I am sure there is nothing better than being in Disney World with my 3 favorite people in the world. It takes Larry about 24 hours from the time we leave the house until Mr. Engineer begins to relax, and from that point on it is just a blast.
The girls were amazing in their first Disney 1/2 marathon. They stopped for many pictures and still finished way ahead of us. I began crying at the Start line as they were crossing, realizing how quickly they are growing up. They had cell phones to call if they needed us, of course we found out they were texting friends as they were running. Larry and I are just trying to breathe and they are texting - but we are not getting old.
It was wonderful that all of us finished the same race and we had so much fun wearing our medals to the parks the next few days. People were shocked that we did this as a family. We did admit that the girls finished way before us. I found the only downside was how much it bothered me to not be able to watch the girls cross the finish line. I explained that I only saw two solutions and that was for me to run faster and beat them or not run the 1/2 on Saturday but run the whole on Sunday. My family explained very quickly that me running faster and beating the girls just wasn't going to happen. So, the plan as of now is for Larry, Gabi & Emily to run the half on Saturday while I cheer and I will run the whole on Sunday while they cheer in Januar 2010. Hey, when you live in a cornfield you have to have something to look forward to at all times.
