I Really Suck At This!

No excuses, no lies.  I just suck at blogging.  I really do have the best of intentions to keep this thing up to date, but I obviously don't do it.  Oh well.  Better late than never!

What's happened in the last five months???  Well, Cole turned 12 and started 7th grade.  So, I have a kid in Jr. High and High School!  Ugh!  Makayla started her Junior year of high school.  And turned 16... and got her driver's license.  I haven't decided yet if that's a good thing or bad thing - good when I don't have to drive her to work or I need something from the store and send her instead!  Bad when it's late and I worry about her driving home, and every time I hear sirens nearby and worry she's been in an accident, etc, etc, etc...

We moved!  Yep - that was unexpected!  I'm blaming my parents.  See, they moved (finally) back down here from Prescott.  And while I was doing the final walkthrough with my Mom, one thing lead to another and the next thing I know, the realtor is showing me houses!!  So, we bought a smaller house on an acre of land!  Jon is so excited to not have an HOA and to be able to build his shop someday soon!

I am in full training mode for a half marathon in January.  And funny enough - I started another blog about running, which I am much better about keeping up with!  This weekend I conquered six miles, so I'm excited to be approaching the halfway mark!  Next week Jon and I are running a 10k Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning!  That will be my first "race" and I'm pretty excited!

I also cannot believe that it's almost Thanksgiving.  And almost December!  Seriously, where did this year go?  It's been a rough and interesting year for sure, but man, did it fly by!  Here's looking forward to 2014 and hoping it's a much happier year with much less loss and heartache.

~ Courtney

ALS Still Sucks and Other Random Thoughts...

My last post was about Gary, and how he was my hero for battling ALS.  Well, the battle ended earlier this year, which sucks for those of us left behind missing him, but I know it's better for him to be free now.  Not trapped in a body that refuses to work.  We love you and miss you, Gary.  And we won't stop serving in your honor in any way we can to continue to help those that continue to deal with ALS until there's a cure.  So suck it, ALS, we're not going anywhere.

I cannot believe it's already June.  I cannot believe we've lost two people we love so dearly already this year.  Neither was unexpected, but neither was easy either.  God not only took Gary home, but also Jon's Grandma, Joan.  I'm not sure our family will ever quite be the same...

My family is also dealing with Alzheimer's now - and finding out what a wicked and heartbreaking disease that is.  I wish the brilliant minds out there would quit spending time developing useless crap like Google glasses and would focus on cures for diseases instead...

Cole will be starting 7th grade in August, and Makayla will be a Junior!  Boy, am I starting to feel old!  Makayla is driving with her permit now and working part time.  Cole is still in to football and video games.  I've got some pretty terrific kids!

Jon and I have also taken up running - slowly but surely I'm building up my endurance, and my goal is to run a half marathon in October.  If that doesn't work out, we'll for sure be doing the PF Chang's Rock 'N Roll Half Marathon in January.  I've started another blog devoted just to my running adventures and random thoughts if you want to check it out: http://courtsadventuresinrunning.blogspot.com/

I think I've done enough rambling for now!

~ Courtney