It's the last day of the year.

I thought I would beat the "I'm going to start exercising on January 1st" rush and start exercising on the last day of this year. It actually started the day before when I hiked Camelback Mountain with my sister-in-law, Annika and some of our kids. It was hard and yes, I felt out of shape, but I didn't die like I did the last time I hiked Camelback in November. I decided I might try running this morning. I started by putting on exercise clothes (sometimes this is as far as I get), then I put on my watch, found my shuffle, put on my sunglasses, took some pics of me getting ready to exercise (this all took quite a while...maybe I was hoping that I wouldn't actually have any more time to run), then there was nothing left to do, but run, so off I went. 

I am happy to report that I ran for 36 minutes...well, o.k., it was more of a jog, but the important thing to remember is that I kept moving and  it felt o.k. I was encouraged. I think I'll try it again soon.

One + One =38 1/2

Maurio & Dave

All from two people falling in love...

(I wish my blog was wide enough to accommodate  this image, but you get the idea)

I just have to say how much I enjoy Maurio's friendship. Whenever I'm with her I get a two-fer...I enjoy her company and wisdom AND it's therapeutic at the same time. She and Dave are off to Chile' in January to serve an 18 month mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Can you imagine how monumental it was to get their entire family together for this photo? This was important to Maurio and I think it shows how much her family loves her. She truly fills the role of Matriarch. She's just awesome. Dave is awesome, too...and funny. They seem like a good team. I get a kick out of them together. The Chile', Concepcion Mission is going to love them. I'm so excited that our friend, MJ Roberts, is in the same mission.