8.5 Miles & Still Going

Since Monday, I have ran 8.5 miles either at the YMCA or at home. Monday's run was pretty good after biking 5.75 miles the night before. Midweek was rough, but it got better. Today I ended up running 2.5 miles after feeling strong at 1.5 miles.

Monday: 1.5(Y), Tuesday: 1.5(Y), Wednesday: 1.5(H), Thursday: 1.5(Y), Friday: 2.5 (Y)

I'm planning to work my way up (eventually) to 3 miles per day, 5 days per week and then 5+ miles each on Saturday and Sunday. I'd like to throw some swimming in there as well for a little change up. I hear it's the best cardio you can do.

Onward to less fat!

Kaden the Monkey

We got Kaden dressed up in his cute little monkey costume for Halloween. We got it at Old Navy. Here he is running around the yard. I'm sure the neighbors thought we were harboring illegal animals after this went on for awhile.






Laura took him to Wapak to go "trunk or treating" at their church. Kaden went around with Mia and Ashley and gathered up a ton of candy.


When he got home, he sure wanted to enjoy it all. Mommy let him have enough of it right before bed time.

Kaden's Harmonica Returns

We ended up buying a new harmonica for Kaden since the last one was lost. It seems playing that is just like riding a bike. He picked up right where he left off - loud. He likes walking around the house and just blowing into it. Maybe in a few years we will have a little harmonica virtuoso. Ugh.

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Kaden Eating

Here are a few photos of Kaden eating and being silly around the house.

5.75 Miles of Fun

After a few solid weeks of going to the YMCA and running in the neighborhood, I finally made it back on my mountain bike. I slapped the GPS on it and took a spin to my folks' house and then around the "big" reservoir.

After 5.75 miles with my average a bit north of 12mph, I made it home with some very sore quads and a good sense that I accomplished something this weekend besides consuming too many calories.

Little Man

Kaden just seems to be getting so much bigger and looking older and older. (Gee, maybe that's because he is?) I know, I know. It's just so incredible.

New York City 2006

Laura and I just got back from four days, three nights in NYC. We visited with Ryan and Melissa for most of the time and got a lot of the tourist spots in.

Here's the list: stayed at Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, Melissa cooked Italian at their place in Queens, walked in the Guggenheim, walked through Central Park, checked out FAO Schwarz and had some ice cream there, went to the top of the Rockefeller Building (Top of the Rock) for sunset, ate at Del Friscos, went to the Statue of Libery and Ellis Island via Circleline, ate at the first pizzeria in America called Lombardi's, walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, visited the WTC Memorial Site, ate Thai food in SoHo at Spice and checked out the Today Show on NBC in Rockefeller Center.

It was a great time!


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Kaden Digs Elmo

I actually took these photos a couple weeks ago, but didn't put them up for whatever reason. Either way, here they are. Kaden digs watching Elmo.

Laura & I Fly To Urbana For Breakfast

Finally!! I say that because I am finally able to go up with Laura again. It has been months since we've been up together. We had the grandparents watch Kaden while we got up late and went to breakfast at the Airport Cafe at Urbana-Grimes Field (I74).

We got to the airport around 9:30a and were done before 11:30a. It was pretty windy this morning (~15/20Gkts from WSW) . This proved a good time to practice my crosswind landings in the Archer since I haven't had to do it yet. Not bad. It's an easy plane to fly.

The Airport Cafe was pretty busy but we sat right down and ate pretty quickly. It was nice to go for a short flight to keep in the air a bit. We just barely missed a UH-60 flying out of I74 when we were about 10nm out. Dang!

Las Vegas 2006 Part 2 - Day Five+

Today was the last day in Vegas. We had to be at the show by 9am and it was dead. Since there were four of us there, a couple of us at a time roamed the floor and picked up freebie after freebie. What a load of loot! They had so much awesome stuff to look at. Here are some photos from the show (Tag Inifinity SUV, Coke booth, Corona booth):






When we were done packing up after the 1:30pm close, we headed back to the hotel and just chilled by the pool, walked around the forum shops and grabbed a bite to eat. Matt and I hit up the Exotic Cars Museum in the Forum Shops. Pics of that:




After an almost three hour wait at the airport, we took off early for a fast flight back to CLE and the 2.5 hour drive home. Here are shots of the nice departure out of LV:



What a (long) day.