Escape to paradise!

One of my favorite places to spend my free days is at Afton State Park! The place is absolutely beautiful! Colton and I love to take Sampson for long hikes on the trails and then stop down by the river to rest, take a dip, enjoy some lunch and of course take some pictures. It is such a quiet state park (espcially during the week)! Last week MaryBeth joined us on our escape to paradise. It was so much fun and I got some wonderful photos!

Time doesn't matter - I am alive!

Well I attempted my very first 5K this morning and to my surprise I finished!! Both my sisters, our friend Tanya and one of my sisters co-workers ran the race today as well! I decided to run the race about 2 months ago so I had plenty of time to train and prepare but guess how many times I went running prior to today - yup ZERO!! So I was not at all prepared for this. I was quite nervous this morning, thought I might just collapse mid race but I didn't need medical attention and I crossed the finish line unassisted and with a time that I am okay with - I finished in 41:20. Not a fast time by any means but I don't care. Congrats to both my sisters who finished before me - now I have something to work towards. I don't think I will be running another one in the next month or two but I am hoping to run another one in the fall (when it is cool again and I have done a little training)!! Anyways, race is complete and my legs are sore but there is no time for rest because we are planting our garden today. We start the seeds almost 2 months ago and they really need to be put in the garden because they are getting way to big to be in my bay window!

Ready for summer to arrive!

This past weekend Colton and I headed to the lake with my mother-in-law to get the place all opened up and ready for summer! It was a cold and rainy weekend but we still managed to get everything done that we needed to. We put the roof on the screen porch, bought the patio furniture and got it put together (and if I never see an allen wrench again I will be okay with that), and did some exploring of the campground and playground - Colton's favorite place to be!! We had a great weekend at the lake and now we are ready for summer to be here so we can spend lots of weekends up there (and at my parent's place) swimming and making food on the campfire - I love this time of year!