Luau party surprise for Ryan’s 30th birthday was a success! He had no idea! Ryan’s mom took him out for a birthday lunch which was of course a part of the plan. I told him he needed to be back by two for our birthday plans. When he arrived everyone popped out and said surprise! […]
Our First Garden
Our first garden has been fun and exciting! I get so excited to see the little fruit or vegetable pop up. Then, over the next few days I am amazed at how in changes and morphs into the incredible edible it becomes. The other day it dawned on me: if I get this excited about […]
The Past 6 Months
Like I promised in the last post I would give you the Cliff Notes version of the past 6 months. So here it goes…. In November 2012 Ryan’s sister had her second son. We became aunt and uncle again. December of course consist of all the family get togethers and such. We had to do […]
We Had Our Cake and Ate it too!
For starters: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! May it be a spook-tacular day! This is our first year to be in our house for Halloween! Tonight we plan on carving pumpkins while handing out treats! Check back later to see what exciting treats we are giving out! With Monday being our one year anniversary we pulled the cake out […]
Anniversary Gift That He Will Love
Today I am sharing an anniversary gift that he will love! Well because today is our one year anniversary and we all know that means I need to have an anniversary gift for my man! Two years ago Ryan and I met at the 2010 Tulsa Run. The next year we ran the same race […]
I DID WHAT?!?
Ryan is such a sweetheart! When we are talking to others, that may or may not know us that well, about our athletic adventures Ryan often brings this up. He says, “Considering experience, age and gender my wife may be a better athlete than me.” I always tend to laugh in my head because Ryan […]
Our Weekend
On Friday I posted about our weekends this time of the year. Like I mentioned we were headed to Kansas for me to race in a 6.5 mile trail run. Three years ago I worked a summer literacy camp. One of my coworkers there and I started running together and planned to do this race […]
Weekend! What That Means for Us.
It is Fall and it is race time! Many weekends September through November consist of races for us. Driving, early mornings, packing gear, and sandwiches on the road for dinner. Last weekend we had our long training day on Saturday and was off for a race on Sunday. Lucky for us we are use to getting up […]
A Year Ago Today….
A year ago today was the day that Ryan proposed! So I thought I would share the story for those of you who do not know it! Ryan had earned a spot to represent Team USA in the World Championship for Long Course Dualthon. This actually happened before we even met. While Ryan and I […]
Spending Time with your Husband on His Birthday
On Friday I wrote about the adventures of trying to birthday present shop for Ryan. Saturday came and it was his birthday. We started the morning with our workouts. On Saturday’s Ryan has a 3.5 hour ride and 30 minute run and I have a 2.5 hour ride and 30 minute run. We head out […]