The New Deal...

There are a couple parts to this set up. For those who don't know, Kyle is currently in "The Vegas" celebrating the soon-to-be end of Sean's bachelorhood (although, I'm pretty sure that ended when he moved in with Jenna like 2 years ago, but we'll just play along with tradition). On a whim, I decided to hit the outlets this afternoon, I mean Kyle's off doing his thing, why not go do mine, right? I had a pretty successful trip, had some great finds, but still, probably shouldn't have gone shopping in the first place...that brings us to this deal I've created.

Tomorrow morning is the first scheduled "long run" for my 1/2 marathon training, or at least what I consider a long run...8 miles. Now I am surely going to get bored, hot, tired, etc. etc. and want to stop running at some point before getting to said 8th mile...therefore I have decided that for each of the long runs I complete over the next month, I will get to keep 1 item that I purchased today! Kyle doesn't know about this deal yet, but hopefully, he'll be as supportive of my running investment as I have been of his running school! ;o) (wink wink, Kyle!) Different motivators for different people I suppose! Hehe!

Whelp! Off to bed, my trusty running shoes and I have some cute running shorts to earn in the AM! :o)

hmm...here's a thought, maybe I should add to my deal - if I call Kyle when I wake up to run at 5:45ish AM and he hasn't gone to bed yet, I'll get to keep something else...I mean betting is all in the spirit of Vegas right?

Mini!

Photo Credit: Dad - Greg Burroughs

Greg's and Jenny's baby boy was brought into the world at 2:45 this afternoon.

Eli Joseph Burroughs

All are doing well!

Congratulations guys and good luck with everything to come!!

Flying Colors

Great news today! Kyle took, and passed, the two written sections of his GC (General Contractor) Exam today! Now he just has one computer section left to complete! Snaps for Kyle!! **

Clouds, Sun, Sky

I don't really know what it is, but I love when the sky looks cool...I could watch clouds and sunrises/sets all day long! (and take pictures!) Anyway, the sky outside of our house looked awesome this evening, I thought I'd share with everyone!

UTD = Up To Date!

It's taken a lot of hours but...I've got it all done!

Pictures are all up and captioned and the blog is caught up! Losing the internet connection really put me behind! Whelp! I guess that means vacation really is over! :o( Now we need to unpack the car, and then unpack what's in the bags that are packed in the car! Uhg! I wish I was at the beach!

Made It

We weren't in a hurry to get home today so we took the back roads and made lots of stops along the way. I'll have all the backed pictures posted tomorrow!! In the mean time - we're home safe and sound and I'm headed to bed! Sad that vacation is over. :o(

Goodbye, Hello

Sadly, we had to leave the beach today.

We both went for long sunrise runs (mine on the beach), did some packing and cleaning, said goodbye to our fellow vacationers and took one last trip down to the water for a final dip in the ocean before we had to head home. It was a great week of relaxing, beaching and spending time with family. It was so hard to leave and I can't wait to go back!

Our day didn't end on that sad note though!

Since we were only 8-9 hours away from home and had to be out of the house by 11am AND it's only Saturday, we were able to take our time getting back!!! This NEVER seems to happen and we made the most of it! We took "the back roads", stopped to shop for a bit, then drove through Charleston some and THEN we stopped in Savannah and walked around for a couple of hours and had dinner. Cort was AWESOME, allowed us to enjoy ourselves and he seemed to really enjoy it too! Despite some sprinkles, we loved it there and saw lots of stuff (didn't find the Forrest Gump bench though - I know it's there somewhere!) Without a doubt Savannah is now on the long weekend list...only next time I'll be sure to have a map!!

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