Huntington Beach on Independence Day 2009

Before the parade I went for a 3 mile run with my friend Megan in Long Beach... if I had known the shirts were going to be so cool and memorable... we would have run this race instead! Nonetheless it was a wonderful run :)

Yep I took a picture of some random person's shirt. This is the shirt I would have gotten if I did the 5K race before the 4th of July parade. I did the race last year but not this year! Bummer!!! it was the Centennial and I missed getting the shirt :(

It takes a lot of Boy Scouts to hold up this flag!

My hubby and his dance partner Michelle, dancing in the parade! It was hot and they were tired but Jeremy thought it was worth the hard work!

Now that is a patriotic baby! We start them young out here, lol! This is my friend Gwynne's baby! Isn't she just adorable!!!

I was getting some love'n from Claire! I love to steal her from her momma :)

After the parade I went to Disneyland to meet up with My brother, his wife Mitzi, their kids, and My mom... boy was I tired that night!

Seattle pictures

On Saturday, when we finished the race... I iced the feet and had a shower then we meet up with my friends family who was coincidentally staying in Seattle during the time we were there. We had a blast but only got one picture! They are such sweet people :)



Back to pictures from Dairy Queen...
The second place winner for most Sticky was Leilanna, almost Age 4

My Niece Melissa and her Mommy enjoying their ice cream!

One thumb up from Amanda saying her ice cream was yummy to Uncle Jeremy before does his half marathon!

I know I haven't been posting much so I thought I would do three posts today :) Tomorrow I am going to the Orange County Fair after work for a healthy dinner (Corn on the cob & a mini cupcake) ! So I definitely won't be posting tomorrow! I will try to post Thursday if I can get on t he computer after work! It's now past my bedtime but had fun updating pictures from Seattle with little tidbits! I hope you enjoy the pictures as they can speak a thousand words, I am to tired to type that much so I thought it would be neat to do it visually this time!
Time to catch some zzzzz's! Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite

Spoons are over rated

Oh to be three again!

A little story about the time I had with my nieces and nephews. It was hot and we decided to make a run to Dairy Queen and our 3.5 year old nephew Jason ditched the idea of using a spoon to eat his hot fudge sunday and I think everyone in our party really had a great laugh with watching him eat the ice cream. That is except for Jason when I got my camera out and took his picture! I am sure mom & dad had fun cleaning up that mess!

Bling photo shoot and Team Seattle Pictures

Some Serious Bling was earned by completing 2 full Rock-n-Roll Marathons in a year! I wish I could have done the planned four but it wasn't meant to be! The next full will be RNR Las Vegas on December 6th! Woo Hoo!!!!!

We were one awesome group in Seattle!

This is the front of my RNR Seattle jersey for the race!

This is the back... gotta love them Apples :) It was strategically positioned for each butt cheek, lol!

26.2 + 13.1 = 39.3 Music Miles in less than a month!

Music Miles

Jeremy and I received our extra series medals on Saturday in the mail... He earned the 39.3 Music Miles Medal and I earned my 52.4 Music Miles Silver Music Note! They look so cool. Jeremy will be getting his Music note now that he has switched from the half marathon to the full marathon for the RNR Las Vegas event on Dec. 6th! I am so looking forward to that event! It will be my third full marathon this year and Jeremy's second!

I have been so busy enjoying this summer to the fullest! I am not running as much (avg 2 days a week) but really just enjoying laying out at the beach and visiting with friends. Their are so many stories to tell you about Seattle and will try to get them posted soon! The days are just flying by and I am not on the computer that much right now!

A funny thing about this weekend is we were supposed to go to a bonfire but the pits were all taken so it was moved to a friends house and we ended up having hot dogs and s'mores... later we watched a movie outside which was really cool! I am not a good movie person, lol! I can only really handle G rated and my attention span is about 90 minutes. The film TAKEN was PG-13 and 93 minutes long... it was a great movie... I listened mostly because it scared me so much that my body was shaking with the action/suspense in the movie. When I approached the gate to get in my complex their was a man dressed nicely in his mid 20s standing outside the gate. It freaked me out since I was alone in the car. I had my doors locked but once I pulled into my parking space I wasn't going to get out of my car until I saw where that guy was going... he went to a party house across the way... luckily I am a runner so I just ran to my place, locked my door and tried to relax myself to sleep. I know we are in a safe area but I was still on edge from the movie and it is always good to be overly cautious right?

This weekend kicks off our next Team in Training Season... we are small but mighty and will have fun this season!
GO TEAM

The finishing touches

Before I get into anymore pictures or stories I should let you know that I finished the race in5:17:12 ; to watch me finish click on my time and then type in my bib#18182. I was about 17 minutes slower on this race from my first one but the bonus was that I never needed to use the medical tent so I consider that a bonus :)

I will do more stories soon but I want to post some pictures that I thought you may be interested in seeing of my medals and my shirt :)

Port-a-potty mishap!

While waiting in line to use the port-a-potty before the race a woman in front of me went into a stall to find a California Drivers License in you-know-where! She brought it to the attention of those nearby the line and a woman not to far off realized it was hers. She then DUG it out of the toilet bowl with a wad of toilet paper and put some Anti-Bacterial gel on it to clean off the gunk!

Since we were in Seattle and she probably had a flight out and needed her license she had no choice but to go after it!

Lesson Learned - don't put your ID in your underpants and go to the bathroom!

I told you some of my stories are gross! I am very thankful for always keeping my ID in my hydration pack! I didn't want to offend her by taking a picture of it, since she was already embarrassed! So no picture for this story. I don't think we need a visual anyway ;o)

Stay - tuned for more stories!