Weekend in Review

I know it is basically the weekend again but we did soo much last weekend that I wanted to document. I had a 4-day weekend and everyone else had a 3-day weekend. Friday I got in a training run with my sister and then later that morning I met her at the library for storytime with Aspen and Nora. They were funny and we got lots of books for Everly to read. Everly had her first soccer tournament Friday night. They kind of got killed but I think it was a good experience for her. She still needs to work on being more aggressive. Saturday morning I got in a quick hike in the morning and was rewarded with a trail full of caterpillars. It was crazy! Saturday was also a Home Depot Day and the project this month was a pencil box. Last August we made a skateboard pencil box at Home Depot and accidentally glued it shut so we could never use it (see here). We did much better this year and have two cute functioning pencil boxes! Later that afternoon we went to my sister-in-laws house to visit with Remi before he had to go back home to Missouri to live with his Dad. The girls are sure going to miss Remi! Saturday night I went to my first Phoenix Rising game with one of my girlfriends that I play soccer with. It was actually a lot of fun and pretty cheap so I hope we can go back again. Sunday morning I got in a workout and picked up the groceries before meeting my sister and her boyfriend with Teddy at Dave & Buster's. I had some gift cards I wanted to use and the kids had a blast and walked away with a bunch of prizes. That night we had subs and went swimming out at my sister's pool but we were all sooo tired. Monday morning my sister and I ran another 6 miles before taking the kids to the zoo. It was soo hot and there were a ton of bees at the zoo so it gave me a lot of anxiety but the kids had a blast. I was ready to get out of there and after leaving there we headed straight to the dealership to pick up my new car!!!!! I'm totally boring but I got another Prius and I love it. It is shiny and new and I got it at the price I wanted (thanks to a Toyota family discount from my Dad) so I can't complain. We went straight from there to meeting my niece and sister-in-law for lunch. After that weekend, I needed a nap and you know I took it. See what I mean by having a crazy busy weekend?!?

I ran 6 miles and earned my first pumpkin spice of the season!

this girl is nuuuuuts.

You know what, they are both nuts.

Aspen and I on the sideline watching Ev in her first tournament.

I hope she had fun.

Kim was the baby whisperer out at the fields that night. She had bubbles and the kids flocked to her.

I had to watch out not to step on the caterpillars because there were soooo many!

It works!!!

Aspen on her bread phone

Cam is cute even with the booger hanging out of his nose.

Aspen was scared to do this until she saw her sister do it.

they were clearly not bothered with the bees like I was.

 

  

Carousel fun!

Best way to end a long weekend is with a sparkly new car!!!

Sedona Trip 2017

Last week I was up in Sedona for a work conference that I have been lucky enough to go to for almost every year for the past 5 years. One year it was in Prescott but HERE are my posts from prior trips to Sedona. The girls have come before but the past couple of years it has just been hard for us to both do that and arrange for someone to watch the dogs so I have gone up by myself. Last year I started to get into it, but this year I really tried to take full advantage of all of the hiking opportunities. It is so beautiful up in Sedona and I just love being up there. It is soooo different from Phoenix and yet it is only a little over an hour away from our house. Wednesday morning when I was up there I went for a quick 5k before lifting at the hotel gym and it was completely foggy out. It was very low visibility but I was just running in the golf course neighborhood attached to the hotel so there was no traffic or anything. It was pretty crazy to run in. It rained every day I was up there but the storms are so cool up there. It was a great trip and I hope I am able to go again next year!

Cathedral Rock Summit

 

All the fog!

Sunset at my hotel

Bell Rock

Enjoying the views

2nd year in a row at Devil's Bridge