The Big Race

Well, earlier in the year I had voiced a resolution for myself and am proud to say that I accomplished it this last weekend. Some friends and I headed to Myrtle Beach, SC for a girls weekend. We had a blast shopping and eating and shopping, and shopping. We ended it with the Inaugural Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon . It was a blast and I can say I will do it again. We had been training forever for this and I was a little worried once the race was nearing because I hadn't ran much the 3 weeks before the race (the joys of having a husband in the military). Much to my surprise I did better than I expected and am very pleased with the results, 13.1 miles in 02:14:27.

This is what I saw as I hit mile 12

This is the finish line...

and this is me with my wicked big medal.

and these are the awesome ladies that I ran with.

A Date to Remember

Much to my surprise, Kevin remembered the 9th anniversary of our first date. I say this because I don't ever really remember it. And I've said this before but Kevin and I don't really do much for our birthdays or anniversaries.

He really wanted to take me to Wicked (I've been wanting to see it for a couple years) and tried to surprise me but I spoiled it. Plus, the tickets were ridiculously expensive for decent seats and sold out of the cheap seats. We found out that they do a lottery every night of the show. All we had to do was arrive at the box office by 6pm(I towed all four kids downtown at 4:45pm) to put our names in the drawing. Then at 6pm they drew names for twenty tickets and if our name was one of them, then we could buy the ticket(s) for only $25 each! Anyone who can write their name could enter, so both Ben and Ryley got to be in the drawing as well. We were ecstatic when they pulled out Ben's name. He was jumping around saying, "I won, I won!"

Needless to say it was AMAZING! And the seats were great, three rows from the stage on the righthand side. Kevin even enjoyed it, a lot. But shhh, don't tell him I told you that. We had an amazing night, our first date since moving to Texas. So if you are wanting to see it check their website and see if it is coming near you. They do the lottery for all Broadway shows on the road. If you go when the show first comes to town it is easier to get drawn from the lottery because not many people know about it.

8 years?!

It is crazy for me to think that Kevin and I have been married for 8 years. Some times it seems like it's been longer than that but most of the time it feels like it has gone by way to fast. We've learned a lot over the years and haven't been happier than we are now. Life is as crazy as ever and we have been blessed in so many ways. Happy Anniversary My Love! In keeping up with my journal I plan to add our engagement story but a few pics will have to do for now.

Our family birthday celebration

Jan 2001

December 2008

Just another day...

Birthdays turned into just another day at about the age of sixteen for me. My parents were great about the celebration every year until I was eighteen but then reality tends to set in. Kevin and I are not to big on celebrations or gifts for each other on both birthdays or our anniversary. I think the main reason is that we've been poor, starving students for almost all of our marriage. I keep telling him one of these days I'll cash it all in, when we're rich of course...

Well today was just another day and I turned 28! I use to think that it wasn't so bad because I was still close to 20 but I think I'm officially closer to thirty now and that means I'm getting old. What can you do though. My birthday was low key, in fact Kevin has test tomorrow so he won't be home till late. We'll probably celebrate sometime this weekend. Thanks for all the birthday phone calls, it's always lovely to be thought about.

Sorry no pics, we didn't even do a cake. Lori for your sake, I'll attempt a picture soon so you can see my lovely belly. If you'd like a little trip down my memory lane you can check out my moms blog here.