Welcome to our blog

Happy end of January, everyone! Chris and I decided to try something a little different – rather than send tons of emails to everyone monthly, we want to just create a blog that everyone can check at their leisure.

Here is a brief update for everyone:

We now live in Costa Mesa, California, but are moving to Irvine, California in February. Here are some pics of where we are now:

From Our Home

From Our Home

We now have a bunny (Pumpkin) living with us. He is super cute and is our answer to my allergy to cats and SoCal apartment’s expensive pet rent. We discovered he does not qualify for the exorbitant pet rent. He was adopted from The Bunny Bunch, which we discovered. You can visit them at: http://www.bunnybunch.org/ [Visit at your own risk. It is can have sad stories and cute furry things you want to take home].

From Pumpkin the Rabbit

Chris’ running hiatus is about to come to an end. Back in 2007 at the age of 30, he decided to start training for a half-marathon. He competed in the El Paso Marathon and has since run the Disney Half-Marathon, the Revlon Run (in LA), the Dole Run (in Agora Hills, CA), the Strawberry Stampede (in Arroyo Grande, CA) and the Long Beach Marathon (Long Beach, CA). After the marathon, he questioned his sanity and took a much needed rest. He is now gearing up to train for a triathlon. I am just hoping to see the inside of a gym at least once a month! He’s smiling and showing his Red Raider spirit. The second pic is of the guy who came in fifth place – he was dressed as Snow White. Gotta love the Disneyland run.

From Disneyland Half Marathon

From Disneyland Half Marathon

I am pretty busy with much less painful extracurricular activities. I am involved with Banking on Our Future and the Friends of the Costa Mesa Libraries. We are both also playing in a co-ed softball league in Huntington Beach. Much of the team has returned this season, but these are the lovely people we played with last season.

From Fall 2008 Softball Team

While we did lose last night, it is only the season opener! I am convinced we are going to be awesome this season. Chris is a full-fledged member of the team (instead of the husband that plays when we didn’t have enough people).