Love my loves

We decided to pick up the twins today after work. On Fridays we get off at 2:30PM so we thought we could skip some traffic.

Well, it did take us 2 and a half hours between driving to Vista, loading the kids and getting back to National City. But it's been so fun having them here. We took them to have Vietnamese food and they were both very open to try pho and the bbq chicken. When we got home, Michelle showed them their surprise gifts - she got them sleeping bags! We are taking them camping next weekend. Roman has been asking us when he could go with us since we went to Zion National park in October. He's so outdoorsy. We asked him in the car what he would need for camping. He said, "a sleeping bag and fishing rod." LOL. When they saw the sleeping bag, Roman squealed with excitement! Now they're sleeping on their beds, in their sleeping bags. I just love it when they're here. I gave them their baths and they helped me clean the tub first. They're good kids. I was looking at them yesterday when they helped unload the car and got a little sad that soon, they'll be teenagers and I'll miss these times. But until then, I will enjoy every moment.

So little to talk about...

To be honest, nothing fun and exciting going on. Pretty much all I've been focusing on for the last two weeks is my run that's coming up - I have a 10K on 2/13, a half marathon in March and another one in June. When I'm at work, I'm surrounded by many coaches who all love to talk about sports, getting fit and improving performance so I'm blessed to have free consults all day long! I'm also glad that they never grow tired of talking about training and running. The hardest part for me right now is my nutrition. I try to get in between 2,000-2,200 cals per day. Any less than that I absolutely have no energy. So some may think, that's great! That I can eat a lot of food. But not so much. It has to be balanced and I can't just eat anything that has calories because it will affect my running. I've also given up fish so I have to make an extra effort to get my protein in. It hasn't been much of a problem, I usually have eggs, cheese, greek yogurt (so high in protein!) and umm, more eggs! =) Another thing I am focusing on is being injury-free. So I'm spending more time stretching, doing strength training and even got a deal on yoga classes so I'm excited! I want to be fit, I want to look strong, feel strong and accomplish my goal of running a good race. Because although I've done many events, I've only done them to finish, with no time in mind. So pray for me friends and family!

An update on an earlier post - I took it off this blog just in case one of my PF's stumble upon my site. I wouldn't want them to misinterpret anything. Thank you though, Jane and Grace for your inputs and suggestions! What I've decided to do is go to the training class that's coming up on Sunday to check it out, get a feel for the program then decide.

TGIF tomorrow!

Oh and just wanted to share a random picture of the twins from Christmas. I found it today as I was going through my files and just love how cute they are!