Half Marathon

So my time was not great 2 hours and 32 min. but it does give me a time to beat for the next one. Our 13.1 miles was beautiful along the queen mary and the beach. We don't look so great but a long run will do that to a person.

The queen Bee was pleased you figure out which one she is I'll never tell......

These medals were very well earned my friends beat me but it won't happen again!!!!

Next year a hotel is in order it took us 2 hours in the car trying to get out of the area, we could have been ice'n our leggs and having a bite to eat

The Pumpkin Patch

Kiya's busy afternoon

Kiya is on the go we had a very busy day
She was very helpful with the laundry




we had a very short 10 minute power nap
Went for a wonderful walk around long beach

we even had to wear our very cool Barbie shades


and ofcourse we had water (a girl's best friend)

Fireproof

There is a new movie coming to theaters the end of September that I am very excited about! It's the same maker as the Left Behind series, with Kirk Cameron. To watch the trailer go to fireproofthemovie.com kind of a reminder how important our spouse is and working at the marriage. I know I tend to get selfish and only worry about my own needs but this is a reminder to me to do little things to show I care.

Shirt

This is the family running with the dog !

Gypsyrunner.com

I am training for my first tri - atholon and it's been fun I love to swim and run anyway. Now the bike thing is different I love spin in a gym in a air conditioned room but the riding a real bike outside I am not so sure. So at my last race a met a really nice woman Amy, she as a very cute running items boutique complete with items for the dog lover. So I sugguested a idea for a new shirt and she did it I call it the Katie but on her web site it's under awesome shirt. It says I'm not perfect but parts of me are awesome with a pair of great running legs. I love the Group Therapy shirt it's a picture of the whole family running together with the dog of course. It's worth a trip to her site www.gypsyrunner.com and you can see a picture of Gypsy the dog that started it all.

Wicked

I finally got to see Wicked is was awsome! Hollywood was an experience to say the least but I am so glad I went.

Day At The Beach

Emma is keeping a close eye on the girls while they try out their new boggie boards

Poor Emma, she was not very impressed with Kiya

I see Yoga in this girls future

AZ Vacation to see family

The weather was so weird we had strong winds and the dark clouds with rain, then it would clear up just as fast but God gave us a rainbow. This is my brother- in- laws street the houses are beautiful and super cheap it's been 2 years and a lot of them are still empty guess the job market sucks everywhere.

Aunt Natasha and Christy reliving the "Little House" days

We had a blast in Tomb Stone watching the shows

Searching for gold

The Grand Canyon was so beautiful

Majorly Down And Out

So I was off in my pursuit of life, liberty and happiness (okay so maybe it was not that noble) when the stupid County has a buget issue and once again I am a casualty of the unemployment line. Seriously I am concerned it's me I can't take another "no fault layoff" that does not make me feel any better as I contemplate putting my children in Public School my silver lining is that the housing market went to crap so selling the house would not put us in a better situation. Not too worry I have gotten out of bed and applied to several different agencies and I am going to hang out at the gym until I get something. I did a little retail therapy ofcourse I got a purse and my running group all got matching tattoo's of running shoes with wings so I am regresing to a bratty teenager for a moment after all it looks like I will celebrate the big 32 unemployed or maybe retired that will give me more time for Yoga.

Happy Anniversary !

We got boxing gloves for me to practice "self defense"

I am learning to be ok with a punch being thrown my way, no really I just look scared!

My BABY is 13!

He is not too old for the clown cone, but I didn't think about it ahead of time. After dinner he asked where the clown cone was? oops I forgot thankfully the guy made me one really quick but it did not have time to set so it melted.
Grandma Barbara and Papa Tony took the kids to Bubba Gump for shrimp (Daniel's favorite) for his big day --- he is a teenager:( They are going with him on the class trip to Washington D.C. they are all very excited about their upcoming trip
My parents stopped by to wish him a happy birthday

I am in a high stress academy so I did not have time to prepare a party or anything so August 20th when I get to join the world again I will take him out just the 2 of us. He has been very understanding of my being gone all the time, even on the weekends working out with my classmates, soon I will be back to the gym with him.