Camping

As promised, I am posting pictures from this weekend's camping trip. We had a great time. Most of the Baker clan (Matt's immediate family) came and we had nine of us there. We went camping at Lake Hartwell State Park.



Our tent site........no campers for us






The "couples" Matt and I, Matt's Parents, Matt's brother Chris and his girlfriend Lauren


Matt's Brother David, his wife Jackie, and Matt's Dad


Me being a Goober!!


Matt being "Mr. Excitement"!!

We won!

This weekend we played a tennis tournament out in Blythewood in this beautiful facility in Cobblestone Park. It was absolutely gorgeous. The weather was perfect, a little chilly in the morning, but nice by the time mid morning came around. Friday night we played what they called "social tennis", which means they take all the people who have entered and mix us all up and we play with various people. It was pretty interesting. Saturday, Collins and I played two matches and we won the Women's 6.0 division. Then Sunday Matt and I played two matches and we won the mixed 5.5 division. Yay for us! Everyone we played was just so nice. I must admit I am a little sore today after playing 5 matches in three days. But it was worth it...

I hope everyone has a great week!

Keepin' On

Hey everyone,

I just figured I'd update on life. As of right now, we haven't heard anything on the adoption front. We are just waiting........I'm sure there will be a lot of that. :)
Matt and I have pretty much decided to live life to the fullest in the meantime, perhaps do things that may be difficult when the baby does get here. We have several events coming up that we are looking forward to. For starters, we are playing in a tennis tournament this weekend, I am playing in two events, one with my partner Collins, and the other in the mixed (boys and girls) with Matt. We have played together before, but never in a tournament so this ought to be a hoot! We are going on a camping trip with our family at the end of the September. We also have an out of town wedding in October that will be a blast and it's at the beach.....what more could we ask for? :)
The running is going well. I am currently on week 4, day two. Yay! I am up to running for periods of time straight with no walking. I can't say it's to the enjoyable point yet, but it is getting there. I am for the most part pain free. I did have to ice the right leg Friday night after the longest run yet (around 30 minutes) but it was more for preventative measure than anything else.
Ok, there's my update! I hope you all have a great day!

Couch to 5K Randomness

Ok, so I have set a goal for myself and I'm putting it out there for everyone to see. Ha! Talk about holding myself accountable...... I plan to re-train in running and run a 5K race in November. I am doing the "Couch to 5K" program. I had a stress fracture in my right leg a year or so ago and haven't been able to run continuously since. I decided that it was something that I had been missing and after tons of research (and a visit to the orthopedist) this program was the best chance for re-conditioning. The program starts off REALLY slowly, alternating 60 second jogs with 90 seconds of walking. Then each of the nine weeks progresses until by the last run of week nine, you can run the full 5K (a little over three miles) in roughly 30 minutes. Now, mind you, each week consist of three runs that you perform on non-consecutive days. Right now, I am currently on Week 3, Run 2.
If any of you are interested in the program there are several websites that have tons of info on them. One of my favorite is:
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

One of the best things about this program is that a man named Robert Ullrey has created podcasts (mp3's) that you can download and listen to on your ipod or mp3 player that tell you when to run or when to walk in between mixed music. You can download the files at this link http://www.ullreys.com/robert/Podcasts/page4/page4.html or using itunes if you have an ipod.