The Girls Getaway to Seattle!

I returned home from my wonderful Seattle vacation! I went out to visit my good friend, Jamie, whom I went to Ball State with. Actually 4 of us (Trina, Heather, Courtney, and I) all went out to see Jamie, Seattle, and each other! We had such a wonderful time catching up (which doesn't take long with us!) Jamie is in Seattle for only 1 year doing a Dental residency. She is one of 8 interns. They are the "REAL" Gray's Anatomy! Jamie had to work for a day and half while we were there but with the sight seeing packet she made for us and Trina's iPhone, we were able to find our way around just fine! I took over 150 pictures (don't worry I didn't put them all on here!) It was nice to get away and hang with the girls! Enjoy the pics!

Seattle skyline from Jamie's apartment balcony

Trina, HB, and I right after we arrived in Seattle.

Me in front of the FIRST Starbucks

Court, Trina, me, and HB at Starbucks

I love the orange slickers!

Pike Place Market

Seattle Space Needle

View from the top of the Space Needle

Thursday "Funk" Night
Jamie, Me, Court, HB, and Trina

I was the only one with a child out in Seattle, so...

I was called "Mom on Vacation"

HB has the "M" and Trina the "V"

Ready to go out for Jamie's 28th birthday!

We went to live music at The Triple Door!

The band was great and the espresso martini's were energizing!

Our group of about 13 headed on to a Irish pub to continue celebrating

Jamie's birthday. It was a late night (and the 3rd night out in a row!)

Saturday we spent all day on the road traveling around the Olympic Peninsula.

We stopped at Ruby Beach and took too many pictures!

We climbed quite a few rocks!

We took too many jumping pictures! I don't have our group jumping pictures on my

camera, so I will have to add them later. This is me showing I still have some spring left

in my legs.

I still have some balance too! Being that we were all "past"gymnasts, we had

some fun pulling out some old skills.

The scenery was beautiful! (and I am not talking about us)

The rocky Pacific coast was breathe taking!

We stopped along Lake Crescent as we drove the northern part of the peninsula.

We went up to Hurricane Ridge to view the Olympic Mountains.

The deer were not skittish.

Handstand on the edge! (not really but it does look like it in the picture)

HB, Trina, Jamie, Court, and I with the Olympics in the background

Trina and I on the ferry headed back to Seattle. The city at night was amazing!

The road trip took so long we had to take the 9:45pm ferry back.

We planned to get Sushi, but had to settle for pizza since it was so late.

We picked up pizza and visited the troll under the bridge.

I flew back to Evansville early the next morning. The trip was jam packed and

tons of fun! It was a vacation I desperately needed.

Here are the links to the pictures taken during the mini marathon.

Renee
http://www.brightroom.com/stf.asp?EVENTID=32421&PWD=&ID=49437548

http://www.brightroom.com/stf.asp?EVENTID=32421&PWD=&ID=49473295

Drew
http://www.brightroom.com/estf.asp?EVENTID=32421&PWD=&BIB=25504

Race Day

This weekend Drew and I ran the Indianapolis Mini-Marathon (13.1 miles). Drew finally beat my half marathon time of 1hr 48mins!! (I know it was bugging him that I had a faster PR than he did!!) Well...he can finally say his 1hr 46mins is faster then my best time. As for me...I didn't run as well as I wanted to. I ran a 2hr 6min time. Drew's brother, Clay, ran too and finished 1hr 55mins. We were all about 10 minutes apart in our finishes. Keelin spent the 2 hours with Aunt Jamie walking along the canal and Military Park. It was a perfect morning for a run. NO rain and the temp was in the 50's. If my hips and back didn' t hurt so much after mile 9 I may have enjoyed myself a little more. Drew felt great the entire race and really took advantage of it. I am so glad he had a great race.
My favorite part of the run is still the lap around the Indy race track. They take your picture as you run over the brickyard.

Here is a link to the race results.
http://minimarathon.onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=7678

Before the race.

Before the race with 35,000 other runners behind us!!!



The porta johns are a must stop before a long run!!


Clay and Jamie on the canal after the run.

Keelin having a snack waiting for mama and daddy to finish running.

Us on the canal after the run.

Update on Us

Hi all! I never really use this blog to type. I usually just upload pictures of Keelin or our family. We have been so busy lately! We are getting lost in the spring season. Drew is spending a lot of time outside in the yard. He took out our fish pond. It was hard to keep up and Keelin was very interested in it! Since she is 16 months old... a shallow fishpond and her did not seem like a good combination. We took the 8 goldfish to a bigger pond where they probably became a nice snack for the bass, but we don't want to think about that. We didn't want to just kill them so a more natural setting (death) would be better for us to comprehend. Poor fish.
We are getting new flooring in our great room and hallway. The berber carpet needs to go! We are putting hardwood in the foyer and hallway and carpet in the great room. Can't wait til May!
Keelin had a few milestones this past weekend. We went to dinner at Los Bravos Saturday night and she drank out of a straw for the first time. The look on her face when the water hit her mouth was priceless! She loved it and continued to drink water the whole time we were there. She also is trying to say papaw! It is so cute! We spent Sunday night at Drew's dad's house. He had a birthday dinner for Clay and Drew. Drew just turned 29!
Drew and I are training to run the Indy Half Marathon in May. It is only a few weeks away. I ran 12 miles last Sunday (8 days ago) and haven't been out running since. Not because I was sore, just not finding time (and motivation :( )
I am looking forward to the school year end! I am ready to have more time on my hands to do somethings I want to get done or do!

Two Peas in a Pod

Keelin and Moose are becoming little buddies. I believe Keelin loves Moose quite a bit more than Moose feels about Keelin! They are little goobers! If one is not making trouble the other is!

The Big Game! Go State!

It's Friday! The last day of spring break. I took a lot of pictures today so this post has a variety of pictures. I french braided Keelin's hair for the the first time. I did it while she ate lunch otherwise she never would have sat still for that long. Most importantly...MSU plays tonight! It will be a tough game against Memphis! Go State! Keelin wore her State outfit during the evening but has now gone to bed. The game is going to start soon so I have to post this...

Cheering for Wisconson! (it didn't help them)

Cheering! (again for Wisconson) too bad MSU didn't have the early game

Loving her books! and chair!

Showing off her teeth! She now has 6! (all in random places)

First french braid! Mommy was sooo excited!

Spring Break

Keelin and I spent springbreak in Michigan visiting Nicole, Drew, Brady, and Taya! We had a great time. Brady renamed Keelin...Keeko.

You would never guess this picture was taken late at night! Taya was so alert!

Brady and Keelin playing together in his playroom.

Keelin making sure Taya is okay.

Keelin wanted Nicole's attention too. She loves books!

Easter

We had a very busy Easter! The morning started with gifts from the Easter Bunny. Then we went to church. Keelin did the church's Easter Egg hunt! She was a little hesitant at first, but took off after some eggs after a few minutes of observing. We had a wonderful lunch at papaw and papaw's house. We spent some time with family watching basketball.

Checking out what the Easter Bunny left

A bath before church...how appropriate that she is in her "bunny" towel...

Family Easter picture on the deck

hunting for eggs after church

Keelin was not a big fan of the Easter Bunny

Carrying her new bunny from Uncle Clay and Aunt Jamie

Mamaw showing Keelin her bunny

Easter Dresses

As Easter approaches...I took Keelin's picture in a few of her dresses.

Summer dress

Easter dress

Christmas in March!

Keelin received a Christmas present in March from her great aunt and uncle... a new MSU outfit!!!! I'll post a picture when we put her in it! As you can tell from the second picture... she loves it!

Owen's 1st Birthday

We took Keelin to Owen Hart's first birthday party at Burdette Park. She loved all the party favors!

Owen digging into his own cake!

First Swim Class

Keelin had her first swim lesson today. She loved the water at first! She wanted to go everywhere...by herself. Once the class started, she cried through most of it because she wanted to do her own thing...and she was tired. It was very frustrating as parents and we hope next week will go better.