day 2

so day 2 of running is done. 4 miles. so i have only run 2 days thus far and need 3 more.....today (friday), tomorrow (saturday), and sunday. my running weeks always start on mondays for some reason. i plan on doing 4 today, 6 tomorrow, and 3 on sunday. wish me luck all! after this week i will have run 5 days for the first time in a month or so. yay! i love having goals!

easy dessert!

these are the best brownies ever! they take no time at all to make. put them with some vanilla icecream and you have a perfect summer treat. i made these yesterday and 3/4 the pan is gone from family and friends enjoying them!

friend time with jeremy & kayla and andy & brittany

today after a day full of swimming we had the chance to go to JAZZ IN JUNE and TOY STORY 3! with our bellies full from mr. goodscents we had an amazing night full of fun, laughter, and friends. we went to jazz in june thinking how wonderful it was going to be however when we got there and sat we quickly realized how steamy hot it really was outside. we enjoyed a few wonderful songs as we all sat and chatted and then spontaneously decided that we needed to see toy story 3. we all got up and anxiously walked to the theater hoping there would be a showing close to 7:30pm and score! there was one at 8. the tickets were bought and the seats were found and we all sat with smiles waiting for the show of our childhood. upon sitting there for about 5 minutes we noticed an oddly huge amount of high school aged kids with tags around their necks in the theater. it turns out that there was a thesbian convention in town with thousands of teenagers and they ALL got free movie passes and i think half of them came to the movie we were at. needless to say there were many out spoken dramatic people to entertain us before and during the movie and to make jay feel uncomfortable :). it was an experience to say the least. the movie was fantastic and i may have shed a tear at the end. it was pretty intense not even kidding!

to top the evening off as we left it started to rain and storm so there we were laughing at jeremy running like a maniac in front and kayla's inside out umbrella in back. we literally had sand in our teeth after from smiling and laughing as the wind was blowing. jeremy and andy then put on a rendition of singing in the rain and twirling around lightpoles for us. ahhhhh it was so fun. thanks friends for your friendship and spontanaity!

storms

so yesterday lincoln generated 6 inches of rain. wow! every single day it has been raining and in the evening we have had several awesome thunderstorms. the skies we have seen lately are crazy sick! i have never witnessed such majestic skies painted from the fingertips of God. it amazes me the colors he weaves together and the patterns he creates. SO AWESOME I CAN'T GET OVER IT! JESUS YOU ARE AMAZING!

fact:
a lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface

ps
yes i did take these pictures


ok no i didn't....i like to think i did :)

day 1

so my goal is to run 5 days this week and CHECK, day 1 is done. HOORAY for me! it always feels good after i get out there and sweat my brains out because of the humidity. anyway....i am taking the munchkins to a water park tomorrow (the kids i nanny for). it should be interestingly fun!

dog update:
norman has had an irritable stomach today. we came home and he had thrown up some string or something. poor little guy! needless to say he is back to chasing flies and acting normal.

husband

jay just asked me if i realized i only have three followers of my blog. wow that cut deep. i told him "i don't even care" and then i started laughing. i mean i am only doing this for fun because i like it. also tonight i started taking pictures of some of my new decorating things and jay made fun of me the whole time. it was hilarious i have to admit. then he noticed that i had to take the batteries from the remote and put them in the camera in order to take pictures and document my life and he said, "NEVER take the batteries from my dinger again!". hahahaha. yet again he made me laugh. this blog was his idea and guess who is doing it now. me! so to all of you followers out there, these blogs are for you!

p.s.

jay just informed me that if i gain 180 lbs. he will buy me a garmin :)

running

after doing two half marathons this year i believe i want to do more. lately i have gotten out of the habit of running five days a week and have been running two-three. sooo this week my goal is FIVE DAYS. i can do this. to get me pumped i have put some black eyed peas, brittany spears, and beyonce on my ipod. yes i did mention brittany. the beats get my legs moving! hahaha also i have been dreaming of my dream running gear. here are a few inspirations to get me moving:

a garmin watch so i can run without going to mapmyrun.com

a patagonia running skirt...soo cute. i didn't like the skirt thing at first but i am catching on

sweet patagonia running hat

patagonia socks..blister proof....i like patagonia can you tell?

ok....so five days this week. i will keep you posted about my progress