Phoenix 10K

I ran/walked the 5K portion of the Phoenix 10K race on Sunday. A group of coworkers walked it with me and two (Heidi and Jose) were tough and ran the entire race. I admire them for being able to do that... maybe someday I will get up enough energy to try it.

Pictured above are me with Cynthia and her friend Brian (who I think looks like Hugh Jackman) - he sent us these pictures.

Birthday Celebrations

My daughter and friends threw a surprise party for me on my birthday this week and I thought I would put up some of the pictures. (This one is of Ames, Nancy and I).

I celebrated all week with Manicures and Martinis, parties and lunches. Thanks to everyone for sending me all your good wishes as I turned a whole half century. Ouch! You all made it much less painful! I love you all!

Kelley gives me my cupcake cake.

Daughter Lauren and I at The Vig - she was very good at surprising me!

Traci's Wedding Party

This weekend I helped throw a party for Rodney and Traci - they are getting married on a cruise next month. The weather was beautiful and we were able to hang out on the patio all evening. Congratulations you two!

Traci's Shower at the Cabin

Eight gals went up to my Forest Lakes "ex" cabin last weekend to celebrate my friend Traci's upcoming nuptuals with a wedding shower. We did indeed have a shower when we got hit with some nice icy rain during our hike. The rest of the time was spent inside with a fire, games and of course food!

Kappa Formal

Lauren and her date, Ryan, and with her Kappa "sisters" at a formal this weekend. The theme must have been black!

More Dudley Photos

I've been busy lately, so my blogging has suffered a bit. Here are more pictures of my new puppy, Dudley. He is great, but the potty training is going a little slow... I helped my sister out at Mystic Paper this week for her Acrylic Overlay Painting class. The gals were really great and we had lots of fun. (Great Job, Sandy!) Hopefully I will do something interesting enough to post on my blog this weekend. Happy Fall!

New Baby - Dudley

Here is the newest member of our family. His name is Dudley and he is a miniature Dachsund. He is 10 1/2 weeks old - a real sweetie. Lauren made me get him...