Bikes

Thomas and I got bikes this weekend! We have been wanting to get bikes now for awhile so we can start biking on the greenbelt and in the foothills.  Plus we would like to sign up for some duathalons and have bikes to take camping with us this summer.  So finally we found some that fit our price range and what we were looking for.  We got some great deals off of craigslist.

The red bike is a Gary Fischer and the black one is a Giant. After we get helmets this week my goal is going to be to ride my bike everywhere I can this week. 

We took the bikes for a little spin today and we both felt like little kids who got new bikes for Christmas.

Park Central

I had a 12 miler this weekend and it was beautiful.  I ran along the greenbelt, which I have done before, but started at the downtown Julia Davis Park.  It was so green and cool running next to the river and there were tons of runners, walkers, and bikers out.

This training time I've been running faster training runs then I have previously and it makes me excited for maybe a new half marathon in a couple weeks at the See Jane Run 1/2.  My goal is to average 8:45 miles.
Here are the stats from this weekend's run:

This Sunday, rather than sit around and watch t.v., after church we headed to another downtown park and played frisbee golf. 

They had a huge frisbee golf course that was super fun.  It was pretty intense too because there is a little stream that sometimes you have to throw the frisbee over and if it doesn't make it you have to go in and get it.  This only happened once to us and Thomas went in for it.  We saw one guy take his pants off and go in to the stream in his chonies. There are some really hardcore frisbee golfers around here.  They carry around little bags that contain frisbee putters and drivers and whatever other type of frisbee you might need. On the way back to our car we saw some guys playing volleyball so we stopped and watched for a bit and soaked up the sunshine.  It is 83 degrees today and feels so great. We also saw some bocci ball courts and it looks really fun.  We are thinking for our next anniversary we need to get some outdoor play toy sets like horseshoes, bocci balls, and a frisbee golf set.  Our frisbee was an actualy frisbee golf one.  One day after walking me to school Thomas found it in the park on his way home :) Welcome summer!

Weekend with the fam

As I mentioned before, my parents were in town this weekend.  Saturday morning was a 5 miler.  I felt slow cause I had run 11 miles the day before.  Usually I do my long runs on Saturday but decided to get it done early so I could enjoy more free time on Saturday.  I'm wondering if the training plans has me do five miles the day before to get me a little sore so I'm used to running through soreness.  Which I think is a good idea cause then when it is race day and I have had a low mileage week my legs feel uncharacteristically fresh. 
Saturday we spent the afternoon at the park with my parents, Bea, Ivan, and Alex.  Then we did some running around.  Girls went to Walmart and boys went to the gun stores. We rented a Redbox, The Blind Side, this is the second time I had seen it and loved it just as much as the first time.  For dinner we went to Texas Roadhouse.  I love that place! They give you fresh rolls and cinnamon butter while you are waiting for your food and peanuts that you crack open and then throw the shells on the floor. I got baby back ribs and steak fries.  YUM!
Today my parents came to church with us and afterwards we met up with Bea and Ivan and our friends Rachel and Rob for a hot dog roast at Beaver Dick park.  It was a perfect evening and we had a great time chatting and eating.  I love summer and the fresh fruit you can get.  We have eaten a lot of watermelon lately and it's so ripe and juicy. 

Grillin

We are loving our charcoal grill that I got Thomas for graduation.  Thomas is becoming a pro at grilling our dinner.  We have a little system, I prepare the food and he grills it. 
We have used it twice to roast smore's.  Seriously the last time we made smore's, they were the best smores I had ever tasted.  We went to a concert in the park with Bea and Ivan and had homemade pizza and roasted smores.  The performers were both Indie singers and I discovered the I really like that style of music.
We also made smores for the fourth of July at Beaver Dick park.
For dinner the past couple nights we have had chicken kabobs and turkey burgers.  So yummy! I found a bunch of healthy recipes from Safeway.com that I am loving. 

What a cutie.

Chicken Kabobs

Da Bears

There is a AAA baseball team in my hometown called the Bears.  I worked there for three years starting the summer after my sophomore year til the summer after my senior year of highschool. The first year I was a ticket taker, the second a ticket seller, and the third concession stand manager.  Working at the baseball stadium was a perfect summer job.  I loved the people that I worked with and the working environment was fun. 
My parents have season tickets and I usually go with them a couple times. 
This was the first game we went to this season and we met up with one of my best friends, Jessica, from highschool and her mom (who my mom is friends with).

Thomas, Me, and Jess at the game.

Dad, Mom, and Jess' mom.  It was so windy and cold.

 Jessica's grandma hosts some of the baseball players so she kind of has in in with the people their.  She left a little bit early and on her way out told someone to have me be in one of the games they play in between innings. 
So around the 8th inning I got to "Guess the attendance."  They have four people holding numbers and I had to arrange them so that it was the number of people who had bought tickets to that night's game.  My parents had been to the previous nights game so they told me an estimate and the guys holding the numbers told me that if I messed up they might just help me out if I was quick.  I had my first guess and it was wrong, so I switched two numbers and got it right.  I won a US Bank baseball hat and two tickets to the next weeks game.

Yes, I CAN guess the attendance!