My official half-marathon training began a few weeks ago and I decided on running 'Shun the Sun' here in Tempe, AZ. The culmination of all of this great fun will happen in November. First things first, I went to Runner's World (Online) to print up a training plan. Goals written down on paper usually help to simplify tasks that are set forth. Easy? Maybe not on some days. But the plan is simple to follow and I'm on track. I start Week 4 tomorrow and am eager for my runs to get longer and to mix some speed into my workouts.
Writing down plans on paper has been quite effective and have decided that I will do this with a lot more of my goals.
Along with my runs, I have lots of weight-lifting here at the house. Lift up one box. Carry it to the other side of the room. Set it down. Onto the next box...;) I've had lots of fun organizing our house, because we just added two more girls to the mix. That's right! They arrived three weeks ago. What are their names? They're both named 'Sister'. :)
We are blessed to be able to host sister missionaries in the studio that's attached to our garage. We had lots of help from our friends and ward members to help get the studio renovated and to get the sisters moved in. Our studio is awesome and it now comes complete with a kitchenette area. Missionaries normally cannot live in a household where there are children, but since they live in a separate studio, things worked out well. It is a blessing for us to be able to consecrate part of our home for the Lord's work.
Joseph has been all smiles lately. We worked very hard to get him into the school of his (and our) dreams and each day I pick him up, he's a flurry of excitement. I love it! He's in a charter school that is Montessori-based and it's such a good fit for all of us. Esther misses Joseph though, and still asks why he doesn't ride back home with us in his car seat. (But, I think she secretly likes being able to have me to herself...:)
Have a happy and blessed week! :)
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| He's got one foot forward and ready to go onward to Kindergarten... |
Oh yeah! Where's Glen in all of this? No worries, he'll be highly featured in our next blog post...
