Our Little Cleaning Crew

I have cooked a lot in my life and I have to say that I love gas stoves the best. There is one downside to them though: they get extremely dirty! If anything at all falls under the burner while it's on, it quickly becomes burnt and crispy. Cooking dinner each night leads to a lot of this crisp on the stove. Especially since I'm a clumsy cook and always spill. Luckily though, We have our own little cleaning crew to clean it up. :)

Pat's Run

This past Saturday, my parents, my sister, Jacob, and I ran in Pat's Run down in Tempe. It's 4.2 miles long. I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to make it the whole way (yes, I know, it's not that long) because it's been a while since I have exercised. But I figured what the heck, I'm young, if my mom can do it then I'm going to feel bad about myself if I can't. We woke up at 5:45 to make it down to the starting point by 7. Luckily for us it was cool and overcast, the perfect running conditions. The race started right at 7 but it took us a while to get to the actual starting line because there were so many people. They give you these cool little microchips to wear on your shoe that calculates when you pass the starting line to when you cross the finish line. I ran with my mom at our slow little pace but dang it, I was still moving. Eventually she left me because I had to walk for a little while so I ran the last mile or so alone. I finished in 49:27 which made me pretty proud. I was about to pass out but I made it. Jacob finished in 38:53. My dad beat us all, finishing thirty seconds or so before Jacob. Not bad for a 51-year-old huh?! My goal is to start running again and finish the Pat's Run next year in 40 minutes. Wish me luck!

Can you tell I'm exhausted?

Allergy Ace

With the return of spring also comes the return of allergy season. For us humans, it is easy to treat this with allergy medicine. For the canine family, it's not so easy. Case and point: Ace and his growing red rash. Now before you feel too bad for him, I must tell you that this rash is self inflicted. He must have really itchy skin because he licks himself raw. I yell at him, spray him a million times a day with this anti-itch stuff and have tried giving him Benadryl but so far nothing has worked. Until now. I have come up with a solution that works great and gives Jacob and me a good laugh. Hopefully it lasts. :)

PS- How happy do you think he is to be wearing this?

Go Suns!

Yesterday Jacob and I went to my very first Suns game ever! I was excited to go until, two minutes after we got in the car, I saw a crane fly flying inside! I don't know what it is about these bugs but they freak me out like nothing else. Luckily, I have Jacob. He reached out and grabbed it by the leg and threw it out the window. Bleh they're so creepy! Eventually we made it to the game and we got to park really close. Thank you AZ Federal! Our seats were pretty close and nice and cushiony. Man, those basketball players are huge! Shaq is probably the biggest person I have ever seen. He weighs three times as much as me and is almost two feet taller! It is amazing to see him dunk though. I was worried the rim would break every time he did it! Nash is still my favorite, even though I miss his hair flowing back when he ran. Hopefully this is just the first of many games to come! Ps- If you are wondering, they won!

In the words of Ernest, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW!

Backyard Campout

On Friday, I had this whole plan that Jacob and I were going to sleep in a tent in our backyard and roast hot dogs over the firepit on our porch. I was going to borrow a tent from Bryant but his tent went missing! For all I know it's in one of Jacob's boxes and has been in our house the whole time. However, since we had no idea where it was, I borrowed one from the Ellsworths. I rushed home to set everything else up. Good thing Jacob was already there otherwise I would have probably gotten trapped inside the tent trying to set it up. We got it all ready though and I built and lit the fire all by myself! I guess girls camp does come in handy later in life! We had a lot of fun cooking our hotdogs and playing with the dogs in the tent. We planned to stay there the whole night but my allergies got the best of me and by 1:30 I could barely breathe. Oh well, who was I trying to fool, I am much more of an indoor girl anyway!

Watching TV with Ace

We were flipping through channels today and for some reason I decided to stop on PBS. There was a special on the Golden Jackal and I like watching animal shows. I know, I'm way cool. Ace was sitting on the couch with Jacob and me and he started watching the show. He's watched TV before but normally he gets bored within a couple seconds. This time though, he kept watching and he started barking and whining and ran up to the tv! It was cracking us up. He wanted to go outside too and attack the jackals that he thought were outside. I took some video footage because I thought it was so funny. Sorry about the shaking at the end, I couldn't hold my laughter in any longer. Ps- Don't you think the Golden Jackal looks sort of like Ace?

My Three Little Babies

Whenever we watch movies or TV past 8 o'clock, Jacob always falls asleep. This time, Ace and Lacey were on there too so I took a picture of my three little babies sleeping on the couch. I would have been asleep too except as you can see, there is no room for me. I think we need a bigger couch!