First Race

I did my first race! Alexis, my coworker, and I signed up for it 6 months ago and the day finally came. We didn't have any high expectations. We just wanted to finish it.

Ernest was our babysitter/photographer. Lina was our cheerleader. She got tired apparently.

And we did it! We finished!

And felt great afterwards! In fact we signed up for another race once we got back to work on Monday.

FYI- The Shun the Sun 10k is a great event! We even got a few more coworkers in on it for next year.

ASU Homecoming

Clint's studying and quiz taking require a quite home. I mean no TV, talking, playing, or even cooking. He doesn't do well with distractions.

So to appease him, on Saturday after Lina woke up from her nap (which gave him some quite time, I loaded her up in the car and we headed to Tempe. After maneuvering through all that traffic near campus and smiling at fellow ASU fan's colorful language as I did yet another u-turn, we finally met up with Tia Candi.

Lina cooperated with the dress up Shrek lady because she was distracted/bribed with licorice. Now I know the trick to getting her to keep something in her hair. She wasn't too fond of Sparky up close.

She wasn't a fan of Indian fry bread either. That's okay. I didn't mind finishing it off by myself.

Oh, and she loves bounce houses. Mostly she just sits there and lets the other kids bounce her around, which other kids think is weird. But Lina loves it.

She put up a good fight when I had to practically crawl in there to get her out.

And by the looks of these pictures, I've become a frumpy mom. I ate my own words...again.

Camping Trip-Labor Day

I have something to blog about....yeh, it's kinda been a while since this trip....so better late than never right?

We went up the Rim to get away from the heat for a long weekend.

I was hesitant about the "real camping" experience.

We had a good time sitting around the campfire, talking, eating, and eating some more.

Lina had a whiskey tango weekend.

wife beater...check.

socks with sandals...check.

spandex pants...check.

mullet....check.

Lina hated leaving the lake.

The trip home was eventful.

Not just because of hundreds of people who were also trying to make it back to town.

We got a flat tire and had no jack or cell phone service.

Kolby caught a ride back to Mesa.

Ernest eventually turned back to see what was taking us so long.

It only took us 3 hours to get back from Payson.

Clint got a whole two days off of school between semesters so we took a trip to Flag.
great company.
great weather.
What else could we ask for?

Well we did splurge by eating sushi and trying an Indian buffet.

Now back to school.

Calling on all spanish speakers.

How would you say "owl" in spanish?

a. lechuza

b. buho

c. tecolote

d. none of the above

Seriously. I need some answers on this one. I'll explain later.

My mom would be so proud...

I made these, using this tutorial. 

I am now a big fan of online tutorials, they make for some super cute baby shower gifts.

Hope you like them Jac.

Hope this helps Jill.

Is it weird?

Clint took a roadtrip for the day up to Flagstaff. Him and Ernest took their daughters (Emilee and Lina) to go visit Jonathan and his daughter (Charlie). They left around noon. I just got this pic in a text message from him...

I guess they got there okay.

Is it weird that I miss them?

Megan, you should have to come to AZ for the day and left all the boys to enjoy their daughters for the day. We could go do girl stuff that we can't do with little daughters, like go watch Charlie St. Cloud or get pedicures...or both.