Family Weekend

A few weekends ago Andrew and Lorri came to visit and we had such a fun weekend. Jam packed with activities and lots of yummy food.

They got here Thursday night. On Friday I had to work but when I got home I made soup for dinner and we relaxed and hung out.

Saturday started with Monkey bread and a trip to the Farmer's market. Lorri and I then went for a 5 mile run and we did it at a pretty good speed for both of us. We ate paninis for lunch and then went to Red Brick Brewery for the tasting and tour. After the beer we went to eat italian food with Logan and Andrew (friends from small group)

Sunday after church we ate lunch at Ghengis Grill and then Lorri and I went shopping at the outlets. I got some christmas presents for people so I am well on my way to having all my shopping done :)

Sunday night I made Chorizo Tacos for dinner and we played games until we all got too sleepy.

I was sad to see them leave on Monday and can't wait for their next visit!!

I think I enjoy putting up new backgrounds and changing font colors on this blog more than I enjoy writing it.

Can't wait for Andrew and Lorri to visit this weekend and for a beautiful fall weekend off of work!

Maybe I'll have a good post after our weekend together

Birthday Weekend Extravaganza

I truly truly believe that I have the best husband in the world. This past weekend was my birthday (Iiiiiiiiiitttttt's My Birthday!! - for Kathy) and Barrett and I had a whole wonderful weekend of festivities planned.

Friday - Dinner at Legal Seafoods, So delicious!

Saturday was of course ruined by the fact that I had to work but after work we enjoyed National Cheesecake day with lunch at the Cheesecake factory and then went to Matthew and Lauren's house to swim. Every time I try to swim there it rains and today was no exception but it only sprinkled so we stayed in the pool. Barrett made a yummy dinner of sausage and cauliflower spaghetti and stuffed portobello mushrooms. Chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting followed with a long game of dominos.

No birthday is complete without presents and Barrett got me a Le Creuset oil and vinegar set, a Le Creuset oval dish and 2 disney movies (Beauty and the Beast and Bambi).

Sunday I got a very generous gift from Barrett's family - a bike! I picked out a silver Fuji flat bar road bike. We plan to ride it on a nice trail close to our house and take it on vacation with us! Sunday night I had to go back to work to check on patients and while we were over there we used a groupon I bought a while back to go bowling.

Thank you Barrett for a great weekend!!!

Running, again

I know its been a long time since I've posted, we have been so busy. Traveling, working, bathroom renovations continue, trying to keep working out.

I really need to make sure I keep up with the running because I just registered for my first half-marathon. The Disney Princess Half Marathon. I'm so excited!

http://espnwwos.disney.go.com/events/rundisney/princess-half-marathon/

Today we are starting bathroom renovations, this should be fun...

Officially a Runner

I ran a 5K last weekend! For a girl who has asthma and always thought that she couldn't run this is a big deal. I have always enjoyed sports but have never been very good at them and I used to get winded after a very short period of exercise.

I decided to start running last year after watching Barrett and his family complete several half-marathons. I also desperately wanted to lose weight and get in shape.

So here I am, after slowly building up my milage I made a break-through and ran 3 miles just 1 week before the 5k.

Starting Line - Publix Run Wild 5k

Here I am getting ready to start

Finishing the race, very tired after all those hills

Its now less than 1 week after the race and today I ran 4 miles, yippee for getting more milage. The end goal (for now) is to run a half-marathon next february.

Happy Spring

I can't believe that i have been absent from the blogging world for over 2 months. During that time I've been a little bit busy and I just haven't had the motivation to blog. So here's a glimpse at what we've been up to. Pictures will come soon, I have them on my phone and just haven't bothered to move them onto the computer yet.

January 28th - We closed on our house and spent the weekend moving. It has taken a long time to get settled and we still have things we want to do but that will all come in time. We love our house!! This spring we will be putting up a fence, re-doing the master bathroom, building a new laundry room, and hopefully painting. We also have a hot tub that we need to get someone to come and look at. We don't know if it works and we have no idea how to take care of it. We ordered new furniture and it was delivered this past weekend so we now really love our living room!

Barrett and I have both been pretty busy with work/school. I enjoy my job but I sure am glad to get home and rest in the evenings.

I've also been running. My goal is to run the Disney Princess Half-Marathon next Feb so I've started training now. This past weekend I ran a 5K and actually did pretty well. I'm going to keep running and I think I will find a 10K to run this summer sometime. We got a treadmill on black friday last year so we set our basement up as a workout and TV room. We have the Wii down there so we can run, do Wii fit, or just play games :)

We have lots of plans coming up - trips to visit friends, Meghan's wedding, and we both have conferences to attend this summer. Hopefully I won't be absent for this long again.

2011 Here We Come

Happy New Year!!!

We had a very full and eventful Christmas and New Years. We got to spend a lot of great time with family and friends and feel so blessed to have them all in our lives. We are starting to get back into our normal routines and are excited to see what 2011 has in store for us.

On the house front - The bank pretty much sucks. They made a major mistake and now we are having to basically start over on our loan process. Please pray that it all gets done before Jan 31st because that is when we get kicked out of our apartment.

We have been enjoying the Wii that we got from my parents and have being doing a good bit of Wii fit. I am also planning on continuing my running. I decided that I need to set closer goals so I am going to run in a 5k on March 19th. I figure if I have several goals throughout the year I will be more likely to reach my half-marathon next February goal.