Ice cream Sunday!

How could you not love these faces? Happy ice cream Sunday!!:)


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"Yo Adrian, I did it!!!"

To those who don't know this...I have an obsession with the movie, "Rocky". Hence, the blog post title. I have since age 3. It was the year "Rocky III" came out. I even carried a picture of Sylvester Stallone around in my wallet. Yes, in my 3 year old wallet. Maybe still do now. Wouldn't you like to know? Heehee.
Anyway that wasn't the reason for the post. This is!



This is me crossing the finish line in my very first half marathon!!! Yep, I did it!! I ran 13.1 miles! Woohoo!! My official chip time was 2:32:35. The clock time is obviously not the same, but the chip is more accurate. My goal was 2:30 and I was darn near close!:). I can't tell you the feeling you get when you cross that finish line! It's exhilarating!!



This is my friend Stacie and I pre-race. Talk about nervous!


This is mile 1, just getting started. I think I had finally calmed down by now.



Speedy Gonzales, uh, I mean Stacie crossing the finish line!




Stacie cheering me on as I come down the homestretch.



And us with our medals after!:)

This is the first of many to come!! I am definitely hooked now.

Happy Monday!


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2 more days!

Wow! My long anticipated wait is almost over. In two days I will be running in my very first half marathon in Kansas City. I am overwhelmed with excitement, but really mostly nervousness!! I can't wait to post all of the pictures and details!:)
I truly am blessed by all of the support I have received from my husband especially, my family, friends and my clients!!

My cup runneth over!


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Sew happy!

I have really been on a sewing kick lately. I have loved to sew since the day I sat in front of my machine. It feels like second nature to me. I just haven't made the time to do it. My goal this year is to drag out my old clothes and re-vamp them into something new. I think it will be a fun challenge to help me sharpen my sewing skills and also save me money. I have a huge fabric stash so I'm sure there will be a lot of fun things that come out of it! Yippee:)
So a couple of Mondays ago I pulled out my Amy Butler "Style Stitches" book and picked the fringed hobo bag to tackle. That was the first time I have followed a pattern of this magnitude! It is by far not perfect, but I love it!!


I didn't put the fringe on it and added the flower. It is a perfectly fun spring bag:). I am slightly (ok it's a problem) obsessed with coral, turquoise and army green for the spring season. If you ask the girls at work they will tell you that I won't shut up about it! Lol! What? It's cute!
So then I decided I wanted to make an elastic waist skirt this Monday. I googled and found this cute blog called freshlypicked.blogspot.com. And she had a great and super easy tutorial on how to make one. And guess what? She even shows you how to put in pockets!!


Didn't it turn out cute?? I love it! (do you also notice the coral tank and turquoise shoes?).



I love the pockets, too. It's always fun to put some happy fabric into projects:)
When I dug my fabric out for my skirt, I found some funky jersey material and decided I wanted to turn it into a fun tank top I could wear under a cardigan. So I took one of my tank tops I already had and placed it on top of my doubled material. I cut around it about a half an inch on all sides and voila! I had the two sides of my tank top. So from there I cut the front a little lower and sewed the two pieces with right sides together. I decided I wanted to embellish the front a little bit. I made a ruffle and cut a sort of "bib" shape out of some-wait for it-turquoise fabric (I know-shock!) and appliquéd the both to the front of the top. To finish I took black bias tape and finished up the top seams. For the bottom, I just folded under twice and stitched. I then dug into my button stash and found some cute pink buttons that I knew would go perfectly! Once again, this being my first attempt, it wasn't perfect by any means, but I love it just the same;).



Gotta love those iPhone pictures!

I'm sew (heehee) excited to continue my sewing adventures! I have a bunch of projects I want to try!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! We are supposed to get snow today. Let's hope not! Even though it's been so dreary around here the past few days, my husband decided to bring some spring into my life. I got these at work on Thursday just because and with an incredibly sweet card. I really am so spoiled! I just love daisies:)



It's officially ONE week until my half marathon! I'm super excited and really nervous! I can't believe it's almost here!

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Late...ly

I do have to admit that I have been a terrible blogger. It has been 2 months and I have had a lot to blog about, just haven't done it.  Time just seems to fly by faster and faster!

I actually got a text from a friend the other day that just simply said "BLOG!!".   LOL!  If I wouldn't put it off, then it wouldn't take me forever to post just one entry.  So, this one is for you, Sarah!  And for all of my followers that actually read:) 
So, here is what's new.


Rylee received the Sunshine Award from his principal and here he is in the assembly.  We are so very proud of our little sunshine boy:)

We actually had a nice (enough) day to take the kids to the playground and slide.

And then we got hit with a whopping 19 inch blizzard!



So, we made snow ice cream! Yum!



Valentine's Day cookies with Nannie

So much fun!

And turned out beautifully!

Ry's school Valentine box

Playing in the "clubhouse"

Her newest obsession is Sunchips!

I have been busy training for my half marathon, which I will run on April 2 in KC.  I am so very excited and nervous all at the same time!  This is a goal that I have been wanting to complete for some time now, so it's pretty special to me!:)
Here is the website if any of you would like to read up on it.

This past weekend, Lee and I actually got the chance to have a date night.  We haven't had a real one in a while and we really enjoyed hanging out with friends and having adult time!

Date night!

This picture is edited with Instagram, which is an app on my iPhone and I am OBSESSED with it! 

Also, I this is what I woke up to this morning.  Keep in mind, I ran outside on Saturday in a t-shirt and shorts and was hot.  Gotta love Missouri!

March 14, 2011

Have a great Monday!  I can't wait for Bunco and The Bachelor season finale!  He had better pick Emily!

My 3 favoritist people:)

I am once again sitting at home with my sick bubby.  We had snow days on Tuesday and Wednesday, but he still was running a fever yesterday, so we kept him home again today.  I have a call into the doc office and I am hoping they will change his antibiotic so we will see the improvement we need to see.  He is by far better today than any other day this week, but he needs to be 100%!  So, I am saying prayers that he gets better and soon!

So, I decided to post about my favorite people today. 

The first is my bubby!

This picture was taken in November on the very day that Ry won the CharacterPlus award for Polite.  He was put on the "Wall of Character" at his school and was recognized in an assembly.  We are SO very proud of him! 

And another of my favoritist people is my Sissy-girl!

This picture was taken on Christmas Eve and it is one of my most favorite!  This is what a Merry Christmas means to me.:)

Saving the best for last, is my wonderful husband and best friend, Lee!

This was taken on New year's Eve and it was the best pic I got of him.  I love when he has a scruffy beard and I made him buy this hat!  I love love love it on him!!  I am so very thankful for him in my life.  He is my rock and without him I would be lost!

So, there they are.  I praise the good Lord each and every day for these three people.
I am truly blessed:)

Happy New Year!

Well, I broke my promise again, but it is a new year and I get another chance, right??  Haha.
I hope that everyone had a fantastic holiday season and this post finds you all well.  I know that for us, the holidays went by way too fast and I feel like my head is still spinning a little from it.  But, I must push on and try to put some organization and order into my life!  Those of you that know me well enough, know that I am constantly striving to be organized and always fall short.  But, this year I am going to try my hardest to simplify things in all aspects of my life. That's my word for the year...SIMPLIFY.  It has a nice ring to it!  
I started with my magazines this weekend.  I went through the ones I have hanging around and tore out the pages that I wanted to keep, which surprisingly weren't too many.  And while I sit at home watching the snow with my sick bubby today, I have deleted all 6000 (yes, really there were 6000!) emails that were sitting in my inbox.  WOOHOO!!

I am not sure about you, but the new year didn't start off the way I wanted it to.  Our year started out with the terrible death of a close friend, one of my best friends falling and hurting herself something awful, Reesie getting over bronchitis which resulted in me getting bronchitis, Lee getting the stomach flu and now bubby with strep:(.
It's funny how life works that way.  I always want this and that to be a certain way and when it doesn't turn out my way, I am always so disappointed.  But, I know that God has a plan for all of us.  And I should be more flexible.  One of my very good friends, Lyndsey, told me that I am a perfectionist.  How dare her, right??  I thought that she was crazy at first because while she is telling me this, we are sitting in my living room with toys strewn about and both of my kids running around, fighting and tearing up the house.  I looked at her and asked if she was kidding me?! LOL.  But, as she explained to me the many reasons I am one, I began to realize she was right. I am a control freak.  I always want my way.  Things have to be perfect and if they aren't I either give up or get mad.  So, I need to let those things go.  Thanks, Lyndsey:)
I have quite a few resolutions that I will be working on this year and will be updating the status of some while on my way:)  The big one is my running my half marathon in April.  Yay!
Anyway, I have rambled on and on about silly little things.  It[s time for the important things...the kids:)

Look at how big they have gotten!

Ry with his Christmas goodies:)

After Santa came!

The princess with her goodies:)

I also want to wish my wonderful Mama a very happy birthday!  We love you, Nannie!!

I hope that everyone has a great week:)  Enjoy the SNOW!!!