Disney on Ice

last saturday {march 1st} we went to Disney on Ice.  

{enough pictures mom! let's see the show...}

we brought grandma with us and had a great time. 

i bought "cheap" tickets, which ended up being in the club level.  that doesn't mean much if your not at a hockey game, but we were dead center and had cushy seats. sounds like a win to me.

the show was called 'passport to adventure' and took you on a vacation tour of some of the Disney movies.  first stop, africa.

 {the lion king}

up next, and underwater adventure with 

{The Little Mermaid}

a quick stop in Hawaii to visit 

{Lilo & Stitch} 

The entire second half of the show was {Peter Pan}

B loved the tic toc croc...

i'm pretty sure grandma & i loved the show as much as brody. i'm kinda a sucker for disney, and am a tiny bit jealous of the talent of the performers.  disney does everything well!

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we ended our day with lunch at lions choice, with grandma.  

that meant ice cream for dessert.

eating ice cream cones takes talent...

we are still working on developing that skill, but practice makes perfect

{wordless wednesday} disney on ice

last thursday (9.26), we took b to disney on ice.  lets just say, the kid was in love. 

and he had been asking if he could wear his mickey ears for days before the show.  too cute!

lets talk marathons...

for this weeks move it monday post, lets talk marathons... 

or the lack thereof.  

last winter, when i was training for the WDW marathon i swore there would be no more marathons.  ever.  three marathons was a nice round number... chicago, nike womens in san franscisco and walt disney world.  why should i run any more?  then, i got to disney and knew i needed to run the goofy challenge.  39.3 miles in two days?  i.want.that.medal! 

 (two pics post 2013 disney marathon!)

so, i decided that a fall marathon was a must do for the fall.  the Mo' Cowbell is a local race that i have run for the last two years... this year is the first year they are offering a full marathon.  its cheap, its close and its flat.  sounds like a winner.  

but... life got in the way.  i was up to running 12 miles for my long run and felt like i was already missing out on my family. with my longest training run planned for 22 miles, i just didn't have it in me.  i knew there was a reason i hadn't signed up yet... so now that we are 8 weeks away, i guess i had better sign up for the half marathon.  

i'm still not sure where i stand with the whole goofy challenge.  but for now... a half marathon it is.  

so now... here is my plan for my last few weeks of training.   i have always used hal higdon's training programs with great success.  and since i haven't been doing long runs consistently, i am planning on dropping back to the novice schedule.

i've been trying to get in 4 weekly runs, along with my 2 session of body pump each week. and since our weather has been so cooperative for august, i have been taking little man out with me.  i forgot how difficult running with the jog stroller is, but b is enjoying being out and about.  with him (and me) being sick over the last week, our runs have included a lot of walking, but i have made sure we still covered the scheduled distances.  

here's hoping we can keep this up until race day, on october 6th!

linking up with Ashley at The Domestic Wannabe!

A Disney sneak peak

Here are a few iPhone pics from our disney trip/my marathon weekend. I think I took something like 1000+ pictures between my iPhone, my DSLR and my point and shoot I carried during the marathon. The problem lies in that my laptop is "middle aged" and needs more RAM before it will work hard enough to download the pics off my camera. My goal this week is to order some more memory online and then hopefully make some progress with those photos! Enjoy these at least.