Camping at Pace Bend

During Spring Break we went camping at Pace Bend.  Last year Ry was barely a year old and was just learning to walk.  This time he was off wandering on his own, playing with rocks, dirt and toting his dump truck everywhere.  He especially loved rolly pollies and would scream 'BUG!" every time he saw one.  My parents had a new camper this year, which Ry made himself quite comfortable in (actually we all did), especially in the early morning when it was cold out.  He had a ball and slept great at night in our tent.  I think he slept better than us.  Unfortunately there was a burn ban this year so no wood fires, which meant no s'mores!  Waaaaahh!  That's OK, we enjoyed awesome dutch oven cooking and the weather we perfect!

Camping at pace bend 3/14-3/16

our camp site

playing '31'





I like long walks along the beach...

warming up with Juju

Kristi 5K

Jenn and I ran the Kristi 5K this past Saturday (3/3/13).  It was sunny and 50 degrees, which would have been fine if it wasn't for the wind.  15-22mph winds really makes you cold when you're just hanging around the lake waiting for the race to start, especially when you're only wearing shorts and short sleeves.  We ran counterclockwise around the lake.  Mile 2 was the toughest and had the worst wind resistance.  I finished in 26:25 (Garmin, there was no chip timing) and the course was a bit short at 2.88 miles (Jenn said she got 2.93 miles).  I took 1st place in my age group and recieved a medal.  I was the 3rd female to cross the finish line and 9th or 10th overall.  Jenn took 1st female overall and received a nice trophy.

Avg pace - 9:11
Mile 1 - 9:09, Mile 2 - 9:38, last 0.88 - 7:38 (8:44 pace)

Freezing at the start of the race 3/3/2013

Freezing at the start of the race 3/3/2013

Here comes Jenn (23:12 mins)

Crossing the finish line! (26:25 mins)

Receiving my medal for 1st place in my age group.

medal

Race shirt keepsake quilt!

After my friend Amanda raved about her awesome race shirt quilt, I decided to take advantage of the living social deal as well.  I have until August to gather up all my race shirts and decide which ones I want to turn into a quilt.  I'm actually kinda excited about it.  Now I just need to decide if I stick to the standard 45x60 picnic size quilt (12 squares) or upgrade!?

Speaking of races...I haven't run a race since July or Aug of last year!  I need to get motivated and sign up for some races.  Perhaps I should do the Kristi 5K this weekend...

Ringing in the New Year

This NYE we had all the kids and decided to celebrate in style at home!  We invited over a few neighbors and family and toasted our way into 2013.  Hugs & Kisses!

Welcome 2013!  May you all have good fortune in the new year.  Earth 1, Mayans 0.

Merry Christmas!

Gotta love the Holidays!  My mom and I made xmas cookies early this year so we could enjoy them the entire month of Dec.  ;)  My brother Steve and his wife Christina flew in to spend the holidays with all of us this year.  We went light seeing around the neighborhood, saw an awesome house that had their lights display timed to holiday music (very entertaining!) and we ate way too much good food. 

Christmas Eve we attended the early kids church service and then joined up with the Freund clan for dinner at Asian Bo Bistro, reinstating our tradition of Chinese food on xmas eve.  Fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra!

Ry let us sleep in Christmas morning, he didn't wake up until around 7am.  Of course he's still a little young to really know what's going on, but once we showed him his gifts he had a fabulous time ripping them open and playing with his new toys.  Afterwards we headed over to Opa and Ju-Ju's for more gift giving and our traditional eggs Benedict brunch!

Evan and Emma joined us the day after Christmas and we celebrated with the Maleks a few days later.

Happy Birthday to my hubby, who celebrated his ?? birthday on Dec 29th!  :)

Merry Christmas!

Lunch at the Oasis 12/23/2012

Christmas morning, before Ry woke up

Christmas morning at Opa & Ju-Ju's

Cheers! 12/25/2012

Pluckers!

Big C and lil C

Freunds/Maleks 12/28/2012

Malek Christmas 12/30/2012

2012 Running Review

I had a lot of ups and downs with running this year.  I set some new PR's, ran a couple half marathons, participated in my first Tri and then my body broke down.  I developed plantar fasciitis in both feet after the Deutchen Pfest race in late May, which then resulted in a stress fracture in my left foot as I tried to compensate for the pain and kept running on it.  I had to stop running for ~2 months (sept/oct/nov).  :(  I started back up slowly around Thanksgiving, and thankfully by the end of Dec I was able to run again without pain!

Total miles run:  565 miles
Total miles biked: 450 miles

Races:
1/20 - 3M 1/2 Marathon, 13.2 miles, 1:58:58 (PR)
2/19 - Austin Livestrong 1/2 Marathon, 13.2 miles, 2:06:54
3/3 - Tiara 5K, 3.13 miles, 31:29 (ran with Emma)
3/25 - Capitol 10K, 6.27 miles, 57:44
5/20 - Deutschen Pfest Pfun Run, 3.1 miles, 25:26 (PR)
7/14 - Anderson Mill Mini Tri ~24:25mins: 300 yd swim 7:57, 2 mile bike 6:32, 1 mile run 8:11(9:18 pace)

3M half 2012

Annual White Elephant Event

Per usual it was a wonderful white elephant party at the Cox's.  There was plenty to drink, eat (LOVE LOVE LOVE the candied bacon) and tons of fun with friends.  We were all pretty tipsy by the end, which resulted in a very liberating midnight run down the golf course minus a few articles of clothing....

Have a safe and happy holiday!  :)

The girls 12/15/2012

The totally rad leg warmers and white elephant!

Let him eat cake!

Cheers....