THE SINGLE MOST DISAPPOINTING DAY OF MY LIFE.

I know that you all are asking yourselves, where did the marathon ticker go?
Well let's just say I sent it packing. The free press marathon and I are not on speaking terms. It got the best of me on Sunday. 26.2 miles were waiting for me at 7:15 am, but after 20.4 miles I was DONE. What a disappointment that was for me. For 20 weeks I trained, I logged 427.23 miles (yes I keep track down to the hundredths of a mile. Don't you?) All in anticipation of stopping the clock in less than George W's. time (apx. 3 hours and 45 min). 10 miles into the race and I thought all is well (don't start to fast...check; make sure to drink...check; keep an even pace...check.) 3.1 miles latter I hit the wall. How is that possible? Half way there and I was exhausted. My Scottish heritage got me thru the next 7 miles ( I paid good money for this race and I am not about to stop now.) But alas I could not even walk much less run. This year was not a good one for the Tally boys vs. marathons. Grant and his partner were done in by the AuSable, and now the freep got me. Next year we shall be victorious ( Lord willing.)

Thank Heaven for Pack n Plays and Little People

This morning I got to babysit my "great" nephew Connor. When I picked him up I found out that he wasn't feeling his normal, cheerful, self. I felt so bad that he had such a rough night, but I was more than willing to take him anyway so that Christina could get her appointments taken care of. Needless to say, the kids were very green that Connor was coming over and they weren't going to be here. However, I was thrilled that I got to have him all to myself!!

We had a fun time. He was a little angel even though he wasn't feeling top notch. He played with the Little People that I insisted on holding on to and then it was time for a snappy-nappy. Time to pull out my pack-n-play. Yes, I kept that too just in case a baby came over. He laid down without even a cry and slept until his Mama came to pick him up.

Thanks Christina for letting me have my baby dose for the morning. It was a pure joy.

Hi Guys! See Mom, I'm a happy kid (even though I didn't sleep so well last night.)


Check out these cool animals!

I just love this car!

Fun at the Village

Ok! Stop right there! You don't have to be so shocked that I have blogged 2 days in a row. It has just been an exciting weekend so I thought I better blog now while it is fresh in my mind. We had a great time at Greenfield Village on Friday night. This is an annual tradition on the Tally side. The kids look forward to Halloween at the Village every year. Mitchell and I were trying to figure out how long we have been doing this. The only way I could figure it out was to look back in my "handy, dandy, scrapbooks". We were shocked to find out we have been doing it for 6 years. This year the kids decided to be Mulan (Hope of course), Stitch (aka Collin) and the almost grown out of dressing up :-( pirate (Austin).

Princess Mulan

Anyway, we meet up with all the Tally's (at least those who still think it is a cool thing to do ~unlike Daniel and Joshua) and we walk the lighted pumpkin path at the Village. Half way through we stop at this cafe and eat or drink whatever sounds tasty at the time. We asked Austin what he likes to eat there and he said he doesn't really like to eat he just likes to stop there and hang out with the fam.

Fun with the cousins (Hey where's Ava???)

I don't know how this happens but it seems like every year we end up running into the Brown clan (friends from church) as well. The kids were thrilled to see Rory, McCauley & Griffin so of course we had to get pictures with them. We also got to run into the Sherf triplets (they were the cutest little yellow peeps).

The Sherf clan

The Golden boys

Hope & Rory (aka Jo Jo)

This years big hit was the Headless Horseman. We ended up spending about 15 minutes taunting the poor guys. Hope, Collin and Austin kept asking Ichabod Crane if he was a pirate or Jack Sparrow. I don't think he appreciated that too much especially since he ended up saying I AM NOT A PIRATE I AM I-C-H-A-B-O-D CRANE). At one point Hope was yelling (LOOK, LOOK, HE'S COMING, HE'S COMING) at Ichabod. She was trying to give him the heads up (no pun intended) and the more he ignored her the louder she got. Anyway they put on a great show for us.

"hamming it up for the crowd"

Check back tomorrow. You never know I might really shock you with 3 days of bloggin in a row. We'll just have to wait and see.

I thought the Tigers pumpkin was cool. I loved the TT (Tina Tally) but I was informed that it is just the symbol for pi. Whatever, it is still a cool pumpkin of my initials.

Disney Free & Fun

It's not often you hear the words Disney and free together. The majority of the time Disney is known as expensive. It all stems from their theme parks and then trickles down into their store, costumes, movies, and then don't forget all the toys associated with the movies that the kids MUST have.

Well, our version of Disney and free does go together. Last weekend I got a phone call from my Dad saying he won 8 tickets (I must confess, at first I thought he was talking Tiger tickets) then he told me for Disney on Ice. Well, I knew Hope would be thrilled. He asked if we were interested and I didn't even have to hesitate I said sure. So last Saturday we headed up to the Palace and watched 100 years of magic. Everyone had a great time. We were quite spoiled to be honest. We got free parking (in the suite parking lot) and then we had a suite that was fairly close to the ice. Last but not least, we had our own tv so the boys could turn on the Tigers game.

Here are some pictures from our fun time.

The stars of the show.

Princess Hope

Fun in the suite.

Getting ready to watch the show!

Hope was exhausted on the way home.