Disneyland 2011

Last week, we got to meet up with my parents and do Disneyland, California Adventure and Legoland. This was Logan's first time at Disneyland and California Adventure and all of our first times at Legoland.  We had a wonderful time.  It rained on us but it did not stop the kids at all and we still have a great time. It really is a magical place.  We will have a lot of fun memories from this trip.

Funny Ragnar Video

This became our "motto" on the race. "It Will Be Fun"!

Ragnar Action Shots

Ben waving at his fans.

This made me laugh:)

This was at the end of my first leg. Awesome.

Ben and I just got back from running in our first Ragnar Relay. It took place in Napa Valley and it was beautiful.  I ran 4 miles at 8:30 a.m. in San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge. Ben ran 3.8 miles at around 11:30 a.m. in Kentfield.  I ran my 2nd leg for 5.8 miles at 5:30 p.m. in Petaluma.  Ben ran his 2nd leg at around 9:00 p.m. for 5.4 miles in Forestville. Finally, I ran my 3rd leg at 4:30 a.m. for 4.3 miles in Sonoma.  Ben got to finish our group out at about 9:00 a.m. for 3.8 miles in Napa.  All total, I ran 14.1 miles and Ben ran 13 miles all in about 24 hours. Pretty crazy, but so much fun.  We had a great group of friends to hang out with and cheer us on. We are already talking about next year!

Countdown to Ragnar

The Countdown is on for my Napa Valley Ragnar Race! We are running on September 16th. Only 25 more days to train. I get to run 4.0 miles, 5.8 miles, and 4.3 miles. I will be running at 8:30 a.m., around 5:45 p.m., and around 4:45 a.m. I know, I know...why am I doing this again? Believe it or not, I am very excited. I feel good about my running and there is something fun about doing this with my husband and good friends. Plus, it is from San Francisco to Napa Valley. How cool is that? We'll see...

First Day of School

We started school on Monday! Logan started his Jr. Kindergarten class. Ainsley started 2nd great and Madison started 4th grade. They all love their teachers and I am loving having 3 hours to myself each day. What to do, what to do...


Logan with his new Star Wars outfit.

The kids making silly faces.

My favorite shot of the day!

They can be cute at times:)

Very cute at other times:)

Gotta love the "rolling backpacks". Seriously...how lazy are we?

But they love them so much.

And I am making them walk home each day:)

Santa Cruz 2011

We just got back from at trip to New Brighton Beach in Santa Cruz. It was awesome. The kids had a blast. We spent a day at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, a day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and then a couple of days at the beach. It was perfect. If you want to see the entire slide show of our trip, you can do so at:
http://www.slide.com/r/EOMzQ5zvwz9m0XaIgw29M16sGLW37oSN?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

Otherwise, here are my favorite pictures:


This was the view from our camping site. We went to sleep hearing the waves of the ocean.

All of this is our site. We put our tents at the back, away from the road and near the beach.

This is the front of our site. Check out the new kitchen set up we have on the right. It was awesome.