Jax!

So I did something so unlike myself this weekend... I took a random, unscheduled trip to Jacksonville with Dan! He was TDY there for work and found out on Thursday evening. I kept saying "oh, no I can go. What will we do? What will Chloe do?!" and then I just said.. "forget it" and just went!!! This is VERY unlike me.

I boarded Chloe at a new place called Endless Love Pet Palace. It's adorable and they took such good care of her! They even let her play in the pool and gave her extra lovin! So much so, that when she saw me, she wasn't even excited! It made me tear up a little. But I'm glad she was in such good hands.

On friday night, Dan and I went to the beach. I FINALLY got to put my toes in the sand and actually get in the water. The last time i was at the beach was when my mom and I came down for Spring Break 1 year ago. So i was very much missing it! We ate at this place called Salt Life Food Shack. A nice little place with a young crowd.

On saturday we decided to venture to Amelia Island. The weather was pretty crappy, but after we ate lunch, it cleared up a lot. Amelia Island was really nice. Nice hotels. Golf Courses. Expensive retail stores and spas. You get the idea. Needless to say, we simply saw the beach and then left. We went to where more common folk like to hang out. Another beach called Fernandina Beach. It was really nice. Lots of public beaches and the downtown area was beautiful. Lots of cool little stores. Then we went back to Jax to get ready and then headed out to dinner at an outdoor shopping area. It was nice to walk around. Funny though because the mall seemed to be divided in half into expensive and cheap. One area had places like Coach, Louis Vitton, Juicy, Lacoste, etc... and the other  half had stores like Abercrombie, AE, Dollar Tree. LOL. It was a nice place though. We went to PF Changs for dinner! So amazing; i haven't had that in a long time.

On sunday, we went for a run on a paved bike trail and then went to breakfast. We spent the reminder the day at the Jax beaches shopping and getting that last mintue time with the beach!

I think this trip really reminded us of how much we dislike warner robins and how we can't wait to leave. it was filled with things to do, young crowds of people still going to the bar to get drinks, BARS (we only have 1) and exercise! I just wanted to exercise the whole time we were down there. It would be so amazing to live in a place like that. We just miss the night life and the excursions. we just can't wait to leave!!!!!!!!

Well i hope you enjoyed my festivities from this weekend. I will sit here and listen to the rain since it knocked out our satellite! Until next time <3!!

No Name

I have no name for this post. Just don't know what to call it exactly. It's an update, some news, and our plans. So a lot in a little post.

1. Dan was recently promoted to 1st Lt. I am so proud of him! I took off work to go to the ceremony. His commander said so many nice things about him. Then he gave a little speech and said some kind words about me! Then surprised me with flowers. What an amazing man I have! Just so proud of him!

2. We went home to register our new vehicle. I was SOOO excited to my family and my nephews! We arrived on Friday night and our weekend was JAMMED packed, as it usually is. We went to a cookout with our old neighbors and "my second family." It was so good to see everyone! Then on Sunday I spent time with my grandma and with the boys. We went running at Miami Whitewater and I didn't sweat to death... that much anyway. It was nice to run in non-humid conditions. I think we went at 10:00 am and it was only 73. Ah-mazing.

3. The boys are growing so much. Grant is teething.. getting those adorable bottom two teeth. He was a bit cranky, but I can understand. JT hasn't yet teethed, but it's coming. The boy is drooling so much. They weigh 16lbs each. They are so healthy! I'm not sure how my sister does it! They have a schedule and stick to it. I want to be just like her when I am a mom... only with 1 baby. :)

4. We found out that Dan will be deploying in March 2011. He volunteered (because he is a good american) and they chose him for the March to July slot. Our friend Evan just got back from this slot and he said it was no big deal. Just VERY VERY VERY hot. He thinks it's hot here, he's got something coming. I will be staying here to man the fort! LOL. I am hoping for some visitors while he is gone. I will be lonely.. but it may be kind of nice. Who knows. More on this later when we know more.

5. Since Dan is leaving, we have to get our butts in gear to get this house together. We might be doing the following projects: fence, painting our trim white, painting/tiling the fireplace, putting tile in our bathroom vanity area. BUT not sure how many of these will be finished. But those are the plans anyway!

Hope I filled you in with our life thus far. Still training for our 1/2 marathon. I am having some issues with the training. I am having some mental insecurities and some thinking that I'm not sure i can do this. For some reason, I felt it was no big deal to take 15 mins off my time for my 2nd 1/2. But now that I only need to take off about 5, I am finding it impossible to do. I am challenged with the thought that I might not be able to do it and this is effecting my running. I am hardly able to run more than 5 miles. I am constantly thinking I "can't do it." UGH. It's very hard. I need to mentally prepare myself before my runs... just not sure how!

I hope to update you with more cheerful news of my training! Until next time! <3