Pretty much the best day EVER

The best energy bar in the world is back on store shelves after a long absence. Clif Bar Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch. This is my absolute favorite bar, and pretty close to being my favorite food. Before the peanut recall a few months back, I ate at least one a day. Clif Bar stopped manufacturing them for such a long time because they wanted to do a full inspection of the situation and make sure this would not happen again. Anyway, I've been checking every store I go into any time I have an excuse to go into any store for the return of my beloved bars and today they were back! Seriously, the best day EVER!

My Testimony

I'm not always as vocal as I should be about how grateful I am for my Savior, and I think that's because I know words are not enough. His sacrifice was so great and I cannot even begin to comprehend how much he suffered for us, for me. But even though my words are only words and insignificant compared to the greatness of His sacrifice, I want to express gratitude for my Savior today. I know that he was born of the virgin Mary and lived a sinless life. I know that he healed the sick and the afflicted. I know that he has healed me, and continues to do so even through the overwhelming amount of flaws that I have. I know that he died on the cross. I know that HE LIVES. And I am grateful.

I did it!

Yesterday I ran and rode in the Camp Pendleton "Devil Dog" Duathlon. The race consisted of a 5k run, then a 30k bike ride, and then another 5k run. All in all, I ran 6.2 miles and biked 18.6 miles. This is the biggest race I've done and I was a little nervous, but I trained fairly consistently and felt ready for it. I finished in just under 2 hours and 15 minutes, not too shabby for my first bike race!

I thought it was weird that the race bibs said marathon and not Duathlon, but whatever:)


Warming up



This is after the first 5k run and I am switching to the bike. I kindof took my time in the transition area and maybe could have gone quicker, but I was savoring the time to rest:)

A big thanks to my sis-in-law, Robin for letting me borrow her mountain bike which I used for training. I had planned on using it in the race as well, but after a long training ride that took much longer than I had hoped for, I asked James if he could fix up my dad's old road bike. He spent all this past week working on it and did an awesome job (thanks honey!). I think it was actually extremely beneficial to train on a mountain bike and then do the actually race on a road bike.

Switching back to running to finish the last leg of the race.

Sprinting in to the finish! I didn't think that I had enough energy left to really sprint to the finish, but when I rounded the corner and saw the clock at 2:14:35 and realized that I could finish under 2:15:00, I had a burst of motivation. It felt awesome!

Me and my bike

I couldn't resist striking a pose. I was feeling pretty awesome:)

Yo.

Hey there blog-land! It's been a long time, so here's an update.

I've been doing a lot of this:

And this:



So that I can be ready for this:

Which, by the way, is TOMORROW! I'm nervous, I'm scared, but I'm ready:)

Guard Dog

Moose has an unconventional way of guarding the LaLanne house.

Most dogs have bad breath, but that's not a problem with Moose... seeing as how she brushes her own teeth on a daily basis!

Both of the above pics are a result of Moose getting into mischief, but they were both so funny I couldn't resist snapping a pic before telling her no!

I must be crazy

I just signed up for the Camp Pendleton Devil Dog Duathlon. I love races. And quite possibly I am addicted to them, but this is not the same type of race that I am accustomed to. I will have to run (5k), and then ride(30k!), and then run(5k) again. Doesn't sound too hard... but remember that this is part of the "Hard Corps Race Series" at camp pendleton, and then remember that it's called "Devil Dog." Holy smokes I'm scared. Luckily I have my crazy bike-riding brother Matt to do it with me, or I mean, sortof with me (he'll likely be WAY ahead of me).

Anyone else want to? C'mon, it'll be fun! (or at least that's what I keep telling myself!)

What the.....?

WARNING:

THE FOLLOWING POST MAY BE DISTURBING TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THE MALE VARIETY.

but it's mostly just hilarious.

I love etsy.com. It's a website where you can buy or sell all things handmade (in case you haven't heard of it). My sister sells some of her crafts on it (which, by the way, are all super cute!). However, tonight I stumbled across a handmade item that just really makes me say "what the....?"

So here you have it:

What is it, you wonder? It is a cloth, re-usable menstraul pad! I'm all for saving the planet and everything, but there are just somethings that go too far. Cuz seriously, eew.