Hobble Creek Half

So Evan and I ran a half marathon last Saturday.  And like usual, I trained for the past 3-4 months and Evan ran maybe 10 times total.  And like usual, he did a million times better then I did.  We thought we were running much faster then we actually were, whoops.  (Our time wasn't that great...poop)  But I kind of crapped out at about mile 10.5.  I was just super done, and Evan was the happy energizer bunny who was literally running circles around me.  Oh the joys of being married to an amazing athlete.  I think it's in the Howard blood.  Overall though Evan encouraged me and motivated me to keep on going and I don't think I could've done it without him.  So thank you honey, you are the besets even though you tried having a full blown conversation with me at mile 12 and I couldn't breathe.  That's besides the point.  Anywho, thanks to our amazing family we got some great pictures.  Thanks again Kerry, Jerm and kids, and Sharon and David for coming to watch.  It really meant the world to us.  Sorry you were waiting so long!

This proves my point of how perky Evan was.  This was literally going to the finish line and he is shooting air guns at people.

Summer? What Summer?

You know the old saying, time flies when you're having fun?  Well our summer has been a blur, a giant blur.  Gone are the days of sleeping in until noon, wake up eat frozen Costco taquitos for breakfast/lunch, watch some sleezy reality TV, then head to your crappy mall job.  In case anyone was wondering that literally was my life.  This summer we have done more then any summer Evan and I have been together.  It's been crazy fun.  From camping to hiking, and non-stop adventures with friends, we have been kept on our toes.  It has taken away from the internally countdown to the trip of the lifetime we have had planned since January.
This trip all started with Evan on a whim booking a cruise.  He is an impulse buyer, he will deny this but he is.  We booked the trip and then looked at each other and said well I guess we'll be having fun in 9 months from now.  Well that 9 months has FLOWN by, and now we leave within 3 weeks for our amazing trip.  I am so excited to meet all my new family, (Sharon I might still need those flash cards).  And to embark on this adventure with Evan.  Normally all vacations never go according to plan with us, so I'm expecting many things to go wrong with how long we'll be gone.  Overall our countdown has gone from triple digits down to double, soon to be single.  I am so happy to have a great husband who is willing to save our butts off to afford this and then make it happen.  It's been quite the whirlwind between my 4 jobs over the last 4 months and figuring out how to get the time off, but like always things happen for a reason and I have an awesome employer who was excited for me to go on this vacation.

As a side note, if everyone can keep Evan in their thoughts this Friday he has made it to the next step on his long journey of becoming a police officer.  He is taking a test for this stage of the process.  I know he'll do great, but if you could just wish him luck that would be awesome!