Mokelumne River Adventure Challenge

So the day for my big swim finally came! I did really surprisingly well with training. I went to the pool every weekday morning for a whole month! I really loooove swimming. Well this morning we went with Bobby's brother Bill and his fam down to Lodi Lake and triathloned it up! I swam first, which went really well it was just semi disorienting swimming in a murky lake compared to a crystal clear pool, but I felt good after the initial freezing cold water shock ha. Then I handed off the bracelet to Bobby and he ran 3.2 miles, and did it in an awesome 22 minutes! Which is not to shabby considering he ran about 2 times for his "training." The Bill jumped in his Kayak and paddle a 7 mile round trip on the Mokelumne River! We came in 5 out of 11 teams! It was super awesome and we were glad to do it for our amazing nephew Josh. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation was a sponsor.

Blog 1 of our EPIC Weekend!

Dude! Fun weekend! Last night (Friday) we went to my wonderful long time friend Hannah Moore's reception! It was so fun! Delicious Cuban food and Letherby's Ice cream! Mmm-mmm good. AND there was a photo booth!!!! The cutest idea ever! It was so funny! (Our friend Jo scanned the pictures for me form the photo booth but the wouldn't upload...sorry) They had the best wedding coordinator ever!!! MY MOMMA! She did a beautiful job and it was a wonderful reception. And thankfully the wind died down just in time for a beautiful evening. Congratulations to Hannah and Nathaniel Cruz!


The Beautiful Bride and me

Front Yard!

Our front yard has a beautiful lawn and nice trees. But the area next to the walkway has always looked kinda crappy. The bark was yucky and old and the plants were weird and dying. And, unfortunately I took the picture after Bobby had already pulled out all this ugly weedish type stuff, I seriously can't even describe what it was, thats how ridiculous it was! HA! I think it was meant to be a type of ground cover but it was just dumb, you can see it in the trash can hanging out... So here is the some what before picture! (I'm getting better about the pictures)



Bob got all most of the before work done, so we called our wonderful friends Justin and Kim over to help us pick up some fresh new bark in their giant truck! After getting the bark we jammed over to Home Depot and got some shrubs, then headed back home to get to work. We got all the old bark out and tore even more of the old plants out then planted our new shrubs, found a new spot for the bench and then spread the new bark! I am going to paint the bench sometime soon, I just didn't get to it yesterday. So now our whole front yard is beautiful and not just our lawn! YAY!!! Thanks Kim and Justin for your help!!

TADA!!!!!!

Swimming, Swimming, Just keep swimming...

On Sunday my sister-in-law Kelly E. (I guess I have to put E. because I have 2 sisters-in-law named Kelly :D) asked if Bobby, Bill and I would be interested in all doing part of a triathlon to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and our lil nephew Joshy and asked me specifically to do the swimming portion! I was supppppppper excited because I've been wanting to get back into swimming for a while now. (I even had Bobby buy me a cap and goggles a while back) So this seemed like the perfect opportunity! There is a neat indoor pool in Roseville and I knew I should try and get in there to start my working out for my .6 mile swim. Just a reminder for those who can't remember... I haven't swam competitively in about 6 years. But anyways. I went and found out all the info I needed and got signed up. This morning at the crack of dawn (5am) I got up with all my goods to get ready for the day and went and swam laps for about 45 minutes! I was so excited and I loved every minute of it. I thought to myself that I wanted to not go to work and swim all day! It was awesome! But, I can totally tell I am WAY out of swimming shape. My arms were burning and I was lil short of breath. But I am determined to be able to swim the .6 miles! I smelled like Chlorine all day even though I showered, which was gross, but I'm sure I'll get used to it in no time! I'm so excited!!!
as Dory said in Finding Nemo
~ Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim, swim. ...are you my conscience?~

Outta the Red (figuratively speaking)

Before (the WORST before picture EVER)

Don't be misguided by the title, though we try to keep our debt to a minimum, I'm talking about the red wall in our house!!! We finally painted it! I loved it when we first moved in 3 years ago... but as of late I hated it!!! My mom would always say she'd come over and help me paint it, but I never could decide on a color and I semi-dread painting. But one evening Bobby and I were at The 'Po (dad's name for Home Depot) and I was browsing the paint area and I begged Bobby to help me paint! I found a few paint chips I liked and took them home and taped them on the wall... a few days later I decided Creamy Mushroom it would be! And not only did I want the red wall gone but all the white walls too. So we geared up, got all the necessary things (Bobby got a fancy painter thingy) and prepared to paint. Kim and Justin came over to help us tape and prep, then the next day I came home Bobby had all the walls started!! I was so happily surprised... so i got to work doing the edges and detail-y things. And viola! A few days later we had a whole new house!!! IT looks AMAZING! Bobby keeps saying how its the best color he's ever seen, and it cracks me up. I love it too. Its so nice not having white(dirty) walls. I haven't finished hanging everything back up, but I'm working on it(I'm having some creative block issues, ha) and I am like a weird kind of anal about stuff like that, like it took me SUCH a long time to decide a color and then I picked one really quickly. If that makes sense, its a weird quirk. But needless to say it was a much needed sprucing to our home. I'm super happy and grateful for Bobby's hard work. I love it! (The color doesn't look that great in the picture, but I swear its beautiful! Come see!!!)


After (I'm working on my photography skills...)

Museum Day!

Saturday was Sacramento Museum Day. A ton of museums throughout Sac town were free! Jo and Katie invited to go to a few with them and we had a ton of fun!



First stop was to the Aerospace Museum at McClellan Air Force Base. There were quite a few big ol planes and a GIANT helicopter (which we didn't take a picture of) to look at and walk in. The boys were really into learning about the engines and junk and Katie and I were all about just looking and being fascinated. Hahaha. There were a lot of people there but it wasn't too bad. We then headed downtown and thought we might try the Crocker Art Museum but saw the line outside and decided this wasn't a good choice and went to Old Town and visited the Railroad Museum and the Military Museum. Both were way crowded but it was really fun to walk around Old Town. I haven't really been down there in a long time. We made the bad choice to go to this burger place in South Sac called Squeeze Inn. We waited in line in the rain for an hour and then when we finally go to the counter to place our order we were informed it would be another hour and a half to get our food. We were already starving at this point but had not choice(she already ran our credit card.) So we drove by my old house in Sacramento then found a Target to wander around in and went back only to wait another 30 minutes. The burgers were ok. I would have rather had In-N-Out. But all in all it was a fun day! We watched Night at the Museum 2 later that night. Pretty funny. haha.

Welcome to 0-10.

Welp, I haven't started the year so great with my bloggin... but its ok. We haven't been up to anything to exciting. Bobby has been studying like crazy for his CPA tests. He's taken 2, gotten the results for 1 (he passed :D) and is signed up for the 3rd. So needless to say he's been busy. I just started my second semester at Sierra College and I'm taking Pyschology and History. I got A's in both classes last semester but I sorta feel like going out on top and retiring from school. Ha. I admire people who work and go to school (like Bob). But I just sometimes like to do nothing when I'm not at work... call me lazy, call me unmotivated, but at least I know what I want to do... haha. Don't worry, I wont quit. OH!!! We saw Avatar, AWESOME MOVIE!! (dont tell me that its political cuz I dont care) Hope everyone's year is off to a good start!