daily dose.

Savoring

 the little things.

a quiet moment together.

I love these everyday brother moments. A shared laugh. Giggles. Babbles and conversation. Even the frustration over toys. I love listening to their words shared and watching a gentle touch given. Brother moments. I press it to my heart for always.

hey brother.

lemme tell you a secret, k?

you're looking pretty fab big bro"

 you're not looking bad yourself lil brother.

 hey now...what do you have there? and more importantly...can i have it?

 okay mom. i'm just trying to play here. move along please.

 working hard mom.

 well. if you can't tell... these two little boys are excited about halloween.

 and trick or treating for the first time-ever.

 i'm more into fall than halloween. but with them looking pretty darn cute in their costumes i'm thinking....

there's a first for everything.

gosh they sure are cute!!!

monday. ramblings. post race.
Tylenol is my friend-my legs and throat were hurting so bad yesterday i couldn't sleep. then dave gave me some Tylenol. there are very few times i ever take medicine. i'm glad i chose to last night! what a difference.

i'm feeling a little bummed about my time. i keep thinking about those last 3 miles. they kicked me in the butt! according to my phone we ran 14.1 miles...not sure what went wrong with my phone tracker....there were two brutal hills, but really it was the long straight stretch that killed me. my music stopped working on pandora and i was listening to my itunes which got stuck on very slow songs. not good. i tend to keep pace with music so i was struggling with the slow songs!! i've learned for next time to make a playlist ahead of time!!! (okay..if there is a next time.)

i'm sore in places i didn't really know i even had.

doing my yoga is gonna feel so good this week. I'm wishing we lived closer to oregon so i could use the giles restort's spa (heavenly)

running yesterday and pushing my body beyond anything i had ever done before. it was crazy. and satisfying and the hardest thing i have ever done physically. ( well besides giving birth, which if you can do that...you can definitely run a half marathon). my point? it felt good to accomplish something that i worked hard for. Raising two little boys is the greatest job in the world and also the hardest. There isn't a pay check or a raise. There is only the great beauty in knowing that I am doing God's work and being a mother, a parent, it is a daily, down on my hands and knees in prayer kind of humbling experience. Running has become my quiet place. My quiet time with God on a long run. My feet to pavement dancing to his Words in a song. Running has been healing amid this season we are in right now. It was such an amazing feeling yesterday and even though I am wishing I had pushed a little harder those last three miles (although at the time, I was barely able to keep upright!! let alone go faster! haha), I know that I did my best. I'm proud that I tried something new. And I finished.

on another note. ever take a nap and go into such a deep sleep you wake up and think it is saturday? i did. and then i realized it was monday. and i was finally able to relax and sleep well after such a big day yesterday! ha.ha. random. i know.

happy monday.

13.1

gratitude.

 for their support

 for running friends

 

for grace through the pain

 for the finish line at the end!

 we did it!

 gratitude for my lil guys. and their love.

 gratitude for our family

without them, i couldn't have done it!

Gratitude for my amazing and wonderful husband and his support, encouragement, sacrifice, and love...i am not sure i would have even dreamed this possible! And mostly gratitude for our heavenly Father. I can do all things, through Christ who strengthens me! phil.


13.1 miles. i never even dreamed i'd one day be able to say i ran a half marathon! i'm so proud that i did it! i'm so thankful for dave and his support and encouragement. he's a keeper! and my running partner, we were a good team! i couldn't have done it without her either! Mostly, I am thankful for Grace through Him. His Goodness. His Strength. His enduring and everlasting Love!  The last four miles were the toughest! I'm just so happy to be done!!! 

stats :) for my sake (preliminary for the first five days)

Bib	Name	Full Split (21.5)	Chip Elapsed Time	City	Division	Div Place	Age	Gender	Race Place	Gender Place	Age Place	Pace
1331	kimberly giles	00:00:00.000	02:06:03.817	Hollister	Half Marathon	380	26	F	543	123	5	09:37

I was hoping to come in a lil faster and closer to a 9min avg/since we've been running around 9min avg pace for our long runs but at this point i'm just glad i survived it!!! I still can't believe a year ago was the first time i ever ran more than a mile! who would have thought swimmer/all/the/way girl would turn runner? def. not me!!

Wahoo! Up next?....a 5k with hubby!

pumpkin picking

at the pumpkin patch

 oh my heart. these brother boys. working together. side by side. sweetness to my soul. i love them.

 

 the denims. oh the denims. with the little boy shoes covered in dirt. melt my heart.

 fun times by all. picking pumpkins. pushing wheel barrows. hanging with auntie and nani. running through the hay bails. have i mentioned how much i love fall? and all things fallish.

all things.

 

Finally Friday! It was a long week, tending to a sick baby and praying no one else would get sick. Thankfully we are still healthy and lucas is on the mend. Now we are gearing up for the weekend :) And i'm so excited and nervous!! Sunday is the big day.

via image

 

 You can bet I'll be praying this scripture through the race!

 

As my favorite fans cheer me on :)

 

 Love them.

 Love him. For taking care of the boys while I do all my training!

 

 And so excited to have my mom and sister come up for the weekend.

 

 

 Can't wait!

 

As you can see, I didn't have any new pictures this week-some oldies but goodies.

 

Any big plans for the weekend?

Pumpkin picking. Napping. Running. Baking. Popcorn movie night. Spending time together. Those are just some of ours :)

Heart the weekend!

cuddles

yesterday was spent holding the littlest all day.

this is rare. caleb's the cuddle bug so I knew something was up when lucas cried every.time. i set him down. so we did a lot of cuddling.

caleb took care of happy auntie lor's favorite animal when she was a little girl that she gifted upon the boys this weekend. he sang, he rocked, and he doctored him all up. and then he also made sure...

that lucas was feeling okay too. every time lucas would cry caleb would come running....'it's okay lucas! i'm right here...aw..poor guy"

 

holding hands. my favorite.

what started out as a wonderful weekend-down in santa clarita-quickly turned...not so wonderful!

 my mom woke up sunday morning with a really high fever (the flu is going around at her school)-and she spent all day saturday with the boys :/ dave and I had all day saturday to ourselves. we haven't spent that much time alone since before lucas was born! the entire day was spent in santa monica and it was glorious. we walked the beach, we swam, we went to church, alone, and we had a lovely dinner. everything was perfect-until sickness brought a heavy cloud over us starting on sunday. by monday lucas woke up not himself and my mom is still not better. flu season and i'm glad the boys both got flu shots(as for me i didn't have the chance to get mine yet! yikes) so here is hoping i stay healthy tending to my sick lil guy because race day is sunday! little did we know what we were in for this weekend! my sister had pink eye and found out after we left and my dad threw out his back earlier that week. obviously it was the wrong weekend to go down! had we only known what would all go down...something in the water! anyway.....

it is a pajama wearing, tissue using, soup eating, book reading, cuddles on the couch, vicks and vapor going, hand washing, orange eating, quiet play and lots of resting... week.

the upside to all this sickness, all the cuddles..hands down. and the sweetness of caleb when it comes to his baby brother. warms my heart every time!

here is hoping every one is well and healthy by the end of this week.