Weekend Shenanigans

Boy did this weekend go by fast!

Friday was blah, I spent the day trying to recover our house and the laundry from vacation.  I usually have to clean the house as soon as I get back, not this time,  I kept putting it off so finally got myself organized, did some cleaning, wrote some bills, you know the boring grown up stuff.   It did feel great.
The boys spent the morning whining, screaming and playing the normal!  They did seem to play a little more though and I got some good quality time in with them too.  Friday night was family night, dinner at home, then  we headed to the Park and local ice cream stand.  Our boys love the park, and we seriously have been going there a lot lately.

 Carson my monkey.  One of his new things, anything he can hold on, he likes to swing from.  

Family photo on the slide

And Another on the Merry go Round.  Yeah we were those dorks taking selfies at the park!  

Our affectionate child.  Loves giving kisses and hugs!

Saturday Matthew worked in the am as usual and after the boys naps we headed to my cutie patootie little nephews first birthday party.  I can't believe he is already 1.  They had his party at the park and had a cookout so you know the boys enjoyed it.  Hunter really loved his cake, especially the icing.

Then Saturday night Hunter and his Aunt Kate, (my sister) came over and hung out with us until bedtime.

Hunter loved his first popsicle, and my boys never turn them down.

My world!

 Noah also gave the boys some tractor rides.  It's his new thing, amazing how much happiness tying these two things together can bring them.

Sunday we headed to church then to my dad and Dinah's for a birthday cookout.  My grandma turned 85, my aunt 50 and me 29 so we had a party for all of us.  I was the only one with a boring non special birthday year.  We did have some delicious food and the boys always enjoy "papas" .

The boys also kind of went swimming, we thought it was too cold but they were fine so they played mostly on the steps and with the water.

The rest of the day was filled with naps by all, dinner at my favorite mexican place with my mom and other family, then some more family time at home with my sweet little boys.  Tonight they did seem extra sweet and fun.  Love nights like these!

Hope you had a great weekend too!

Here's to another Monday!

Linking up with Sami for Weekend Shenanigans

High Five for Friday June 7th

             

1)  I joined Vine awhile ago but never really used it.  My sisters vined while we were in San Diego and I felt left out.  Since I give in to peer pressure easily today I spent some time adding some friends and made my first Vine's.  Search Jennifer Jones to add me.  Also if you Vine, comment with your name so I can follow you back.

2)  Got home safely Tuesday night!  Loved getting to see my boys.  Noah was extra sweet and hugged me a million times, then ran off  to play with his cousins, haha.

3)  Finally after this morning, feel like I have my life back together.  It's amazing what some cleaning and organizing can do for one's stress level, sanity, and ability to breathe!

4)  Got my first run in today since the race on Sunday.  It was only a 4 miler, but I haven't went 4 days without running since I started training so I was mentally ready and craving it.  It wasn't my best run.  My calves don't bother me until I started running, they cramped up a little and my dumb hips are still hurting a little too.  I feel like I shouldn't of been that sore but guess that's running life and my body thought 13 miles was a lot.

5)  My 29th birthday is Sunday!

Also head on over here where I'm giving away a $25 gift card to Old Navy this week.  I love Old Navy for kids stuff but usually find a few things for me too and you can always find coupon codes making it a great place to shop.  Want a chance to win, go enter!

Have a great weekend!

It's Friday and this is Random

This week has been a weird one.
 I have slacked off from the blog big time.    Usually every night after boys go to bed, I work online but this week just pretty much went straight to bed each night.  Monday I had a great day with my boys and decided  I should probably quit blogging ( I have a lot of random thoughts each day)  but then by Wednesday I circled back to realizing how much I really do enjoy it and I shouldn't quit.  However, I still went to bed the last few nights and neglected writing.

Do you ladies ever get in a blogging funk?  One where you feel it's pointless, you are wasting time?  Then you quit writing and reading for a few days and feel like a lost puppy and miss your blog world?
Yeah, that's me, this week!

Anyways onto some randomness about my week!

Here is a picture from my awesome Monday with my boys.  We just had a great day, I love when that happens!  Little screaming, fighting, and lots of smiles, laughter and sweet moments!

Tuesday I planted the first flowers of the year, may be the last who knows.  Noah helped me pick them out. He wanted yellow, I didn't.  I wanted pink, he didn't,  so we got white instead.  Once I planted them he let me know "mom the flowers are beautiful!"

If you aren't friends with me on facebook, then you didn't see that I ran this on Wednesday.
I met my mom at 5:45.  I got plenty of sleep the night before.  Weather was great!  I had my Genesis Pure Energy.  The week before our 9 miler went really well.  I was ready.  Until we were a few miles in and I was already tired ( did I mention my mom took me on a new route for me and it was HILLY, yeah on my longest run to date, not a good idea! )  I remember hearing her phone tell us we hit 5 miles.  I was like that has to be wrong, I'm already done.  If I would of been alone I probably would have given up around 8 but I ran through it and finished and in good time too!  It was just one of those off running days, where it was HARD! Adding 3 more seemed impossible so hoping my 11 miler this next Wednesday goes better!  It will be my last long one before race day.  Did I mention that, this run also caused me to loose 3 pounds?  Yeah it was awesome until the next day when it had come back, haha!

Yesterday I was still thinking about my junky run and finally remembered to stop by our bike store that sell the sports fuel goodies and bought me some stuff for next weeks run, and Marathon Day.

I bought Gu Gel and some Shot blocks.  I have been using my moms the last two runs so I owe her some.  

I haven't tried the Gu yet but will try it next week so that way race day isn't my first try.  

I felt like buying this stuff made me a "real " runner.  It was weird, because I have always wanted to be one and I feel like I actually am now.  

I feel like I should start this paragraph...

You know you are a complete dork when??

You don't have music on your iphone, ( I actually still use my mp3 player)

You still buy CD's

Better yet, you buy a NOW CD

When I first started running I bought Now 44 to have some new music to run too because the music I had on there was all from like 2006-2007 it was sad.  

It also made me feel old because the last Now CD I bought I had on my mp3 player and it was Now 19. 

Today on my 5 miler, I jammed out to this baby, it was fun! 

My new Honest products finally arrived!  I had thought I ordered them weeks ago, went to check and realized I forgot to checkout my cart, whoops minor detail.  Anyways got them really ordered.  They arrived today and I can't wait to use them.  You bet I will have a review on them up once I do.  This cleaning freak gets excited about weird things like this!

I made these delicious cookies today!  Saw them on Pinterest and have been wanting to try them.  I got them a little more on the done side than I normally do but they are still good.  I will be making these again for sure and baking them for a little less time.  You can find the recipe here.

Will be busy tonight and tomorrow getting ready for my hubby and his twin brother's 30th birthday party cookout at our casa  on Saturday night!  We really are getting old! Then Sunday onto Mother's Day festivities!  It will be a busy but fun weekend!  

Have a good one! 

Weekend Shenanigans

Weekends always go by so fast!  Maybe that is because ours is never a normal weekend.  Matthew works half a day on Saturdays so it's  never 2 whole days together but none the less we still had a great weekend!

Friday night we had my cute nephew Elijah's birthday party!  Can't believe how big he is!
The boys had a blast playing with cousins and as always loved their ice cream!
Then they also had a pinata so Noah got to take a stab at that as well.

Then Saturday morning I got to hang out with my boys, spent naptime working on Garage sale pricing for a massive sale we are having in two weeks!
Saturday night we had family date night, which consisted of dinner at our favorite mexican restaurant, followed by a visit to a local Tow- Mater look alike.   Of course that was a hit!  Then we ended the night with ice cream and a trip to Matthew's grandparents to visit some family!  Love date nights with my boys.  They were so good at dinner and funny boys in the car.  One of those nights you just couldn't stop smiling!

Sunday I toughed it out and went for a run.  Friday I was supposed to but woke up not feeling well so skipped.  Saturday it was really raining so did the elliptical instead, so this morning I  looked outside saw it was stilll raining (surprise, surprise) and decided I needed to just get out  there and run, plus I really wanted to anyway been craving a good one.   I told myself since it was raining to at least do 3, run started out rough and not so fun, but after awhile it was actually kind of nice running in the rain (until the water started dripping down my face from my hair) .  And got in more than 3

Then it was church, an awesome nap and dinner with my mom, sister and our boys!

Another great weekend!

Linking up with Sami for

Weekend Recap

Another great weekend come and gone.

Friday I spent the day with my cuties and in case you aren't following me on Instagram then you missed these  pictures.

 Our night wasn't too exciting.  Matthew got home and we all as well as my sister Kate went out for dinner.  Then rented a movie and got some movie snacks.  Any night that ends in a candy is a good one in my book.

Saturday my Aunt got married.  It was a nice short and sweet ceremony.  She was married and lost her husband to cancer not long ago and the man she married was a widower as well.  They have a cool story and I'm glad I got to witness their special day!

Saturday night we got to hang out with some friends that recently moved to a different state.  Their families still live here so we are guaranteed that they will be passing through over the years.  We have missed them and they have two young kids so it's fun to get the kids together as well.  Steph is a blogger too.  You can check her out over here!

Sunday we headed to Springfield where our nephew was having his 3rd birthday party.  My little Noah was so excited, him and his cousins are such cute little buddies.  They are only a few months apart and their dads are twins it's like they think they are supposed to be close.  We love it!
Here is the birthday boy !

They also had a little bounce house for the kiddos to play in.  It took  Carson a little while to warm up to it but Noah loved it instantly.  

The weekend was quick as always and our week will be short again this week, as we are heading to Las Vegas Wednesday for an optometry convention.  I have a lot to get done the next few days before we leave!  Busy, busy!

Hope you all had a great weekend.

Linking up with Sami for....

 

Weekend Recap

I'm always the last one to join the party but took lots of pictures this weekend so thought it would be the perfect time to join this one.  Linking up with Sami !

We just got home Thursday night from Disney so Friday was kind of slow starting, I got a workout in, got everyone ready, grocery shopped, and got caught up on laundry.  In the afternoon I took a nap with the boys.  Friday night we did this.... Hung out on the couch with a movie and popcorn, one of my favorite times of the day.  I love when the boys are winding down and like to cuddle and Noah tells us how wonderful we are!  It was a perfect back to reality, catch up kind of day.  

 Saturday morning went for a quick run and I say quick because check out my avg pace, under 9:00 minutes!!!!  That hasn't happened yet, or even that close.  It is usually around 9:20 to 9: 45.  I was stoked to see that when I finished!  

Saturday afternoon while the boys napped, I cleaned out the garage.  I may have told my husband "this is what life is all about"  while I was cleaning it out.  I'm weird, and twisted I know.  But cleanliness and organization can make me very happy!

 Sunday it was beautiful.  We headed to church then to my dads for our normal Sunday family lunch.  The boys had a great time hanging out outside.  Riding the gator, other outside toys, jumping on the trampoline, and rides on the 4 wheeler and tractor with grandpa.  They are outdoorsy kids for sure.  Then they took great naps, which is good for all of us!  We had a great weekend.  I love finally get to see some spring weather and green coming up all around!