Allen Family Adventures

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving 2010

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

There are many things in my life that I am very thankful for this year, and more so than other years. I am so happy to be happily married to a wonderful husband. I love Matt so much and am so thankful that we are entering a new stage of our marriage together with children.

I am so thankful for the military protecting our safety overseas and for the sacrifice that they make and am so thankful for the family members that support their loved ones. I am so thankful for the many troops that make it home safe and sound.

I am thankful for the wonderful opportunity to be able to work in a job that I love and work out of my home. I am so thankful for each of my students and the hard work and dedication they have towards taking piano and horn lessons.

I am so thankful for the opportunity to serve the sisters in my branch and help to uplift them in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I am so thankful for many other things in my life, such as my family, but will end it here as I could go on, and on, and on.

May we each have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving this day and remember what we are each truly thankful for in our lives.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Seriously...It's True!

I AM PREGNANT!!!

8 years, 3 different fertility clinics, and 54 shots in my belly, and I am finally pregnant. I told my parents and my parents told EVERYONE and the news kind of just exploded from there, so now everyone knows and I am posting this.

Stats:

I am 4 weeks along.

I am due July 24, 2011

I am feeling fine just a little heartburn, but I am fine.

Matt is excited too!

I truly feel blessed for the wonderful opportunity to be able to be a mother soon! Thank you everyone for all of your kind words and thoughts. I am so thankful for everything that you have done for me.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

5k- 16 days away

I am currently training for my first 5k. Well, I guess it is not really "training" because it is just running 3 miles but still I have to work and earn it. I am going to run in the Fredericksburg Turkey Trot 5k on Thanksgiving morning. So only 16 more days to go until my first race. My personal goals are:

To run the race in under 40 minutes

To run the entire race, without walking or pausing or passing out.

To not get distracted by the other runners!

Anyways, well this week my goal is to run a 5k everyday to force my body to get used to what I am doing to it. I am 2 days in to this and I am doing it. Yesterday I had a rough time running the whole time, I am running on the hill setting on the treadmill to help me with hills, but today, I did it and I ran my 5k in 38 minutes. Anyhew I just wanted to keep you updated and will continue to do so and I can't wait to show you pictures of the actual event.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Halloween 2010

Happy Halloween EVERYONE!!!!

I will be adding more pix but I wanted to get a pix of Archer up. And for the first time in 8 years, Matt, Archer and I will be matching this year! YEA!!!! CORRECTION! Matt would not wear a bandanna at all or just play along for just a sillly little picture. Oh well.

My costume I wore at Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. I don't want to post Matt's because what he wore in FL is what he is wearing for Halloween and I wanted a fam pix.

Cruise Pix

We were so worn out from Disney that our cruise was our vacation from the vacation. We didn't take too many pix, because we really didn't get off the ship except for Jamaica. I had an allergic reaction to my sunblock at Disney World that I just stopped wearing it, hence the hat you see me wearing. Anyhew, we didn't want me to get fried too badly. We walked around the main shopping places in both Cozumel and Grand Cayman. We signed up for a shore excursion in Jamaica climbing Dunn's River Falls and then went on a "bobsledding track" down a mountain. IT WAS SOOO MUCH FUN! Matt was nervous about the track but it really was fun.

We went to the comedy club almost every night on the ship and had fun with that. I got way too many spa treatments, including acupuncture, which was amazing. The food and service were AMAZING and I enjoyed my escargot and plenty of steaks. Matt really enjoyed the Mongolian stir fry on the Lido deck for lunch everyday and I enjoyed the deli. The whole cruise was very nice and relaxing and we are looking forward to our next cruise together. I still can't get over how amazingly clear the water is in the Caribbean. Enjoy the pix!

~Miami Beach!~

~Bobsledding in Jamaica~

Harry Potter Pix

I was really impressed with how well the Hogsmead village was made and such. The detail was amazing and the castle was amazing. I was pointing out to Matt what some of the statues were and some neat things that only people who read the books would really know about. Yes, I know I am a nerd. The Butterbeer was AMAZING and Matt loved it. We got 3 of them because they were sooooo yummy. My only complaint is, yes Universal was going to specks by making all the stores just like how they are in the movie, very small and cramped, but they were VERY SMALL AND CRAMPED! I don't think Universal understood how many people would be in the stores at once. It was so difficult to get around some of the stores because it was just made tooo small. The ride inside the castle was amazing, and the dueling dragons ride was so fun too, and the Triwizard Cup was in there too and that was cool to see. I am excited for the next movie to come out.

Couple of things, I did get my chocolate frog with cool card, still haven't opened it yet. I did get a wand, it is Ginny's wand and I love it. It was just so much fun to be in Hogsmead and walk around the streets and see all the lopsided buildings. Enjoy the pix.