Happy Birthday A"ME"rica

Today was my birthday. I love sharing a birthday with our great nation! * I fell asleep before finishing this post. :)

As you know by my earlier post, my day started off very early. My wonderful husband got up and prepared me a plate of 2 scrambled eggs with spinach and a banana. After I ate, I stretched a little bit then I drove to the church to participate in my first ever 5k. I was both nervous and excited. Excited to be trying something new, and nervous because I hadn't done much training, and I was doing it alone.

I was grateful for the birthday present Tim gave to me early, an armband for my phone so I could listen to music while I ran. I listened to one of the MXPX albums. Since I hadn't done much training, I didn't run the whole time. I estimate that I ran about a third of it total. I started off running, and I finished running, I also ran a few times in between. Along one part of the course, a family from the Stake stood at the end their street and cheered on the runners, that was really awesome for me. It gave me an extra push. My husband, our 2 girls, and my mother in law were there for the start and end of my race. I loved having their support. My final time was 39:48 or 38:49, I was a little tired when they told me my time.

After the run, our Stake had a flag raising ceremony. The girls participated in a kids choir that sang You're a Grand Old Flag. They were so cute, and did a wonderful job. We went from the church to a pancake breakfast that our Ward held at a local school. The girls had a blast playing on the playground equipment. I love that R is getting more confident in her physical abilities.

When we came home, the girls and Tim gave me my other present, a pair of BOBS, Skechers version of TOMS. They are navy, and look like boat shoes. We got invited to another family's house to go swimming. They have an amazing backyard, with a beautiful pool. The girls had so much fun swimming. The family even fed us some lunch.

We came home and had a pretty quiet afternoon. We finished off the day with dinner at Subway for the girls, and Ralph's for Tim and I. The kids meals at Subway come in a reusable Brave bag. Then we went to our old apartment complex and watched the fireworks show at the High School. They always have an amazing display! J does not like loud sounds, so I sat with my hands over her ears the whole time. She eventually fell asleep in my lap.

July 5th

Since we had a couple of late nights in a row, the girls and I took it easy today. We went to the library and turned in their summer reading program weekly activities, and got their prizes. They chose free kids meals from Rainforest Cafe. That night we went to Charlotte's last night of training, she looked so cute in her graduation cap. One of the other dogs in the class had their birthday on Monday so his owner brought bows for all the other dogs, and home made red velvet cupcakes for all the owners, she also made enough for the girls, since they had been coming with me to the training.

July 6th

Happy Birthday Grandma Nilas!

Today was supposed to start with me attending Body Pump with someone from church teaching the class, but I forgot to set the alarm, and I woke up at the time I wanted to get to the gym. I quickly woke the girls and got them dressed and fed, but the class was full by the time we got there. I decided to do my next day of the couch to 5k program. I will make it to Body Pump next week :).

After the gym, we came home quickly to pack up our food for the day, I had already packed up our other stuff last night. Then we met Grandma Nilas at California Adventure. She got there at opening, and had already gone on 3 rides by the time we got there. Our first stop was to buy the picnic lunches they sell that come with a fast pass for World of Color. We had such a fun time celebrating with Grandma Nilas. The girls were such troopers lasting the whole day. R especially did so great with having to walk all day. Thank you again Nilas for letting us celebrate with you.

July 7th

Today was cleaning and grocery shopping day. The girls also found time to make their home made World of Color show. R and J have such a good time crafting with each other.

This evening I went out to dinner at the Anaheim Garden Walk for my best friends birthday celebration. There were 5 of us, and we ate at California Pizza Kitchen. When I got home, the girls put on their presentation of World of Color for Tim and I. R did such a great job on the drawings. I will do a photo post soon.

Tiffany :)

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