X-MAS

This was our x-mas tree this year. I used a white bow on top and a lot of the same ornaments from last year with the addition of a small lion Dom picked out and a purple glass owl that I got. I love our tree this year, it is much fuller and smells wonderful. It is still in our house today at the end of Jan! Jaguar sleeps under it every night. I just can't bring myself to take it away from him lol.

Good ol' Cougie! It was so fun watching Dom pull our tree out of the back of my car. My car smelled like a forest for like 2 weeks!

This year, we invited the family down to our place to open presents and eat dinner. We made brussel sprouts, pork chops, mashed potatoes, and had steamed green beans. MMM mm MM!

Dom got two head lamps so that he would be extra prepared for roughing it with us out in the woods!

He also got a really nice hat from Mom.

I finally got a GPS! I have used it almost everyday since X-mas. I love it!!

We got Dad one of those metal things that massages your head. He thought it tickled more than it felt good! haha

Thanksgivng

We had Thanksgiving dinner in SB the night of the marathon with some of my old co-workers from the athletic training room at UCSB. It was a wonderful meal! Here is the alumni board that one of the younger girls made. I thought it was so sweet of them to keep us in mind when decorating the training room!On Thanksgiving day we drove up to Mom and Dads to visit them and the puppies. Dad taught Dom how to deep fry the turkey the Wallace way. They made a great team :)

Dom loves to make us laugh. Here he is just being goofy after we got the turkey all ready to go into the cooker! Gotta love my Canadian!

The Long Awaited Update!

I have had quite a few requests about an update on my blog. I have fallen pretty far behind! So as a quick update, here are a few pictures from the recent holiday season.

Here I am at the finish of my first Marathon! WOW! It was sOOO long I thought I would never be done. I ran the first 13 mi, and then I alternated walking and running every .5 mi until the finish. I will deff need to train more for the next one! I had a blister on mi 7 but that has finally healed up. Dominic is now considering training with me for the next race, date TBA.

That Evening we walked down to the pier from our hotel to find things to entertain us. This cannon and the crazy chicken were among the most interesting of the adventures that evening.

Catching the sunset after a very long day. This was a great weekend!

A lil' SB Love

I needed to go to SB a couple weekends ago for an event with my old co-workers. I went on a walk along the bluff and got a few pretty pictures :D Enjoy!

Sparks Game!

I FINALLY went to my first professional basketball game! I know crazy that I have been to baseball, football, and hockey but NEVER basketball! I had such a good time the we are going back on the 18th!

The game was SOOO cool because it was the first outdoor sunset WNBA game ever!! They had some four square courts and balls so we played a little four square before the game. I haven't played that game since 3rd grade!

I got to see some of my idols, Sue Bird and Swin Cash who play for the Storm. The Sparks brought it close in the end but Sue Bird shut em down with her 3's. I think she was 100% from the floor the whole night. Tuesday my favorite player Diana T. was playing at the Staples center but I couldn't go because of tests. We are planning on going to another game on the 18th so stay tuned. Diana still won't be there but sometime in July I think I will see her courtside :D Those will be some great pics...

The G-Ma Rock

Grandma came to visit and I got her and Dad playing Guitar Hero! They both did very well. It was hard to get Dad to want to play but once he got started I couldn't rip the thing away from him!!
This is Zaphora's new favorite spot to rest. Dom is NOT happy about this as he has made clear many times, but I think it's just so darn cute! hehe

Pineapple Express!

Dominic had commented about wanting his own pineapple plant. When visiting my mom the other day I saw this weird looking green thing in a jar and I asked her what it was... of course, it was a pineapple top and it was ACtually Growing!! I told her about Dom's request so she handed over the pineapple for us to watch over :) I had this cute little vase that I put it in for the time being. The roots are getting pretty long so we will transplant it soon as we get more pots. Four of our plants/pots got taken off our patio the other day which we were pretty upset about. So, in the meantime, this little guy gets to soak up the rays like this. I figured that growing one this way would be much more speedy than from a seed! Wish us luck.