Our Lives

The title says it all. It has been quite busy around here the past two weeks. Starting with a wonderful Thanksgiving, the first at our new house as well as a first as a married couple, followed by a weekend having Stephanie and Bettie visiting us.

Thanksgiving:  Everything went smoothly and everything tasted WONDERFUL.

Veronica putting the turkey in the oven

My obligatory turkey picture

After a few hours of the turkey in the oven our guests (Ann, Deb, and Elaina) arrived.  We all chatted for a bit and finished making the rest of the meal.  Basically Veronica made everything and I was there as her sous chef.  She made the green bean casserole, homemade stuffing, homemade gravy, and mashed potatoes.  Ann made some rolls for us to enjoy and finally my mom made homemade cranberry sauce. Yummy! After we enjoyed our wonderful meal it was time for dessert. Did I mention Veronica made that too? Yeah a homemade carrot cake and homemade pumpkin pie. Not sure if you’re realizing the theme here but basically everything is homemade. It was all delicious!

Fast forward another week.

Stephanie and Bettie came to stay with us this weekend as Bettie had a swim meet. She swam like a shark for sure and achieved some great times for all of her events.  As a reward for Bettie swimming so well Veronica, Bettie and I all went ice skating.  I haven’t been ice skating in probably 7 or so years. Bettie had never been and Veronica hadn’t been for quite some time. It was a blast!

Helpful Hands!

Getting our sea legs

Look at her go!

On top of all of these activities, Veronica and I were able to get nearly ALL of our Christmas shopping done this weekend which means we only have to find a few more things and we’re all set.

Back to work tomorrow.

Until next time.

Sean

Well, we did it. We finally made our first attempt to get our groceries from Whole Foods Market. I must say that Veronica and I both were a little apprehensive. Mainly the unknown of how expensive everything could be lingered in the back of our minds all the way until that final tallied number.  And you know what? It’s not that much more expensive, if at all than our normal grocery shopping. We managed to get organic foods that taste wonderful, were competitively priced, and are better for us.

There was definitely something fun and exciting about finding new foods that organic and healthy for us. It also helps add to the excitement of our new goal for the “Pile on the Miles” challenge that we will be attempting. This all leads up to the half-marathon that we are training for.

We were inspired to attempt the half-marathon thanks to our friend Lauren who completed the KC Half-marathon just a few weeks ago. It was awesome to see someone work so hard and achieve such a goal that Veronica and I both decided we wanted to attempt the same challenge.

Another benefit of training for the half-marathon, doing the P.O.t.M. challenge, and eating better is that we will have healthier bodies for it. Lord knows it’s difficult to keep motivated when you sit at a cube for 10-12 hours a day. But I know that with Veronica and I encouraging each other we’ll reach our goals and keep elevating ourselves.