Tulsa Run 2011

On Saturday I ran in the Tulsa Run! It was my first time doing so!! The race is a 15k (9.3 miles) and a lot of fun. Since it is so close to Halloween (HAPPY HALLOWEEN BY THE WAY!!) a lot of people dress up! (But not me 🙂 )

This was the starting line. We got there early enough to not be in the very back! Over 3,000 people ran in the Tulsa Run!

I ran with my friend Katherine and her friend Lanna!

(p.s. I know I look like death! It was freezing and EARLY)

My parents came to cheer me on and took some pictures of me running! This was mile 6!

Above are my stats! I finished in 1:21:37!! Thats a 8:46 average pace! Not bad for my first Tulsa Run!!! 🙂

Next race….Route 66 Half-Marathon!!

Twinkies

This morning Marsha, Stacey and I all showed up with purple sweaters on at work! So I insisted we take a picture together!

Aside from Marsha not smiling….how cute are we?!?! 🙂

I decided since I had a camera pointing at me for once…I better practice my modeling skills…..

Obviously…I need more practice! hehe

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This morning as I got ready for work, Sally stayed under the covers….but peaked out to see what I was doing! I just love her! 🙂

Happy Tea Day!! (Remember….its Sweet Tea Thursday!)

My Weekend According to Instagram

My weekend didn’t really start until Saturday evening! I had to coordinate a wedding on Saturday AND run 10 miles.

I am over half way done with training!!

After running and the wedding, me and the girls left for Talala/Nowata

Reece slept the entire way!!! (Isn’t she cute?!?)

The first night we stayed at Brian’s mom’s house! She has a lot of cool stuff in her house. One room is completely decorated in old sporty memorabilia!

Even though I have been in this room 100 times, this time I found this really cool old camera!! Too bad it doesn’t work…

Reece made a new friend!! She couldn’t stop staring and Brian’s mom’s cat! 🙂

We had dinner at my parents house and mom made Wendy’s frosties (thank you Pinterist!!!!)

Brian had to go back to Stillwater Sunday night….so I stayed one more night with my parents!

Monday we ate at this CUTE little ‘Tea & Sand which’ place called “The Pink House”

I LOVE going here when I come home!

Finally it was time to head home to Stillwater!

And as I mentioned before….here is a little of our fall decor!

Have a FANTASTIC Tuesday!!

‘There’s Trouble’

See this ‘sweet’ little girl? Yes, I know she is cute, but don’t let her looks deceive you. She is an absolute mess. You don’t believe that something THIS CUTE could do something TERRIBLE?

This was yesterday. Yep. She got into all of BRIAN’S DVDs(thankfully not my chick flicks…otherwise there would have been a serious throw down.)

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This was today. She chewed up a very expensive workout video.

Needless to say….she IS in her crate right now. (with some toys….don’t worry!)

I hope your Wednesday is LESS eventful than mine!

My Weekend :)

As always…my weekend FLEW by!

It started off coming home from work on Friday and finding these on my dinner table!

Isn’t my hubs the greatest?

Saturday (after running 9 miles and getting really sick) I went to the Taylor Swift concert with my friend Alyssa!

It was so much fun! BUT we were probably the oldest people there without kids…oh well!(p.s. we sat in the farthest/highest seat possible) 🙂

On Sunday after church we met up with our friends Drew & Kristan to go to a Pumpkin Patch!

We went to a pumpkin patch in Arcadia, Ok. It was very misleading! There is NO pumpkin patch at the ‘pumpkin patch’. They just had a table full of pumpkins for you to choose from! BUT they did have a hay ride, corn maze, fire pits, petting zoo and other games! (Once again…we were the oldest people there without kids) 🙂

Since we didn’t get to ACTUALLY pick a pumpkin….we just grabbed the free baby ones!

After the pumpkin patch….we went to POPS!

And of course, I got a Creme Soda!

I also decorated our house for fall! I will upload pictures later! 🙂

Sisterly Love

One year ago today I was SKIPPING work to get on a plane to visit my sister! I so wish I was doing that again…because it has been 1 WHOLE YEAR since I have seen her. So I thought I would look back at pictures from our trip to D.C.

Here are a few of my favorite.

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!

🙂

Crafy, Crafty

On my ‘24 things to do before I turn 25” list I mentioned wanting to sell cards that I make! Right now I just enjoy making them for other people’s birthdays, anniversaries and thank you’s,but I think if I really spent the time on them…I could sell them on Etsy! We will see….

Anyways..here are a few that I made today!

(I can thank Pinterist for a few of the ideas!)

P.S. It is Sweet Tea Thursday around the office….so grab yourself a sweet tea!

(You can thank Pinterist for this too!)

Birthday Weekend

I had the PERFECT birthday weekend!

Friday at work the girls threw me a “surprise” party (NOTE: IT is NOT a surprise…but JB thinks it is…even though we do it for everyone’s birthday…every…single…year)

They made brownies, brought fruit, ice-cream and made a card!

The girls also got me some GORGEOUS flowers!

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Friday I had dinner with the girls at PF Changs.

And of course….no birthday is complete without an Octopus Hug.

And of course…a Great Wall of Chocolate.

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On Saturday, I woke up and ran my 8 miles…then later went to Tulsa to eat at the Cheesecake Factory with the Weavers!!

And of course we had cheesecake!

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Sunday we had lunch at…..guess where….

HIDEAWAY! and Dessert at MarbleSslab (to celebrate Brian’s secretary and I’s birthdays!)

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AND we did the same on Monday with our friends Brittany and Will!

I hope your weekend was as FABULOUS as mine!!

(P.S. Sorry Brit…this isn’t going to take you 5 minutes to read!) 🙂

24 Things to do Before I Turn 25

Tomorrow is my BIRTHDAY! I will be 24!

I know several different blog writers who make a list of things to do before they are X. So I decided I would make a list too!

So here are 24 Things to do Before I turn 25 (October 8, 2012)

1. Run a Half Marathon

2. Do a Sprint Triathelon

3. Photograph a Wedding

4. Master Photo Shop

5. Create an Etsy Site

6. Enroll in the New York Institute of Photography

7. Go on a Road Trip

8. Scrapbook our Summer 2011 Road Trip

9. Start a Supper Club blog

10. Learn to cook/ Cook more for myslef

11. Get in the best shape I have ever been in

12. Help start a photography club

13. Read the entire New Testament

14. Go camping

15. Go on a last minute weekend trip to a random city

16. Plant a small garden

17. Spend more quality time with our families

18. Ride my bike more consistantly

19. Read 2 books (I never read…so thats a lot)

20. Play the piano again

21. Visit my Sister in Virginia

22. Start selling homemade cards

23.  Save Money…work on the next step in Dave Ramsey’s baby steps.

24. Be the best wife a husband could ask for!