The 2008 Phillies are in the World Series!

I can't believe that the World Series starts tonight (Wed 10/22/08) and one of the teams in it is my favorite from Childhood! Not since 1993 (15 years ago) have the Phillies played this much October baseball, and we all know what happened that year (Mitch Williams/Joe Carter). Hopefully this year they redeem themselves and bring a pennant back to the city of Philadelphia, we NEED one!

Go Phils, and I predict they win in 5!
Game 1 (Wed 10/22) - WIN
Game 2 (Thu 10/23) - LOSS
Game 3 (Sat 10/25) - WIN (back in Philly)
Game 4 (Sun 10/26) - WIN
Game 5 (Mon 10/27) - WIN

So, parade next week? You guys all in? GO FIGHTINS!

Picture Post - Baltimore Marathon!

Here are some pictures from Natalia's team relay in Baltimore this past weekend:

(again, click on the sideshow for the full album)

Picture Post - Early Fall Pictures

Here are some pictures (mostly from September). I know its been a long while since I posted so wanted to get this going at least.

Click on the slideshow for the full album:

9/18/2008 - Running Update

Last week I went to see Dr. Feehery. He confirmed my suspicion that I had a stress fracture. In fact, I had 2! Luckily, they seem to have healed. He gave me some inserts for my shoes and gave me an agressive stretching program to increase my flexibility. I also have started running again, if you would even call it that.

I have to do 80% walking, 20% running. So in my 15 minute routine, I get a whopping 3 minutes of running. I can gradually work up to 20 minutes, then start working the percentages down. It will take a while to get back to actually running for 20 minutes, but hopefully it will be worth it.

Won't be long before I need to get in shape for the next race:
http://www.americanodysseyrelay.com/

2008 Outer Banks Trip

We took a week and headed down to Corolla, NC for a vacation. We were originally invited by my Dad and Debbie to stay in their great house but we took the opportunity to combine a family vacation with a family vacation and got our own place. We were able to take Lucy this way too! A great time all week!

- Dinner each night at Dad's place (couples took turns cooking). We made pasta and homemade sauce on Thu night
- Beach each day, pool each day, lots of swimming and sand!
- Lucy got some great swimming in after a rough first night (vomitting, a......LOT)
- Haley got some great pictures of us all on the beach after dinner

All in all a great time reconnecting with family and getting some much needed relaxation in! Thanks to Mom and Bill for saving our trip by lending us their Subaru Outback when the Murano decided to die out on us 2 days before leaving for vacation.

2008 Outer Banks

Pictures - Reliving the days of UD

What seems to be becoming a yearly tradition, a bunch of friends from UD get together and have a great weekend reconnecting. Phils Game on Friday, Golf Sat morning, and BBQ saturday PM.

Summer BBQ

Pictures - Small Group BBQ

We had a BBQ at our house for small group at church! Everyone had a great time swimming and eating and enjoying some fellowship!

Small Group BBQ