PICS

Love me some Crumbs cupcakes.  This is why I run: not for the glory but the cupcakes.

Love this dude HARD.  Possibly want to kill him at times, but he makes my life exponentially better.  (and you thought I was dumb and wouldn’t know a word like that.  hello, dictionary.com)

Something else I love hard?  pickles.

Other loves:

My nephew Big K.  Boy breaks it down when he gets his Chuck Taylors dancing shoes on.  One of my favorite little people in the world right there. 

Running marathons: my 18th and my brother’s 1st marathon in Eugene.  The guy behind us is beyond stoked.

Running marathons with friends near the ocean – perfection.  If it gets any better than that, I don’t wanna know about it.

My mom.  She’s my best bud, my shopping partner and picks the ugliest Christmas trees ever.  Do you see that thing behind us?!

 LOVE my family: they’re OOT (out of control) and I’m perfect so we make a great match.  I’m not exactly sure why I picked them, but they’re very grateful that I chose to be a part of their circle of crazy.

My younger brother Matti and Marlie’s wedding

Love them all: the family you’re born into, the family you marry into, and the bonus friends and close ones who become family.

Marni – our 4.6 lb Yorkie lovechild.  I always thought people who treated their pets like humans were off-the-wall craycray, but as Marni and I were having coffee one day and discussing it, she brought up some very insightful points that I had overlooked.  She just has such wisdom.

Early morning pre-run coffee.  It’s so good, so tasty, so gets things moving in the morning, if you catch my drift.

Setting PRs and running faster than I ever thought I could, yep, love those things.  But even more importantly, smartcars and hot pink shoes, LOVE those things.

Loved that day at the Hotel del Coronado.

Love candy, love Jesus, and a skinny margarita, not in that order.