The Romleys

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

My Little Sleeper

Crashed at naptime. She sleeps so hard sometimes.

Monday, November 12, 2012

David returned from Sweden only to be swept away for a night in Charlottesville, leaving the kids at home with Angela. We hike crabtree falls (1400 elevation gain about 3 hour hike), mountain biked and headed to Boars Head Inn for a wonderful evening and then spa appointments the next day. Once we got home on Monday we had a yummy dinner of crab and birthday desserts with the girls. Happy 42nd Birthday, David! We love you!

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Daddy Meets Queen of Sweden

Daddy is in Sweden this week. Yesterday he called the girls to tell them he met a real Queen and Princess. And, get this, the Queen of Sweden's name is SILVIA. How about that, just one letter off, but pronouced like Sylvia?! The princesses name was Victoria. You could tell Evelyn was a little disappointed her name wasn't Evelyn.

Color By Number

Check out these color by number skills. Interesting that Evelyn took 2 days to complete hers, Sylvia completed hers in one. Evelyn has gotten really deliberate in her coloring and does a great job staying in the lines. Sylvia usually does a great job and often tries harder (Evelyn sometimes gets frustrated), but it seems like the roles are switching again!

Monday, November 5, 2012

Fun Fall Times

Just goofing off in the back yard! The next day I buried Evelyn in leaves and she didn't want to get out. Face and everything. So silly.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Halloween Festivities

The girls participated in a TON of Halloween festivities. The neighborhood Oktoberfest and Halloween Parade (organized by Mommy), Halloween parade and Song Fest at school, and of course Halloween Trick-or-Treating. Evelyn stuck with Ariel and Sylvia created her own idea, calling herself Sleeping Beauty fairy/butterly princess (or something like that). The one thrown in the middle was picture day!

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Mommy Runs Marine Corps Marathon!

Distance	MAR
Clock Time	4:47:08
Chip Time	4:38:52
Overall Place	11143 / 23529
Gender Place	3750 / 10004
Division Place	676 / 1666
Age Grade	50.2%
Ctz	USA
5K	0:32:50
10K	1:05:35
15K	1:39:41
20K	2:12:41
Half	2:19:57
25K	2:46:16
30K	3:19:14
35K	3:52:47
40K	4:25:41
Pace	10:39

Huge Deal for Mommy! Completed the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday, October 28th. With hurricane Sandy threatening to ruin the day, it could have been terrible. But, it was AWESOME. I felt strong the whole time and not even too sore after!

Here are some fun stats (note, I was hoping to finish before 4hrs45min, as that was consistent with my training...so pleased with overall time). My splits were super consistent except for the end ... I actually got FASTER on the last 10K. What an amazing experience and I will definitely do another!

Note, all this training was done Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5:15am! That means on long run days I was up at 4:30am! I only skipped 2 short runs (4 miles) and one medium run (10 miles) due to vacations. Hard work really does pay off!