Vancouver BC Vacation- Day 2

Today I got up early and went on a run, then we got ready and walked all around the city. It was really pretty out, so we walked to a place called Granville Island. It is really cute there and could be compared to a more secluded Pike Street Market. 

We walked all around Granville Island and then realized we can take an Aqua Bus home. So, of course we did that. It is really a boat you can take to all parts of the city. It was very fun!

After the aqua bus, we went to Vancouver's version of the Space Needle. It had a great view of he city!

We then continued to run around the city, shopping and trying to get to every part. At night we went out to a great dinner and then went dancing!

Vancouver BC Vacation- Day 1

Eddie and I went to Vancouver BC for a fun vacation! We took the train up which was so fun!

We got there pretty early and had a whole day to hang out! We walked all around the city, did some fun shopping and hung out. All of this before the hockey game! We went to the Vancouver Canucks game! Eddie got us great tickets and it was fantastic! The Canucks played the LA Kings and won 1-0! 

Afterward we went out and had a great time! It was a fantastic first day of our vacation!

Hike!

Eddie and I went on a hike up Rattle Snake Ridge today! It was a great little hike. It is about an hour up and an hour down. The top of the hike had a beautiful view! Closer to the top there was still quite a bit of snow, so that created a lot of mud. It was an obstacle course for sure. 

It was a fantastic day to go on a hike! Loved it!

Lindsay's Birthday!

Saturday night we went out to celebrate Lindsay's Birthday!!!

We all had dinner and drinks at Paddy Coins in Bellevue. After that we went to the Parlor and watched a comedy show. Some guy named Carlos Oscar and he is very funny. We danced the rest of the night and had a GREAT time! 

Shelby's Birthday Party

Friday night we went out for Shelby's birthday party! She had the upstairs of Amber for the party and it was great! We had a great time! It was good to hang out with Shelby! Our lives are always so busy, it is hard to find an excuse to hangout. And this was a great excuse! 

2009 BIG CLIMB!

Eddie and I did the Big Climb again this year! This is the climb up 69 flights of the Columbia Tower stairs for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This year again we are on the team Climbing for Caleb. Caleb at just 2 years old, was the honor patient for the whole event. Here is the web site for more information!

And here it is on the news!

The event was great, I was hoping for about 16 minutes, but I got 14.11 minutes! I am really excited. I kicked butt on my last years time (about 22 minutes). The funniest part is I feel I could have been faster, I was so afraid I needed to pace myself. I guess my fitness has gotten a lot better than last year! Just think of how fast I'll be next year!

It was great, Lindsay and Eric Dixon raced with us, along with a lot of Eddie's firefighter buddies. We had a great time! I can't wait for next year!

New Workout Blog!

I wanted to announce to everyone that I have officially created a new blog!

This one will be a lot more personal. It will be about my adventures in losing weight and getting fit. As many of you may know, I have made a real life change and have been working toward fitness for about a year and a half now. Since losing 45 pounds and about 4 jean sizes, I have made a real lifestyle change. I wanted to have a place to put all my information out there. Not just to let people know about what I have been doing, but hopefully to motivate someone, anyone. Maybe have you try a workout you haven't yet or maybe to come join me sometime! This will also be an outlet to continue to hold myself accountable. As I meet my goals, I want a place to show all the hard work and also motivate myself to continue to post each day.

The posts will include my daily work outs and a lot of information I have aquired over my fitness fantatic lifestyle. I am an obsessive health nut and a self proclaimed "wannabe personal trainer". I love the possiblity of giving hope to anyone out there that has ever thought that they would always be "heavy" or "chubby". I used to be the picture of this mentality, until I "woke up".

With that said, I hope you really enjoy this new blog. Please let me know your comments or suggestions.

How I got Fit!