a berry baseball weekend

on the road again....seems to be the song of my life right now!

but, this time, i'm going to blog (a little better than i did at dreamforce!!)

i had to share these sweet pics of my husband from this weekend. we were up at berry for a baseball alumni weekend and had the sweetest time. nathan was a catcher for four years and it was great to see him play with some of his old teammates as well as some even older & younger guys. we went up friday for a picnic and then saturday enjoyed a softball game, watching bp, and then finally a full baseball game.

we loved our years at berry. our time there only overlapped for 2 years (so nathan was there 2 years before me and i was there 2 years after him). berry has a beautiful campus. its one of the world's largest, actually! and it was so great to be back- the smells, the sights, the nature, the friendliness of the people- all of it. if you don't know much about berry, i encourage you to check it out! www.berry.edu

saturday morning, we got up and had breakfast with maybe our favorite family in rome- the vances. back in college, i babysat their sweet babies (calvin & sophie) for two years, and i cherished time with them. we love the family so much, we did our premarital counseling with garland and dorothy, and garland married us. we met them at the new steak and shake, and enjoyed chatting and visiting and laughing and watching their now babies play as little kids.

it was a great weekend, and so good to see nathan catch. funny story, we weren't dating too seriously when he played in college, but i came to a few of his games. i never once saw him hit any homeruns- and the boy could hit some bombs. without fail, he'd hit them right before i got there or right after i left. i have seen him hit one or two in his softball games with his brother, but those aren't quite the same. so, before the game, i pulled him aside and asked him to hit me a homerun. each at bat, i'd hold my breath- the first few he had great hits, but no homeruns. it was still fun, and i sat right behind homeplate so i could watch him catch. then, just as i was about to go grab a drink from the concessions, he was up again. so i turned to watch and he hit- and i knew it was a good hit. it was beautiful. and it kept going, and going, and going. and it was gone! a homerun!! i was so proud- and it was the only one of the game!! he was pumped, his coach was pumped, his old teammates were pumped- it was perfect!! and now i can finally say that i saw him hit a homerun! :)

check out these pics!

ahh... home sweet home! 

at the softball game 

nathan even got the chance to pitch for a little bit- and he did great!

lyd & sarah joined me to watch & cheer nathan on

warming up for the game!

waiting for his first at bat

with the guys

the whole crew

so they had a jumpy for all the alumni kids, and sarah and lyd decided to try it out at the end- ha!

check out this article...

as many of you know, i have been training for 2 more half marathons. i've implemented a new training schedule which includes some cross training (more about that later) but came across this article today which got me pumped! what are you training for?

Rowing Workouts for Runners | Active.com

epic fail!

so friends, i admit. epic fail on my part. the last two weeks have been, in one word- full! all good things, things that leave you busy and tired and thoughtful and excited and intrigued and surprised and the like. i have been across the country and back, we've visited with both of our families, and getting ready to do it all again. i love my life. i love the place that nathan and i are at- while we look forward to days of family and homes and babies and play dates and school, we are greatly enjoying life as just the two of us. two weeks ago, i got an offer to go to dreamforce, an incredible conference in san francisco to learn more about salesforce, my company's crm. it was awesome! i went with the company that recently acquired us and had a great time. so last monday (yes, 4 days later) i packed up and headed to the airport all by my lonesome. it was the first time in my life that i have traveled by myself (i've flown alone to meet the fam, but never gone somewhere totally by myself). while i plan to blog more about the conference and all i learned, let me just say it was awesome. and strange at the same time. it was also the longest nathan and i have ever been apart, which was quite odd. but being the geeky apple nerds that we are, we facetimed each other at night and feel asleep chatting, just like we do at home. i know, we're weird. but i love it. when i got home on friday, we packed up and headed down to visit with my fam and some friends for the weekend, then headed to rome to celebrate lydia's birthday and go for a follow up visit on my shots, and then this week has been full of playing catch up- 5 loads of laundry, grocery store (first trip in like, oh 3 weeks), work, emails, shower planning, and all that jazz. needless to say, i have been asleep before my head hits the pillow and night and not had a second in between to blog. next week is going to be full of busyness as well, but i hope to be a little more intentional about getting stuff out there. here's an idea of whats to come:

 - 3, thats right, 3! cupcake crawl reviews- including one cupcakery in san fran!
- an overview of the shower we are helping host this weekend, including our take on this super cute cupcakes from pinterest

Source: thecupcakeblog.com via Whitni on Pinterest

- dreamforce review= #awesomesauce
- update on my lupron
- a challenge by a faithful follower
- an update on 3 people groups that are desperately unreached
- my affection for our ipad
- a few more surprise
- still working on that post about my identity. maybe i'll post my musings and let it be a work in progress...

 so there you go! much to look forward to- keep checking in. and hey, if i haven't posted, get on me about it. facebook.text.tweet.call. whatev. and yes, i am on twitter now, although i dont really understand it too much and have only tweeted like 3 things. i'm going to keep looking into this.... what have your weeks been full of lately? i'd love to hear!