365 Days with the Carlsons: 3/1/14

Sunday, March 30, 2014

March 29th, 2014

i missed the game today because of my run, but here are some pics that the team mom took of brenny! =D

he's tickled pink that he gets to play catcher!

starting line photo op with several other maniacs.

first time i got to wear my maniac divas shirt ;-)

fairly early in the run

still kind of early in the run (maybe mile 6 or so?)

that's actually the hollywood sign behind me, but it's kind of washed out in the picture.
just got done running back (away) from it. can you tell? i'm really hot already at this point in the race. this would be around mile 20+ or so.

another picture from the same spot, but zoomed in a little. you can see the sign better and can see some runners on the path down from it. turned around just at the base of the sign (that was mile 20, i think)

this was maybe mile 22 or so, around the highest section of the run. really hot and tired already by this point. my feet were taking a pounding and my legs were tired too. had to make the last couple of ounces of water last until mile 23, where the next full aid station was located. i couldn't have come soon enough.

finally made it to the end. this is the race director, keira henninger and me.
awesome trail run, even though it was exhausting.

made it out to dashiell's game later that evening, and brenny was wearing the new shirt gramma sent to him from her trip!

dashiell even got to play catcher too!
[side note:
dashiell, as well as the other boys, don't often sit down well in the dugout. he tried to climb/jump onto the bucket (to sit, as he tells me) and he slipped. apparently he knocked his mouth and his teeth. not sure if it was on the bucket, the ground, or the edge of the thing where they put the bats. nonetheless he was hurting and bit embarrassed because a number of people saw him fall. one of his permanent teeth (left front tooth) is loose as well as the baby tooth next to it. took me a bit to console him and let him know that as long as he doesn't really move it or jiggle it too much it should be ok. he chipped the corner of it too though.
i hope he learned his lesson and will sit nicely on his bottom from now on.]

brennan was waiting patiently all evening for baby emma to come so he could hold and 'play' with her!

finally got a chance to take a picture of the medal and the belt buckle that i got from the race! =D

Friday, March 28, 2014

March 28th, 2014

see the little warning sticker i placed on the corner of my front window?!

beware people that come up to my front door!!! you are on camera!!!

so SMILE!

Thursday, March 27, 2014

March 27th, 2014

one of our new home security cameras is almost in. oh yeah.
let's see if anyone wants to come and take stuff out of the front of our house again.
it got too late to take pics of everything (some issues with connecting to pulse) but i'll get it tomorrow!
dashiell and brennan are tickled pink about seeing each other on the camera feeds. =p

March 26th, 2014

super windy afternoon watching matt's team beat artesia in our home league opener!

my 'presentation piece' door stop came in today from fire & light

March 25th, 2014

late night snacks

March 24th, 2014

at the ortho with matt...

March 23rd, 2014

i spent the morning with the boys at pretend city since i've felt like i've been off running too much and missing time with them.

we were there for FOUR hours! wow!

still enjoying it...

later for dinner, mom took me to class 302, a new taiwanese restaurant that opened up. it was pretty busy for a sunday evening!
the fried rice was delicious and the soup was good too. (although i'm not sure if it's better than liang's kitchen...)

Saturday, March 22, 2014

March 22nd, 2014

brennan had a game this morning...

i had to miss it =(

i was running the chesebro trail 1/2 in agoura hills with pascale
great weather!
but somehow i ran much slower than last year, when it was hot! what the heck?!

then i headed straight over to matthew's double header at rancho alamitos.
tough losses. =(

then hurried home, showered, and headed out to dashiell's game
he was 2:3 today!

such a busy, busy day for me.

i'll have to try to make it up to brennan tomorrow because i didn't get to see him play today. =(

dashiell helped brennan finish making his at-ap, his bday present
he was very proud of it
(but it's hard to get him to realize that it really is brennan's...)