Showing posts with label jogger stroller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jogger stroller. Show all posts

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Snapshots of a Family Forest Run Portland Style


Forest Park
Sunshine
Blue Skies
9 miles for me and 10 for my husband (he's training for the Vernonia Half Marathon with me in April).
With Jogger Strollers
It felt more like Cross Training of some kind.
After last night's run, getting up those hills with an extra 50 plus lbs felt tough but the sun and beautiful scenery made it all worth it!  The kids started complaining on the last several miles so that kind of put a damper on our nature bliss but it was worth being able to be together as a family on the weekend.  


These Portland Mt. Bikers know how to end a muddy bike ride with a good microbrew!


You know you're in Portland...






You can see so much of the city from up here!



Happy Boy to be out of the stroller!


This is what the stroller looked like after over an hour of snacks, mud flying and messy kids






So much for bright new and clean Mizunos.  They have been introduced to Forest Park.  Sorry Mizunos.



 The Bag says it all.  Now for a nice cold beer to go with it.  



What did you do on your Saturday?  Any fun weekend plans?  


Amanda

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Beyond Thankful


Thankful for comebacks.  Thankful for Running legs that remember.  For two content and happy kids that sit patiently in their carriage, covered in their Tinkerbell blanket while the rain pelts down and the wind sneaks in to tickle their faces.  Thankful for being able to run so hard that I can barely breathe out the words to The Wheels On The Bus and be in tune with the little voices coming from under the blanket. Thankful for time. For a baby sleeping, music playing and a 3 year old artist creating a masterpiece next to me as I type.

Thankful for all of the loving, thoughtful and supportive comments of encouragement that I received after posting my blog Big Decision; Limitless Life about my decision to quit my job and be at home.  I have received so many genuine and warm e-mails, comments,  and messages from friends and family (in real life and blog land).  I'm thankful for knowing that I'm not alone. I have more people that love and believe in me than I ever realized.  I'm also thankful that I have the choice to stay at home.  I know this isn't a choice every mother has or even a choice that every mother wants to have.  I am thankful for mothers that respect other mothers for the choices they make for themselves.  It doesn't make someone a better mom because they stay home or work outside the home.  I'm thankful that we all have our own choices to make for what works best for our life and I'm thankful for people that respect others for their decisions even when it is different from their own! 

Oh, and I'm thankful for winning a free 30 minute massage from Back In Motion Sports Clinic here in Portland, Oregon!  Woo hoo! 

I know asking what you're thankful for isn't an original question to end my blog with but it really does bring me joy to hear what others are thankful for.  So, what are you thankful for today?


My little one here just drew what she is thankful for today and she included it in her Thankful Can that we are filling up with gratitude so we can read them all on Thanksgiving Day.  Today she drew:

*  Her foot because she is thankful for being able to walk
*  Her Daddy because she is thankful for parents.

Amanda