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Happy Birthday Lyndon!

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Happy Birthday to the main man in our lives. We were so happy he was able to get home from work at a decent hour so we could celebrate it with him. Can't you tell from Henry's face we were excited.  The kids love anything to do with birthdays and presents. Ever since her birthday Cosette has been wishing everyone "Happy Birthday" for just about any reason. She was especially excited to celebrate Daddy's birthday.  We surprised him with lots of different single origin chocolate bars from countries that we have not tired yet.  Excitement! "Here you go Daddy! Happy Birthday!" Not an exact quote, but pretty close. She had to model the "Luke I am your father" shirt. That is what she calls Star Wars . The big box had all of them intrigued. He is excited to get his fitness on with his weights.  The box doubled as a toy for the kids. They played a Jack in a box game, where Cosette would pop up and make Henry laugh.

The Greatest Relay

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This past weekend I participated in The Great Relay held at Lyndon's alma mater, Columbia. It was a fundraiser my swim team and a few other teams in the city teamed up with  Trident Swim Foundation . A couple of my teammates created Trident Swim foundation a few years ago to help organize and run swim lessons, competitive swim teams, and academic programs in the inner cities in NYC, And the good news continues, they are about to get the okay to start one in L.A! It is now going to be a bi-costal organization. Trident helps kids through swimming with academic success. They provide help with college applications, SAT prep, and a safe place for them to be. So kind of an awesome organization. They currently have programs in Washington Heights in Manhattan and one in Prospect Heights in Brooklyn. To help this great organization as well as my beloved swim team, Red Tide , the Great Relay was created. The Great Relay is the longest relay in the country. It is a total of 5000m (200

Cupcakes and Canstruction

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Lyndon's birthday was last week. We did all we could to celebrate it properly. For our weekly lunch with Daddy at work we changed it up and met at the Brookfield Place for lunch and cupcakes. We were not sure if he would be home that night and at the last minute I thought "hey, taking cupcakes to work with us for him would be a good idea". That took us down to the Brookfield Place which lucky for us is hosting this year's Canstruction event.  Dogs are Henry's favorite right now. Whenever he sees one she says "Dog! Dog!". Therefore, we had to get a picture with the Dog sculpture. We tried to get him in it but that kid is fast. Canstruction is a charity that hosts events that feature sculptures made entirely from canned food. The large sculptures are displayed as an art exhibit in 150 cities around the world. Once the event is over the canned food is donated to local hunger relief organizations. I think it is a brilliant way to get people to t

The Great Relay Fundraiser

As you may or may not know, I am training for a big race called The Great Relay on  November 22, 2014 .  It is the longest pool race in the country and should be a big challenge.  My team and I are swimming this race to help support the Trident Swim Foundation – a great organization running swim lessons, competitive swim teams, and academic programs in the inner cities of America.  Trident gets kids hooked on sports through the discipline and rewards of competitive swim training, while also providing college application help, SAT tutoring, and a safe place to be after school.  To learn more, check them out at  www.tridentswimfoundation.org  and watch the video of them on NBC’s Today Show! I have set a goal of raising $200 and I need all the support I can get. Please help support this great cause and make my race a meaningful one!  This is the first race I have done since high school so it is kind of a big deal for me. I am reaching a personal goal here. Please go to  www.cr

Life Lately

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Things have been pretty normal around here. We seem to stay really busy all the time which is good. We don't like to be bored. Even Henry gets antsy when we have been at home to long. It is amazing to see the difference in my kids that getting to the playground makes. Lyndon's work load has lightened up a little bit which means he has been home before the kids go to bed. I can't remember the last time he was here for bedtime, but then I cannot remember what happened yesterday (what day is it?). The weather has been a dream this fall. The cold is setting in this week, so pray we will keep warm. Last winter here was pretty bad, and I am so thankful we were not here for it, but people are pretty freaked out for this one. Anyway, we are very grateful to mother nature for being mild to us so far. On Saturdays we try to do a family outing as long as Daddy does not have to work. Sometimes he does sometimes he doesn't. One Saturday we were lucky and he did not have to wo