Since Facebook - my blog sits neglected!

So it's time for a major up-to-date refresher.

What's been going on? We've been running and getting sick and then running more!

I am just getting over strep throat for the second time in 2 months. It's annoying. Luckily Jacey has been the only other victim so far. The Dr. said to wipe down everything I touch because it seems to be in my world. So that means it must be on the following items in my home. It is either on the washer & dryer or the sink and the dishwasher. I am pretty sure I am the only one touching those items (and if someone else does its so brief it's hardly enough time/contact to get ill) so those things have been completely washed!

When I am not sick I am trying to train for this looming Triathlon on June 6th. I am so excited about it and a little nervous but mostly glad when it's over and I don't have it hanging over my head. Troy has decided to do it with me which is great and expensive all at the same time. We both had to get new bikes, cha-ching. We both have to get clothing, cha-ching. We both have to pay for the registration, cha-ching. And the topper is we have to pay for childcare while we do our runs/triathlons, cha-ching ching ching. Can you hear the slot machine sound - that's what it sounds like every time we sign up for a race! :) Thankfully my parents can do it 1 time out of 5 which saves a little bit but they have lives (what's up with that???) too, so being healthy (no matter what the biggest loser says) is very expensive for us!

This weekend we are running Bay to Breakers which is new for each of us and (so I have heard) is a race everyone should do in their lifetime. We'll see and I'll report back on how fun it was. I also heard this from a runner friend who likes to run the hills/mountains in the Big Sur - which I did the relay with her a couple weekends ago and had a blast but my part was fairly flat compared to hers!! So... sometimes I take opinions from some pretty bias people! :)

We totally missed the Easter post/update which was great and so was Jacey's bike-a-thon at school where she ROCKED the school with her amazing biking ability... much like her mom! :) All posted in pictures below.

We leave to Disneyland in a couple weeks and Jacey turns 5 in a few weeks - man time flies!!!

This is our Relay team at Big Sur. Patty - she did the first 2 legs, Steph -she did the second 2 legs - and I brought up the rear! :)LOL I only did one leg - bummer but it was fun anyway!


This is Troy and I after the ZOO ZOOM!! Fun 10k downtown Sacramento.



Easter 2009 - Such happy girls.

33 Birthday and First 1/2 Marathon!

My first 1/2 results: 2:08:18.8 at a 9:48/M which is a lot faster than I thought I could do 13.1 miles!!! I told Troy I'd be in between 2:15 and 2:30... so 2:08 was GREAT for me and I am very proud of myself. I have surrounded myself with GREAT women that inspire me to push myself to my limits and make me want to do better. It was a great birthday! Everyone should run a race on their birthday! :)


Me when it was all over! And I was so excited and full of energy! Troy, Tenney and the girls met me when it was all over and we were all full of emotion!

Steph made this sign for my back that I ran about 1/2 the race with. It was GREAT to hear "Happy Birthday" over and over as I ran. But when I got hot I didn't have it on my back anymore :( Thanks Steph!


This is Danielle and I - she was a great help in the Sat. morning training! She high-fived me ever time I ran in at the training! She's a great new running friend!


Steph when it was all said and done. She's super fast! And finished 1:42!!! FAST! Idol like! :)


What a great day!

It's T-Ball time!!!

This past weekend was the start of the T-Ball season for Jacey! It started off kind of rocky the night before when I was prepping her that you have to wear white pants. The white showed her panties (which she was not happy about) and the fact that they were pants she totally didn't understand why that was necessary because she can run really fast in a skirt! As you can tell in the shots she was shortly on the orange team and then on the green team! Long story. Troy took her, alone, with both girls (what a great dad!) because I had training for the 1/2 marathon I am doing on my birthday so I couldn't be there to help him. I was extremely bummed! He didn't mess the team identification up - he just felt more comfortable on a different team and one of his old college buddies is the coach of Jacey's new green team which is a nice that we know him and that we know he's a great coach and person. And to make matters even better Jason, a boy from preschool, is on her team and he was very happy to see a friendly face! Which made Troy so proud that our daughter is so well liked by others. Jacey informed me that little boy in orange, holding Jacey's hand (with the coach), in the picture is the boy that is going to teach her and help her. I asked her if the coach was going to do that - and she said, "no that guy is!" She's a character. She is pretty excited to play - I just hope she enjoys it as much as dance!

The Quigley's first 10K!

Troy and I completed the Davis Stampede this past weekend. It was our first 10K (6.25 miles). It was GREAT! We had a lot of fun! The race was on Sunday, we left Saturday night and had Tenney come and watch the girls for the night. Which is another great story, they did great and we are so happy to have her in our lives! We ate a nice big pasta meal the night before. We stayed in a comfy hotel that was located right at the start of the race! Which was a great spot! Good job Troy! We picked up our packets that cold morning and then waited in the lobby of the hotel until the race. It was a hard start. I wondered what the heck I was doing and why I was doing it! But then about a mile into it - maybe 2, I started to defrost and enjoy the run. It was a cold beautiful day! And when we were done we were so happy! I was a little bummed that I didn't finish in under an hour but now I have something to beat for the next one!
Our stats:
I completed in 1:00:15 9:43 pace
Troy completed in 1:13:20

Chh, Chhh, Chhhaa, Channnnges!

It's the end of January already and I haven't posted anything in a while since Facebook has kind of taken over my updates and picture posting! Wonder what's next. First it was Myspace, then blogger, now facebook? Who's going to make the next million teaching everyone to communicate without ever talking? I guess my 2 year old will get along fine in this type of world - she doesn't talk much! :)

Speaking of Teagan and changes... 2 days in a row that she's taken a nap and gone to the gym all while wearing panties! She's not officially 100% but getting there. She went into the bathroom at the gym today 55 times! I think it got on the girls who work there's nerves but I think she's so scared to fart in her pants that she'd rather be safe than sorry. :) So she's just wearing a diaper at night to sleep - which she'll be wearing until she wakes up and it's dry. She's still very silly and quiet. Not a big talker. Which is okay if you know Jacey! She does have loud fits! And knows how to tell of the dog when he gets on her nerves (and us too).

I just turned in Jacey's paperwork for Kindergarten. It's a strange thing for me - not really her. She is just wondering why her new school looks so much older than her current school, why the classes aren’t all in the same building with the principal, why there is so many dead people next to her school (there is a cemetery there), why the playground has a fence around it, why the playground is so small, and where all the kids are? That about summed up her chattiness today while leaving the school. It made me laugh and have a strange sense of anxiety run through my veins. I am not super excited about the elementary school we are zoned for but I am going to try to make the best of it.