Friday, February 11, 2011

50%



When is doing 50% of anything ever enough? WELLL let me tell you...trying running only 50% of a marathon, that's enough. One of my new years goals is to run a full marathon, and so far i've made it halfway. The last weekend of January I ran 13.1 miles. After I finished, I told Matt it was one of the hardest things I had ever done. Also I told him I didn't want to run a full marathon...but I knew right away, I would run another half. {notice i won't tell you my time, it was not good...i wasn't last but I know I can do better} But now with some time I know I'll run a full one.

These 2 crazy girls ran also, and notice how cold we look? Not evening joking, I could not feel my toes for like the first mile.
This is the end of the run...the whole run was on dirt, and through cotton fields...it was such a nice run, but I could of done without the faint smell of manure...
See that orange I'm holding? I don't know if it was the run, but we all agreed those were the best tasting oranges ever...

And just a side note, the last mile I was holding back tears? So strange, I don't know if it was low blood sugar or the encouraging signs/pictures of the kids with cancer....but running for 2plus hours, is a lot of time to yourself. And so many emotions were going through my head. Mainly reflecting on why I was running in the first place, I was running for me. {don't get me wrong, I'm glad my money went to a good cause} but I proved to myself that I can set hard goals, and I can accomplish them. Maybe that's why I wanted to cry? I don't know I'm still not sure, it felt a little weird...


So now onto the Ragnar Relay at the end of this month. I'm so excited I can't wait!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

3

Did I mention that Jacob turned 3?!? What! Yes I know I have a 3 year old, it's a little hard to believe. Anyways.......We, as in I decided that we would not be doing a birthday party this year. No fun right? wrong! It was the best idea ever and I think I might not ever be throwing another "birthday party" haha...I decided we would just invite a ton kids (pretty much his nursery friends) to come and have a play date at the park. And Jacob brought snack and drinks to share. Jacob had so much fun, and it was so nice to just sit and talk and let the kids play. And I was so busy talking I only got one picture....

Jacob was so excited to pass out the snack/lunch bags to his friends, he talked about for days...The bags included (b/c i know your all gonna want to copy this idea), a kid friendly water bottle, pb&j sandwich, a twix, fruit roll up, pretzels, and a slinky...and I did 15 bags for under 15 dollars....
I'm a bad mom, I didn't even make him a cake...but we did put candles in his birthday breakfast...

Things off the top of my head that Jacob loves-
xbox-any game that's "Lego," we did get him Lego Star Wars for his birthday
the park
running, I swear this kid can run forever
chocolate milk, chicken nuggets, powdered donuts, hot dogs, pizza and spaghetti
nursery
Lilly
Mommy and Daddy
watching movies
The movie Cars
playing xbox with daddy
being silly


We love Jacob so much and are so blesses to have him in our family. I'm amazed at how fast he and his vocabulary is growing.I can't wait to see what his next year as in store for him.

Happy Birthday Jacob!


I made this card yesterday, and thought it turned out so cute....so I thought I would share...

Monday, February 7, 2011

Friday, February 4, 2011

hummmm....

i left the room and when i came back {b/c Lilly was crying}, i found this....





i wonder how she got in there?...