Sunday, April 18, 2010

Zack's 2005 San Diego Rock-n-Roll Marathon Video



A friend of ours (Michael Smith) is running the Boston Marathon tomorrow. In his honor, I share my marathon video with the world.

And as a note, I finished the race in 5 hours and 18 minutes. The video says 5 hours and 28 minutes because it took me 10 minutes to get to the starting line with my herd of runners.

I'm planning on running the Boston Marathon next year. I'll probably do fund-raising to secure a spot, because there is no way I'm fast enough.

Well, enjoy!

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Jack's 4th Birthday Celebrations (major catch-up)

I used to see kids having their birthday parties at Chuck E Cheese and feel sorry that their parents were so white trash. Then my nearly 4 year old informs me that the only place he wants to have his party at this year is Chuck E Cheese. I even tried to bribe him with Disneyland, but it was a no go. So we headed down to see the big Cheese with 22 of Jack's best buddies. He had a blast! Here are some pictures from the event.

Check out Jack's party face!


Zack and I stayed up late the night before creating a motorcycle racing cake per Jack's request. In truth, about two hours before going to bed that night Jack told me he might actually prefer a soccer cake, to which my reply was "tough noogies"...




In retrospect, I totally would recommend a CEC party. The birthday boy loved it, the kids loved it, and I didn't have to clean up he mess made by 22 three and four year olds!


Jack's real birthday was spent at Chuck E Cheese with his best bud Nicky. The boys played games for nearly 5 hours and boy did they enjoy themselves. Jack's favorite game is Artic Thunder. Here is a picture of the boys racing against each other.



Later, the boys banged their way through a pinata (thankfully the Chirco's mercedes was not harmed although it was often in the line of fire).



Jack was so happy to spend his birthday with Nicky. Theses guys are the best of friends.



We miss you Chirco Family!

Monday, April 05, 2010

When Jack's 24

The other morning Jack and I were snuggling and I asked him to promise me that he would always snuggle me, even when he was big. He told me he promised to snuggle me until he was 24. Then he would be too old to snuggle.

I accepted his conditions.

This will serve as a reminder to him of his promise when he's 14 and thinks I am the most uncool person on the planet and tells me he never agreed to such a thing.