My last week

Good evening!  This last week sure has been a great time of family, friends and fun.

Work was fantastic last week, it is so great to enjoy what you do all day, everyday.

We had a great family afternoon on Wednesday which included some shopping and movies.

Thursday I was fortunate enough to run in the Drumstick Dash 10k around Lake Harriet and finish.  It was 55 degrees out at the start which is also over 20 degrees warmer than my last 10k in October, oh Minnesota.

After the running and breakfast at home we watched football.  If you have ever met me you should know I enjoy watching football, so it was a great day.  In the afternoon we went to my Grandmas for Thanksgiving dinner.  It is always great to visit with family and eat good food.  I am not a huge fan of eating crazy things or pies so nutritionally I did pretty well.  I also wore a dress, but did not get a picture, sorry.

Addison and her cousin Lucas, they were both born July 8th, just different years

Friday I started my day with a workout.  I was so sore from the run Thursday I could barley move.  Then somehow I got roped into joining bootcamp, lets just say by the time I left it was not good.  When I got home I drank a TON of water to try and get all the lactic acid moving.  After we packed Addison's bag we went to my moms to celebrate Thanksgiving again.  Again I ate really well loading up on the veggies and protein with no dessert or alcohol (I know so lame).  Addison had a blast playing with her little cousin Joel and she even got to spend the rest of the weekend with my mom.

Cute video

We then got home late Friday night, packed for a weekend away and got about 5 hours of sleep before a trip down south!  Adam and I met his parents for breakfast in Clear Lake, Iowa.  Good old Denny's!  I did good with eggs, ham and bacon, I really don't think I could have done better at Denny's at 7am.

After breakfast we made our way down to Kansas City, Missouri.  The whole way I was on my phone trying to find us tickets to the Denver Broncos vs. Kansas City game and it paid off!  We got front row tickets on the 40 yards line for Sunday, right behind my Broncos bench!

When we got to Kansas City we went straight to the stadium to try and take a tour.  They were all booked at that time so we had to come back later.  We explored the Kansas City Royals stadium, downtown Kansas City and the NCAA headquarters.  We also took a visit to the NCAA Hall of fame, pretty cool!

Our tour at Arrowhead Stadium Started at 3:45 and lasted until after 6pm, it was so cool!  Lots of walking, visiting all the suites, exploring the field and press rooms and lastly seeing their Superbowl trophy.  Something you Viking fans know nothing about.

The field was covered to keep it warm for game day

After the tour we went to the Casino, I love my gambling and had a nice BBQ dinner.  I had coleslaw, bbq pork and some sweet potato fries.  I also did drink some but made sure to keep it gluten free!

SUNDAY MORNING!  Game Day has finally arrived.  Of course the continental breakfast at the hotel was loaded with junk.  We managed to eat a banana and a couple peanut butter packets.....yummmy 

We made it to the stadium nice and early for tailgating.  We did lots of walking and teasing the KC fans.  Adam won a Kansas City t-shirt, which we later destroyed with marker.  We made it to our seats right as the gate opened.  Since they were so close we wanted to be there early to watch warm ups and harass KC some more.  At the game is where I made my worst choices, only because I had to drink my hometown Coors and popcorn was about the only decent option for food.

The Broncos won, we didn't get kicked out of the stadium and we had a great time so that's all that I care about!

My new favorite QB, Peyton Manning, we got him to smile at us.

After the game we decided to drive all the way home with just a stop for gas.  I made it to work today in one piece while Adam got Addison and played with her all day.

My last week was a great week again filled with family, friends and fun!  If your still reading I want to leave you with this, a way I live my life.

Anything you want in life you have to make the time for it.  If you wait until you have the time it will never happen.  This goes for everything, health, relationships, fun and rest. With the holidays upon us it's going to be easy to get side tracked from your good decisions. Make sure to make the time for what is important to you.  Sometimes just knowing or thinking what is important is not enough.  Write it down, take a picture, publicly announce it.  If you say you want to do something, think it through and create a plan.  That is the only way to get things accomplished.

P.S. Addison didn't like Santa when my mom took her Sunday