Olympic spirit burning on

I have been wanting to complete a triathlon for a long time but have yet to sufficiently kick myself in the bum to do it. Well I have finally set the date. I will be competing in the Richmond Sprint Triathalon. It is the shortest of the triathalons with, much to my dismay, a short swim section. I have compiled a daily training program and am pretty excited to hop to it when I get back. I would love a fellow adventurer to join in with me if there are any takers. I will be training fairly early and swimming at the Y twice a week. Wish me luck I am sure I will be dragging myself across the finish line :)

Duh Duh, Duh Duh

We arrived in South Carolina and got settled. Then of course we headed to the beach. My little sister Claire took Liam down to put his toes in the water.

After a few mins we saw her suddenly pull him up from the water and start running. There was a huge shark swimming right up where the water was breaking. The lifeguard saw it at the same time and cleared everyone out of the water. The shark remained near use for the majority of the day. Of course we had rented a cabana so we had to stick around. Eventually Claire and Chris and I hiked down to what we deemed a safe distance and boogie boarded. Sam and Liam had a blast diggin in the sand and building "Train Tracks", we heard "oh no!" a lot as the trains met with various sticky situations.

Later in the afternoon Christopher surprised me with the camera I have been drooling over for years. We had been saving up but with the horrible car incident I didn't think we were going to be able to swing it. Of course I had to immediately take some pictures so we headed to the closest park. Needless to say I am very excited to snap away!

My Dad

Claire and I on the swings

Daddy and Lemers (how cute is that smile!)




My Piggly Wiggle Dream



I have ALWAYS wanted to shop at a piggly wiggly. I know totally weird. But I have always searched for them as I travel through various states. My dream came true today when we went to get groceries and the local store was my very own piggly wiggly. I of course bought an awesome canvess bag that I will be sporting on my return to CW!

Beach or Bust

We are vacationing in South Carolina with my family this weekend. We met them in Charlotte north Carolina. This was quite the drive. The boys were as good as can be expected but were starting to loose it. We had looked up online before hand and found an amazing train museum that we wanted to take Sam too. Unfortunately Sam and Liam were both asleep when we got to it. So we pushed on and found an amazing museum in Durham! Even better it was included in my season pass to the Virginia Living museum. It was the perfect little break form the long driving. The first room we wet into had a floor that when you walked across different squares they would make sounds depending on how fast you were moving. Chris and the boys had a blast running around them. Outside was a huge play area with a center with all different drums and chimes. Sam was going crazy! We walked further and saw bears, lemurs and wolves. Our visit was cut short though when the clouds opened up and torrential rains lashed. We were soaking wet by the time we got back to the museum. Liam thought it was hilarious that Chris was running in the rain with him in the front pack. When we reached our wonderful hotel the boys went crazy running around the room and jumping on the huge beds. I think they couldn't be happier about getting out of the car!

The next day we started our drive to SC. We stopped along the way at a beautiful revolutionary war site-- because our family NEVER gets to see anything colonial :) The house was gorgeous and Sam had fun playing Pookie Pookie (he finds a stick and proceeds to poke you while saying pookie pookie.) It was another much needed break!

Oh... its going to be one of those days

From almost stitches, exploding milk gallons, 800 dollar car repairs and locked bedroom doors it has been a LONG week-- and it is only Tuesday afternoon! I think I should go back to bed and start the week over. This week is one of those weeks when I am apparently supposed to be learning more patience, and to be totally honest at this point I am failing miserably. Add into that the fact that my wonderful support system (Chris) is gone and wow I am pretty exhausted :) Luckily in this dismal swamp that is this week there has been one bright and shinning beacon. My parents have once again spoiled Christopher and I with an early graduation present-- a Scooter! Haaaa! I am sooooo excited. My dad is buying Christopher the Vintage scooter in white as seen here:

My family has it in pink, oddly enough Chris wanted black but I talked him into white... I like the black accents :) It goes 80 miles on one gallon and has a two gallon tank! Whoo hoo no more driving to and from school! Plus I get the added benefit of driving it when I don't have the boys, little trips to the fabric store, girls night out-- that sort of thing. Thank you mom and dad for looking out for us and for the early graduation present. You have no idea how much we appreciate it! Watch out Williamsburg the Crawford's are scootorized (Thank heaven the speed limit everywhere here is 25!)

P.S Nate you are not allowed drive our scooter without going to scooter school :) Although you did provide me with one of my favorite memories involving our two favorite families, the Garners and the Tillmanns!

My Newest Project

So I have been wanting to make a Mei Tai forever and I finally found a pattern I like. My Bjorn has seen better days (thanks to my repeated washing :)) So I thought I would try this out. I am going to see how entailed they are and maybe offer them at Peek... what do you think?

Say No to Crack

In the family we have a doctor, a dentist (close enough right Tillmanns!) a lawyer & now apparently a plumber! You always said you wanted one in the family Jan!! Haaaa!

Eww Gwooss

One of my fav places to eat is Panera. I like to go there because I don;t feel like I swallowed a brick after I leave. Sam also downs their chicken noddle soup and Liam is getting to the point where we are going to have to order him his own also! The last time we went we got Sam a water cup and filled in with water and 1/8 caffeine free diet coke, enough to tint. He proceeded to dunk his bread in it then pour some of his soup in it and drink it! Yeah totally gross. we thought it was a fluke but today when we stopped to eat and break up the drive once again he dunked the bread poured the soup and drank it. And what did the parents of this silly child do? We didn't stop him, no no we busted out the camera to document it!

Mixing up a delicious drink

Chuggin' it down

Hmmm I think I like that

Yup! I love it!