T&L Hanni

More Henry!

2009-02-26T13:06:00.000-08:00

We are such dorks :)

Wearing T's earphones!

Rocky and Henry!

Kylee and Henry!

Ang guess who this reminded us of :)

4 Hours of Blessed Sleep

2009-02-22T13:14:00.000-08:00

Last night Henry slept 4 hours in between feedings and I have never been so happy to get 4 hours of straight sleep as I was last night. Yeah for 4 hours of sleep :)

Henry Photos!

2009-02-12T19:49:00.001-08:00

We have a belly button!

Bath time! He doesn't quite like these yet :)

Sleeping with daddy!

Great grandma Hanni holding Henry for the 1st time

Stricking a pose. Everytime we get him naked he poses like this.

They were taking a nap and when I checked on them this is how I found them. I guess dad was getting a good nap!

He has discovered his hands and enjoys sucking on them!

Isn't he just perfect!

Not a happy camper

Introducing Henry Joe Hanni

2009-02-05T15:10:00.000-08:00

On Monday February 2nd 2009 at 3:48pm in the afternoon T and I welcomed the newest edition to our little family. He weighed in at 8lbs 1 ounce and was 20.5 inches long. This is our journey to parenthood because I don't want to forget anything! Our journey to parenthood actually started on Sunday with a trip to the doctors office so he could start the induction. We opted for induction because my doctor was actually leaving on vacation on my due date and I refused to have this baby with a doctor I had never met. When we left his office on Sunday he said see ya in the morning and the hospital will call anytime after 4 am to let us know when to come in. On Monday morning we got the call at about 4:30 am to come in around 6. After we checked into the hospital the power went out and they couldn't get the monitors to reboot so we couldn't start the potsin until 7:15am. The dr. came in at 7:30 and broke my water (that was not the most comfortable thing in the world..... it surprised me how uncomfortable it was) . After that experience I asked for my epideral and had to wait until my first bag of antibiotics was through my IV. During my epideral T got sick and light headed and ended up on the hospital floor. My nurse actually used the call button to call another nurse to take care of T. I was having some pretty uncomfortable contractions by the time I got my epideral and then getting the epideral was not very comfortable either and I was having a rough time holding still due the pain but T almost fainting distracted me and actually made me laugh helping me forget the pain so thanks babe for having a weak stomache! T ate some breakfast and took a cat nap before the real work started so he wouldn't faint again :) I started to push at 1:30 and 2.5 hours later Henry made his appearance. I did get sick twice during labor while I was pushing which for me was the worst part! I hate throwing up! Especially becuase I was in the middle of pushing bothe times and was partially laying down making it feel like I was choking. I started to cry and apologized to the nurse for the mess and she just laughed and siad it helped the process along! I absolutly loved my labor delivery nurse! She was with us all morning and actually changed and stuck around even after her shift was over at 3:30. No words can describe the feelings and emotions of meeting the little guy that has been camping out inside of you for the last 9 months. I have enjoyed every minute of motherhood so far and am so impressed with T. He is an amazing daddy and I am truly blessed to have such an amazingly supportive husband. Not only has he been taking care of Henry but he has been tending to his very sore wife. Not only am I sore from the birth but I strained my wrist from gripping hard during pushing and popped blood vessels in the other arm that are tender like a bruise making feedings an even more challenge. Here are some fun photos of the days activities!

Some how his little hats always end up this way! I guess he just wants to be a little gansta :)

Uncle Jordan meeting him for the 1st time

Uncle Bradly holding him for the 1st time

Unlce Hunter holding him for the 1st time.

He did not like the car ride home and cried most of the way. I thought this was a way cute picture of how tense he was in the car seat.

Daddy putting him in the car seat to go home...... finally.

Finally quiet after about 4 hours of being very very fussy.

Daddy changing his first poopy diaper

Uncle Tony (my older brother) and Melanie meeting Henry

Hanging out with mom after getting all cleaned up.

Grandpa Staples meeting Henry for the first time.

Grandma Hanni meeting Henry for the 1st time

Grandma and Grandpa Staples with Henry

Grandma Staples holding Henry for the 1st time

This is one of my favorite pictures of the day .... daddy holding Henry after he was cleaned up he is like 10 minutes old here :)

Time to get cleaned up

On the scale 8lbs 1oz

Our family

Our first family photo

T taking a nap after the epideral and waiting to push.

Waiting for the baby soaking up the potsin

Before my water was broken

Before we left the house!

Super Bowl Sunday pregnancy picture. The day before Henry's birthday!

Finally Feeling Settled!!!!

2009-01-10T22:51:00.000-08:00

Last July T and I bought a house in Bonney Lake and moved in. We immediately unpacked the essentials and the rest of our belongings remained unpacked in boxes in the garage for the last six months. Today we finally finished unpacking the garage and can actually park a car in there! So what got us motivated ........ I'll just say one name Lea, my mom. Now anyone who knows my mom knows that once she has a mission it will get done and this weekend her mission was my house and the baby's room. Normally when it comes to a project like moving and fun things like putting away baby stuff I am just like my mother ..... get her done! Being pregnant and working full time has put a damper on my usual attitude towards such projects. I have found that laziness when I am not at work is the only survival mode I have especially when it comes to relieving my oh so achy cankles (yes they are huge and after 10 hours on the job they are enormous). So a huge shout out to my mom for cleaning my house and helping me organize the baby's room. Another huge accomplishment is the organization of the garage which T did such a good job. In one day he installed shelves, organized all the stuff that was cluttered everywhere in there, and helped put together projects in the house as well. He was amazingly patient and would drop what he was doing to come help in the house whenever we needed him and did it with a smile and a yes dear, which I loved. I'm sure he is just loving having a pregnant wife around who now tends to panick every once in while on whether or not we are prepared and ready. :) Here are some photos of the finished baby's room and I also added some photos of the fun snow activities. When we had several inches of snow T got out my quad and pulled some cousins and brothers around on tubes.

Leah after her ride! T pulling Randy with Brad being drug behind!

The crib and fun wall mounts on the far wall in the room!

Holiday Fun!

2008-12-14T20:48:00.000-08:00

Time for an update! For Thanksgiving T and I went to Cheney to spend the holiday with Rocky and Janelle. We left super early on Thanksgiving day and arrived around 10am. Janelle cooked a fabulous dinner with the most moist turkey I have ever eaten! After dinner we played cranium and Rocky and T won every game. We stayed all weekend and also went Christmas tree hunting with them one day which was so fun because it had snowed! Here are some fun photos from our weekend of fun!

T helping Rocky carve the turkey!

Rocky eating one of the legs!

T and Rocky doing a little puppitier for Cranium

Janelle and Rocky with their new Christmas tree before we chopped it down.

Me and T enjoying the snow!

The weekend after Thanksgiving was the holiday parade in Sumner. Jordan was marching with the band so we went down to the parade and enjoyed Jordans performance as well as see Santa!

This weekend my mom's boyfriend got us tickets to see an singing group called the Coates for the their Holiday concert. We had alot of fun they were amazing singers and put on a really good show!

Here is a little clip from the show.

28 Weeks and Counting

2008-11-10T19:02:00.000-08:00

I have been meaning to post pregnancy pictures for sometime for my SIL's and have just been lazy. Tonight when I got home for work I sent T upstairs to retrieve me some pajama pants to change into. He, being a the very loving husband that he is, ran upstairs and proceeded to pick a pair that were a bit snug pre-pregnancy. Upon informing him there was no way they were going to fit he traded me pants instead of going back upstairs for another pair - perfect photo op!

T in my pajama pants - only my husband :)

This was like the 10th picture T took because he wanted different poses and I just wanted to be done.

Halloween and Fun Videos!

2008-10-23T20:57:00.000-07:00

I love Halloween! About a week ago T and I went to Spooner Farms in Sumner and picked pumpkins to be carved! It was kinda of a bummer trip because non of the fun stuff like the corn maze and apple cider booth were open! I guess we just arrived too early everything opened at 3 and we went early to try and beat the after school rush. We will know for next year! We went straight home to carve our pumpkins and T's brother Brad came over to join in the festivities. The night before we purchased a pumpkin carving kit at Freddy's for $2 that had outlines and two tiny carving knives and a scraper. The boys of course made a competition out of it and picked the two hardest outlines to see who could do it better. Tonight we finally got them on the front porch for display. Here are some fun photos.

While putting the pictures on my computer I ran into a few fun photos and videos from over the summer and spring!

We found this playground toy at school in Bellevue and Rocky and Angela made a race around the toy without falling off. Here is Angela....

Here is Rocky's turn

T and I also got to go to a Mariner's game and a Seahawk's game. We lost the Mariner's game but we won the Seahawk's game (the only one they have won this season we must be good luck charms!)

T and I infront or Safeco!

The view from our seats!

The picture in the middle is of the crowd afterwards trying to leave T just reached the camera over his head backwards to snap this: notice the guy waving :)

A Birthday For A Very Special Friend

2008-05-21T18:14:00.000-07:00

Today is my very best friends' birthday. We have always been friends ever since I could remember she was there. We spent every extra moment together, inseparable I guess you could say. She knew me better than anyone else and loved me in all my glory and in all my not so pretty stages of life and attitude. She never judged and always had an open mind about everything. When she was seven she was diagnosed with Leukemia. On and off for the next 13 years she battled. Other than the physical alteration of having no hair you would never know she was sick. My heart aches for her for all the things that she missed out on due to her illness that a normal teenager would have taken for granted, including myself: Junior High, High School, boyfriends, graduation, college, love. Yet she never once complained and continued to live life to her fullest until she lost her battle on August 21. 2005. She was, is, and probably will always remain the most caring and unselfish person I have ever known. I miss her everyday. She was truly an angel on earth and I would not be the person I am today with out her unconditional love and friendship. So to my friend on her birthday - I love you, miss you and will always remember the good days. Thank you for always being you and teaching me how to be true to myself.

Andy (my brother) with Shell

I'm the goofy lookin child in glasses :)

First Camping Trip of the Year

2008-04-28T20:20:00.000-07:00

The weather was on the nicer side this weekend so T and I decided to go camping at Lake Trask ( a lake that my family owns property on near Shelton). So we packed the fishing poles and the quads and headed out early Saturday morning. We had lots of fun. Saturday was just gorgeous! We rode alot and fished alot! Both of my parents own their own lots so it was fun seeing my dad this weekend he is like a whole new man out in the wilderness. It is like he is young again. We brought hotdogs to eat and the only condiment we had for them was ketchup (my fav) T was a little disappointed that there was no mustard and relish so he loaded up his hotdog with more ketchup then I think I have ever seen on a hotdog! It was pretty funny watching him eat it! We did lots of hill climbs on the quads so I could conquer my fear and it seemed to work. T got up early on Sunday (5am) and went fishing with some friends of ours he came back around 10 with a 3.5lb trout!!! Lake Trask is a fishing only lake there are no motor boats aloud but this is by far in the 15years I have been going there the biggest fish I have seen come out of the lake! T learned to do something called trolling with a fly fish of course now he wants one of his own.

We saw Jordy practing Saturday morning!

The Hotdog!

T with his fish!

A cute family of ducks on saw when we were fishing

Me on my quad!

T on his !

Lazy Poster!

2008-04-24T19:22:00.000-07:00

I have been soooooo lazy about taking pictures off my camera so here are some fun things we have been upto over the last month or so!

T and I bought some new toys - Quads to be exact. He got a TRX450 and I got a TRX 250! We have taken them out a couple of times and absolutly love them! Here are photos from our first outing with our new toys!

A few weeks ago Hunter and some of his friends were playing with air soft guns in the backyard so T and Brad got a bright idea to ambush them with T's guns! After they recruited jordan they went in for the attack! Here are some vidoes from that!

In this videos T is trying to dodge the bullets that Hunter are shooting at him!

SLC 1/2 Marathon

2008-04-24T18:41:00.000-07:00

What a fun weekend! I really had such a fun time with T's family. Everybody who came ran something. The break down goes a little something like this Ang = marathon; Me, Kylee, and Jeff = 1/2 marathon; Jana, Cheryl, Kimm, Josh, Paytan, and Grace all did the 5K. the weather was super nice for a run except towards the end the wind start to pick up. I felt really good about my run! I started off smart like I wanted to doing slower miles to warm-up. At about mile 2.5 I picked up the speed and did 10 to 10:30 minute miles. I felt really good until I had to use the restroom around mile 9. I had to wait in line and when I started running again I had a hard time finding a groove again. I have been struggling with a chest cold for about a month and when I started to run again I felt like I just wasn't getting enough air in. So I slowed my pace and ended up finishing in 2:32:45! This is twelve minutes faster than my race in January!

here are some fun photos!

Ang and I in the morning before the race!

Kylee's game face :)

Ang's inspirational words on her feet to keep her going!

Kylee's feet!

Everybody getting ready!

Me before I finish!

Kylee finishing!

Jeff finishing!

I also went with Ang to here Marathon Mommies dinner the night before the race. This was alot of fun I really enjoyed meeting everyone and getting pumped for the big race with them! Here are some photos from that!

Lesson Learned and New Hero!!

2008-03-29T20:26:00.000-07:00

Today was my last long run before SLC!!!! YEAH!!! My sis in law Ang was running 20 miles today (she is training for the full marathon) so I met up with her on her mile 7 and ran the rest of the way with her. This morning before the run I got up extra early because T was not feeling well before he had to go to work. So I took my time getting ready made myself some oatmeal and sat done to watch the morning news. The Weatherman sad that the temperature would not get over 35 degrees today so I thought wearing my under armour would be fine. For the first 6 miles I was doing great averaging probably about 10:45 second miles. At mile 6 we stopped at my car so Ang could take Ibuprofen and I could get some water. When we started again the sun came out and the weather was actually quite nice. At this point I just started to roast! I don't think I have ever been that hot running! I was dripping sweat from my hat and felt like I was just going to drop over so I started to walk. Today I realized how important wardrobe was! Super bummed that I had to walk! Ang saw that I was walking so she ran back gave me some water from her fuel belt and helped me with a little wardrobe change. I literally stripped right on the middle of the trail next to the HWY! I can't believe I did that! Trust me I do not look flattering in a sports bra! After the wardrobe change I was good to go! I finished in 2:30 minutes not too bad for walking a little. Overall it was good run! I felt bad because Ang would run ahead and then turn around and run back to check on me. Not much of a running partner! Ang ended running 21 miles instead of her planned 20 miles! I am so impressed! Every time I started to feel tired or crampyI reminded myself that she had run twice as long and was still going strong! Ang is my new Hero! She never faltered the whole run and never complained she is a true runner and marathoner! CONGRATS Ang you are going to dominate at SLC!!

A Nice Reminder~

2008-03-25T22:09:00.001-07:00

I was so excited for day light savings time because I thought that would mean more outdoor runs for this girl but it has been so rainy that I had to experience a good outdoor run after work until yesterday. It was cold but absolutely gorgeous outside so after work I rushed home to get my run in before it got dark outside. On my training schedule I had an "easy" 3 miler scheduled but once I sunk into my run I couldn't help but let my feet set the pace. For some reason I really enjoyed this run ...... was it any different than any other run ...... no but I remember thinking this is why I LOVE to run, this is why I get up early on Saturday and this is why I continue to push my limits to see what I am truly capable of. Maybe it was weather, maybe it was good music, or maybe it was mental but in the last 5 months since I started running again this was my favorite run yet!

Rascal Flatts Here We Come!

2008-03-06T18:01:00.000-08:00

It is official! We are going to the Rascal Flatts concert at the Tacoma Dome on April 5th. We can't wait! This is T's favorite group. He owns every CD of theirs and knows every word to every song! Everytime we hear them on the radio he looks at me and then says " Guess what ....we are going to their concert!"

I Think I Have Been Tagged

2008-02-25T21:23:00.000-08:00

I think I have been tagged by my lovely sis in law Jana. So here it goes as far as I can remember.

10 years ago - I was an eighth grader at Sumner Junior High. This was by far my fave year out of high school and junior high. I made varsity volleyball and got my first pair of contacts (I had ugly glasses too Jana)

5 years ago - I finished my AA degree at Pierce Community College and was working as a dental assistant for a Pediatric dentist in Federal Way. I was also working on dental hygiene applications.

3 years ago - I was just finishing my second quarter of Dental hygiene school and wondering how in the world I was going to make it another 2 and half years. When I wasn't at school or studying I was working at Safeway as a checker and eventually in the Starbucks department.

1 year ago - T and I were newlyweds trying to survive the chaos that is dental hygiene school. I had past and survived my first out of 5 board exams and was preparing for another. T was working very hard at good old Mr. Car Wash so that I could finish school and get my license to practice dental hygiene.

So far this year - T is working for Sonoco with his uncle Doug and enjoying the four days off four days on schedule and making a salary. I am working full time as a hygienist in an office that I absolutely love. T is playing lots of basketball while I am running. We moved back home from Spokane and are enjoying being around more family.

Yesterday - Enjoyed watching T's adventure with his plane and relaxed, watched a movie and did laundry to try and get ready for another work week.

Today - I worked while T had the day off I'm sure playing video games all day! T had a basketball game with his work team that is more like a Hanni family team. There were 5 family members playing tonight including 2 cousins Brain and Randy, T's brother Brad and his uncle Doug.

Later tonight - Watch American Idol that we taped because we missed a day last week!

Tomorrow - Another day at work and American Idol of course!

This year - Hopefully T and I will finally go on a vacation (be-lated honeymoon) and you never know after I get my vacation T might get his first little one! A year is long time you never can predict all that will bless your life!

Ready For Flight? Maybe Not!

2008-02-24T17:40:00.000-08:00

Four years ago for Christmas all T wanted was a remote control airplane and I got it for him. Until today he had never flown it. Take off was scheduled for 2 o'clock this afternoon. A small crowd including family and few friends gathered for this inaugural flight. T ran into a few minor snags right off the bat but was able to fix them. The take - off was great but no more then ten seconds after take-off it caught a gust of wind and headed straight for a tree! T tried to compensate for the wind but the plane ended up crashing into the next tree anyway. We all walked over to see the damage and the plane was stuck up in the tree in pieces. Brad and Jordan climb the tree to rescue the wreckage! Eventually after trying for what seemed like forever we knocked it loose and fell the rest of the way to the ground. Needless to say the first flight will be it's last but we all had a whole lot fun today. T is a little upset that he didn't get much use of the plane but maybe in the future he will enjoy the memory of crashing his plane and salvaging the wreckage! I know I sure had fun! Here a couple of videos of T getting ready for take off and a couple of pictures of the rescue attempt!

T ready for flight. (Sorry I didn't know how to rotate the pic)

This is the plane in the tree!

Brad in the tree

At one point Brad had both his legs and arms wrapped around the tree because he was scared of falling. The other boys were throwing sticks and balls into the tree trying to knock the plane free!

Jordan in the tree

T with the what was left of his plane :(

Fight Night

2008-02-24T10:31:00.000-08:00

T and I are both UFC fans. Last night Cory, a guy that I graduated high school with, was fighting for a contract with the UFC for a company called Strikeforce at the Tacoma Dome. Cory got us tickets and most of our graduating class as well as the one before us and the one after. Apparently the ticket sales broke any other boxing, cage fighting, and kickboxing event that the Tacoma Dome as ever hosted and 2 thousand of those tickets were for Cory. There were ten fights of the night Cory being the second to last and the last fight of the night was Bob Sapp who starred as the big guy in The longest Yard. We had great seats thanks to Cory overlooking the cage. The first eight fights all went to decision (were the judges decided the winner) and were boring. When it came time to introduce Cory the whole crowd went crazy and was on there fight it was really amazing to see how many people were there for this one fight. When his opponent came out the crowd was quiet except for those few people who thought it was necessary to boo. Cory ended beating the guy 1 minute and 20 seconds into the first round by slamming him onto the ground and the guy tapped out (gave up). They ended up having to take the guy out of the ring on a stretcher. When Cory made his move the whole crowd went crazy! It was fun to see one of classmates dreams come true!

Dominate I Don't Think So!

2008-02-07T19:06:00.000-08:00

So my sis-inlaw Kylee finally figured out how put links to other bloggers on her page (she's a little slow HAHA). Anywho she thought it was hilarious I'm sure that my link says and I quote "Girl I am going to Dominate at the race". Little does she know I don't get dominated! She may beat me but not by much becasue I will keep up! Hope your in for a little friendly race Kylee becasue I am bringing my A game!

Motivation Booster!

2008-01-30T21:28:00.000-08:00

My sis in law who lives in Utah gave me ring the other night to let me know that she ran 12 miles in 2 hours. This girl is amazing. I am so proud of her but totally motivated to run faster now. She is one of the many that will run the SLC 1/2 marathon this April. My goal for this marathon was 2 hours and 23 minutes. After talking with Kylee my new goal is to keep up with her. Not because I want to beat her (don't get me wrong that would be fun too) but to tell the truth I just don't want to finish last in the fam.

Snow Day and New Running Shoes!

2008-01-28T18:11:00.001-08:00

Today we woke up to fun in the snow! I love the snow. I think it is so peaceful and of course fun! With work being cancelled for the day due to road closures I was looking forward to playing in the snow. T worked graveyard last night so I decided to take a nap before the fun. My nap turned into 4 hours of good sleep. I must of needed it but was very disappointed when I looked outside to see most of the snow gone :( I guess there is always tomorrow because we are expected to get another 2-4 inches tonight. YEAH! Now for my new shoes. After my last 1/2 marathon I was experiencing some serious knee pain. I was told that this could be due the shoes that I have been wearing. The running store that host my marathon training group fits you you to shoes by the dynamics of your running. Basically you go in and they size you then they have you run on a treadmill barefoot to see how your feet are. Apparently the arches of my feet completely collapse when I run putting pressure on the out side of my knees hence the pain I have been experiencing. The guy that was helping me through this process asked me where I got the shoes I have been running in and how I choose them. I had to sadly admit that I got them at Fred Meyer and choose them because they were on sale for 19.99. Well I got a great pair of shoes that I love and bought shoe inserts that support my arches so cross your fingers and hope this takes care of my knee pain.

My New Training Group

2008-01-19T21:24:00.001-08:00

I signed up for a Marathon training group and tonight was our first meeting. Basically you told them if you planning to run a half marathon or full marathon and they laid out a training schedule for you to follow that would help you reach whatever time goal you wanted. They also organize a long run every Saturday morning where they set up aid stations and everyone meets to run together. Super fun I know! Tonight they gave everyone their training booklets and went through the various different runs in them so that everyone understood what they should be doing. I am soo excited to have people to run with especially on those long days. I got super pumped and can't wait to officailly start my training again tomorrow! YEAH!

A Day of Fun in the Snow!

2008-01-16T22:04:00.000-08:00

Today was a great and rare ( or at least it seems to be lately) occasion that T and I had the same day off from work! We made plans to go skiing or in T's case snowboarding. If you know me at all you know I love to sleep in especially on my days off so when the alarm went off this morning at 7:15am I did not hesitate to press snooze. T on the other hand sets his alarm even on his days off because he doesn't want to miss one minute of his day off, so he was up and atom no problem! After pressing snooze three times T came into the bedroom and asked if I just wanted to bag the whole day. I could hear the disappointment in his voice so I dragged myself out of bed and got ready to go. I am soooo glad because it was such a beautiful day and we were practically the only ones on the mountain until about 2:00. I had a great day in the snow with my hubby!

A Sad Goodbye

2008-01-15T20:54:00.000-08:00

The last few months that T and I lived in Spokane we had a dog named Brutus. He was the ugliest cutest dog you have ever seen in the whole wide world! No Joke! I absolutely loved Brutus even though he had some issues. He would follow me wherever I went in the apartment. I couldn't even use the bathroom without him whining and scratching at the door. When we moved back to Sumner we had to give Brutus away because out land lords would not let us have animals. So we gave him to a our close friend Hippie - Joe (this is what T and I call him because he literally is a hippie). They were a perfect match. Today when I got home from work T informed that Joe had called and Brutus was hit by a car and passed away. We loved him very much and will always remember the days we got share with him!

Nookachamp? YOU BET I AM!!!

2008-01-14T19:05:00.000-08:00

My 1/2 Marathon was this past Saturday and may I say I think I rocked! I thought I would finish is about 3 hours and I actually finished in 2 hours and 40 minutes!!! I was really excited about maintaining my 12min mile pace throughout the whole thing! I did have to walk twice on the hills so my goal for the next one is no walking no matter the hill! I am completely in love with running in events now. It was so motivational. Everyone was super encouraging and friendly and it only made me want to run more. Big thanks to my sis in law Ang for introducing to the beautiful world of running. You have no idea how you have help me get out of rut and start running to towards a better me! THANK YOU!!! Next adventure the Salt Lake City 1/2 Marathon in April!

One Week to go Until the Big Day!

2008-01-05T18:26:00.000-08:00

In one week from today I will be running my first ever half marathon! I am totally excited and scared out of my mind. I have had exactly 10 weeks to train with Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years right smack dab in the middle. Now I know I am not in the best shape of my life and I probably could have done more running to train for this adventure but I am still going to go and do my best and hopefully finish without making everyone hang out waiting for me to finish! Wish me luck!

Bummer Run!

2007-12-30T16:32:00.000-08:00

This morning I got up and was totally excited to do my run today. It was my first run with my new Garmin Forerunner watch! My goal today was to do 5 miles. So I started my run and was feeling great and around mile 2 I was feeling so great that I was contemplating doing more as I was enjoying playing with my new watch. About mile 2.73 I got the worst die ache of my life!! I felt like something was exploding inside my body on the right side. It was so bad that I headed home so I only ended up doing 3.63 miles. This is not the first time that a side ache as disrupted my run. I asked my sis in law Ang what the possible causes of this could be and she said that I wasn't drinking enough water. So I thought I was drinking a lot but I guess I am going to have increase my intake even more because I do not want this to happen again and ruin a perfectly good run!!!

The Holiday Season

2007-12-29T22:19:00.000-08:00

I always enjoy the holiday season. Food, family, and of course more good food!!!! But I am always relieved to see them pass! We have been super busy for the last 2 weeks with Christmas parties and seeing family from out of town! I love iot but always feel like I need a vacation after :) As January 12th ( the day I will attempt to run a half marathon) approaches I am getting more and more nervous. I have been trying to run faithly every day but during the Holiday season it has been very difficult! I'm back on track now and am toatlly excited to do this!!!! I ahve to share my favorite memory from Christmas. T and I decided to go to the mountains on Christmas Eve and go skiing and snowboarding. I ski, T snowboards. I was a little nervous about this adventure because it has been close to four years since the last time we went. We rented our gear and headed to the first run, a bunny hill, and got on the chair lift. When we were getting off T biffed it big time where they had to slow the chair lift down so he could move before the next people got off. I couldn't help but laugh as I glided past him and watch him try to get out of the way. After he buckled in his other foot it was time to see how the rest of the day would go. I let him go first because I was nervous. So he pointed his snowboard downhill moved about 6 inches before he was falling again. I waited and watched him fall and try again until he was about half way down when I decided to brave it. So I took a deep breath and pointed my skis down hill and it was like I had never had a break from it. I made my way down the hill with ease and as a past T who had just fallen again I couldn't help but smile. It is not very often that I am better than he is at a sporting event in fact I Have never been better I enjoyed this moment. Of course by the end of the day he had found his legs as was doing just fine. But for a couple of runs I was better and I will always remember that! We had soo much fun that day that we are talking about making it a tradition. I love new traditions!!

Happy 24th to Me!!!

2007-12-01T20:36:00.001-08:00

Today was my birthday and I had a great day! I'm really not much for my own birthday but my Husband made my day a perfect birthday! I had to work this morning and they threw me a little b-day shin-dig and then I headed home to stand in the freezing cold half rain and snow for the Sumner holiday parade! Then we went home to have a fire and Happy Teriyaki (my fav) for dinner and watched movies by the fire all night. I loved this! To me there is no better night than snuggling up to my hunny, watching movies together, and hanging out! Thanks T for making my day great!!!!

Thanksgiving Here We Come!

2007-11-21T22:29:00.001-08:00

For the first time T and I are hosting Thanksgiving for his family. I am super excited and super nervous for this. All day today we were preparing for the event. We went grocery shopping ( which is a whole other crazy experience ) and cleaned the house. When we got home we started preparing some of the food that could be done the night before: pickle wraps, green bean casserole and pumpkin pie. I think I purchased the hardest easiest pumpkin pie stuff. The crust and only the crust had to be covered with tin foil after the first 15 minutes. Sounds easy enough right? Not so easy. Both T and I were hovering over the hot oven trying to place tin foil on a very hot pie crust all the while trying not disturb the pumpkin filling. This was not working out so well for us every time we would get one piece of foil on another would fall off. So we decided to take them completely out of the oven. This definitely worked a lot better without the heat of the oven in our faces. After we finally got all the foil on T was trying to very carefully place them back into the oven and dropped one on the door to oven. I just thought this was so funny and T did not. After all this hoopla with the pies I sure hope the pumpkin pie that made it is sure delicious and worth the struggle!!! I love holidays they are always full of fun and unexpected disasters!

Half - Marathon Here I Come

2007-11-19T20:26:00.000-08:00

For the last two weeks I have been training for a half-marathon that will take place on January 12th. For some now I know insane reason I let my sister-inlaw Angela talk me into running this. I guess it is not really the run that makes me nervous but the fact that when I agreed to run this I only had 10 weeks to train. My goal is to just run the whole thing. At first I thought that if I trained everyday I would be able to reach this goal but my last few runs have been discouraging. I started off running two miles and now I run a very challenging 3 miles. Tonight on my run all I could think about was that if 3 miles are this hard for me now how am I ever going to make 13 miles. Well I'm not one to give up, I am one to get mad and get her done! If I have to finish on a gurny with an oxygen bag I will finish the run!

A Little About My Family

2007-11-18T17:51:00.000-08:00

This is my first blog so to start it off I thought I would share why I decided to start blogging. Some of my sister inlaws blog religously and I have several friends that blog and thought that it would be great way to try and keep in better touch with them. This new world of blogging seems like a lot of fun and I am excited to get started.