February Ramblings

February is here already?!?! I've been sitting here thinking about how fast time flies. But, Febrary is a good month. It's the month of Tyson's birthday and it's the month of Valentine's Day.... ♥♥♥♥♥♥

Tyson's parents will be here this upcoming weekend to celebrate Tyson's birthday. It's always exciting when they can make it down for a visit. I can't believe he'll be 26, and then it will be my turn next month. I don't feel it. Tyson and I periodically talk about how crazy it is, and it seems like YESTERDAY we graduated from high school. But, we're over the middle mark, in our later 20's now, and approaching 30, which is CRAZINESS to me. I genuinely am not afraid to turn 30 like a lot of others typically are. It's just another age......and I never feel my age.........and I certainly don't LOOK it, so what's to worry about? Tyson and I still get told we look 17.......which BUGS me. My only reply is that we'll be one young, good looking couple when we're 40 or 50! ;)

I don't have much to blog about right now....same ol' same ol'. Currently, Tyson's doing a one month K9 handler's training course, so he has a DREAM schedule right now. Monday through Friday 8-3 with weekends off. I say "dream" because it's my dream. Hey! I like seeing my husband more than 3 times a week! Sadly, he'll go back to his "normal" schedule in 2 weeks. Bummer.

Anyways, that was my February ramblings. I'll have more to blog about in a week. Promise!

Just for Fun...PICTURES!

Thought I would just post a picture blog today. Below are pictures from our few days before Christmas in San Antonio and an update of us showing our healthy side and getting our work out on at Crossfit!

Early Christmas dinner since Tyson and I had to go back to The Woodands (Houston) the day before Christmas Eve.

A fun one in front of the Christmas tree! Just look at everyone's expressions...


Nancy got one of Precious wedged in the back pillows of the couch. It's such a hard life for my dog...


Britain and Brody opening some presents! They're getting so big!

Nancy and I sampling some Crown.......and laughing the whole time. Maybe a little strong???

Helping out while the kids made Christmas cookies! Look at both Britain and Brody with their eyes so fixated on that bowl of cookie mix...

Brody, Tyson, and Precious.

Officer Brody Downs. Tyson and I got Brody a cop play outfit for Christmas.

Now...Tyson and I keeping up with our goal to get buff! This Crossifit stuff is some serious business people!!!

Tyson doing Russian kettle bell swings. I found those to be interesting. Look at him working hard! We had to do squat thrusts, then immediately go into pull ups, then immediately into Russian kettle bell swings, and you had to repeat that circuit over and over and over again. Oh....and not to mention this was after "WARMING UP" with bench presses, dynamic push ups ( where you do a push up and clap in the air), and some other thing with the barbell. It was HARD!

Me doing squat thrusts. So focused.......and you can't see it, but this work out was kicking my butt! Behind me is the pull up bar where I had to do pull ups immediately after the squat thrusts, then into Russian kettle bell swings...boy oh boy...so hard. The first time they had me do pull ups a couple of weeks ago, my immediate reaction was, "You have got to be kidding me..."


Getting strong! This was a separate day from the other two pictures where it was a max out arms day.

It's been about a two weeks of Crossfit for me and almost a month for Tyson and we both have not had a break from the soreness. NOT A SINGLE BREAK. We have to roll out of bed, and we grunt and groan with every body move we make. I haven't been this sore since drill team 8 years ago. I'm sore from shoulders ALLLLLLL the way to my calves, and I can barely move or bend over.....but it hurts so good! At least we know this program is working!