Easter Morning

We decided to get up bright and early Easter morning and head to church for the 7:45 service.  After a wonderful service celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, we headed home and took a few family photos.

After the photos, we headed to the basement for a little Easter Egg hunt. Our "bunny" is a little overwhelmed with the amount of candy in our house, so this year the "bunny" filled the eggs with coins. 

Happy Easter from the Vaughans! 

Cherry Blossom 10 Miler

After completing the Hot Chocolate 15K in December, Dan and I signed up for the lottery and were lucky enough to be selected for the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler.  With the help of my cousin and her boyfriend, we were able to stay overnight in a hotel in DC so we could catch a few extra zzzzzzzz before heading to the start line early Sunday morning. 
Although the pink blossoms were long gone (thanks to an unbelievably beautiful March), we had a great run and I also ran into an old friend from college that I probably have not seen since college. 

Staff Matball Game

At the end of March, we had a fun evening at the Liberty Elementary Staff Matball Game which was held at Freedom High School.  We had no idea what to expect and were surprised by the popularity of this event.  The stands were packed and the kids had a blast watching the teachers and staff of Liberty face off.  For those of you not famliar with Matball, it is kind of like Kickball, but multiple people can be on the same base at the same time.  Nathan even had the opporturnity to pitch for an inning when his name was drawn.  And his team won so he was able to pose with Principal Atwater and the trophy.

Cavs Practice in NOVA

Although it was a dreary day, the boys had a fun time with CavMan at Fairfax High School.They met up with Gramma and Grandad to watch the UVA Football team practice.

Go Cavs!

Working Out

In early February, we went to Fair Oaks Mall to do a little shopping.  While I was picking up a few things in some other stores, Dan took the boys to Sears to check out some treadmills.  A few minutes later I joined the boys in Sears and found Nathan on the elliptical.  While Dan and I looked at the treadmills, Nathan proceeded to complete a 30 minute workout in the middle of Sears!

Post Race Fun at Walt Disney World

After the race, we took the bus back to our hotel and had breakfast (it was only 9 am). After a short rest, LOTS of stretching and a shower, we put on our walking shoes and headed to the parks. First stop..... the Magic Kingdom.

We were all disappointed that Thunder Mountain Railroad was closed, but we had lots of fun on Space Mountain. After a few hours, we headed over to Epcot for dinner and some favorite rides including Soarin' and Test Track. We stayed for the nightshow and Wendy snapped this awesome photo of the fireworks! We then headed home and to be honest, our feet were hurting and our legs were exhausted.

The next morning (after sleeping in to almost 9 am - what a treat!), we headed to Animal Kingdom. First stop..... Everest, a 1st time ride for all of us. This roller-coaster ride was so fun and the line was short... so we road it a 2nd time!

Around lunch time, we hopped on the bus and headed to Hollywood Studios. Wendy braved the Tower of Terror for the 1st time.... yeah, Wendy!

We were hoping to catch the Fantasmic show on Monday night, but an evening shower cancelled our plans. So we hopped another bus to Downtown Disney for a delicious treat!

Cheers to an excellent, relaxing, challenging and fun girls weekend at Disney!

The Big Race

After months of preparation, Wendy, Jen and I boarded our plane to Orlando for the Disney Princess 1/2 Marathon weekend. This was the first 1/2 marathon for all of us and we were excited and a bit anxious at the same time. (For those of you non-runners, a 1/2 marathon is 13.1 miles.... a loooooonnnnnng run.) On Saturday morning, we picked up our race bibs, shirts and other running goods at the Expo.

We spent the afternoon exploring Downtown Disney and then had an AMAZING dinner at Ohana at the Polynesian Resort. After a little shopping at the Grand Floridian we headed back to our hotel room and tried to get to bed early. Key word... tried. We all eventually fell asleep and before we knew it, the alarms started ringing at 3:15 am. YIKES... that's early, but we had to board the buses by 4 am. So here we are.... Jazzy Jen, Wild Wendy and Sassy Sandra.... dressed and ready to go.

The race itself was awesome.... but what else would you expect from a Disney event. With the crack of the fireworks, we set off on our run. Most of the race was on the "highways" on the Walt Disney World property, but we got to run a small loop though the Magic Kingdom and Epcot. After 2 hours and 30 minutes running time, we were all super excited to cross the finish line. We placed approximately 6,160 out of 15,784 racers. Pretty awesome for first timers!