we're not in Kansas anymore....

but we were this weekend!

let me first start with last week. we didnt really do much. i ran a few days and my shins were hurting so bad that i am taking 2 weeks off to recover. i am running another half marathon in April and need to be able to run without much pain, so hopefully taking a little bit off will help! that was reccomended by my coach.... chandler! :)

anyways, the dogs had their grooming appointments last week and they looked as cute as ever. we got ready to go out of town and cleaned the house so we would have a clean place to come back to. other than that our week was pretty low key.

friday we loaded up after work and headed for Kansas. tyler, chan's brother, joined us for the trip to go visit family! we got to visit with everyone! it was so good to see that everyone is doing well! friday night we just visited at granddad's house and then we stayed with Bryan and Erica the whole weekend at their beautiful house! saturday granddad made us breakfast and it was so good. we spent the day relaxing and looking through old pictures of granddad's. it was so neat and we even made a few copies of some of them. that afternoon everyone was getting ready for chan and ty's cousin brett's birthday party so the three of us went to a patio got a few drinks and some food and enjoyed the awesome weather for an hour or so. the birthday party was a lot of fun, getting to visit with ALL of the family. we ended the night with some bowling and then onto Erica and Bryan's house to play darts. it was really a good time had by all.

did i mention that erica is about 2 months pregnant and it was so fun talking about what is to come. she isnt feeling great in the afternoon and evenings but hopefully that will pass soon enough. we are praying for a happy and healthy pregnancy and baby! congrats again you guys!

sunday we said our goodbyes and made it back to dallas safe and sound. what a wonderful weekend, but boy were we tired when we got home.

this week we dont have much planned and this weekend we get to stay home for a weekend!!!! the only weekend in Feb that we will be home for! we plan to enjoy it a lot. hopefully the weather will be nice and we can work in the yard or something. maybe go out to white rock for some bike riding and running (or walking) depending on my shins.

anyways, coming up we have a trip to good ol abilene for sing song and a visit with tami and bryson. then we are on to snowy colorado for a ski trip at winter park and a visit with brother and the fam. we are really looking forward to our next few weekends.

hope everyone has a great week! we love you guys!

p.s. pictures to come tonight from the rest of the cruise and also a few from this weekend!!