Father's Day

"Small boy's definition of Father's Day:
It's just like Mother's Day only you don't spend so much."

To the man my children call Dad,
Thank you for all you do and sacrifice in our behalf! Thanks for being a good sport about venturing into the world of parenthood so I could have the family I always wanted.

Our kids primary teachers sent Dylan and Alivia home with these funny little notes for their dad. Oh how they made me laugh and smile.

MY DAD

My favorite thing me and Dad do together is...
Alivia: Eat Pizza
Dylan: Whestle (Wrestle)

My Dad's favorite sport...
Alivia: Games
Dylan: ....

My Dad's job is...
Alivia: Go to Church
Dylan: Sysco

My Dad's favorite food is...
Alivia: Pizza, Noodles, Macaroni (coincidentally those happen to be Alivia's favorite foods)
Dylan: Pizza

What does my Dad teach me...
Alivia: Use the Potty
Dylan: To be good

My favorite thing about my Dad is...
Alivia: Goes to Church
Dylan: He wrestles with me

This year the kids and I decided to make Mr. Giovannoni a picture frame to sport all of his marathon accomplishments.
I also treated the Mr. to my home cooked version of a meal at Famous Dave's BBQ, complete with pork ribs smothered in Devils Spit Sauce, mac'n'cheese, corn on the cob and watermelon.


Happy Father's Day Mr. Giovannoni, I hope you know how much we all love and appreciate you!

Marathon Man and his 5K Woman

Mr. Giovannoni did it again!
26.2 miles ran in 4 hr 26 min and 27 seconds!

Mr. Giovannoni beat his Richmond Marathon time and is confident he can do better in his next race. I'm still in awe that he (or anyone else for that matter) can run 26.2 miles straight, it just boggles my brain.

I officially finished my first 5K . It took my 42 min and 08 seconds to finish (13.30 minute miles). I beat my 45 minute finish goal, and I ran the entire time, so I'm quite ecstatic.
Not bad for an out of shape, nursing mother of a two month old.
Now I have the running bug to get back out there and do another race. Since speed is definitely NOT my strong point in running, I'm focusing on improving my distance. I've already started training for a 10K, once I accomplish that, then I plan on doing a 15K and then finish off with a half marathon next spring.

My mom and dad were kind enough to take my kids to the finish line so they could cheer Mr. Giovannoni and I on.




Thanks to everyone in my family who let us invade their homes, sleep over and helped to watch our kids. You made this event possible!
And Mom and Dad thanks again for spending a Saturday morning with our kids so they could cheer on their parents.

Too Sexy for his Shirt

I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt...

so sexy it hurts!

I was rummaging around Isaac's drawers today looking for a nice Sunday outfit for him to wear. I stumbled upon this cute little white short sleeved shirt that my sister Heidi had given me.

I noticed the tag said 6-9 months and I was a little worried that it might be too big...That was until I tried to button the shirt up!
I couldn't come anywhere near being able to button up his top button and all the other buttons were stretched to the max. I'm starting to think we should have named this sweetheart Maximus.