Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

We had a fun St. Patrick’s Day, we went to a mommy group party and played with the dogs and then watched some basketball!

Dinger laid on the grass while Tulo and Ronnee walked back and forth on the patio. Ronnee was getting a kick out of Tulo because he loves chasing shadows. She played out there for over an hour. I CANT WAIT FOR SPRING AND SUMMER!! 

Yesterday we woke up to snow and this morning we woke up to rain!  Tahoe is supposed to get 2 feet of snow this weekend. Can we please get sunny warm weather!!

P.S. I cant wait to go to Arkansas on Tuesday! I hope the weather is nicer! 

P.S.S.  Doesn’t my new camera lense take awesome pictures!!

here are a few more of Ronnee playing with her dogs and eating dirt!

Testicle Festival in Virginia City

I have been only blogging about my running so I figured I need to catch up on the rest of our life because we all know that we have been up to a whole lot more then just running!

Last weekend we headed up to Virginia City for the Testicle Festival for the 2nd year in a row. The Adams family rode with us and we met Jen and Bryan up there. It was freezing cold but the parade was a lot of fun and the men enjoyed tasting balls while we women found a spot to sit where the kids could run.   It was a fun Saturday adventure I just hope it is warmer next year!

Sorry some of the pics are weird. Still trying to figure out the setting on my camera!

Running…

Well it has been a few days since I have written about my running but I have been running. Thursday I ran twice even. Friday was on the treadmill which sucked! And today I had the best run ever! I ran for 33 minutes and that included big hill and there was even snow on the ground!! I felt so accomplished!!  I will be so ready to run the 5k in May! And I hope it will be a breeze!  

Runner’s High!

You always hear about people who find that Runner’s high that is why they enjoy running well tonight I think I found it!  I went for a run tonight and I felt like I could go forever. I was sad that it got dark because I could test my limits! It was nice to get home and not be completely out of breath. I felt so good! I cant wait to go tomorrow and that is something i have never said! I am so glad that I am starting to feel better.

And on another note the scale was not nice to me so I am waiting until tomorrow to see if makes me smile! I sure hope it does. This whole runner’s high thing hit me at a good time because with the scale not going exactly my way then i would be completely disappointed!

18 months for Ronnee-Roo

Can you believe it my baby is already 18 months!  The last couple days the terrible 2’s have been in full force which make me realize that she will be 2 before I know it!  She has started talking more and more. But the moment you think she has learned a word and uses it a lot she stops using it. For a few days she was showing us how old she was and using a lot of words but now she basically just says “Dinga”  and whines. lol Just kidding kind of. That is her favorite word but she uses others. She is obsessed with dogs. She crawls around and barks and whenever she hears a dog bark she says Dinger and starts to bark. Poor Tulo has been replaced!  She loves shoes and frosted mini wheats. She ate a whole box by herself in 3 days! She has continued to be a picky eater so we will take what we can get. When she finds something she likes she eats a ton of it! Like yogurt and frosted mini wheats right now. This morning she ate her bowl of cereal and then had 2 whole pancakes but when it came to lunch she snacked and same with dinner.  She always has a bag or bowl of snacks which she will be bring to you and say snack if she runs out at all times.  She is an eater but just a picky one.

She has become quite the climber. She climbs on the chairs and gets on the table. Today she climbed all they way up into my sequoia and the other day she had her car pushed close to the pool table and was standing on the handle bars trying to get on the pool table. She is a crazy energetic little thing.  She is now 18 lbs and nearly 31 inches long!  So she is growing just slowly!

The other day she was lounging in her chair reading the newspaper. It was so funny and of course she moved as soon as i got the camera.  She loves reading books, magazines, and newspapers.  I am trying to get better and being a better mom to her and read to her more and teach her more! I know right now she is a little sponge! She is getting smarter everyday and I love being there to help her!

We sure do love you little Ronnee  but I cant wait for you to start communicating and not whining so much!

 

Also I did my running and today was one of the hardest days to make myself go. I am stressing about weighing tomorrow because I know if I see know progress on the scale I will lose my motivation!

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So Friday morning I joined my neighbor at the gym for a body sculpting class and oh my gosh it was a killer.  To many lunges to count and I was so tired!  Then later that day I ran and so this morning when I woke this morning I could barely walk. IT IS SO PAINFUL!! My butt and thighs are so sore and my abs are feeling it too.  So that was my excuse for not running today plus we went to the Testicle Festival today and that wore me out. So sad that I missed a day but I will run tomorrow to make up for it. My plan was to take Sunday’s but it turns out that my life has decided to take of Saturday’s!  

Let’s hope that tomorrow I wake up and can walk without being in so much pain!

March 9th!

So this may be to much info but I went to the bathroom this morning and then I weighed myself and i was down 3 more lbs! I am not a regular bathroom goer so it has been quite a few days so that definitely helped me out on the scale! So that makes it a total of 6lbs! So proud!And I ran today probably farther then I ever have ran before I had to walk. It is starting to feel easier and not so hard!  And after I ran and we played at the park we went to the pool!!! At first she was unsure because right before that she ran on the deck and slipped and fell and hit her head so she was still recovering. But after the first few minutes she loved it!!

 

March 8th

So yesterday I decided to go to the gym and lift and ended up running too. So I got it all out of the way in the morning and that was a good thing because I was so tired  in the afternoon and it would have been so hard to get my butt to go running!  And yesterday I also cut out Pepsi and I ate so much better. We played cards last night at a neighbors and of course in the middle of the table they had thin mint cookies! My absolute favorite and I DIDN’T EAT A SINGLE ONE!  I was so proud of myself. And I really wanted a pepsi because I had the worst caffeine head ache just like I do right now.   I cant wait for these to go away!!!!

Today I weighed myself and I am down 3 lbs!!!!!! So nice to see that all this is paying off. I just hope I can have another good week.   I went to power yoga this morning and went for a run this afternoon pushing the stroller. Not gonna lie it is so much harder to run with a stroller! More power to all those women who can run miles and miles while pushing there kids!  But I feel better now that I have done it now I am so ready for bed!

And here are some pics of my kid and her best friends!

She would get pissed when we make her come inside so we just left her out there. good thing they know she is the boss!

I made it through the weekend!

My Friday run consisted of pushing Ronnee in the stroller up the hill. Kicked my butt but on the way down it was nice and easy! Plus it was funny to watch Tyler get pulled by the dogs!   Saturday was crazy and I missed out on a run so instead of using Sunday as my break I went running after Church. So I only missed one day which is way better then I thought!  So now it is Monday and snowing, so I can either wait for the snow to go away and run later or go to the gym and run on the treadmill.  Right now I am planning on waiting for ty to get home and go running outside. I am not a fan of running on a treadmill.  Not sure why I hate the treadmill but I just love the feeling of being outside.  But I am sure I will add to this later after my day plays out!   I must say though that the running is getting better. I am feeling so much better!  Also today I am cutting out bread or at least cutting it way down! I have a trip planned to see family in a couple weeks and I need to lose some lbs!

March 3rd and we are heading to the weekend.

Thanks to Jeri not giving me an out and making it so easy to go running I got my running in for the day. I watched her girls when she went to lunch and when she got back she told me to go running and she would watch Ronnee. Thanks Jeri!  And I also got some sit-ups and push-ups in with Ronnee on my side doing them with me. I love that she tries to copy me. Starts at such a young age!  So today was a success!

But now comes Friday and the rest of the weekend… I am planning on going to a workout class at 930 and then lunch so hopefully either before the class or after lunch I can get a good run in. I just need to make it a priority! I know it has only been 3 days but I am feeling better and better with my running. I just hope that it starts to show in my body and on the scale! Cant wait to weigh myself on Tuesday!

Wish me luck with the weekend! And this blogging it has really helped me!

March 2nd

The 2nd day of a challenge is always the hardest I think. I did run tho and did some sit-ups and push-ups but I fought with myself about it all day and kept pushing it off. I ran about the same amount as yesterday maybe a little more. MY LEGS ARE SO SORE!!! But a good sore. I cant wait for tomorrow and I hope that I am not as tired and lazy as I was today!  Well I wasn’t completely lazy because every time I picked up all the books I would find Ronnee doing this….

How old are you Ronnee?

March Madness

And by March Madness I don’t mean College Basketball. I have come up with the idea/goal to run everyday for the month of March which means madness for sure. I decided I would do this because I have been in a love my body and self funk!  I have been getting down a lot because I really want to be pregnant and I am not and I have let myself go. I need to lose like 30 lbs and I need to gain some self control and love for myself! So to help me get their I have decided to run everyday this month!   I have also adjusted my eating like cutting my intake of candy and soda!  I have got a my sisters and a few others on board so lets hope we can all make it thru the month of MARCH!!!  

March 1st:  Power Yoga~ 10 minutes of Running ~ and a 2 mile walk 

Let’s hope I can walk tomorrow!

And here are a few pics from last week in the snow!

Daddy’s helper! She loves her doggies!

Keep on me to make sure I keeping my goals!

The tears are falling….

Today I when to my friend Jen’s house to practice using our cameras on our children. We got some cute ones and now that I am home looking at them they made me see that my baby is not longer a baby. I seriously started crying when I looked at this photo because she looks so old….

She is growing up so fast. She is acting older and getting so smart but in these pictures she looks how she acts. I want my baby back! I love this stage that she is in but I miss my cuddly little infant! Yes I am baby hungry and have been for a year!  And I realize before I know it she will be doing this and it wont be with my phone but her own…

and doing this when i am not watching and with her eyes closed…

 

But for now I will enjoy these cute little legs

And everything else about this sweet sassy little girl!

Love you Little Ronnee!