live in NC.










Mom and kids after finalizing the finishing touch of Whoppers for buttons. Halloween candy comes in handy 3 months later.