Today!

Is my birthday! I'm 36 and I don't feel like what I would think 36 to be! SO great! ;-)

I'm not really liking how long it takes me to post these days, but it's because I am working hard at my job. I'm the Director of Boot Camp Babes AZ, which is a fancy term for doing all the admin/data entry for the company. I love it! My brain feels challenged and I love the interaction with each individual client and employees. Andrea is just awesome to work with and today by the way is HER birthday as well! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my 'twin sister' DAWN!! We grew up together and it was so cool when we found out that we had the same birthday's and really cool when we found out that I was exactly 4 mins older than her! So that's why we are twins ;-)

ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OSCAR AND ELIZABETH!! They turn 7 today!! 7? Really?! It has gone by so fast! Hope you guys are having a blast at the beach!

Love all my fellow Birthday friends! XOXO

What we have been up to?!

Let's see, this past weekend we went for a staycation to the AZ Grand with 6 other families! It was the most relaxing and most wonderful vacation. We camped out in cabanas at the kiddie pool everyday and swam and ate for three days. Our running group, AZ Babes ;-), got up early Saturday morning and we did our first ever Mountain Run. Thanks to our girl Tracy for leading the way. It was the most difficult run of my life, 6 miles on rocky terrain. We did it in about an 1 and 1/2. It was by far the most rewarding run of my life too! We are going to do it every 4 weeks to train for the hills of San Fran. It was nice to shake it up a bit.

The weekend before, my mom was in town and we had the best visit! It was a short one, but we got a lot in. I think my favorite part was all of us going to the local pool and spending the afternoon there. Mike got to come too, so we had 3 to 4 with the zoo. Lots of hands. ;-) Fourth of July we had the Walshes over and Kelly's parents, who are Thompson's by the way. Trying to make our 'tree' connect! Mike grilled out burgers and dogs, and we just all sat around and talked the whole evening. Apparently Caden exclaimed, while shooting off bottle rockets, "This is the best 4th of July ever!" I didn't hear it, but thanks to Kelly I did hear about it!

Between the last posting and now, let's see:

Co-birthday dinner with Kristi, last Wednesday night, at Oregano's with the girls. So yummy and such a good time with good friends. I truly treasured that night. We do birthday cards, home made, now as gifts and it's by far the most endearing thing to receive. The time they all take to make them and the sweet words they write. Sigh......

We have two wonderful nights of girlfriends and children coming over and having dinner and playdates. I really like doing this. The night zooms by and everyone goes to bed without a fuss.

We finished our June session of Boot Camp so we are on a break this week. I have been running and elliptical and need to get some weights in probably tomorrow.

So that's about it, runs on Saturday morning for distance at 5:30 now on my calendar since I can handle distance again, but only on dirt.

Today we are off to a friends house for a MOMS Club event, Ice Cream Social! So yummy and the zoo is so excited! Ice cream on my birthday? Great idea!

Tonite Andrea and I are double dating for our Birthday's to Wildfish up in Scottsdale. The food is supposed to be fabulous, but we choose it for the dessert. My mouth is watering already! I so can't wait to celebrate with her!

Mike told me today too, that he has me set up at the spa tomorrow for facial and massage and surprises later today! I feel so blessed that he is making such a big deal about today. The zoo is singing me Happy Birthday at random moments and when they start to get cranky, I love that I can throw out, not today it's my special day ;-) Seems to be working! LOL