climbing up things, and stuff...

oooh guys. life sure is great! i have been playing way more than i deserve and it's great. like really great. 

last week i got to hang out with courtney, danielle, and the lovely janae...who i hadn't seen since she was preggers with her little boy! we all went to high school together and janae was one of the first people i met when i moved to the tri-cities...one million years ago. {jk...but it was still 17 years ago!}

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anywho...it was a lovely evening at the park catching up on life. i love these ladies! they really are the best!

 {her littles are the cuuuutest!}

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last thursday night i went rock climbing! it was lots of fun. i had an epic fail at trying to climb this first wall...yeah. but the second wall i totally dominated. kinda. i loved it. kara and spencer are super duper climbing teachers. hopefully they'll take me again ;)

 {kara is hardcore...she inspires me to be more adventurous!}

{spencer climbin}

 {awesome/not awesome bum shot of me...woo}

{thumbs up...and me at almost the top}

 i FINALLY bought some real running shoes! last night was their maiden voyage and they felt good, so i'm feeling optimistic about them. it was definitely a different experience buying them, than i've had with any other pair of running shoes. typically it goes like this: go into store, find cheapest and cutest shoes i can find, buy them. this time it was try a pair, get videoed running in them, break down how i run/land on my feet {i'm slightly supinated {sp?}, try on 8 different pairs, always two different at a time and narrow down what i like, try on a couple more pairs, take a couple laps around their indoor track, think  you like a pair and try them both on only to find out you don't, then try on the other and decide on those. take pair to counter to buy not knowing the price. i was pleasantly surprised they were under $100! go me.
{training is still going really good! since the increase in mileage is gradual i'm usually not totally overwhelmed with just how far a have to run! thank goodness. i have lost 12lbs too! high-five to me! i need to buy new jeans. they're falling off my smaller bum}

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{the cutest baby ever...no joke}

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ps - i just bought tickets to the lumineers concert in september. and i'm so dang excited!