A few busy days...babies and birthdays

Well, it has been a while since i have been able to tell you about allt he happenings of late. To start with I have some additional pictures from the space coast lightfest 5K we did. It was a great run through Wickham Park through all the Christmas lights they have strewn throughout the park. I ran my best race time ever! It was an awesome feeling. Jill did incredible as well. We had great food provided by Carrabas and Mom and Gary even came to watch. Best race ever.

Next we have Nina's birthday celebrations. We started on her actual birthday which was the same day as the Yp function at KB Homes. The homes were beautiful and Nina and I were even able to score a few extra drinks. Always a plus. From there we took her to Tapp's for a few b-day drinks since we couldn't do it up rock star style until the weekemd (work and what not). She had a great time though and probably drank more that she should but hey, it was her birthday!

Saturday night was night to remember. We decided to take Nina to Orlando. We hadn't been there to party in a while and what better excuse to go. We ended up at Lattitudes, which is an outdoor tiki bar seet atop one of the buildings on Church Street. It is probably our favorite place to go down there because it has such a great atmosphere and they play great music you can sing to. Our friend Marsha came with us too and she is just too much fun. We really just started to get to know her but she seems awesome. Since it was Nina's night we had to do all we could to get her silly and happy. Of course that didn't take long but the journey is always fun. Now, Nina just got off the boat full of a bunch of Norwegians and what to we meet at Latts but a bunch of Norwegians. Are we seeing a pattern here? All Nina wanted to do on her birthday was makeout with a random guy and she accomplished that. What a slut ;-) One of the other guys kept hitting on Marsha and I swear he was Ahmed Zappa. Silly boys. So we danced, we sang and we drank the night away. Oh yea and that pic is of Rene' singing the night all the way away. It was good frivolous fun. Enjoy some of the pics!











Sunday was Gretchen's Baby Shower and Mom's Birthday! After a night like Saturday it was amazing we even got up the next day. We couldn't miss G's baby shower though. It was really a great party thrown by her mom. No silly baby games like measure the pregnant chick and make her realize how big she really is. It was mostly laughing, story telling and presents. I think she got some great stuff and had a wonderful time. That kid is going to have an incredible family to come in to. Can't wait to meet Kai! Mommy's b-day was shortly after with a alittle dinner at Olive Garden. We showered mom with presents and flowers. You know she loves that stuff. I think she had a great time.

And for the latest news.....get ready....wait for it......I bought a new car!!!! I know it is about time and I really needed one but the thought of having a car payment again was daunting. I had a long talk with my Dad Sunday night and it was decided I would go seriously look the next day. Well, seriously turned into all day and walking away with a brand new 07 Honda CRV! I am really happy and feel secure again in a reliable vehicle but still scared s*&tless. But alas, we do what we gotta do right? So here is a pic off the website until I can get one of me in front of mine. It is blue (pretty much the same color as the VW, I know creative right?!), has a sunroof, lots of room for people and pooches, CD changer and lots of other things that I am still figuring out. And of course it has that great new car smell. Who doesn't love new cars!