Florida Recap

Yeah Yeah I know this trip was 2 months ago but it was WONDERFUL!!!!
My cousin got married and was a BEAUTIFUL bride, we spent lots of time outside enjoying the weather, got to see so many family members we don't get to see often enough, I got to run on the beach and help with wedding stuff. It was great.
What, you want pictures? Ok! ;)
 

Brynnie B loves to wear her Gram's glasses.

She also loves to eat Lemons. (Just like me.)

First Ice Cream Cone - she shared with Gram

First Pedi!!!

What my daughter? Noooo... she would never be the first one on the dance floor! ;)

Trolly ride to the ceremony. (Gasp! The baby wasn't in her car seat the world is ending.)

Maybe she isn't my kid afterall... she HATED the beach!

Wouldn't touch the sand.

I have taken a lot of pictures of palm trees but this may be my fav!!!

Gorgeous ceremony site!

Hanging out with the big girls on the dance floor.

Sweet kisses from my baby love! God I just adore her!!

Fake Cheese'n!!!

By the pier in Naples. (Still hated the sand!)

Snuggly baby! She was so sleepy.

Such a mischevious little smile.


We had a fantastic time. And I loved spending so much time with my mom and my baby. It was a much needed vacation.

xoxo...P

Good Intentions

I have them. I swear I do.

I want to be a better blogger but then I find something else that grabs my attention and P, little B and J gets pushed to the back burner again. Over the next couple weeks I'm going to try and catch all of you lovely readers up on our lives. *Note I said TRY. :)

I'm going to start 2012 by publicly announcing the things I want to accomplish this year.

1. Read 50 Books (I have already started my tab up top to keep track of my books.)
2. Run in 3 races
3. Start (and stick with) another method of exercise besides running. Maybe yoga?
4. Organize my life, and our home better.
5. Make 2 new recipes a month.
6. Be a better friend.
7. Be a better wife and mom.
8. Be happier.
9. Finally re-do our bathroom.
10. Take a vacation with J. Just J.
11. Learn more about photography.
12. Work harder (in all aspects of life).
13. Work at starting this business I have had in my head for too long.
Lets see how I do on my goals for the year.

Now all that being said the change of years always makes me think about the past and this year as I look back I got inspired to put some of my life into words and pictures to share with family and friends. There will be a post on it soon... maybe for my 30th birthday. I'm gonna be 30! Holy Cow! :)

Happy 2012 everyone!

xoxo...P

Florida....

One of my cousins is getting married in less than a week... on a beach in Florida, in her hometown. Brynn and I (and my mom) are going. Not only is my cousin awesome to begin with but she watches Brynn 2 days a week while I'm at the office (J's mom watches her the other 3 days). Brynn adores her!

I can't wait to get the heck out of here. I'm in a crap mood and just want to go away. I feel terrible that J and my dad aren't going though. I really wish they could. J isn't going because he has to be at work and my dad isn't going because he just had surgery on his ankle last week. (Sad.)

I can't wait to have a mini photoshoot with my girl on the beach!
Look at how little she was last time we went!!! She wasn't even 3 months old!




xoxo...P

2 Goals Down

I'm proud to say that last night I accomplished my 2nd major goal for the year. GO ME!

I have read 50 books this year.

My list of books can be found in a link above. My favorites for the year are the OUTLANDER series by Diana Gabaldon. I'm obsessed! Like I could read them everyday obsessed.

I also really LOVED the Hunger Games series, The Help, The Bronze Horseman (I'm on book #2 of that series now), Harry Potter and The Black Dagger Brotherhood series, Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door)

(It would probably be easier to tell you which books I didn't enjoy actually since all of those are a series of books totalling 29 books so far. (Plus another series of 5 books that I also really enjoyed - Fever series)

So books I could have passed and been fine not reading... Murder Takes the Cake, Sweet Valley Confidential, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover, Falling in Love with English Boys. It isn't that I hated any of them... though a few of them got 2 stars... they just didn't stick with me the way other books have done.

So Now what am I going to do since I have reached my goal? ... Keep reading of course! I started another book this morning! :)

Off to read now... have a great night! It will make your night great if you pick up a copy of Outlander and start reading. ;)

xoxo...P

2 Years Ago

... today is the day we found out we were going to be parents! That was such a great day!

This weekend we took Brynn to a pumpkin patch and she had the best time. Once she found the pumpkins that are her size she brought about 10 over to Jeff and then would bring them and put them away.

She also loved the hay maze. It was the perfect height for her to go through.

Look at how big she has gotten! (None of these pictures have been edited yet but I had to show them off.)






















xoxo...P

5K ...RESULTS!!!!

I freaking rocked it!!! I'm so proud of myself I'm still grinning from ear to ear a day later.

I dropped almost a full 2 minutes off of my best previous time.

Here are my results as copied off of the website. (Editing out my last name obvi!)

Bib Number        First Name       Overall Place     Division       Gender       Time               Pace



404                  PAIGE             1187                F2529         F               35:48            11:33

I'm pretty sure I'm going to sign up for another one in November. Anyone have any tips on how to drop even more time. My goal is going to be less than 35 minutes. :) (At least at this point who knows if I improve a bunch before then I may change it.)
My awesome supporters (for some reason I don't have a picture of my sissy's face.)





Me & Jenny - I'm glad I had a friend at my pace! This was just about a mile and a half.... feeling great!



It may look like I'm walking but I swear I wasn't! Just that weird point in my stride. I didn't walk at all!

Brynn wanted to run too.

Brynn was stealing bites of my banana.

Me, Jenny and Eddie -Eddie came in at about 22 minutes!



Peek - a - boo Auntie Paigey!



After the race we hung out at the zoo with Jenny and Eddie for a bit and then my BFF, her hubby and son met us there.
Here is Brynnie being fascinated by the dolphins.

Brynnie was trying to give my purse to her IRL boyfriend Graham.


So happy!
xoxo...P

5K..... TOMORROW!

I am so excited!

My 5K is tomorrow! I can't wait! And I have actually started enjoying this running thing. I have started telling Jeff how I wish we had room for a treadmill so I can keep it up even on bad days in the winter.

I'll be back to update on how I did but here is some pre-race fun for you.... my race shirt a map of the run through the zoo, my bib (#404) and my chip to register my time.  



next up.... 2 PRs last night...



My goal for the run was to break 40 min .... I think I can do it! ;) Now I feel like I need to give myself a new goal...

After the race we are going to hang out at the zoo for a bit. Jeff, Brynn, my mom, my sissy, Chance and my cousin are all coming to cheer me on.

xoxo...P