THIS CHAPTER IS . . . .CLOSED!!

Today someone else will be the proud owner of the first house we called home for just about five years! I hope she enjoys it just as much as we did! There were a lot of great memories in that home. It was our first house together, it was the house where we started our family, we had great neighbors and it will always hold a special place in our hearts. However, we are very excited at what lies ahead. Now begins the journey of looking for a new house!! We are very excited and have a good idea at just what we are looking for!! It is just a huge added bonus that it is a BUYER'S MARKET! Some things that top the list that we didn't have before, more bedrooms and more bathrooms!! We are going to enjoy every second of looking at houses and finding just the perfect house for our family. Thanks to Mom and Dad, Corissa, Troy, Mike and Michelle and Jeremy for helping us move!! We would still be trying to get things done if it weren't for you guys!!! We appreciate everything you have done for us!!!!

Everything went out one box at a time! I didn't realize how much stuff we have!This was Kelsey saying goodbye to her room. She was sad but she had also just pinched her finger! I have assured her that she will have a nice big room at our new house! She was okay with that.Daddy and Kelsey were closing the door for the last time!We are officially homeless! We will call storage unit 272 our home for now! I don't think anything else will fit in there!

First Dentist Appointment!!

Well today Kelsey had her first dentist appointment. She was so good!! She did everything they told her to do and didn't fuss about anything. The dentist was VERY impressed with her teeth and said that she has perfect spacing!! Hopefully she will follow in my foot steps and have limited problems with her teeth! I have been really fortuante and aside from having braces my visits to the dentist are pretty much limited to my 6-month check-ups! I want to keep it that way!

HERE ARE SOME DENTIST PICTURES

RUN FOR RIBBONS!

It was another great night at track! Tonight was the first "Run for Ribbons" night! There were lots of people there to cheer on all the kids. Kelsey was lucky enough to have Grandpa, Grandma, Corissa and Eli there to cheer her on! Eli also had a great time dancing and running around with Kelsey! Thanks everyone for coming!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Arent' their shirts cute?? My sister stayed up until wee hours in the morning making them for Kelsey and Eli! Thanks, Corissa!!

Well I did it! I set out to run the half-marathon and I did! I didn't walk once and I completed it in a decent time. I finished in 2 hours and 22 minutes!!! Thanks to everyone who came out to watch and support me! It really helped along the way seeing people who are cheering you on!! Thanks Geoff and Kelsey, Corissa and Eli, Mom and Dad, Trish, Patty and Jodee!! It was great seeing all of you!!! Also, Deb it was great seeing you! I always knew where you were because of the balloons!! Great idea!!!

Track - Week TWO!

So a post of mostly pictures! Why - - - because she was so cute!! Track was a lot of fun! She had a great time again this week! I am so glad I signed her up!!

Let the Countdown Begin!

Well here we are! The week of the half-marathon! Man time flies!! So I don't really know if I am ready or not! I have been running, and running and running! I don't expect to break any records! I just hope to finish! Preferably not LAST! I am very nervous about this. For some reason I am thinking that I will be judged if I don't run it fast enough! What is fast? I don't know. I guess it just depends who you are talking too. I am not setting my goals high. I hope to finish the race in under three hours! That is almost a 14 minute mile pace. To me that seems really slow. But it also seems realistic! Although I have been running at least 4 days a week since deciding I was going to do this, I have not always stuck to the training schedule. It is tough to stick to a schedule when you have other things you need to be doing! But I will try and I will finish!!

Enough of the rambling! Now for a couple of pictures!

Kelsey's First Night at Track!

Oh the memories! Track started tonight!! This was something I did when I was little! It is a program that has been around for years. The same guy is still there!! It was very cute and Kelsey loved every minute of it! She also had a little friend from daycare who was also signed up! They stuck together the entire night and were so cute together!!

My parents also came out to watch all the fun! It was their anniversary yesterday! Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad!!

What a Day!

Wow today has been a productive but busy day!! The morning started with a 10K race!! This was a little tough! I don't know how I am going to make it through the half-marathon but I am still going to try!! I was so lucky to have Amy running with me today!! She kept me going!! THANKS, AMY!! If only she could run the half marathon with me! Today we had beautiful weather and we were able to run 9:56 minute miles! We finshed the 6.2 miles in one hour and one minute!

This was after the race! I was thinking thank god it is over! : )

After the run we went to lunch with Geoff and Adam. We had a nice time!! Then it was onto cleaning out the storage room, the closets and just the junk in general! We made a lot of progress and there is a light at the end of the tunnel! You don't realize how much you stuff you have until you start going through it!!

I just finished folding about five loads of laundry and I am ready for bed!! I hope tomorrow is more relaxing!! I need a little break!!

Lacking In Pictures!

So I have been lacking in the picture department!! I didn't really even get any birthday pictures up! However, here are some cute pictures!! On Friday night we went to Kobe's Steakhouse! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE going there!! They have great food and it is always lots of fun!! We got to see some good friends that we have not seen in awhile!! Kelsey loved using chopsticks! They brought her out her own with "training wheels"! :) That is what I need for mine!

This picutre is from this morning!! Spring has arrived and it is supposed to be in the 70's today!! We are very excited about this! She got to wear capri pants, short sleeve shirt and flip flops!! I also found these adorable headwraps at Children's Place!! She looked so cute this morning! I will have to get a better headshot to see the cute headwrap!

One Less Thing to Be Stressed About!

Well the house thing is a done deal! Finally all the inspections are done and all deals are worked out! I can now sleep at night and not have to worry about going back and forth!! Plus I KNOW we will be moving! Before I was worried something would not work out and we would go through all this again! I don't know if I could handle that!! Now I am very excited about looking for a new house. I went for a run tonight in my parents neighborhood and I loved seeing all the kids outside and cute houses! This will be fun now!!!

So about running!! Yeah I am still running! Tonight I went about five miles!! Just trying to get ready for that 10K on Saturday!! I know this one will be easy since I will be in the company of my dear friend Amy! Maybe I will get some pictures from this one!! However the countdown is on! The half-marathon is so close!! Only a couple weeks away!! I think I can . . . I think I can . . . I think I can . . . SAY IT WITH ME! I will need all the support I can get!!

I am Bad at This!

So I thought I would have all this time to post and that I would update all the time!  Then the whirl wind started!  I am still training for the half marathon, trying to pack/move and trying to keep up at work!  The days just FLY by!!!!  Work, cook dinner, play with Kelsey, spend time with Geoff, workout, pick up the house, laundry, go to bed!  I just feel that I have so much going on right now!  I feel a lot of pressure right now to run this half-marathon!  I want to do this!  I just want it to be over!  I have put a lot of time into training and I have worked hard!  I can do it!  I might pass out after I cross the finish line but I am determined to make it!  It will be a nice accomplishment!  So it is less than a month away!  Next week is the 6 mile race!!  I am VERY excited to have my dear friend Amy running that one with me!  It will be nice to have her pushing me along the way!!!  Thanks, Amy!  You are such a GREAT friend!

Where Did the Weekend go!

Here it is Monday already!! This weekend FLEW by!! It all started Friday when I left work at noon! It was non-stop until Sunday!! Friday we had company come to town for Kelsey's birthday and they were here all weekend! It was a great weekend for the most part! Saturday morning I did the run as most of you know! Well I ended up finishing 244 out of 448 runners so that is pretty good! My time was 30 minutes and 25 seconds. That isn't great but okay for my first race. I learned some things about running. Don't wear a fleece! It was cold but I got pretty hot with that on. Then I had to stop two different times to tie my shoes! Next time I will go with the double knots!! So the next race is in April and it is a 6.2 mile race! So I will keep working on that running!!

On top of the training I am having a lot more stress added to my plate! This is in my front yard . . . .

Yeah it is a sold sign!! Our house sold!! It is going to be nice to be on the buying side of this nasty market!! We are very excited at the idea of a new house but it is going to be a stressful time until this deal is wrapped up! Yikes! I can't believe this is happening!

Kelsey's birthday was wonderful!! It was nice having everyone here and she certainly enjoyed the attention! Aside from them not being able to find her princess cake the party was a success! She got a lot of nice gifts!

So I better sign off and start house hunting! I said I wouldn't start looking until our house sold! Well the sign is up and it is official!!! Let the search begin! At least there are plent to choose from!!

One Race Down, Two to go!

Well I finished the 5K! This race just confirmed a little more that I don't like running! I would much rather be doing something else to exercise!! I did it in around 30 minutes. Official time will be in later but I am okay with my time! I just need to realize that I am not a runner and as long as I finish that I am okay with it! I will check in later! I have a lot of company and need to get ready for the princess party . . . and find time for a nap!

Remind Me Why I Am Doing This Again??

Now that I am over half way into the training and only three days away from doing a five mile race . . . I wish it was all over! I don't know why I ever got this crazy idea that I would run the half-marathon! Once again let me tell you that I HATE running! I am doing it but I would rather be on the eliptical! I am hoping I can make it through all three of the races I am signed up for! In thinking about the 5K on Saturday I have two goals. First, I want to finish! Second I want to finish in 40 minutes or less!! To accomplish that I will have to be running an 8 minute mile! That is a little faster then I have been doing the treadmill. I just hope all the people running make me want to run faster. There are 1,252 people signed up for this week! It will be good for me to run with a bunch of people! So to finish and run it in 40 minutes . . . that is what I am shooting for! Yikes! Either way when it is all over on Saturday I have Kelsey's birthday party to look forward to! The little princess is 3 now and it is time to celebrate!!!!

Yay to Nice Weather!!

The first day of Spring proved to be REALLY nice!!!! It wasn't very windy and it was almost 70 degrees. I had no excuses not to run outside!! So I set out on a nice little run outside! It was great! If the half-marathon was today I would of made it! I just kept running and running! It felt like I went a lot further then I did but I managed to run 4.5 miles.

So next Saturday I have to run a 5K! I think I can handle that! Let's just hope for nice weather because I am kind of fair weather fan! I don't mind running outside when it is nice but if it is cold I will not do well!!

Training this week has went well!! Hopefully it continues!! The half-marathon will be here soon!!!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Well it has been awhile since I put up a post! Things have been really busy!! Work has been crazy! And then last week I had the flu AGAIN!!! Hopefully it will continue to be nice out and we can get rid of this nasty weather and all the nasty germs!!

Yesterday we reached 70 degrees! It was great! I took Kelsey on a run with me! We were set to go about 6 miles. However, the tire went flat on my stroller and we only made it 3.4 miles! I will have to save that long run for another day this week! I didn't realize what workout it would be to run and push the stroller at the same time!!

I am excited for the 5K race that is rapidly approaching! It will be nice to get out and do that run! I have not ran much outside because it has been so cold. I know it will be a lot different then the treadmill! That race is on the same day as Kelsey's Birthday party, March 29th! She is going to be 3 on Easter!! She is growing up so fast!!!

My husband is out of town this week for work but we have managed to keep busy! We are looking forward to tomorrow night and going out to dinner with some high school friends!

GRRRRR . . .

I can't even wait to get to the gym! Who ever thought I would say that! I need it as stress relief these days!! Work is driving me crazy and so are some people! I just have a lot of things on my mind and bothering me. I was fine when I woke up and then things through out the day are just getting to me!

Today is just a strength and stretch day after running 5 miles yesterday but I still might do a couple of miles or do some time on the eliptical just to ease the stress!

At least at the end of the week I get to go see the Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood concert!!!! Something to look forward too!!! Yeah!

Here are a couple pictures of Kelsey. We each made individual pizzas last night for dinner. We had so much fun!