Where Do I Begin?

Let me first start by saying that all is well with the McCord family, we haven't fallen off the face of the earth and we continue to truck along in this thing called life.  Life is what has been happening and therefore not so much blogging, for that I apologize and hope I can get back on track to at least give a weekly update.

It's been almost 6 months since my last post, needless to say I have a lot to cover. Rather then doing numerous posts to get caught up I will fill you in with one post of the highlights.

We celebrated Madelyn's 3rd birthday with a trip to Disney World!!  It was a complete blast and we loved every minute of her excited, surprised face. It was also her first trip on an airplane and she was a champ!!  We got in plenty of pool time, we tried to spend half day at the parks and the other half at the pool.  We spent the majority of our time at Magic Kingdom but took in Animal Kingdom and Downtown Disney as well.  It was definitely a trip we will try and plan every few years, I feel like any more than that and it could lose its excitement. 

After we returned home from our trip we had Maddy's official birthday party with friends and family, it was a beautiful day and we were able to celebrate with those closest to us.  The party was of course Minnie Mouse theme!

We have spent quite a bit of time this summer at Adam's parents house, on the lake and boating.  We enjoy and appreciate having them so close and that they welcome us any weekend for a little relaxation time on the water.  We spent 4th of July there and had a great time, the lake association always puts on a good firework show.

We also took a train ride in Noblesville, you can ride the train from the train station to downtown Noblesville and back.  It was Adam's 1st train ride, Madelyn and I had ridden the State Fair Train a few years ago.  We walked around downtown and had brunch at a really cute restaurant called Uptown.  Noblesville has a great square with lots of little shops and restaurants.
 Enjoy a few pictures from our summer!

My best friend Kara and I decided we were going to become "runners" this summer.  We started a training program together and signed up for our first 5K race.  I can say I was a bit hesitant but knew I needed to do something to get in shape.  Kara was the best person for me to go through this with, we just "get" each other and I knew if I could do it she would get me through it.  It wasn't easy but we completed our mission on July 28th!!  We ran the Color Run, basically you run and they have stations where people spray paint on you.  We figured it would be fun and light hearted for our first race, it was a blast and though still challenging for new runners we would both do it again in a heartbeat. To my surprise I actually enjoy running now and find it relaxing in a weird way. Strange I know!! Here are a few before and after pictures!

We have many more fun things to share but this gets us caught up for the most part, my goal is to do a better job in getting this blog updated on a regular basis. As you all know life gets hectic sometimes, but I do enjoy writing the blog and I love that I will have this for us to look back on for years to come!!
xoxo
~Sara~