again

last september
i walked in my
very first half marathon
and said, "i can check that
off my bucket list"

well, again
i can say it! :)
this time i will be
participating in a local event
with a bunch of my high school friends;
we call ourselves the ya-yas and have
been close friends...some of us
since grade school!

i have promised
to not walk my 'normal' pace
with them
and to take my time and have
fun visiting...i am sure that will not
be a problem. ha.
we never seem to run out
of things to talk about! LOL

so, again...
i will do a half marathon
and am thinking maybe i
will be doing more and more
in the future!!

lookout.
here i come!

here is a picture from
today's instagram.
i love, love, love that my
new workout leggings
remind me of
mystique from x-men!!! :)


have a wonderful week
my friends.

we did it!

yes.
the bellingham bay marathon
is now under our belt!!

i did this with my husband, our best friend,
his daughter, her husband
and one of her friends
and
we did it!
we made it!
we finished the race!

we walked in the rain;
(yes, remember i live in the PNW)
they were predicting a rain AND windstorm
but, we missed it.
we still had rain, mostly a light sprinkle
and some wind
but, nothing that made it miserable!

we had over 5500 people participate.
i broke my record even though i was
only trying to complete a half marathon
it was my fastest long distance walk,
according to my runkeeper app! :)

yay!

we did it!

now we

can chalk that off

our personal bucket list! ha.

i am not sore at all today
although a bit tired.
today i will take the day to
mend muscles and sit by the fire :)

enjoy your monday!
it is the beginning of a new week.
a fresh start.
a new chance at something wonderful!

smile. shine. see beauty!

we picked up our bib numbers and shirts the day before.

we parked and walked to the starting line.

excited and ready to go!

two grandpa's and one granny. :)

my hubbie and our best friend!

we have been best friends with him (and his wife)

for 23 years!

the 'team'

we met up with 

our friends daughter, son in law and her friend

yes, it was raining as we waited

to get started.

afterwards.

13+ miles later;

we are still able to smile! :)

our medals for completing the course!

screen shot of my 

runkeepers app!

i love how on the bottom it says:

your best time!

bucket list

i am officially signed up!

yes, our friend asked my hubbie & i
if we would be interested in
walking a half marathon
with him.

i immediately jumped at the chance!
but, let's be clear here- we are WALKING it.

still, it is a pretty big deal for me. :)

that means we will be walking thirteen miles!

i have been hitting the roads.
averaging between five and seven miles on most days :)

i am super excited to do this!
it will be my first half marathon
and something i can check off my
bucket list! :)

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may you have a blessed day!
my wish for you is that you take a
few minutes each and every day-
to see some beauty around you;
because my dear friends,
it is there, if you only take the time

to look!

summer memory makers

as our family prepares

for some big changes in our lives;

(daughter, son in law and grandson

moving to austria at the end of july
for full time missionary work

 and another daughter

contemplating a move out of state, too)

i decided to get out

some paper and pens,

since being inspired

by a painting i pinned
 by
 lisa leonard!

now, lisa used a white canvas
and water colors

and i didn't have any on hand

and wanted to do this today,

so i used some sketch paper

and felt pens ;)

i sat and thought about my summer bucket list;

things i would like to enjoy with the

kids/family before they all move away

it was fun to
come up with things to
do together and
was also fun to make!

now it hangs on the side of my fridge

to inspire & challenge us

to see how many we can

accomplish,
the summer of 2012

boxes will be checked off

as we complete them!

thursday thoughts

i posted
during the challenge
what i called a

bucket list
of sorts.

in that post

i mentioned that

before my daughter,

son in law and grandson 

move away to be missionaries

in vienna, austria...

i had some 'bucket list'

things i wanted to do

as a family-

today i booked

a weekend get away...

two cabins on the pacific ocean!

exactly

two weeks before they move away

for two years

we will be enjoying 

hot tubs, hikes, beach combing, campfires,

s'mores 

and lots of family memory making...

this mom and granny

is smiling!

~~~

this thursday

has arrived so very quickly-

on quiet footsteps

it moved,

just slid right

up to the door

without a sound-

sneaking right under

the doormat

and crept right in!

may i not take it for granted

but, be happy in this day

and every day that

comes!

oh, let the sun shine in 

and face it with a grin-

open up your heart

and let the sun shine in!

be blessed-

a picnic in the park

letter p~

i have what i guess one
might call a 'bucket list'
of sorts...
things i would love to do as a family,
before our daughter, son in law
and grandson move
to Austria, in july-
if you want to learn more about their
mission i wrote about it in this post
or you can read their blog: seantawn.blogspot.com

here are a few things on that
'bucket list'-

*a picnic in the park after church-
so we can enjoy a family hike &
croquet or bocci ball...

*i would love to take a drive up to
mt. baker and visit picture lake;

it isn't a very far away from
where we live
we have been there many times.
it is amazing!
i would love to share this
with the family again-

*i am trying to plan a weekend get away
to our favorite cabins at
thousand trails in laconner, wa!
which means we could
walk along the beach on the pacific ocean!

picnics, parks, picture lake, pacific ocean...

yes, this is part of my bucket list
before i have to say:
so long. fare well. auf wiedersehen. good-bye. 


i plan to treasure as much time
as possible...making memories.