Flashback Friday: Big Sur

So this morning, while I was running/jogging up a incline(I really can't call it a hill) by my house. I had a flashback moment. I couldn't help but laugh. (I really was laughing) I was thinking about a couple of years ago when I was training for a marathon with Tyler, Ashley, and Drew. We signed up to do a 5k by Hearst Castle, and I wanted to do a half marathon at Big Sur. I heard that it was beautiful there and I wanted an excuse to go.

I found one on the internet and I thought it would be great. I talked to Ashley about it and she said that 2,880 feet of climbing and descending look like it might be hard, but she said that she would do it. So we all signed up. We left late in the afternoon from Camarillo, and drove to Big Sur and set up our campsite at 11 at night. The campsite next to us had a bunch of loud drunks, and we slept on a whole bunch of rocks (Tyler doesn't believe in camping with comfort). That morning we woke up at 8:00 a.m. to get to the starting point of the race. The first 5k was so steep. I couldn't even run up it, and I had 12 more miles. I remember after each hill thinking why aren't we to the half way point yet....

I found a picture of Tyler running the race. I just remember that Tyler, Drew, and Ashley did way better than me. Tyler came in at the first 50 out of 133, and I probably came in somewhere after the 100th.. It makes me laugh that I was the one that wanted to do the half marathon and it was the most miserable to me. Before we drove home the next day we went back and took some pictures of the trail that we ran. It is a beautiful trail, maybe this year we will reenact the Big Sur Half Marathon, now that I know what to expect. What do you think Ashley?

























Going from top right to left, then bottom right to left.
TR= That red dot is the start of the race. That picture is before the 5k.
TL= See the red dot still not to the half way point of the race.
BR= DONE.
BL= Finally over looking the 6.5 miles that you just ran, time to turn around and go back. KILL ME.

Best Cous

Lizette had a play date on Monday with her cousin Chloe. She was so excited. It so fun seeing the little girls interact with one another. We first played outside for awhile, then we came inside and turned on some music and let the girls play and dance. I love seeing them dance. I did have to break up a few fights, but over all they really get along.

I took some pictures and video of the girls playing together. So I decided that I wanted to learn to make a video. So here is a short video of the girls playing. THEY ARE BOTH SO STINKIN' CUTE!! I really could just eat them up.. And Chloe is so cute. She was trying to give hugs and kisses to Lizette. Lizette was a little bashful and was pushing her away...

The video isn't very good, but it is only my first one. I need to figure out how to use Movie Maker.

What a Monkey

Yesterday, we had a some people over for dinner. While I was getting dinner ready, I noticed that I didn't hear anything. So I went to look for Lizette (which isn't hard because our rental isn't very big), but I found her playing in a drawer. It was the funniest thing. I took a couple of pictures before I took her out. She is so funny. Even when we have hard days she always finds a way to make me laugh..

Happy Birthday.. Eat some raw chicken

I know that I haven't updated my blog in a long time. Life has been so busy, with my aunt in and out of the hospital, trying to move her, etc.... (I know that Cristin was probably about to take me off her blog list because I haven't updated)

So today is Tyler's 28th Birthday. we have had a great day. He invited me to go out to eat with his coworkers and his friend Spencer to J.J. Brewsky's, which is down the street from our house.. It was good. Lizette enjoyed eating Spencer's fries. But for dinner I wanted to go somewhere with just Tyler and I. We haven't been out just the two of us in MONTHS. We decided to go to Olive Garden, we hadn't been there in at least a year, probably longer. It used to be one of Tyler's FAVORITE restaurants. He took me there all the time when we were dating and engaged.

We dropped off Lizette at the Grandma Diane's and Grandpa Tickles' house and we were off. Since it was such a long time since we have been out just the two of us, we thought it was so quiet in the car. So we got to Olive Garden and ordered. I got the Tuscan Garlic Chicken with steamed squash instead of pasta (WHICH WAS DELICIOUS) and Tyler got his usual Chicken Scampi. Half way through the meal, Tyler noticed that his one of his chicken breast wasn't cooked. We said something to our waitress and she was very apologetic and took Tyler's plate. I already ate half my meal and was done. The manager of Olive Garden came to our table and said how sorry she was and that she would make sure that everything was cooked all the way, then she offered to make my meal over again as well. I said no, and that I was fine. (Then I thought about it, I should have said yes...WHAT WAS I THINKING!)

I couple of minutes later the manager comes out with Tyler's food and said not to worry about the bill that it was already taken care of... Then I was really regretting not asking for my meal to be remade.. Tyler ate two bites then asked for a box for both of our meals, then they brought out dessert for his birthday. We ended up leaving a tip for the waitress. So we ended up paying $6.00 for a $50 dollar meal. Not Bad..

On the way home I told Tyler that we need to bring raw chicken in a baggy next time and when we are all done with dinner, throw the raw chicken on the plate. THEN ta-dah.... FREE MEAL... Okay not really, but it is funny to joke about...

Here are some pictures of young Tyler.

It is finally here...

Introducing the newest culinary masterpiece: The Dirty Dog Cooker 2000





Just to remind everyone this was taped in our FRONT yard for the WHOLE block to see. Luckily, Tyler has such a nice friend, Spencer, that will do tons of lame stuff with him. This video makes me laugh so hard. Tyler is truly a ham.. It is about 6 minutes, so be patient it is well worth wasting you day for six minutes... We are going to try to upload it to Expo TV, to make some quick cash.

AT LAST...

I have finally updated my blog. I have been slacking for the past couple of weeks. Keep scrolling down...

A Little Bit of a Teaser

More to come later..... I know that you are either a little scared or excited.....

No Sleep for the Wicked

On Thursday, while I was making dinner. Lizette was playing and was making her usually playing noises. A couple minutes later I didn't hear any noises, so I naturally thought she was getting into stuff. I went to go looking for her and I found her asleep while hold my water bottle. I couldn't help but take a picture.

We have a climber..

On December 31st, Lizette has surprised us with a new talent. I bet you can guess by the title. It is CLIMBING. She is definitely her father's child. Lizette loves to climb on everything, even with items in her hands. She is so funny. She seems so proud of herself when she has conquered something. It is so amazing watching her change and figuring new stuff out.

(Warning: these pictures may look like the child is endanger, but Tyler is standing next to her, even though you can't see him)

9 MONTHS

So Lizette is now nine months. I know I say this every month, but boy does it FLY BY. I can't believe how big she is now. Each day it seems like she is doing more and more stuff and we are getting to see more of her personality shine through. Her birthday was on the 27th, after Tyler left for his camping trip, Lizette came down with a nasty cold. She was not acting like herself. I decided to take her to the doctor on Friday, just in case. I didn't want to wait until the weekend, just in case if it was something worse then having to go to the emergency room. I figured she needed to get her nine month appointment anyways, so might as well go when she is sick. Lizette now weighs 19 pounds and is now 28 3/4 inches long. And she had a cold and a minor ear infection. I told the doctor that I want to try to put garlic oil in her ear to get rid of the infection besides putting her on antibiotics right away. She wrote me out one anyways, just in case if I needed it over the weekend. I am happy to say that the garlic oil WORKED...

I was suppose to go to 2 wedding receptions, but I didn't go to either. I wasn't really up to taking a sick baby out by myself (since Tyler was gone). I was sad to miss the receptions but such is life with a baby.

Camping Trip of A Lifetime

Tyler has been talking about going hiking at the Sespe Hot Springs for MONTHS. Since it was the holiday week, he really wanted to go. He suckered his brother-in-law, Drew to go with him. After Tyler did the research, it was a 10 mile hike in and out. On Thursday night, Tyler came home after work and got ready for the hike, a couple of minutes Drew showed up and they were off. So this is how his trip went after they left our house. They dropped Tyler's car at the end of the hike and drove Drew's car to the beginning. They weren't able to drive the car in all the way due to an ice lake blocking their path. So that added 4 miles to their hike. They slept in the car on Thursday night. In the morning they ate some oatmeal and left for their adventure. They started hiking in a light rain and Tyler thought he saw a couple snow flakes. In the middle of the first day Tyler got blisters on the heals of his feet. After hiking 14 miles in, they finally reached the Hot Springs at 1 pm. The Hot Springs weren't as cool as they thought. They had a lot of mushy debris in the water that they cleaned out for half an hour before going in. After taking a dip, they checked the map and realized that they had 15.2 miles to hike the next day. So they ate and went to bed. It was really cold. Tyler said he woke up every hour. The next morning. The made the trek back. Tyler was in so much pain with his blisters, after a mile and a half he had to wear his sandals so that his feet could breathe. After hiking for hours, and not being able to stop for lunch they were about 5 miles from the end, they ran out of water. But luckily right before dark they made it back from the car. About 6:30 I received a call from Tyler saying that he was alright.

While Tyler and Drew where gone, Ashley, Chloe, Lizette, and I all had a girls weekend. It was fun. Lizette and Chloe had fun playing with each other, and Ashley and I played Guitar Hero. While the boys were freezing their butts off. The girls were all sleeping in nice warm beds. The next morning we all went out for breakfast. I was really happy that Ashley was at my house for the weekend. I didn't worry as much about my husband until 6:00 pm on Saturday. Ashley and I didn't know what time we needed to call the Search and Rescue Team, but about a half hour later received said call. Thanks Ashley and Chloe for hanging out with us for the weekend....

I also think that Ashley and I should go somewhere for the weekend while leaving the kids with the men... How does Mexico sound???

Lizette's First Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas.. I was so excited and woke up at 7:00. I woke up Tyler, and then we woke Lizette up. We opened Christmas presents. Lizette got a car seat from Santa, which she HATES, but that is for another blog entry. She got a lot of toys, but she was really into the ribbons and wrapping paper. I finally cave in and Tyler got an Xbox360 for Christmas and Guitar Hero III, (this is the first gaming system that we have owned being married) I actually really like playing guitar hero. And I got a tent for Christmas! It is the mothers of all tent. I think that it might even be bigger than our house.. It is an 7 man tent, I believe. We had a 3 man tent, but it seems small with all of Lizette's stuff. I do think it might be a little too big, but we can grow into it.

After opening gifts, Tyler made breakfast while I played Tetris on the Xbox360. We had a nice morning together. Then Tyler went snorkeling with my uncle and cousins, it was really windy so Lizette and I didn't go. In the evening we crashed the Talley Family get together. The Talley's are like Tyler's other family. It was fun catching up with their whole family. It was a great end to a perfect day.