Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!  What a year this has been!  Lots of loss and heartache.....  and happiness!  With the loss of my dad this year it has made me realize a lot of things.... Number 1, I am so very thankful for my health.... it made me realize that there is a great big picture.  We are here, and very lucky to be here I might add, for three very important things.  To be born and receive a body, to live... and do the best that we can, and to pass on from this life and return home.  This living in between thing is totally taken for granted.  If I had one wish... it would be to take in every single solitary moment... savor it to the fullest and be filled with gratitude 100% of the time.  It's difficult sometimes because we get so busy and caught up in everything that is going on around us.  Shuffling along to the next thing.  Sometimes I stop and think... I'm alive... I'm breathing... and there is beauty in everything I see.  I am so blessed.... BLESSED beyond measure!  Anyway... enough with the deep thoughts by Jack Handy... ha ha ha!  I've accomplished a lot of things this year that I never thought possible and my dad inspired me to do so.... I have been paying a lot more attention to being the parent and wife that I want to be and finding happiness in the simple things.  Rob took me to LA for our Anniversary and to Key West for my birthday.... yeah, I know.... I have nothing to complain about.  But you know what... Are you healthy? Do you have food to eat?  A roof over your head?  A family that loves you?  If the answer is yes... than you are RICH beyond measure!  I miss you dad... everyday!  Thank you for making me wiser... XOXOXOXO to you all!  BTW... Charley Lenni and Kevyn still think I am 31... I love it!

Snow Canyon Half Marathon!

Yah HOO!!!!  I came in 2nd in my age group with a 1:39!  I wonder how I would have done if I hadn't had to stop 2 times to use the restroom.  Anyway, I was pretty excited about that time and it was a super fun and easy course.  Could have done without the wind, but was pretty happy that it wasn't to cold.  The funnest part about the whole thing is that I got to do a race with Gloriana.  It was her second time running this race, and I am so so so so so proud of her!  Running long distance takes determination, dedication, and a certain level of fitness.  It makes me so happy to see her accomplish great things.  She did such a great job.... Love love love her!  Anyway, running makes me feel good and it is so so so so good for the soul..... Namaste!

Happy Halloween 2014... From Witch Minnie, Spider Woman, and Princess Rapunzel!