Race Day!

Weekend Review! I'm linking up Here

 I did it! I officially have run a 5k. It has been on my One Day list for years finally I did it! My family  has always been really big in to 5k walks we participate in the Kidney Foundation's 5k walk every year. But until yesterday my nerves prevented me from actually running a real 5k. Titusville put on the perfect event to get me out of my running shell... The Get Up and GO 5k/10k Run/Walk.... Seriously it was perfect, my family got to walk, I got to run and those more intense runners (me hopefully one day soon) got to run the 10k. It is held on the Max Brewer Bridge. Which basically is killer hard to run up and down two times. ( now I am using the word run loosely cause the second time going up it lets face it I WALKED ). 

I didnt take this picture I got it from here but this is that bridge! 

I ran with my great friend Becky and she is seriously amazing. She has two kids and totally kicked my butt. Now this isn't the best picture of us but at least we can prove we were there with numbers and everything.

 I finished 7th in my age group with 35 minutes and 10 seconds. I'm not sure how I feel about my time but I'm going with not to bad for no training... I pretty much haven't run more than a mile in a months... and it was on a giant slope. Ok enough with the excuses. All it made me want to do is go faster next time. I already found the next race I want to do its in October. I will beat my time! 

It was really great to spend so time with my family. My mom is amazing and so supportive she even paid for me to do the race since we have been super tight with money lately. My cousin walked the whole way with his little man strapped to his chest. It was pretty much the cutest thing

It was little mans second 5k walk strapped to his  Daddy's chest. Hes a warrior baby!

After the race we MAY have stopped by McDonalds... We earned it right?

Five Reasons Today is a Good Day

ONE. Early morning bakery trip to get the best croissant sandwich ever.

TWO. Woman working at said bakery thought I was in high school. 

(There may have been literally a thousand high school students 

in there while I was ordering but Ill take what I can get)

THREE.  I ran a mile in under 10 minuets... big deal for me 

maybe not normal runners but for my slow self it was an accomplishment   

FOUR. Jon has an interview tomorrow... prayers please we could really use this job.

FIVE. We downloaded 90's 100 top song and my life is no a musical completely 

with a husband who randomly breaks out in to song. 

Weekend Review

 This weekend has gone by all too fast, but what weekend doesn't. We spent this weekend catching up with some old friends. We spent Saturday with my good friend Tahna. She has been here for the past month working her butt off at Disney and we finally got to see her two days before she heads back to Provo. We had such a good time with her. Seriously one of the sweetest people I know. We spent the day pool hopping  at Disney Coronado Springs This is seriously the best pool around it has an slide and tons of room to play and a giant hot tub.  I mean just look at it... dont you WANT to be here right now?  

After hours of catching up in the sun we headed to Downtown Disney to kill some time before Tahna had to go to work. She showed us around her old stomping ground (she works at a few of the stores in DTD). and she even bought us an icy from Candy Calderon. We stopped by the new Harley store and took a few silly pictures. Jon was nice enough to join in on the fun.  Then it was time to say good bye. Seeing Tahna made me miss Utah even more than I usually do so many of our good friends are there right now and so few are here, but at least we give everyone a great place to visit.

                  

On Sunday we got up and got ready for church only to end up not going. Jon had checked in on Facebook to Downtown Disney the night before and it turns out one of his favorite families from his mission was visiting. So we changed our clothes and headed back to Orlando for the day. Jon was like a little kid, so excited to see this family. I had heard so much about them I was pretty excited too. On the way there Jon warns me in these words... 

Jon: Now Richard got in a bad accident and has scars on his face so don't stare.

Me: Oh really are they that bad? And I really don't think I would...

Jon: Yeah but they are bad he was in the Navy and I think that's how they got them

So we get there and they get out of their car with their 4 adorable kids and there is not a thing wrong with Richard,at all. I did not even give it a second thought until half way through lunch... turns out that Jon had just made the whole thing up to see how I would react. I never knew he was such a good liar... haha Oh how he picks on me!! Besides me looking really silly the lunch was great. We got to catch up and meet their kids ( they have two more since they last saw Jon) and even made plans to go visit them in Septtember to do this race.... http://www.colormerad.com/about.html

                              

Over all it was a great weekend and I am so sad it is over. But there is always next weekend to look forward too.