Sick Week

This week has been a very trying week for me. I started the week off getting sick. Good thing is it is all sinus related the bad part I didn't get much running in. I was only able to run on Thursday and only made it about 1 mile before I had to stop from being to winded to go any farther. By Saturday I was feeling better and able to breathe better also. This made it so that I was able to go run with my team mates. This is the highlight of my running week. It is always good to go run with friends that enjoy the same activities as you. It also makes me feel good because I am the one out front leading the charge. It still surprises me that I am the one out front. Here is to another fun filled week of training. GO TEAM!

6 mile run

Yesterday for training we did a 6 mile run. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to run the whole distance and had no clue how long I would be out. To my surprise I was the front runner for about half the distance. I was also able to run the full 6 miles (well minus about 1/4 mile where I stopped for water and it took my legs a little bit to get moving again.) The part that surprised me the most is that I averaged just over a 10 min finishing some where between 60 and 70 min. This surprised me because me first goal for the race was to finish it in the time allotted. With me averaging a 10 min mile I will easily finish in time. I guess I now need to shoot for finishing in under 2 hrs. I have also begun to enjoy the running. I don't enjoy the getting out of bed and getting started but once there I really enjoy it.

Something New

I am training for a half marathon in San Diego on 3 June 2012. I started the training about 3 weeks ago and have been enjoying the wonderful runs that I have been doing. So far I have only ran 3 miles at once. I have a little ways to go since 13.1 miles is the official distance of the race. I have been training with a group called Team in Training. It is put together by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help raise funds to find new treatments to fight the blood borne cancers. I have dedicated my training and race to my uncle Kelly McArthur. He fought a long hard battle against Hodgkins and non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. I hope that we can soon find a cure for all forms of cancer so that people don't have to go through what my uncle did. Please vistit my website to make a donation to help fight cancer. I will update every weekend on my progress for the half marathon.

Myrtle Beach 2011

We left our cottage on the first day that there was sunshine at the beach. Chloe said she would stay one more day. Reba said the cottage was our house and we shouldn't go home. Jared and CJ didn't have too much to say. We stopped at a Redbox and got Tangled for the kids to watch on the way home. They were still too excited and loud so our nice 3 hour trip took about 5 hours. After stopping for gas, tire air pressure check, drinks, lunch and play time and dropping off Ken at work we finally made it home around 3:00 yesterday. I sent the kids out to play and unpacked, and cleaned what I didn't finish before we left. It was nice to do that in peace and quiet and it was nice to let the kids get out and run. We had so much fun at the beach even with all the rain. I can't wait to go back again.

I'M A BIG GIRL!!!

We have been working on potty training with Reba and she has resisted peeing in the toilet. Today we had success! She was dry when she got up from nap so we rushed into the bathroom and she sat for a while and went! She loves getting potty treats. We got a couple packages of M&M's that we use as potty treats. I thought we were going to have to change our tactics. I am so glad to start seeing a light at the end of this tunnel. I know, one time doesn't mean total success but now that she has started to do it we should see more successes. Wish us luck!

Myrtle Beach 2011 cont…..

Today got off to a good start. The house was quiet, the kids were sleeping… It was nice… until the alarm went off at 7:30. We forgot to turn it off. Shortly after the alarm all the kids were awake and running rampant through the house. So we got up and started making breakfast. That didn’t go well either. I burnt the bacon so Lisa took over. We had plans to go to the Tanger Outlets to get Lisa some pants and then back for lunch so the kids would get an early nap so that we could spend a lot of time at the pool. Needless to say that didn’t work. It was raining so we had to make other plans.

We decided to let the kids go swimming in the large bathtub. They loved that. When the rain stopped we got ready to go to the outlets. There are two outlets in Myrtle Beach. Of course we went to the one that didn’t have the store we wanted. So we packed up and went to the other one. When we got done there we went out to eat.  The place we chose was close to the outlet we were at but we couldn’t find it. So we drove to the other location closer to our resort and had about the worst experience that we have had eating out. The food was blah, the service…. well I think we had that, and the price was way to much. After lunch we decided to walk it off on the beach and also give the kids a chance to get out and run around. The kids love going to the beach and looking at the ocean. We didn’t get in because the weather is too cold along with the water. Lisa and three of the kids got to see some crazy teenagers go into the water though. I took Reba home because she was too cold. When we got back to the condo Lisa and the kids got ready to go swimming while I stayed home with CJ and let him take a nap.

We are now getting ready to head back home to real life. Not looking forward to that but it has to happen some time. The kids are sleeping, laundry is almost done, and we are watching Castle. If only we could stay a few more days…

Myrtle Beach 2011

We started out on our what has turned out to be our annual vacation to Myrtle Beach. We have been coming here for the last 3 years and enjoy the trip every time. We mainly go to just get away from our regular every day life. This year it is a good thing that we just come to relax because it rained yesterday and has been raining all day today. We did however still go to the pool and enjoyed our time there. Chloe and Jared love to go swim by themselves. They are getting so big. Reba and CJ love the water. Today the water was a little cold so they weren’t to keen about getting in but like most kids once they were in they didn’t want to come out so that we could get lunch ready. After lunch Lisa and the two younger kids to a nap and Chloe, Jared and myself watched a movie and played some games until everyone woke up. The kids must have been tired from the trip down because they took a really long nap. We had dinner and then went out to get dessert. We went to Krispy Kreme for some doughnuts and to let the kids watch them make fresh doughnuts. It was a hit. Chloe wants everyone to know that her stomach hurts.

Chloe is really enjoying this trip down. She gets to have a King size bed to herself. She also has her own TV. She thinks that is the greatest thing. Jared and Reba are sharing a room that has two  beds full size beds in it with a TV for them.

I think every time that we come down here I find things that I would like to have in my house when I can afford to build one. The part I am really enjoying the most this time is the bar/island. It has granite counter tops and is elevated. It just makes things so much easier to deal with especially when you don’t sit down with everyone and eat at the same time. Ya know like most people do with breakfast.