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Ladies Night!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Last night was Ladies Night at Luke's Locker in Plano!! We had a great time! All the running ladies in one place having a blast! There was a fashion show, discounts, good food and wine!
They asked me to be a part of the fashion show so I was
modeling all Nike attire!
They put me in some pretty funky nike tempo shorts but the bright
colors and fun prints are super fun for races!!
Yellow Coaches in the house! Elaine and I enjoying the evening!

All the lovely models! We had such a fun time together!
Cheering each other on the "runway" aka mini track
in the Luke's store!!
Beth-Chelsea-Fran-Me-Lauren
All of our bright and colorful shoes!!
Love the bright pink and orange for spring!
It's so fun to have colorful running gear while
you are training for a half or a full marathon!!
Laurel and I having a good time! Laurel is in Jr.League of Collin County
and I am trying it
out in the next couple of weeks!!We always have a fun time
at ladies nights, lunches, and other social events!!

Happy St.Patrick's Day!

Sunday, March 18, 2012
Happy St.Patrick's Day!! We enjoyed a fun evening on the patio at Watters Creek with Meg and Jon after I got off work! It was a busy day at work so I was really excited to get to enjoy a nice evening outside to unwind! We took a few fun pics with my phone so my
photos aren't the best! It was interesting to people watch too and see all
the crazy outfits people wore for the green holiday! At Watters
Creek they even dyed the creek in the middle green!
Hope everyone had a fun St.Patrick's Day!!

On Friday I had a lazy girls night with some friends from our
new sunday school class!
We had sonic drinks and candy while sitting out by the pool
enjoying the nice night!
We are really excited about the spring and summer weather with
pool days in our future!! Next weekend I am running the
Rock and Roll Half in Dallas! I am so excited and thrilled to
be running the race again! Last year I did 1:55 and I am
hoping to do the same this year!

Ross turns 28!

Monday, March 12, 2012
On Sunday we had Ross' 28th Birthday party at my parent's house in McKinney!! We had the LaPrade family, the Creel family and
the Lowry's all under one roof!! What a fun time!
Ross was super excited about celebrating his 28th birthday with everyone
and finally getting his precious Playstation Vita since he waited since
March 1 to actually get the new gaming system!!
We had burgers and red velvet cupcakes which I will have
to say were pretty tasty!!
Me with the old guy!! haha!! He is pretty handsome for 28!

Ross with Ron and Nora!
Ross' good friend Jonathan stopped by for a little while and enjoyed the party!
The yummy red velvet cupcakes!
Make a wish!! Wahoo 28 only comes once! ha!
Mom and I making dips for everyone in the kitchen!
Ross and his favorite little nephew Knox!
Ross-Papaw LaPrade-Logan
Shelby (Dad)-Lorin-Ron-Ross
The cute little Lowry family!!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Ross' birthday with
everyone and always enjoy good quality family time!!

Let's hit the trails!

Friday, March 9, 2012
Last Sunday I woke up at the crazy hour of 4:15 am!! Why..well to meet up with my running buddies to head off to Oklahoma for a fun trail run! The trail run was in Atoka,OK the middle of no where! The trail run was a 25k or a 50k. We did the 25k which is 15.5 miles of trails!!
We had a great time enjoying the gorgeous day and being outside in the middle
of the woods instead of the middle of the road for once! ;)
I thought this view was really pretty! It was probably about half way through the trails!

Here is our group after everybody finished! We were very excited!
We got jam and a part of a tree as our finisher award!
We celebrated our finish for a little bit and then hit the road back home for a
shower to clean off the trail dust!!
Once we got back to McKinney-Allen area we cleaned off and
headed to Watters Creek for Grimaldis pizza outside
on the patio to enjoy the rest of the gorgeous day!!
It was such a fun adventure to run trails with everyone I will for sure do it again next year!!

Crawfish..um yeah!

Friday, March 2, 2012
Ok, this is a little late...but don't they say better late than never!! haha!! My week has been wild and crazy with work, ross' bday, and end of the month reports so here I am just now getting to post a few fun pics before another amazing weekend!! Last weekend Ann and Zach had an incredible crawfish broil on Sunday and we had a great time! All of my running buddies were there and Ross got to meet some of the fun people I get to run with weekly!!
I made a buffalo chicken dip that was a huge hit so
I was super excited about that
and it's one of my favorites too!!

Me- Beth- Chelsea
Enjoying girl talk of course!
All of the amazing girl runners!!

Ross and I at the party!

Ross' birthday was on Thursday this week and he turned 28!! Wow!
I can not believe it!
We are actually having a family celebration next weekend but last night we went out to Chuy's with Ross' friend Jon and his girlfriend Megan! We had a fun time and Ross enjoyed celebrating at his favorite mexican joint!! Jon even got him batman wrist bands...oh he is so cool!
Ross got a little surprise for dessert.. a yummy chocolate
and peanut butter cupcake!!
He was more than happy!! Happy Birthday Ross excited for the adventures ahead of us!
The weather has been gorgeous this week so we have enjoyed running outside,
taking parker for long walks on trails, and chit chatting by the pool with dad!
I have also been trying new recipes from this blog: Mix and Match Momma!
They are easy and great for weeknights for two! (plus we have leftovers for
the next few days...which means I don't cook every single night!)

This weekend is packed with fun races with friends!!
Saturday Esperanza 5k and Sunday Atoka Trail run 25k!! Wahoo!!
Let's get this party started!