remember when i said i started working out for my new years resolution? well, 2.5 months in, it's in full swing. it was a rough start, but thats alright.
jon has started working out with me. for the past month we've been consistently going 3-4 nights a week to the gym right behind our house. (literally. it's >100 yards away from our back door.)
it's going well. i honestly wish that my body would reflect all the hard work that i've put in, but i have to keep reminding myself of this:
i do notice differences and feel SO much better than i did at the beginning of the year. i constantly felt like i was trying to fit into my little sisters clothes. lizzie and i are training for a 5k using this schedule. we are on week three. it's been so good for us to be doing this together, it is such a good encouragement and gives us another reason to talk to each other besides about the bachelor! ha ha.
look what jon got me! i have been wearing the worst looking running shoes for over a year, so he helped me pick out these cuties and got me nike plus! i've only used it for a few days, but i love it! technology is something else, isn't it?
hopefully putting this all out there will help me stay on top of my workout resolution. we are training for a 5k, but don't have a 5k in sight...it is mostly just a way of getting in shape. jon and i DO have tentative plans for running a half marathon in august........wish us luck!
we were driving through Julian, and i've never been before so we stopped to look around.
ohhhh my goodnessss cutest little town. we went into a candy store and i bought the best gift for my nephew's 6th. in order to be able to use a debit card, we had to spend like 75 cents more, so we bought little tubes of honey. jon loves honey.
it reminded me a lot of main street in park city, just much older and smaller. it was filled with all these cute shops right next to each other and it. was. freezing.
(for us....it was about 50 degrees..)
we drove through and got to the event right before the sun went down. jon has been signed up for this for months. it was tierra del sol's 50th anniversary desert safari. tons of off-roading vehicles came from all over. they had fireworks, venders, and a huge raffle. it was a really big deal, apparently. and jon was in heaven. he saw that blue truck in a magazine.
i'm not really a fan of camping. we went last year and i nearly froze to death. jon has since sold his truck (sad!!) and got a larger vehicle that we can sleep in! he also returned our nice new sleeping bags that we used last time, and got different ones that zip together:) well, it worked! i was warm and cozy all night long.
all i care about is treats. treats and snoozinn.
look at me. treats and snoozin. snoozin and treats, that's it.
our friends from church came with us. see them up there, teeny tiny???
we hiked out to the wind tunnels. it was really cool! i can't believe those are not manmade. i couldn't help but think about how maybe, long long ago, someone used these tunnels as homes......
here are our friends. all three of them are marines! they are a fun bunch.
nate made us burgers and steak. it was like luxury camping.
unfortunately, on one of the 'obstacles', girlfriend got her truck stuck! she got so stressed out that she got out of the truck and ran off! it was so funny. so her husband was left to deal with getting her truck out of the jam she got it in. lucky for us, there was a group of "drunk idiots" (jon's words, not mine.) there to help pull us out.
it was a fun day filled with lots of beautiful views. and good weather/food.
this was at the raffle. they had a drawing for our active duty military personal in attendance. there was a bagpiper there that played all the difference branches songs, and then the announcer thanked them for their service. the entire audience gave them a standing ovation. it was really touching.
we left the desert the next morning, stopped in julian again for pictures and antique shopping. the whole weekend was so much fun. as much as i loved jon driving his truck, his new car is SO much more comfortable. i went off-roading with him twice in his truck and really didn't like it. this time, i loved it! our car was filled with yummy treats, good music and good conversation. i really like being a passenger in the car. especially with the windows rolled down. it's so peaceful. a few times when we were driving on bumpy roads, i almost passed out. it lulled me to sleep, just like it would a tiny baby. there were even a few times when i looked over to see that the same thing was happening to jon; he was asleep at the wheel!
this was our theme song the whole weekend:
(love their entire new album (except it gets better: yuck!). i don't agree with their blasphemous phrases though. remember that.)
because of our packed school schedule, jon and i celebrated valentine's day on the 13th.
we had a christmas gift card from mei, so we had our dinner destination picked out for us! we went all out and got an appetizer, and we each got our own entree and dessert shooter. we were happy to discover that the gift card held $35 instead of $25! AND, they took the left over money on the gift card for a tip, so we didn't end up paying a single dime!
afterwards, we went and saw the vow. i have been excited for this movie for months andddd, it was such a disappointment. i mean, rachel mcadams is always beautiful, and channing...is channing. but, i wanted the movie to be more. i wanted it to focus on them falling in love again, but they didn't.
nevertheless, it was a fun night with my man and i was and still am so happy that he's here this year to celebrate with me! he makes even the most trivial holidays both fun and romantic.
he was good to me last year, thousands of miles away.
and, i like being able to celebrate my love for my gals as well. two of my favorite gals sent me valentine's in the mail. it was such a sweet surprise that made me feel so loved and happy. they are the best.
