Toes, Toes, Toes

I've been running in my Vibram Five Fingers for a few months now, and I LOVE them! They are super comfortable for just walking around in and once I broke my feet in slowly, running in them is just as great. The only issue I had with them so far was getting "hot spots" on the balls of my feet when running downhills.

Well, yesterday I found some of those Injinji socks at Adventure 16 in Oceanside! I tried them out this afternoon on some hill sprints and they are fabulous!!!

Thank you to my favorite twin sister in the world for getting these shoes for me!!!

My New Test Subject

With my brand new Canon Rebel that my WONDERFUL husband got me for Christmas, I've been stalking Nessie! Lucky for me, she is a very cooperative subject.

Enjoying her bone!

Sleeping...she's pretty good at that!

The artistic puppy!

Thoughtful Nessie...

Lake Tahoe

This year, for Christmas, Sean and I joined the Jesse/Campbell family for some snowboarding/skiing in Lake Tahoe! Unfortunately we had to leave Nessie behind, but she was cared for a wonderful pet sitter, Samantha Mears. We left around 9pm on Wednesday and Leonie and Knight drove all night long so that we could hit the mountain first thing Thursday morning.

Sean, Knight, and Leonie did awesome on the snowboards...I was pretty much a disaster. Luckily, no one captured any of my face plants on camera! We had a great time. Thank you to Leonie and Knight for welcoming us on your vacation!!!

Isn't Life Tough

Life is pretty tough when you're a three-year old Golden Retriever. You're constantly having to find places to take naps and ways to pull the blankets up over yourself (which is hard when you don't have thumbs!).

It's also incredibly difficult to find places where you can get adequate shut eye without being disturbed.

Plus, people are always taking pictures of you while you're trying to sleep - don't they understand that the flash wakes me up???

It really is tough being SOOOOO cute!

Going to see my Girls!

This week, happily coinciding with a Marine Corps funded trip out East, I get to go down to North Carolina and see my three best friends!!! I've known Lynsey and Colleen since high school and of course there's that doppleganger of mine...Jen! There are many plusses to being out here on the West coast - great weather, lots of fun stuff to do, new adventures. But the biggest downside is that I'm so far away from my girls! And, not only do I get to see the girls, I also get to meet the newest addition to our group - Baby Mason!