20 marathons in 2014

Okay, so I ran the equivalent of 20 marathons this year which is easier than running 20 marathons!!

Total miles 524.4, total calories 65,261, total time 67 hours, 35 minutes and 18 seconds, which is an average of just under 7 minutes and 44 seconds per mile.

This gave me around 1,888 steps and only 11 minutes of running per day if you average it all out!

Haven't decided on my goal for next year yet, I am sure it wont be run every day!

Miles per month

Tyler plays Uno with his friends

If only Tyler had some real friends!!  This morning when we got out of bed and checked on Tyler he was busy playing Uno with his friends, rabbit, hippo and bear.

looks like I am winning

Cody getting ready for ski season

Cody is finally at the age where we're ready to push him down the ski slopes. Get the last kid off the mountain so we can do some real family skiing!! Yay!!

So, i took him to go get him his ski boots. He was in rather high spirits about it. He's been telling everybody and their grandmas about his ski pass(he calls it ski passport!! tee hee..)

Anyways, here's our little cutie pie, getting sized up. When the guy asked him which ski he wanted, he said.. "the red one!" HA!! 

Let me feel your toes..

Bending over...

Happy Face!! Let's hope it's that happy on the slopes!!

Sapna's Baby Shower

Our sweet friend Sapna was having a baby shower and we were invited to go and eat some delicious Indian food!

It was lovely to be able to gather and celebrate this happy event.

The happy couple

The rare event of capturing both our preggo friends!

I need to lose some weight myself!!!

The girls

Lovely cake

Thanksgiving 2014 at the Heides

As the Chandrasekaras are away this year and our kitchen is still in a state of disarray, we were very lucky to be invited to the Heides for our Thanksgiving meal. We didn't even have to cook anything to boot! Woo hoo! So, for once i had a really relaxing Thanksgiving and even got to join the boys for the Turkey Trot!

Anyways, the Heides set the bar high again with their fried turkey and all the proper sides. It was great food and food company, just like any Thanksgiving should be!!

Bad news for the turkey!

Into the fryer it goes

Addy in charge of shallots

Enjoying the nice weather

Turkey's done!!

Top chef putting on final touches

Voila!! Best fried turkey EVER!! 

The kiddos not too impressed

I LIKE TURKEY LEGS!!

I figured i should include a picture of the kitchen on Thanksgiving Day. 4 ovens but none of them connected!! :) Also, no counter tops! Let's see how we fare for Christmas!! 

p.s and if Uyen would send us some pictures, we'd have pictures of Alan and I!

500 mile turkey trot

I set a goal this year of running 500 miles and I managed to adjust my mileage so that the entire Millser family could complete the goal with a 3.1 mile turkey trot.  Siew Gin wasn't cooking this year so she got to run her second race of the year.

The weather was really great, much better than last year and it seemed a bit better organized at the start, and we managed to complete it in 51 minutes, 46 seconds, a couple of minutes faster than last year.

At the start

1 mile down

2 miles down, nearly there

Finished, time for victory coke

500 miles and counting

Watching Big Hero 6

The boys had a day off school, so we went to see Big Hero 6 which they found very entertaining once they had stopped complaining there were too many trailers..

One little Elf

Second little elf

Ready for the movie

Cody and Tyler make Kumon Honor Roll

Cody and Tyler both made the Kumon honor Roll.  Tyler made it to number 64 in the country and Cody made it to 125 which is excellent progress.

Cody gets a WooHoo

Tyler gets a WooHoo Too

Parent reading day at school

I thought the idea of going to school was so that the kids could learn to read (although both our kids could read before KG), so I wasn't sure why I had to read to Tyler on his PJ day.

Check out my missing teeth

Play date with Sienna at the Childrens Museum

While Alan and Uyen were playing at a badminton tournament in Colorado Springs, I thought i'd take Sienna and Cody for a fun play date at the Children's Museum. We spent quite a few hours there and both kids had fun doing ALL the activities at the Museum..

Cody's new new bike

I'm not sure how this happen, but Cody also got a new bike.. and here it is:

Neighbor kids

The kids have been playing very well over the whole summer and i kept meaning to take pictures of them, but trying to get all of them to look has been a challenge.

So, today i finally cornered them and got them to pose for a few pics.

Alan finishes up a new well

While i'm at work and the children are at school, Alan's been secretly working on the new well. I think he'll be fine at the next prisoner of war camp!! Anyways, this well digging went a lot more smoothly and looks beautiful!