Summer yet??

I fail miserably, but anyhow... Life is good, after the bf has FINALLY gone off the LDAC, I have had the parents and sister visit, do a whirl-wind of a tour of Portland the outlying sights to see in less then 72 hours, and then back to work to do 50 hours of work in 4 days, including an 18 hour straight deal overnight... I am to a real weekend... although I should keep myself busy, since time seems to go by quicker that way, and I eat way less.... two positives.

1. I need to loss some weight, went to the dr for the allergies (thank goodness that ordeal is fixed) and found out I have gained a good ole 10-15 pounds since last time this year... its time to move (its also be almost a year to the day since my marathon... yeah, time to get running considering I have a half in October, and I need to finally take the training for a half seriously so I just break 2 hours already). And I am not happy with my body, just feel blah if that makes sense, so its time.

2. The plants are growing!!! See...

Cucumber that is about to flower

 Green Bell Pepper that is struggling to figure out how to be upside down

 Tomato that is very very happy (This was from my birthday weekend in Bend)

If you look closely you can see some tomatos... there are 3 or 4 on this plant already!

3. There has been a great amount of camping and along with the bf trying to get me excited and into wanting to ride a dirt bike (unsuccessful might I add... riding on the back is just fine with me) I have enjoyed photo shoots with Ruby and catching Kristopher off guard : )

(Ain't he cute? and enjoying the river and sun, minus the fact he is icing his foot b/c the dirt bike fell on it.. 3 days before leaving for LDAC too *hand to face - boys)

And throwing Ruby in the water (she doesn't like getting her face wet)

4. And here are a few pictures of my parents visit, we went to Multnomah  Falls...

 Which my sister and dad didn't want to walk the short path up too (they are the yellow jacket and black spot next to him)

And taking them across to Mt. Hood after seeing the rest of the Gorge, the Dam, Fish Hatchery, and Hood River....

Then the next day we went up to Mt. St. Helens with little luck on a clear close up view, but still great to see and visit.

Ruby came along the whole time : )
This one is from the Johnston Observatory, the direction the explosion went out at....

And a sweet panorama shot I was able to take with my phone...

5. Now we are at home getting out for runs each day (minus my 18 hour work day in about 36 hours...) and waiting for Dad-er's aka bf aka Kristopher to return... only 3 1/2 more weeks to go.