Vacaaaaaation!

We took advantage of the three day weekend and my birthday to travel down to southern california to visit family. First we stopped in Fountain Valley to see my brother, sister in law and niece Scarlett. Be forewarned, there are more pictures of Scarlett in this post than anyone else. You would think I was obsessed with her... oh wait.

Our first day there, we went to Disney Land. And really you would not be able to tell any of these picture are from Disney Land unless I told you, because none of them actually show any Disney Land- just Scarlett land :) I wasn't kidding.
get a load of this face. seriously? Couldn't you just eat her?

I was in heaven! Oh man.
Josh and Scarlett we our tour guides and decided where we would go next. Scarlett is very good at reading maps :)


As you can sort of see from the cut off number on the right, I kicked Josh's booty in this game- that's right!
More to come...

nothing to post about...

Josh is still in school, and got A's on his last 2 tests...

I am still working...

We went model house shopping just for kicks the other day...

It made me drool...

My sister is going to London for study abroad semester- so jealous!

Looking forward to vacation in so. cal. at the end of May...

I'm turning 29 next month- holy moly...

Still doing Jillian's 30 day shred- double holy moly...

Just living life happy, healthy, only moderately chubby, and looking forward to warm sunny weather in Sacramento!

The juice is worth the squeeze (most definitely).

We did it...again

We decided we needed a little motivation to keep us working out through the crappy "winter" months. So we signed up 8 weeks ago to run the Shamrock'n Half marathon in Sacramento. We got Josh's sister Amy to run it with us- we were feeling motivated! But it was a rough training period. I got shin splints, then I got them again...and again. Then I hurt my foot. So not very much training was going on for me. But we ran it yesterday and did great! Josh's time was 2hrs 8 minutes (he ran it in under 10 minute miles the whole way). I am so proud of him for achieving his goal! I made it in just 8 minutes longer than I did it last time (my final time was 2hrs 38 min). Which wasn't my goal- but at least I finished it. With all my injuries, my only goal was to run as much of it as I could- and I did. So I am pretty proud of myself as well. I have decided that 2 half marathons is enough. The long distances are too hard on my body. But I love the race atmosphere and the adrenaline that comes from it. So I think some shorter races are in my future- and who knows, maybe a relay or triathlon. Enjoy my red, sweaty, swollen face in these pictures :)



So happy to be done!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

on a more positive note...

Sorry about that last whine fest. I'm trying to be more positive today...

Today- I jogged (rather, hobbled) 7 miles. It was rough. But I did it. And that's something to be proud of.


Go me.

That Place...

...that I'm trying to get out of. You know the one. The one where you can't find one good thing to say about yourself. You've gained those 10 pounds back (that were so hard to lose in the first place dagummit! and you should never have to lose the same weight twice!), your clothes don't fit and you are using elastics to extend the waist line on your favorite jeans (and no I am not pregnant- just chubby). I am trying to stay away from the "f" word (you know..... fat). It's hard.

We are training for a half marathon again- it's 6 weeks away and I'm scared that I wont be able to do it. My confidence is pretty much zilch at this point- probably because I can't pull myself out of "that place" and actually work out. But I am trying. I jogged 5 miles today, and if I had gone any slower I would have been crawling. But I felt better about myself afterwards.

I blog stalk this blog called "Love to Run" and this post totally expresses how I feel/what I need to do- just in a more positive way. Which, by the way is a new years resolution that I sometimes remember that I made. (Usually when Josh reminds me- be more positive).

That's all I have to say today.

a really late christmas post...

Luckily while we were in Utah for Christmas, I got to see my bosom buddy Bone Junior. And as always she did not disapoint. I am used to receiving kooky awesome gifts (ie: a pillow case with a large iron on of her face)- but this one takes the cake as they say.

A Jonas Brother's Tote! Who is more lucky than me??? No one I say.

I apologize for the blurry pics, my flash was off the whole time (boo)