26.2

To most of us 26.2 is just a number but after this week it means a whole lot more to Jose. He completed his first marathon this week in St. George, UT. In Jose's words it only poured for the first 21 miles and then it only sprinkled after that. It was in the 40s at the begining of the race and there was a headwind the whole way. It was very cold.

Here are the girls waiting for their Daddy. It was a long wait in the rain. We are very glad our friends had coats they let us borrow. Like the silly lady that I am I forgot to bring ours.
I sat there and waited for Jose to come by us and watched every single person pass us by but for some reason I didn't see Jose until he was right in front of us and I didn't get the camera out until he was already past us. You can see Jose in the gray shirt and black shorts.
He was so cold after the run that all he wanted was the blanket. I forgot to bring him dry clothes but at least I didn't forget about the blanket.
Jose, we are so proud of you. I love the medal. It is so pretty. It is polished red rock with a simple monogram and the year. I love the simplicity.

KOBE!?!

This morning Cherish had a soccer game. She loves to play and I love to watch her. It is so cute when she gets running really fast and is going after the ball her tounge comes right out the side of her mouth. She needs her water breaks because she runs and runs out there.After the game they do a tunnel for the girls to run though. The girls love it so much they go though 3-4 times.
So you are wondering why this is titled Kobe. As we were waiting for the game to start this very tall man walked to the other side of the field with his family and at first glance I thought "Hey that guy looks like Kobe Bryant" The more I looked at him the more I thought hey that might really be Kobe. Then I started to do the math and I know he lives in the area and He had a daughter the week before Cherish in the same hospital. Sure enough it was him. I had to laugh when one of the fathers pulled his daughter aside and said "Hey you are playing against Kobe Bryant's daughter go show them how it is done." It was nice to see that he comes out and supports his daughter and that everyone pretty much left him alone. I felt a little quilty taking this picture but I couldn't pass it up either.

Happy Birthday Sweetie

Jose just celebrated his 30th birthday. Happy Birthday to the love of my life. I'm lucky to have you. Thank you for all the good times.

First Day of School

Cherish started Kindergarden this week. I can't believe my little girl has gotten so big. She grew up while I wasn't looking. Cherish was a little nervous about starting Kindergarden and was really sad to have to say goodbye to her preschool teachers and friends. She doesn't like change. A couple weeks ago she had a great talk with Auntie T about all the wonderful things that she would be doing in Kindergarden. From that moment on she couldn't wait for school to start and started to count down the days.
Jose was able to go into work late that morning so he could come with us for the big day.

I DID IT!!!

Back in June I made the decision that I was going to run the Disneyland Half Marathon with Jose at the end of August. We signed up we paid the entrance fee and I began to train so I would be ready for the run. On June 21st silly me was caring too much and I dropped a glass bottle of Coke. The bottle exploded and sent glass flying everywhere including my foot. I cut four of my five toes and it severed the tendon to my middle toe. After all was said and done I had to have surgery to repair the tendon. I was very sad to say goodbye to the my goal of running a half marathon. I was told that I could run 6 weeks after the surgery. When I tried, it didn't go very well. My foot hurt so bad I couldn't walk for 2 days afterwards. I did run another time and it wasn't so bad afterwards. We had decided that my brother-in-law was going to run in my place. The weekend of the race you have to go to their heath and fitness expo to pick of you bib and packet. When I got there the emotion was so high I decided I had to try to run the race. I wasn't going to let my foot stop me.


So we got there at 6:00AM and got ready to run. The first 4 miles were great because they took you through California Adventure and Disneyland. It was so fun. They had the characters out to cheer us on and in the Disney way it was very well organized. Now I didn't run the entire thing but I came close enough. I ran the first 9.5 miles (which is longer then I have ever run in my life. and then I ran walked the rest of it. All in all I walked no more then 2 miles of the 13.1.
Jose is such a wonderful supportive husband. I sure it wasn't easy for him to run at my slower pace but he stayed with me and didn't leave me even when I had to walk. What a good guy.
Thank you to my wonderful sister Tiffany that came down and took pictures of us crossing the finish line. It was quite an emotional moment. I DID IT!
Here are our medals. Yeah we finished!!!
Afterwards we had to sit for about 15 minutes so I wouldn't pass out. My vision started to darken up a little and I was seeing stars. Maybe I over did it just a little. I love this picture. Jose as always is having good times.

Izzy's First Birthday

This weekend we celebrated Izzy's 1st birthday over at Mama and Tata's (Grandma and Grandpa's) house. It was a ton of fun and a huge success. Grandma made a beautiful cake.

It was so hot!!! After hours of jumping in the bounce house popcicles hit the spot.
Izzy was so happy all day . With all of the excitement we never got her to take a nap so I consider myself very lucky that she remained happy.Izzy got her first taste of a pinata. She loved it. She didn't hit hard at all but what to you expect from such a little peanut.
Happy Birthday to you!! Her tummy was so full from carne asada, rice and beans you can see it. It makes me laugh when her tummy gets so big and hard.
Izzy loved the cake. Yummy Yummy
Cherish really wanted some of the cake with pink frosting. Izzy's layer was the only one that had pink frosting so she watched closely with jealous eyes.
This is Juan, my nephew. He is leaving this Monday for Harvard. We are so proud of him and all he has accomplished. We wish him the best and will miss him tons.

Poor Little Izzy

Cherish had a friend over today and all of the girls were having a good time playing in the room. I was in the next room and I could hear all of the girls laughing. Then Izzy didn't seam like she was lauging any longer. When I turned around I noticed that Cherish was spraying her sister in the face with a spray bottle and giggling. When I walked into the room and Izzy came scooting toward me as fast as she could with a look on her face begging for help. She wanted to get away as quickly as she could. When she turned around I notied this large bump on Izzy's Back. She looked like a little turtle. When I emptied her shirt I found four plates, two mugs and a couple of balls.
It's not easy being the youngest in the group but all in all I think they all had fun.