Seven on Sundays

 1.  Breslin is an old pro at Gymboree now.  He is such a stud, we do think it is time that he moves up to the next class.  Next week will be his last week in level 5 :(  He is growing up so quickly!

 

2.  Breslin went to his first ever Halloween party at Gymboree.  Breslin dressed up as a marathon runner!  Now, I might be biased, but it was one of the more creative outfits out there.  He got to jump, dance, and play as well as sing, read and do crafts.  He had so much fun!

 

3.  Well  I had my half marathon!  And finally on my fourth try I got under 2 hours!  The first three, something always came up in my training where I lost focus, or skipped some of my long runs.  (say like a newborn child... then a toddler, etc.)  But this time around I really tried to stay focused and get all the runs in that I needed.  The two hours became a MUST this time around.  Before this, I had been at 2:04, 2:03, 2:08....  But this time I needed to get it. The official time was one hour 55 minutes and 11 seconds!  Halleluja.  Next year... maybe I go for 1:45.... hahaha.  We shall see.

Last years medal/ this years medal!

Registration... Oh goodness, I can't believe I am doing another one!

Morning of!  Did I mention that it was a halloween half marathon!  I dressed up as a bumble bee!!!!

My second to last training run before the half marathon.

 

4.  Halloween is rapidly approaching... so we did pumpkin carving at Aunties this year!

 

5.  My Spartans are 6-1 after a great solid win against Illinois.  We are now ranked in all of the polls.  We have our big game this weekend against Michigan.  We will be flying out there on Friday and spending the weekend.  Let's get it MSU.  

6.  Breslin has a new favorite ritual; going over to the Carey's house on Saturday for football.  This was the second weekend in a row that he went over there and he has an absolute blast.  He absolutely loves it over there.  We watched the morning games, then head to In n Out for lunch (while desperately trying to keep Breslin awake).  After that he conks out in the car and takes a good 2 1/2 hour nap (I am sure the Carey's take some sort of nap as well, hahaha.  Breslin sure does know how to suck all of the energy out of everyone).

7.  We renewed our passes for Magic Mountain today.  We stood in line for 2 hours, but it is well worth it.  for 210 bucks we got annual passes for the three of us for Magic Mountain, Hurricane Harbor, and it includes parking.  We used our passes quite a bit this past year, so it should be money and time well spent.

7 on Sundays

1.  Welcome welcome fall!  And thank you Breslin for inviting fall into our home with welcome arms (and on the days the cleaners came).

2.  Holly, Jeff, and I went to the Hollywood Bowl to watch Jason Aldean and Jake Owen perform.  When we went to Nashville with the Carey's for the CMA Fan Fair Music Fest, Jake Owen got to only sing one song due to the coming storm.  Ever since then I have felt that I got jipped with his performance.  Now I have seen him perform a whole set.  I love Jake Owen & Jason Aldean, they were awesome!

It took Jeff 45 minutes to get us those three overpriced beers.  He missed 75% of Jake Owens set.  Holly and I appreciated it though.

There really is nothing like the Hollywood Bowl.

Tailgating.

 3.  We spent Saturday morning with the Carey's.  We watched the MSU/Purdue game at their house, and then headed off to In n Out for lunch.  Breslin absolutely LOVES the Careys.  Mimi and her phone kept Breslin nice and occupied.

 4.  Friday night was the West Ranch/Valencia game.  A house divided in the Burrill household.  Valencia came out on top, I believe the final score was 42-6 (or something around there).  Breslin had a blast.  He hung out with the cheerleaders, sat in the bleachers, watched the drumline up close and personal, and did what Breslin does best, run around absolutely every where!

Breslin hanging out with two of my favorite students and cheerleaders.

Just watching the game.

 5.  October is breast cancer awareness month.  Valencia had a "pink out" at the football game in support of breast cancer awareness.  Although I did not wear this shirt to the game (some people may have thought it was inappropriate) I love this shirt.  Fight Like Hell.

6.  Ran 12 miles on Saturday in 1:45.  I really want to hit my goal of under 2 hours next week during my half marathon.  I have put in the miles and trained hard, so lets home all of my hard work pays off.

7.  MSU is 6-1.... one more win away from being bowl eligible... and we are still undefeated in the  B1G.  Keep it up my Spartans.  The score may not have been pretty, but we are going to be in every single game.  GO SPARTANS!

Seven for Sundays

 1.  On our last day in Vegas we visited the m & m store.  Breslin loved picking out and getting his "candies."  Oma had a great time with him in Vegas, and Breslin had a great time with Oma!!!

 2.  So we went Vegas, back home to California for three days, and then flew out to Michigan!  Nothing like hitting up three states in less than a week, and I wouldn't have it any other way!  As we said good bye to Las Vegas, we hit California during a cold spell, and flew too Michigan smack dab in the beautiful time of fall.  The weather was great and the trees were just starting to change colors.  They look beautiful now, but they are going to be gorgeous in three weeks when we go back there.

 3.  We left Breslin at home for this trip because it was a whirlwind trip.  We left at 10:45 pm California time, and got into Michigan at 6:15 am Michigan time.  No nap, no nothing.  Brushed our teeth, got a quick shower in and headed out to tailgate by 9 am.  Even though Breslin wasn't around, I headed off to see two of Breslin's bestest buds, Miss Hannah LaMacchia and Miss Teagan Bratta.  These two darlings are about as precious as they get and they keep getting bigger and bigger!  We will be back in three weeks with Breslin and these three little ones can have a fabulous little play date!  And I can hang out with both of their pregnant mommies!!!!  Dear lordy, both Dana and Anna are pregnant!  I am so excited for them :)  But no, no I am not following suit just yet!

 Little Miss Hannah

 Little Miss Teagan

4.  And.... the reason for the trip.... A Michigan State football game.  This was our first trip back this season and it couldn't come soon enough!

5.  It was our first trip back for a homecoming game since I graduated from Michigan State and I had a blast.  MSU won 42 - 28, so that made the trip even sweeter!  We are already more successful then our trips last year :)

6.  Did you guys see that Michigan Penn State game?  Uh yeah... that was a tough quadruple over time.... Nobody wanted to win that game.  But in the end the better team won ;)  So let me get this straight... MSU beat Indiana... Indiana beat Penn State... and Penn State beat Michigan, so by the law of syllogism...  well you guys figure it out!  Ha!  If only that were the truth! 

7.  Absolutely exhausted from this past week, so I am going to relax on the couch and watch the season premiere of "the Walking Dead."

Seven for Sundays

 1.  We are on our fall break, so we headed off to Las Vegas for the four days.  We are definitely doing more of a family vacation in Vegas, versus a Vegas trip.  We are staying off the strip at Tahiti Village Resort.  We spent Saturday morning watching Michigan State win its big ten opener at Buffalo Wild Wings.  We then came back to hang out by the pool and take a nap.  Followed by a nice dinner off the strip at Grimaldi's Pizzeria!  Then today we headed over to MGM to see the lions... and apparently they are no longer their anymore :(  So as a back up plan we went to the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay.

 2.  Oma met us in Las Vegas and came bearing Lion's gear.  Unfortunately the Lions lost today.  But Breslin doesn't seem to mind, because he also got a chocolate covered donut with sprinkles.

 3.  Breslin and daddy go to touch the stingrays at the aquarium.  Mommy wanted to have nothing to do with it.

 4.  Just my Delta App letting me know my upcoming flights.  We go to Michigan for the MSU homecoming game in less than a week, then back again in a month for the Michigan Michigan State game, and then we have our flight booked for Jamaica for Chris and Alicia's wedding.  With the renewed calendar after getting our furlough days back it looks like we might have to miss the last day of school.  (Now of course there are at least three flights missing from above...  We are planning on going to Michigan and Colorado for Christmas break, a flight back to Michigan some time in the Spring, and then of course our trip to Florida for Spring Break).

5. Breslin's new favorite thing....  Drumming on the Rock Band drums. 

6.  Common Core- the new national standards for teaching- is an absolute mess.  We had our full day common core meeting on Friday and felt absolutely overwhelmed, defeated, unknowledgeable, and ill prepared for these new standards.  We will keep at it until whomever makes these standards realizes what a mess this really is.

7.  T-minus three weeks til the half marathon.  Just keep running.