Cookies, Twilight and a BIG PR

What a weekend! This weekend has been all about my two favorite things: food and fitness. Oh yeah, I had great company, too ;)

In the name of shameless Sunday, I’m going to go ahead and admit all photos (except for the crappy ones- those are MINE!) were stolen from Ryan. It sure is nice to have a photographer friend nearby! Thanks, Ryan!

Katy and Ryan came over last night to test out Lindsey’s top secret vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe and watch Twilight again. (I was converted into a Twilight addict when I watched it for the first time last weekend. Now, I am obsessed. Consider yourself warned.)

Ryan was the boss lady/photographer while Katy and I goofed off and attempted to follow directions :)

Everything was going really well until we realized we should have greased the cookie sheets. So instead of the delicious batter coming out in actual cookie form, it was more like a second layer to my baking sheets. The result was still tasty… and hilarious.

Check out these videos for a taste :-)

 

 

It’s okay, the cookies are still beautiful :-)    What a fun night! Twilight left my heart beating out of my chest and I was so sad when it finally ended at 2 a.m. and I had to send the girls home….

 

….only to wake up at 5 a.m. to head to the Founder’s Day 10K in Celebration, Fl with Caitlin and Kelly! Caitlin was sweet enough to give me an abandoned race packet so I was able to run for free!

I started the very early morning with my standard pre-race breakfast: naner oats with PB!

Dixie had a late night, too, so she hung out on the big chair while I got ready. Look at the sleepy puppy!

My first 10k was last November. It was the first time I had gone such a long distance and I actually had to use my inhaler multiple times! For that race I finished in 1:13:18. I told Ryan and Katy (our cheerleaders/photographers) to expect me plenty after the one hour mark today.

Don’t worry- I represented some Twilight love.

As I started running I thought about my plan of attack and my recent accomplishments. Just a few weeks ago I ran a hard 12 miles without any stops and two days ago I completed a solid 20 mile run… it was those accomplishments that led me to decide that this was a race and I was going to push hard to finish it fast!

I picked one person to stick with but I ended up passing her and finding someone else :) I pushed hard, ran faster than normal and earned a new pr with a finishing time of 58:39. That’s about 15 minutes faster than last year… that’s something I can be proud of!Congrats to Caitlin and Kelly for blowing me out of the water and to Ryan and Katy for waking up so early to show their support.  It was a fantastic morning. I’m so lucky to have friends like these girls! :)

Have you ever had an unexpected PR (personal record)?

Vacation Recap: Two Kids in NY

You thought it was over, didn't you?! Well here's the end of my Vacation Recap! I love sharing these photos because it takes me back to the great moments :)
You can view the last installment of the recap here.

After our fun time in DE was Long Island, NY (the highlight of the trip in my opinion!). After a short night's rest we hit the Long Island Railroad at 6:30am to get a jump start to our city day!

Please excuse the photos since some of them are out of order. There are a lot of photos to manage here! =)



We couldn’t believed we covered everything in NYC in one day. We did the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, China Town.... everything tourist! Needless to say, it was a l o n g day!


Of course I made sure to stop by the NYC Whole Foods! We walked blocks just to get there! I wish I could’ve done some grocery shopping!

We finally got “home” from NYC after 10:30pm! It was a long, fun day.
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Back around town with our families:

David’s Aunt Sally-Ann was as much of an Italian New York Mom as you could ask for. She had pasta soups, bagels, pastries, pies, pizzas, baguette sandwiches, cannolis available 24/7! I swear I’ve never had so many good meals! My favorite was how they put cheese on everything! There was always a container of real parmesan cheese on the table. Thatt’s my style!

The whole trip I had been searching out a Trader Joes since we don’t have any in Florida. The store was great and I had some good finds, but I’d definitely prefer Whole Foods any day. Trader Joes was great for packaged goods, but Whole Foods has more of a little of everything. But I did pick up some TJ items that I might not be able to live without anymore!!
I tried my first Larabar! I liked it!


We originally planned on spending a few days in Boston, MA right after NY but had to postpone due to bad weather. That was disappointing. Instead we headed over to Massapequa Park, NY to spend the day and night with my family.

My Aunt was in the middle of her Christmas Cookie Baking Extravaganza so I got to help out. I must say, I’ve never ha so many cookies in my life!! Now I’m unsatisfied with store-bought treats after being spoiled with all of those perfect holiday cookies! Holy cow!