Color Run - Twin Cities 2012

My second 5K.  I wasn't going for a PB here.  Way too hot.  This was just for fun.  We had so much fun, we're doing it again in October in Des Moines, IA!

before

just a sea of people - almost like it was State Fair time

after, but pre 2nd finale blast of powder

finale area

the girls (we couldn't find Margaret and Jon)

found Margaret and Jon waiting at the car - the group AFTER :)

Jon came home and gave Jolynn an Eskimo kiss.

10 on 10 (my first!)

I got this project from another friend's blog.  Basically every 10th of the month you take a photo every hour for 10 hours.  It's a little glimpse into my day.  This one happened to not be that exciting.

7:30am - slept on the couch after being pushed out of bed by Jolynn.  (yes that is a table cloth as my blanket)

8:30am - dropped Jolynn off at daycare

9:30am - busy at work checking emails

10:30am- working on spreadsheets for manager and entering yearbook contracts.  Multitasking :)

11:30am-one monitor goes down, tried to fix it myself.  Finally called tech guy and he fixed it in 2 seconds.

12:30pm-at my appointment

2:30pm-LUNCH

3:30pm-picking up Jolynn from daycare

4:30pm-playing with stamping markers in craft room.  She's not often let in this room.

5:30pm-DINNER

6:30pm-watching SJ and RJ while Erin is at work and Rich and Jon go play hockey.

Plateau

I feel like I have hit a wall.  I'm not using Lose It the way I did when I started.  This 90+ degree heat is killing my motivation to run outside, even at 6:30am it's almost 80 degrees!  At times I really wish we still had the Y membership.  Every time we pass by a Y sign Jolynn yells "ABBY!".  She misses the Y too.

It just occurred to me while talking to my dad, in TWO WEEKS I'll be running my 2nd 5K.  Have I ran since the last one? No.  With how hot it has been, I really hope we don't have this kind of weather on July 15. 

My dad is going to give us a treadmill.  Maybe that will help (since I'll be in my nice air conditioned basement!)  Eating has been hit and miss.  I do really well for breakfast and lunch, but then go way over on dinner.  I need to revisit my log to the early days and see what I was cooking for dinner.  I'm pretty sure it wasn't Dominoes and Mac-n-Cheese.

Leveen Reunion

It's been 8 years since we stopped talking.  I won't go into why because it is in the past and I'd like it to stay there.  Thanks to Facebook and my brother Charles, we are all back together.  It felt great.  I was really nervous.  I expected to see Dad, Charles, Patricia; it ended up being the whole family!  It was their 4th of July celebration.  Because the 4th is on a Wednesday this year they celebrated the weekend before.  It worked out really well, because the Moritz are having their party this weekend.  Since I didn't know what to expect I didn't plan on staying long.  We stayed into the evening and ended up staying the night.  Here are a few photos from the day.

Jolynn trying to shoot a basket.

Uncle Charles helped her dunk the ball.

The men grilling steak, corn, and boiling lobster!

Setting up lawn games.

view from the house - gorgeous!

Just floating along (it's so shallow she probably could have touched.)

Getting a ride on the big floaty - my dad watched her closely.

Uncle Don, Aunt Kay, cousin Jamie, Aunt Fern - chillaxin.

Uncle Hente has Jolynn way out there.  The boys to the rescue!

2nd gen cousins

Ava (my niece) and Jolynn watching Cars 2.  I didn't notice the TV when I took the picture, but it fits perfectly!

Ava attacking Jamie (Charles' fiance) with silly string.

Ava and Jolynn covered in silly string.

Ava and Jolynn (goof!) watching the fireworks.

Charles lit the fireworks.