Henley Update

Henley is fitting right into the family. He is very excited when everyone is around. Unfortunately he is still pretty much a puppy. He can't stop biting everything, including little hands, feet, and whatever is in reach. The kids are doing pretty good with trying to keep him from biting, but it is hard. Potty training started off rough, but the last couple of days have been better. He has only had one accident in the last two days. He went to the door three times today. Once he tried to run through the sliding glass door and knocked himself down. It was funny.

Here is a little video of what we call "basset rage". He doesn't like it when you tell him not to bite so he starts barking at you. Take a look.

Overall I think the new member of the family is working out well. The kids are learning a little responsibility about taking him outside. And oh boy is he ever cute!!!!

Baby Elle

My friend and coworker Jessica has a baby about 9 months old. She has been posting pictures of her and talking about her big blue eye. Although they don't look alike, the big blue eye thing sounds familiar. When I see the pictures of Sophia it reminds me of Elle and makes me miss the baby stage. Don't worry, it doesn't make me want another baby, it just makes me miss my current children as babies. If Keith is reading this, he may have just had a heart attack! Check out Sophia at http://jessicabryson.blogspot.com and let me know what you think.

Weekly Workout Roundup

It's that time of the week again. Unfortunately I failed to blog the whole week. Things are busier with a new puppy. I will try harder this week!

Monday 2/8 - Swim

• Warm up 500 M, 10 x 50 M sprints, Cool down 500 M

Tuesday 2/9 - Run/Abs

• I missed my spin class again. Oh well. Warm up 6.4 10 minutes, Speed Intervals 3 minutes 7.5, 2 minutes 6.4 for 20 minutes, Walk 5 minutes. Average HR - 160-170

Wednesday 2/10 - Boot Camp

• We did a rerun of 80's night but only a few people showed up. It was fun anyway.

Thursday 2/11 - Legs/Shoulders

• Moderate Heavy leg workout with heavy shoulders. Ouch!

Friday 2/12 - Off

Saturday 2/13 - Run/Bicep/Triceps

• Today was a short run but I wanted to improve on speed. 4 miles in 34.30 minutes which is a 8.35 minute mile. Very impressed with myself. However, my face was sooo red when I got to the gym. It was about 3 hours before it turned back to it's normal color.

Sunday 2/14 - Bike/Back/Chest

• My bike ride was shorter then usual. I biked for about an hour. I did improve my speed which was good. It was very painful. I'm not sure if I like the bike or not. If it was a leisure ride I am sure I would. This constant pedaling and maintaining a certain HR is for the birds. Total Distance = 18.75 miles Pace = 16.8 mph Average HR = 142.

Another successful week of training!

Weekly Workout Roundup

It's that time again. Last week went pretty well except I only was able to get to the pool once and run once. Otherwise, it was a pretty good week. This week is a taper week so I don't have to work as hard. I like that.

Monday 2/1 - Swim

• This was a good swim. I decided to step it up a notch and swim faster. 1500 meters = 35 minutes.

Tuesday 2/2 - Spin Class

• This is my substitute for biking. Lucy reserved a bike for me so I was able to make the class. I was having severe cramps that day so my workout was not as intense as usual. Oh well, at least I did it. Spin 50 minutes Average HR 150.

Wednesday 2/3 - 80's Bootcamp

• This was a lot of fun. Everyone dressed up. Bootcamp 60 minutes Average HR 152

Thursday 2/4 - Legs/Abs

• I moved my leg day from Sunday to Thursday. I just couldn't do legs and the bike on the same day.

Friday 2/5 - Off (Keith's Birthday)

Saturday 2/6 - Run

• I ran 7 miles. Oh my. That is the farthest I have ever ran. I was doing really well until about mile 4 when it kicked in that I still had 3 miles to go. I made it!! 7 miles = 1:06 with average HR 160.

Sunday 2/7 - Bike

• My plan was to bike at least 26 miles but apparently they were doing road work on Cave Creek so I had to turn around a little early. Biked 23.5 miles in 1:28 minutes. Average speed 16 mph Average HR 144. I did get a bug in my eye at one point and almost crashed, but recovered.

This week will be better. Less mileage to give myself a rest. I will try a brick on Sunday.

More Missing Teeth......and Henley

It's now official. Elle has no teeth. Well, she has the two on the bottom that came in last summer, but that's it. She went to school on Friday with a little loose tooth and came home with the barn door wide open. I actually think it looks better now with both of the top ones missing.

Pierce had to show me his teeth too. He is so cute.

Everyone is enjoying the puppy. He is doing pretty well. He is up a little early today, hence the blogging at 5:45. He hasn't learned yet that chewing on us isn't allowed. That will take some time. It is hard to get mad at him cause he is sooo cute.

Meet Henley

Meet the newest member of the family, Henley. He is a 7 week old Basset Hound and cute as a button. We picked him up this afternoon. He was the last one left and apparently was not happy about it. I am afraid we may be in for a few rough nights until he is adjusted. We thought it might take a little for him to settle in when we got him home, but after about five minutes he started playing with his toys. About six minutes after that he took his first poo on the carpet. Yuck. I think he is going to have to learn not to chew on the kids as well, but hopefully that won't take long. He had about 30 minutes of play before he passed out. You can see Elle in the background. She couldn't stop laughing when he would growl at his toys and toss them around. Pierce is already jealous and got in trouble about ten times while we were playing with the dog. Poor guy. Thank goodness we don't plan on having anymore kids, I don't think he would make a very good middle child.

80's Night at Boot Camp

Wednesday's boot camp was 80's night. Everyone was supposed to dress up in their best 80's workout attire. Some people really got into it. Julie wore her thong bathing suit over her tights. It was hilarious. I swear my Mom had the same blue jacket Noreen is wearing. Unfortunately not everyone could come that night so we are doing it again next week. I had some rockin 80's keyboard music to get everyone in the mood. We even did one song of Sweatin to the Oldies with Richard Simmons. It was fun. Stay tuned for more pictures next week.