5Ks and Grey's

I found the magic :) I like running when there is a distraction. Running with friends was great, but I can't talk when I run; therefore I really couldn't socialize that way. I prefer to socialize with food ;) But I can run while watching Grey's Anatomy! I can run one at 5mph in almost the exact time it takes to watch one episode. Life is complete haha!

I don't think I had ever run more than 1.5 miles at a time in my entire life. Literally. Never. I ran an 11 min mile in Jr. High and hated it. I don't remember running more than a mile at a time ever after that. I danced, which was probably equivalent in cardio, but I focused on the dance. It was the distraction. Aaaand then I stopped. Everything. I haven't done much of anything since sophomore year of high school. I was super out of shape. Like-dying-climbing-a-flight-of-stairs out of shape. And now I can run a 5K. Woo hoo! I think that's saying somethin' for this girl who has been sitting on a couch for 8 years ;)

I'm super grateful to my girls for getting me running in the first place *Thanks, Hillary and Holly!! But I'm a pansy when it comes to running outside. Never really been an outside person. Sad :( So I joined a gym. My office pays for half a membership if we go 12 times a month. Can you say 'motivation'?? It's working! And I'm loving it! I just need them to get a yoga class now...

Anyway, after building my cardio back up after a short break with being sick and busy and whatnot, I ran my first 5K *ever* Tuesday night. And then I threw up (just in case you wanted to know ;) Note to self: Run in the morning, not an hour after dinner. But I ran one again this morning, and it was great! Stick me on a treadmill with some headphones and Netflix, and I'm set! Rainy days don't get in the way; no uncertain terrain and tripping over garbage cans *sigh... Now if I could just get the healthy eating thing down... I think I've pretty much just had sugar the last three days :/ No bueno.

Baby steps... Getting healthy and fit! Next step: 10K

Well, I Called It A Vacation ;)

Men and women are very different when it comes to vacationing. When a family goes on "vacation" or anywhere away from home, women must plan as many activities as possible into the time to make it super worth while. Men don't. Men, in general of course (but definitely in my man), would rather just relax, watch some type of sport on Tv, and just sit around. It's not a bad thing at all... I just figure I can relax as well, or perhaps even better, just by sitting at home. If I could just sit and watch someone clean my house, then I would call it a vacation ;) But, alas, I am a woman. And when we go somewhere, we've gotta go go go! So we went went went! We went to Utah for a few days this weekend and we hit up Hogle Zoo, This Is The Place Heritage Park, Marcos and Amber's house warming party, Utah Costcos, breakfast with my cousins, lunch with Amber and Marcos, The Living Planet Aquarium, and then fishing with Grandpa Billy at Devil's Creek! It was definitely a female-concoted, action-packed weekend trip! Sorry, honey :/

We got home and were definitely all exhausted, but I felt like I slept well Sat night and am not too tired for the week ahead! Not from the trip, anyway... It is almost 2 am, and I can't sleep, so that may take it's toll tomorrow, but a little weekend getaway was just what I needed to get some distance from the daily stresses, changes at work, cleaning the house (I cleaned before hand and it was great to come home to a clean house!!). It was great to just shake things up a bit and do so many fun things! We got a lot of sun which felt great, too! AND Lucas only had 1 accident the entire time! Go, Little Man!!

All the pictures are on Facebook, but here are a few of my favorites :)

I think it was around 4 pm and Via hadn't really had a nap yet... And she's teething. She was such a trooper, though, and did great at almost every place we went, especially if she was in her stroller. 

Panning for gold at Heritage Park

Dad! It's a frog!!

She was tired here, too. Poor girl. This was even after a nap!

Well, amidst our work schedules that almost never line up since awesome hubby works most weekends, we were both happy to get some good quality family time in (I promise Levi had fun most of the time! ;) Hopefully it's a good omen of things to come!