Race Day!

Today was the Ocean City Half Marathon that Brandon, Rachel, Rachel's sister Greta and Myself all ran! This was my second half marathon and a first for the rest of them...so they were very excited..as was I! All of your training finally pays off when race day comes:) The race started at 7am, and we had be be ready to go and lined up at 6:45am. We woke up around 4:30am so we could get a good hearty breakfast in. My last half I got to run with my two best friends Cait and Rach, and knowing from that experience, oatmeal is a great choice for breakfast! Brandon also chose a good breakfast..but I went with the oatmeal!

My Breakfast

 Brandon's Breakfast

Here are some pictures from our fun day!! My parents picked a point along the way to cheer us on then headed to the finish..so happy they were there:)

My parents caught Brando in action!

 Off go the speedsters Brandon and Greta

 There were so many people, my parents totally missed Rachel and I but got our backsides ha

Reenacting the finish! Just throwing it out there Greta got 3rd place for her age group and 50th place out of all the females!! So proud

 My beautiful mom...love this picture...she was such a great cheerleader :)

 Finish in sight....really bookin it!!

 We were so proud of each other!!:)

We did it!

 It was a thumbs up kind of day:)

Especially when you see Captain America running with you!

 What a great morning this was! It is such an accomplishment and a relieving feeling knowing you did it..especially with the people you love:) We headed back to salisbury and went out to lunch at Chili's, then came home for an afternoon of movies, snuggling and napping...I would have my Saturday no other way!

Stay posted for tomorrows post on our Box Garden that my Dad is helping my Mom and I make!!

A Day At Work...

I was talking to my best friend Cait the other day and she gave me a great idea to take some pictures of where I work so she could finally picture in her head what my workplace looks like. It is so true how we all imagine and picture of what we think other peoples houses or work places look like, but when we actually see pictures or visit in person it is nothing like we imagined! So here is a little tutorial of my work place....

Welcome to Salisbury Foot and Ankle Center

You may now enter:)

 Here is the waiting room...don't forget to sign in!

Front desk area

The File Room aka the Cave

We all spend a good amount of time in here!

Now we are passing by my Moms office! She is the office manager and is the boss man #2:) I love working with her!! (don't mind her mess, she is catching up on work since she was gone all last week)

The hallway of rooms, the lab, storage room, Dr. Cyphers office and our kitchenette!

Here are some of my duties....

Cleaning/Prepping the rooms!

Helping Dr. Cypher in the rooms, handing him tools, bandaging patients back up, going over instructions with them ect.

Taking and developing X-Rays

The Dark Room

Making appointments, answering the phone, calling other doctors offices or the hospital, making copies ect... all the fun administrative duties:)

If you come in you may need some orthotics....

 Or even a walking boot!!

This is where we keep all our snacks!

And there you have it...my work place!

I am very blessed and love my job. I feel I am getting very confident and good at what I am doing, and constantly learning something new everyday!:)

If you ever have foot problems come see us.....you might even get to put this on!:)

Tomorrow Brandon, Rachel and I are running in the OCMD half Marathon!! I am soo excited, so I will be getting a good meal in tonight and going to rest up the rest of the afternoon. Stay posted for pictures of the half!

He Has Risen

"The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

He has Risen Indeed!! What a wonderful day of celebration, family, friends, and of course the food!! I cannot be more thankful for the time I got to spend with my family and friends today....I am truly blessed:) This morning..to go along with the tradition of dying eggs, we have another tradition! Every Easter morning, my sister and I have to find our hidden Easter baskets! Since my sister is still in Spain, my mom made a basket for Brandon, and lucky him he got to participate in this fun haha. After some searching we both found our baskets!:)

After digging into our goodies, we headed off to church in our Sunday best!

Brandon went with the salmon colored eastery shirt...

I went with a dress (considering it was 82 degrees!!)

Easter Love

After church it was home to a house full of food, family and fun!!!

My lunch...I tried a little of everything!

 Brandons plate..can't even see the bottom!

He was so excited to eat he couldn't hold in the excitement!!

Once our stomaches settled and once the boys were done watching baseball, we got ready for..let me just say it again..another tradition! haha The Lawrence Easter Egg Hunt!:) This is a big deal in my family, I don't know why, but we have always had an easter egg hunt since we were young, rain or shine! Luckily today was SHINE! I mean you can never be to old for an Easter egg hunt, and now that we are all older, there is some money involved..only in the golden eggs!:) It was nice to be outside, run around the yard, and act like a 5 year old again! Rachel and Jordan came over as well!

Here I am taking this very seriously...sweating actually.

 Rachel looking hard!

 The gang and our golden eggs...well except Jordan...maybe next year ha

Can I just say again what a great day this was...not only celebrating our King, but spending time with a family I am so blessed to have! We were all exhausted when the day came to an end.

 Even Sprite:)

HAPPY EASTER:)

My Good Friday Was Good:)

Yesterday was such a fun productive day! Rachel and I got in a good run in the morning, then brandon came around lunchtime:) We did a couple things around the house, then Rachel and Jordan came over for some Easter festivities. We decided to dye easter eggs...this is something that I have done every Easter since I was young...it's tradition. Even though my parents were gone, I took charge in hard boiling the eggs and got everything ready, I was not going to not dye these eggs ha. Well, I found out that Rachel and Jordan had both NEVER dyed easter eggs...what a poor childhood they must of had lol just kidding but really. We all had a lot of fun and the newbies were experts!

The Supplies!

The Newbies

 Rachels perfect white stripe!! (thank you rubber bands)

 The rubber band eggs

After dying all the eggs, we cleaned up then headed to Rachel's house for some chicken and shrimp quesadillas!:)

 YUM!

 This machine got some good usage tonight!

 Rachel and J-Dog

 Avery and Stephen ( Rachels sister and brother in law)

 Hope you guys had a wonderful start to your weekend...I know we sure did:)

Today my parents get home from Spain!! They should arrive home around 6 o'clock tonight:) Very excited to see them and hear all about their trip. I have been slaving the day away cleaning, running errands and just baked two special desserts for easter! Red Velevet Cake and Homemade Oreo Cheesecake...which is still baking in the oven:) More pictures to come tom!!