Winter

It has been the craziest month ever... SO much to talk about, so little time to blog about it! Here are a few bulletpoints of the past month:

*Drove to Utah
*Had Christmas in Utah
*Celebrated nana and pops 49th wedding anny
*Drove to back to Texas (Lyla was sedated this time)
*Had a football national championship party
*Started School again
*Got Glasses


I hope everyone has a happy new year and more post to come shortly!

Fall Semester is O-V-E-R!

We made it! Fall semester is now behind us.

SNOW IN HOUSTON!

I guess we dont have to wait until Dec 21 to see snow... we got some today in Houston! It was a very rare storm that produced big snowflakes! It wont stick very long, but still, it is amazing! I took the pups down to take pics and they were not sure what was going on. It snowed last year too, I must have brought the snow with me from Utah!

These are a few of my favorite things...

Christmas time is that one time of year that just makes me constantly happy! I love everything about it. Everyone is so giving, and loving... it just makes me smile! My mom and I have been going to see the nutcracker at the capitol theater in SLC since I was 3. Its so much fun to go with my mom and enjoy such a great production, and this year Ally (Pauls girlfriend) is coming with us! She is already such a huge part of our family so I am excited that she is coming this year! Another thing I love is watching all the christmas movies like, christmas story, love actually, the holiday, santa clause 1, 2, and 3, all the tv specials but most of all home alone! Such a great movie!! I also love eating those yummy pilsbury ready to bake cookies! They are soooo good, and the best part is you take them out of the fridge and bake! I also love all the decorations. Chris and I decorated our apartment patio to the max! 450 feet of bright multi colored lights! If you know how small our patio is, you know that is a heck of alot of lights!! Pretty sure our neighbors across the walkway appreciate that! Chris' mom donated a little tree to us, so we could have one in the house! Since we are going to be in Utah this year, we didnt want to get a real one just yet. We also have little trinkits all around the apartment! I also love listening to christmas music. If it were not totally weird, I would listen to it all year around. Christmas is not just about all the material things, its about being around the ones you love, and doing good to make others happy. I wish it was all year around!!

20 more days...

and we will be seeing snow!! I cant wait! Seriously so excited for christmas this year! Not only is it my favorite time of year, but Chris will be joining my side of the fam for the first time Christmas eve and day! Its going to be epic!

Half Marathon

"I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought." --Arthur Blank

The San Antonio Rock and Roll half marathon was a success!!! This was my third half marathon and definetly my hardest one. I had been training really consistantly over a 6 month period, but my knee was giving me hell for about half of that time. It wasnt enough pain to go see a doc, but enough to make me "RICE" it often (rest ice compress elevate, see I DID learn something in my health and fitness class) There was even a morning where I woke up and my quad was in a semi permanent charlie horse (owwww). Anyhow, I managed to show up to the start line on November 15th!! It was perfect weather, not like last years cold front of 32 degrees! A perfect 65 to start the race off. It was kind of humid, but not enough to bother me. I made it to about mile 8, and then my knee started to annoy me. This was the annoyance that I was used to for the past 6 months so I kept on going. But at mile 10, I was in alot of pain. So I stopped running, but that hurt even worse!! I mangaged to slowly jog across the finish line and hit a time of 2:52:10!! I really really wanted to beat my time by 15 min from last year (2:15:00) but given that I was in so much pain, I was very happy with my time. I was still in the lower half of all women so I was still better then half, but if you know me, it was disapointing that I didnt meet my goal. I would have to say that the race was a success though! For all of you who think running in a half, even full marathon is impossible just know that its not and given that you work hard and train for it you will be successful!

Scentsy!

Hey everyone!! Just to let those of you know, who might not, I am a scentsy consultant! An amazing, delish, and attractive alternative to candles! Please take a minute to check out my website, and if you are interested in purchasing a warmer and some fragrances but are not sure what smell you want, just let me know and ill bring the samples to you! If you are out of the Houston area, I can describe them as best as I can to you before making your purchase. There are great Christmas warmers out now, so you will want to hurry and get them before they sell out!! Let me know if you have any questions!

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