January 12

Today we decided to "pick strawberries in the garden," as Maxon says. Michele, Mandi, Matt and I took all 8 kids to pick strawberries at a u-pick hydroponic farm. The strawberries are grown in the pillars with no pesticides so they are bigger and beautiful. The kids enjoyed trying to find the biggest, ugliest, reddest, etc.

Each adult had 2 kids to walk around with. These were my two.

January 11, 2013

Today, Mom, Liz and I woke up WAY TOO EARLY to run the 5K at Disney World. We grumbled the whole way there about how cold it was and how early it was and why we were so stupid to do this. Two hours later- so fun! 

It was an untimed race but we finished in just under an hour from the time we started. It began in a parking lot by Epcot, went through some back service roads, cut through in Mexico, around the World Showcase and by the ball and ended back in the parking lot. 

In Mexico, we took photos with Daisy Duck (who Mom called Minnie Mouse). Then in America, we waited to take a photo with Colonial Goofy. From there, we were worried about our time so we hustled through. 

The last little stretch, we said "TO THE OUTLET MALL!" and ran to the finish line. 

Here we are with our finisher's medals

Merry Christmas 2012... in 2013.

We celebrated our sibling Christmas on New Year's Eve this year. At ten to midnight, we stopped opening presents to celebrate the new year and shoot fireworks. When we came back in, my parents finished their gifts. 

This is my mom's reaction when she realized my dad bought her a new tablet/laptop. She had been wishing for it for a while but never dreamed he'd get it for her.