The Carraba's Run

Last weekend I ran in another marathon relay. This one was actually only half of a marathon with four people on a team. I ran with Heather, Jeremy and Jeremy's cousin, Danny. The race took place at McCallister Park, here in San Antonio. Heather did our first leg, which was the longest. The guys took the middle two legs which were the shortest, and I had the last leg. It got to be pretty hot once I started on our last leg. But we did really well. We all ran faster than our goal time. As a team, we finished 13.1 miles in 1 hour and 59 minutes. Here's a picture of our team.

Here's Heather starting us out.

Here's a picture of Jeremy finishing his part of the race.

This is Danny finishing the third part of the race.

And at last, here I am running to the finish line.

A little update

Well, I have 2 weeks down of summer school and only 2 weeks left to go. It's going pretty well. A lot easier than last year so that's good. But the kids are getting tired of it already and you can really tell in their behavior and motivation. Other than summer school I've kept myself busy with birthday parties, scrapbooking and movies. Heather has decided that I haven't seen a lot of movies so she's determined to get me to watch them before I leave. They have so many movies, it's like living at a movie store!!!

Here's a few pictures of our house. It's really coming along. I wish I was able to see it for myself, but Brian is doing a good job of taking pictures and sending them to me. I hope everyone is doing well and I hope you have a wonderful week!!!

Softball Banquet, Bridal Shower, and Dallas Zoo!

First I need to show you an updated picture of our house. We will be painting the siding a different color but it's hard to explain the color so you'll just have to wait until I can post a picture with it painted.

Here's a picture of our upstairs dining/living room.

I have definitely been keeping myself busy. The day after I got back from Kansas we had our end of the year Softball Banquet. It was a lot of fun and we had really good food. The dessert was my favorite part because it was chocolate with more chocolate and even more....CHOCOLATE! I'm going to miss all the girls and coaches on the softball team. We had a really fun season. Here's a picture of me, Coach MacKay and Coach Gonzales.

On Saturday we had a bridal shower for a teacher who taught at Reagan last year. She's now teaching at Johnson....our rival school.

Then on Sunday we went to the Dallas Zoo. I love going to the zoo. Especially with little kids, they are so cute and I love watching their faces when they look at the animals. Of course I went with Heather, Jeremy, and their little girl Hadley. They are always keeping me busy. It's been so nice staying with them. It has made the time away from Brian go by faster.

Here's a picture of Heather and I.


And of course a gorilla. I think the gorilla's are one of my favorite animals to see other than the elephants!


The zoo and all of the fun really took it out of Hadley!

More Pictures from Kansas!

It's been a week since I left Kansas and the time has actually not gone by too slow. I'm staying busy at school and Heather always makes sure we have something to do. I'll update you all a little later on what we've been doing. But here are a few more pictures from Kansas!

Brian surprised me over Memorial Day weekend with a trip to Kansas City. Well, I knew we were going to KC but I didn't know what we were going to do exactly. We stayed in a very nice hotel down on the Plaza. We ended up going to the Melting Pot for appetizers and dessert around 4 PM because that was the only reservation time they had left. Then we went to P.F. Changs for the actual meal. We were pretty stuffed after the Melting Pot, but you always have room for some good Chinese Food! Then we went on a Gondala Ride. It was a lot of fun. They gave us Sparkling Grape Juice, a rose, and a small box of chocolates!

Here's a picture of some beautiful Kansas countryside. These are called the Flint Hills.

Here's a picture of how big our garage will be in our new house! It's really big, especially when you compare it to the small one car garage we're coming from. This will be a three car garage with really high ceilings!! We can't wait for the house to be finished.

Here's a picture of us in the small hotel room that we'll be staying at until the house is finished. Hopefully, we'll be signing papers the day after my birthday!!!

A trip up to Lincoln, Nebraska

On Tuesday I made the 3 hour trip up to Lincoln to meet my mom for the day. We had a lot of fun...we went shopping and we ate at one of my favorite restaurants. It was a quick trip, but it's nice to know that I will be able to see my family almost whenever I want in just one day!!! No more driving 14 hours to go home!

I made it to Kansas!!!

I have taken a week off of work and I have come up to Kansas. I was in need of a break from school and I have 9 vacation days left so I decided to use 5 of them. The days will not transfer with me to Kansas, so I either use them or lose them.

Before I could make the long drive by myself to Kansas, I went down to Corpus Christi for a race! On Saturday morning I ran in the Beach to Bay Marathon Relay with 5 other teachers from work. We had a lot of fun. It was crazy!!! We ran from the beaches of North Padre Island to the Bay of Corpus Christi. I ran the Naval Base leg. Heather started us out on the beach while Shalin took us to the big bridge where Wayne took the baton up and over the bridge. I ran the next leg through the Naval base and I handed off to Jabalie who then handed off to Larry to bring us to the finish line! We finished in 4 hours and 11 minutes. I ran 4.7 miles in just over 44 minutes and it was hot!!!!

We ended up leaving Corpus Christi around 1:30 or so on Saturday. We made it up to San Antonio around 4:30 where I packed up my car quick and headed North! I ended up spending the night in Oklahoma City. I finally made it to Kansas Sunday around 11 AM. My dad and step mom came down Sunday to meet for lunch and my dad was going to help Brian pre-wire our basement for surround sound. Here are a few pictures of our house. It's really starting to come along!!

After they finished at the house we went miniature golfing. It was a lot of fun. I am going to have to get used to the colder weather. I know it was a beautiful day, but I still got the goose bumps a few times through out the day. San Antonio has spoiled me with the warm weather!

I got a hole in one on this hole! When we finished we added up our scores and I won by one stroke. So this hole in one was crucial!! :)

A few pictures....

Here's a picture of how far along we are on the house and a picture of Hadley.