Thursday, December 22, 2011

White Rock Half Marathon

We ran in the White Rock Half Marathon in Dallas on December 4th. The weather was not ideal but we had a blast!
We started running in May and followed this plan.
Hilary's goal was the finish without stopping to walk and we ran the entire time. Heath had a time goal that we met so we were both were pretty freaking excited. We finished in 2:28.
Thank goodness we had these free ponchos. We tucked them under our hats and they kept us pretty dry. It rained on us the entire time but you just got used to the wet and cold.
Before the race trying to stay warm. We got there incredibly too early....oh well, we will know for next year.
Heath ran the entire race with a cone head.....we saw lots of very interesting ways to stay dry.
This was us after the race. We got our medal, t-shirts, a beer (weird, yes, but very tasty), and then ran a little further to the DART rail and jumped on it back to Plano with a whole lot of wet and tired people! Heath wants to run the full next year. We are planning on running in 3 other half marathons this spring.

Here are the puppy dogs during the race. Heath worked so hard and finished their dog house before we left and put a web cam inside so we could access them anytime. This is basically what we saw, lazy dogs! There's a heater in it as well so they were warm and toasty :)

Monday, June 20, 2011

Random pics from the iphone

Hilary enjoyed her first year at Bayless with these amazing women!
Hil's B'day-Butterfinger cheesecake from Sugarbaker's.......the best cheesecake ever!!


We are training for a half marathon and Moose has been going with us occasionally . We took him running in Austin at Town Lake and he was so tired afterwards. On the drive home back to Lubbock, he didn't move a muscle :)

Landscaping 2 years later

The front yard May 2009

The front yard May 2011
(we love our drip/sprinkler system)

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Sandia Peak and Santa Fe

On our last night in Ruidoso we ate at a great Mexican food place and enjoyed our last evening together. We packed up Friday morning and barely made it out of our steep driveway due to lots of ice :( Heath truck pushed Vince and Lindsay Altima up a hill! Heath and Hil headed for north for more skiing while the other headed back to the big D.
Christmas 2010

We skied Sandia Peak on Friday afternoon. We stayed in Albuquerque, so the drive was short up the mountain. It was bitterly cold. The windchill at the top of the mountain was -5 and the winds were howling. We had a great time though. The snow was awesome and it wasn't crowded.
Saturday we got up bright at early and drove to Santa Fe. We were so excited because they had gotten 17 inches of snow the previous day. It was beautiful! The trees were glittery and absolutely gorgeous. When we got to the ticket counter we noticed a sign indicating that there was a frost bite warning in effect. We thought Sandia was cold, the windchill in Santa Fe was -40!!! We have never worn so many layers to ski in.
We hadn't seen 0 degrees on the truck before :(

Heath
Hilary
On our last night driving back to Alb. we saw this pretty sunset.
We look forward to Valentine's day where we will ski at Wolf Creek in Colorado with Heath's youngest brother and his wife.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Sleigh Rides & Horseback Riding in Ruidoso

One evening we went on a sleigh ride around town to look at Christmas lights.

On Wednesday, we took a break from skiing and took a horseback riding trip. Haylee LOVES horses. She goes to horse camp every summer in Arkansas and knows a lot about them. She was in heaven when she got on her horse.
Heath was the only one of us that wore enough clothes. It was pretty cold!
Haylee Beth
Hilary, Haylee, Lindsay, and Heath

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Christmas in Ruidoso Part 1

We had Christmas with Hilary's family in Ruidoso, NM. Lindsay, Vince, and Haylee drove from Hot Springs, AR. Hilary's parents drove in from Plano. We had a BLAST. The weather was perfect, the house was ideal, and the laughs were abundant!
Heath and Hil
Hilary & Lindsay
Wolf's and Halford's
On our way up the mountain. Thanks for driving us Heath!



Heath and Hilary
Lindsay, Vince, and Haylee
Lindsay and Haylee took lessons the first day.

This is Haylee, our step neice. She is such a sweetheart. We had so much fun with her teaching her how to play Angry Birds and Heath and Haylee made a great team while we played hours and hours of Catch Phrase. She collects Breyer horses so we got her some accessories.

Christmas at the Halford's