Been awhile...

First I need to apologize for being away so long.  It's almost been a month and I can't really tell you where the time has gone.

I've been REALLY busy at work.  Which is awesome because it makes the days just fly by...and bad, because the days are just flying by; there's never enough time in the day!

Kevin's been traveling a ton for work and I've had my fair share of mini traumas from teeth issues to doctors appointments lately.  It's been a stressful month in many ways!

July 25th was Kevin's 28th birthday and although we kept it fairly low-key, it was great to celebrate my husband!  This is the first time in at least 2 years that we've been in the same state on his actual day of birth.  Normally he's been traveling for work.  Even though we agreed not to spend any money on each other for birthdays this year, I had to splurge a little bit and celebrate him...that's just love!

Happy Birthday Kevin!

Instead of going out to dinner, we got home from work, ran (because we're training for road races in November) and I picked up dinner from Noodles and Company (Kevin's choice) and a SURPRISE cake from Coldstone.  Kevin's favorite and he was so excited to spend a night in and indulge a bit!

 

As we were getting ready for bed on the 25th, my mama called frantically and was so upset that she had missed sending Kevin a card.  I passed the phone over so she could wish him a happy birthday.  I know it meant a lot to him, but it really made me realize for the first time since our wedding that he's her family too.  It just touched my heart so much!  And they wanted to take Kevin out to dinner to celebrate, so that weekend, the 4 of us celebrated at Kabuki in Cary.  It was so yummy!

Since I mentioned that we're training for races, I'll let you in on a bit of that.  I'm training for a 10K the first weekend in November.  It's the City of Oaks 10K in Raleigh and Kevin is going to run with me.  The following weekend, Kevin's running the Rock 'n' Roll Half-Marathon in Savannah, GA with some of his co-workers to support a co-worker's daughter, Alison, who's been diagnosed with Friedreich's Ataxia, a debilitating, life-shortening, degenerative neuro-muscular disorder.  It currently has no cure.  Kevin has a huge heart and as a member of his culture club at work, decided to run the race for Alison.  If you feel lead, we'd love your support as Kevin runs http://goo.gl/mKrMWf!  Otherwise, stay tuned to more info on the race.  I'll be tracking him as he runs so all who are interested can keep up with him during the race!