Closed

So I went to register for the Half Marathon yesterday and the registration is closed now. They only allow 1500 people to run so I guess they achieved that amount. So to those with the encouragement, thanks! But now I have to find a different race and maybe one with a little more time to train.

So you think I can run....

So my lovely friends Brittany and Melanie seem to think that I can run a half marathon with them. That means I only have less than 2 months to train before it arrives. So Melanie and I are going to try and run a half marathon in Moab on October 19. It is called "The Other Half". It starts at the top of the river road canyon and makes its way down to a ranch. Most of it is downhill-ish but there are some dips and peaks. So wish me luck in my training...I have already booked my private room on 4N for when my heart fails me on the pavement. Atleast our men in our lives will be enjoying the beer at the Moab Brewery while we slave our way down the road...aaahhhhhhhh I think I have lost my mind.
And we could have gotten a free glass like above if we had registered before August 1. Damn!

Baby Samantha Scout Taylor

Congratulations to Amy and Whitey on their baby girl, Samantha Scout!!! I was so excited to come to work today and find that Amy had delivered her baby that night. Misty and I walked down to the post-partum floor to see her around noon. What a beautiful baby! A full head of dark hair, long fingernails (they had to put a long sleeve shirt that had had protectors on her), and chubby little cheeks. Amy looks incredible for just having a baby that morning. I am so happy for them.

Blundell Barbeque Bash

Little Abby Every year my friends Adam and Marzena have what's called the Blundell Barbeque Bash (BBB). Each and every year there are new and exciting events at these bashes. Someday he will not be able to outdo himself. This year started off with the famous powerburgers and grilled corn. I was sad that I didn't get any corn but Steve said it was awesome. They had the big blow up bounce room for the kids and two water blowups. One was a big slide and the other had a water gun at the top and a slide down to a pool. This is like kid heaven. Someday when we have little ones they will be thrilled to go to this yearly event. Adam and his dad Gail always have some sort of exposive device. They did two candy cannons, one small one and one very large one. You had to cover your head as the candy came back down on your head. It sounded like everyone was being pelted with rocks it was so loud. They had a balloon man come to make anything you wanted out of balloons. Marzena got a mouse that had a balloon inside of a balloon. It was pretty cool. Fishing poles with a fish on the end, monkeys, elephants and lots of flowers. This is Julie (Adam's sister and little Hannah) They had rocket launchers. Everyone could make their own rockets and get it launched. Many landed on Marzena and Adams roof. But the coolest thing this year was the fire dancers. We almost didn't stay for the dancers because we were going to our friend Emily's house after. But we did and I am glad we did. It was pretty cool to watch. I don't know what Adam is going to come up with next year.
Adam is also into Salt Water fish tanks and he just upgraded to a 300 gallon tank. It is massive. I took some pics of the beautiful fish. Check out the clam, he bought that from a friend because it wouldn't fit in his own tank anymore. My favorite fish is the blue fish. Someday when I can afford to pay for the upkeep of a tank and I am in the house I want to be in for 20 years I will get a tank. It will make me feel closer to Hawaii than I am now.

4North Girls Dinner

Some of my great work friends and I went to Red Robin for dinner one evening. These girls are some of the reasons that 4 North is such a fun place to work. We are all so different and yet so alike. We all love to blog...okay Misty is getting there. We love to have fun and travel. We love babies!!! It was a fun night and a very hard night to plan. We all went through our schedules to find a day we all had off and nothing worked. We finally went through the days that we all worked and found that to be August 14th. Paulina brought her well-behaved little boy Alex. He did so well while we all chatted. As soon as he saw Misty and Brittany's shakes, he had to have one. We talked about things that all of our husbands would probably get nauseated over. Baby births, breastfeeding, sex, detailing stories of our codes at work....all in all it was awesome to be able to discuss things like that and know nobody would get grossed out. Amy is preparing to become a mom in the next 2 weeks. Her little girl is going to have so many people that love her. Shirley tried to talk her mom into bringing Kimberlee up so we could have dinner with her. Brittany is my adrenaline junkie friend...she wants all the action.

(Alex, Paulina, Misty, Brittany, Amy, Shirley and me)
I love these girls!!!