Cross City Race 2010

Cross City Race....10k...6.2 miles....59.03 minutes

we did it!

Running slowly while a stranger snaps a pic of us (between mile 3 or 4 I think)

Gina and me before the race started

so happy it's done

Flexing and running, goofing around

At the park

September 2010

Disneyland half-marathon update (better late than never)

Kathy, Brianne, me, and Gina (still smiling...this pic was probably taken around mile 3)

I did it...I survived...I was tired and hungry after completing the Disneyland half-marathon but mostly just happy I finished! I ran the 13.1 miles in 2 hrs 34 min. Pretty sure I could have run faster and improved my time a bit by not stopping to go to the bathroom and running faster thru all the Disney sites, but I ran a pace that felt good and I took it all in. Disneyland and California Adventure at 6 a.m. with no people just runners, surreal. Running thru Angel Stadium while listening to Five for Fighting's "100 years" surreal. Running with my best childhood friend, Kathy, surreal. So happy I did it! This weekend I'll run a 10k here in Fresno with another friend, then I'm not sure what's next. The romantic running with Josh isn't happening....maybe in the spring we will run a race togather, we will see.

2 days til the Disneyland Half-Marathon

Well it's almost here....Sunday I'm running the Disneyland half-marathon. I promise lots of pictures and a summary of my experience. I ran a half-marathon in San Francisco in 2000. I had no babies and was working full-time. A lot has changed in the last ten years....but I actually think I'm in better shape now than I was back then. We will see. Wonder what my next adventure will be? I think I'm going to try to convince Josh to run a 10k with me in October, running together seems romantic :)

Friends, Bridal Shower, and Swimming

This weekend I got the chance to go to southern CA for a bridal shower for one of my closest childhood friends. Carrie moved in across the street from me and my family in 6th grade. She was in 6th, her sister was in 4th grade...me and my sis became instant friends with her and her sister. Carrie spent hours at our home and really became like a sister to me. After high school, she went to USC, I went to Biola (then Fresno State) but we remained friends. Eventually her parents moved away from the house across the street from my parents house. We went to college (and I got married), then I became a teacher, and she went to graduate school, then I got pregnant and she went to medical school. Now I have been married for 13 years and have 5 kiddos, Carrie is an ob/gyn with a practice in Texas. Our lives have gone very different directions, but her friendship is still a treasure to me. I am thrilled to get to be a bridesmaid in her August wedding. Josh and I will travel to Oregon to be part of this awesome celebration. It was so fun to reconnect with my childhood friends, I could spend hours talking about the fun we had and laughing at the stupid things we did. I am grateful today for lifelong friends!

Kathy, Carie, Carrie, and me....high school cronies
me and the bride to be, Carrie

My mom, me, and Lesley (my sis) at the shower

While I was reminiscing with old friends at the shower, Josh took the kiddos to my brother's. Kevin, Josh, and the kiddos swam. Madison and Joel are a couple weeks apart, Madison was born May 18th, Joel was born June 9th. They are so cute playing together!

Olivia and her BIG smile

pouty faces

Madison and Kevin (I tried to get a picture of Harrison but he didn't want anything to do with that)

Joel and Madison...cousins

Joel....such a trooper on the long 4 hr drive home

Our Week in Pictures

Kristen took Audrey for lunch, manicure/pedicure for her birthday.

Grace decided to color her legs with a black marker, she colored Joel too, I just didn't get his picture.

We made 9 jars of homemade dill pickles.

Grace cleaning the kitchen counter, it's a full body workout.

Haircut day...cuts for all the girls. Getting ready for school to start August 16th.

since the last time I posted...

I got away for the weekend with my girlfriends to Walnut Creek.
Lisa and Audrey...Lisa (my older sis), Hannah (my niece) and mom came to visit for a week. We occupied ourselves with a trip to the zoo, playing with the cricut, eating Fresno State farm corn, and a trip to Bass Lake.

Audrey in her swimsuit she bought with her b-day money.

Joel and me.

My mom, Lisa, and me took the kids to the zoo.

Grace got her cast off!

I took the girls and Joel to the beach for a couple days.

We celebrated Father's Day.

Papa made Joel this amazing motorcycle for his 1st b-day.

Olivia finished pre-school, she is headed to kindergarten in the fall.

Audrey finished 3rd grade and will start 4th grade at Manchester Gate in the fall.

Ellie finished 1st grade and is ready for 2nd grade.

we celebrated Audrey's 9th b-day with breakfast at ihop

Joel turned one!!!