No Excuses

No pain, no gain? Well, in my couch to 5K training, I had to jog 8 minutes today, then walk 5 minutes and jog 8 more minutes. I was so proud of myself for cruising right through the first 8 minutes. I was feeling really great... Until I started the 2nd 8 minute stretch. My pride instantly crumbled as I looked at my timer and it had only been 6 seconds and I wanted to quit. Luckily, I can't quit... I have committed to do this 5K and to jog the whole thing! I talk about it all the time...how I am going to run my first 5K on my 30th birthday.  I bought a new jogging stroller, new running shoes, signed up for it and face booked about it just so that I could have no excuse to quit.  So on days like today, when I am jogging so slow that I can watch the reflectors go round and round on the stroller wheels, I am glad that I CANNOT QUIT! I did however tell Kyle that the dishes and laundry will not be touched today, hehe!

Remember to 'look up'

I have commited myself to running a 5K... I have wanted to do this for a long time.  When Kenna had her 6 month birthday (on July 25th), I decided now was the time to get to it. I found one that is being held on my birthday.  I will be turning the big 30, so I figured this would be a great memory of my birthday!  It is called "Battle to the Pacific".  I will be running it alone since strollers are not allowed, so Kyle will be staying with Kenna.  I am glad actually becuase I like to run at my own pace and not worry about anyone else wanting to go faster, haha.  So I began the "Couch to 5K" program which basically just tells me how many minutes to run and walk each day in order to build up my endurance and run the whole thing.  So the program has me doing 3 runs per week.  Last weekend, my sister Carisa and her family came to sleep over on Thursday night, so I did not do my usual run on Friday morning. We were planning to go to the ocean and meet up with them on Saturday, but I had to get my run in first.  This was week 3 of training by the way.  I really did not want to go, but finally convinced myself to.  I did not have the stroller with me for once since Kyle was home and kept Kenna with him.  Part way through my torturous jog, I passed another jogger and lifted my head to say hi.  After lifting him head, I began to think that I must have been looking down that whole time if I had to lift my head to say hello.  So I began looking up instead... and the beauty of the trees and the greenery that surrounded me was breathtaking!  I began to see what I had been missing.  It was truly majestic.  The last few times I've been jogging I have tried to remember to 'look up'.   Physically looking up towards the sky also helps me remember all the blessings I've received from my Heavenly Father as I try to spiritually 'look up' as well.  We live in a beautiful world :)

We are home

Life has not slowed down since Kenna was born.  Kyle and I were just talking this morning about how much our lives have changed just in the first half of 2013!

1.  Kenna was born in January which was the biggest change ever!  We are still getting used to being parents even after almost 7 months!  Going on maternity leave and then returning to work were all big milestones for me as well.

2. Kyle graduated in May and started looking for jobs.

3. We sold our house in Caldwell, Idaho.

4. I resigned from teaching at the end of the school year and became a stay at home mom.

5. We found a job in Vancouver, Washington.  Then we picked up and moved! 

After all of this, I am happy to say that we are home here.  We loved Idaho and were at home there then, but there have been a few very distinct experiences where I have truly felt like this is the place for us right now and we are home again :)  It's a good feeling.

Kenna likes it here too :)

I'm back!!

I want to get back into blogging for a few reasons. 1) I share way too many pics of Kenna on Facebook, so I could put some here. 2) I am really bad at writing in my journal lately, this might help 3) I wanna write how I'm feeling more often  4) I wanna track my 'getting healthy' journey here

Looks like I have a lot of updating to do... I think I will just write about a few of the important things in my life the last few years and then move on with the present. But I am excited to be back!