Visitors from the east

We were lucky this weekend and had two special visitors from MA come to play...Kelley and her little boy Colton. Vanessa had lots of fun chasing (or was it following) Colton around, playing with his cars and of course a little dance party action was had! You think Vanessa has some moves, you should see Colton salsa! Once the kiddies were in bed the mommies got to hang on the deck with a nice bottle of wine, some hungry mosquito's and lot's of girl talk! On another note, miss Vanessa's getting pretty good at holding a golf club. Daddy's very proud. Watch out folks...it's not just Sam Woods you'll be watching on the future LPGA.

Enjoying summer

We've been keeping busy and trying to enjoy every nice day we have...isn't summer great! Hoping everyone had a great 4th full of family, friends and fun. Can't believe it's July already...where does the time go?? They aren't kidding when they say once you have children the calendar seems shorter. Vanessa is doing great - walking, no wait...nearly running, everywhere and babbling away more than ever. So funny to have "conversations" with a 13month old. This past weekend marked my first Utica Boilermaker 15k RoadRace (9.3 miles)...one word = amazing! An insane amount of people everywhere it was so crazy and yet so fun. I finished 4,811th out of 10,852 runners. LOL!! Amy and I were happy with our time (1:23min) especially since the first three miles we could barely take four steps before we were getting kicked in the shins by the people in front of us. Seemed as though every time we passed someone there we were again behind a "wall" of sweaty rear-ends. I never ran in such a zig-zag before, but I'll do it all again next year. The fact that the finish line is at the Saranac Brewery might make up for some of the frustration. We left Vanessa with grandma since we figured an 8am start and 40,000 spectators might be a bit much for her...maybe next year.