Six Years | The Last Vans Warped Tour

The closest last vans warped tour landed on our sixth wedding anniversary weekend. We weren’t planning on going but Waymon surprised me with tickets to go and I couldn’t say no to him.  This weekend also doubled as a mini getaway for us, which ultimately met that we were going to stop by IKEA. For those of you that don’t know, the nearest IKEA Reno has is 200+ miles away in Sacramento and because of that distance every single trip to California is carefully thought out to make a pit stop here.

Our mini getaway turned out amazing. We saw the bands we loved for the very last time at the warped tour. This would be our 2^nd warped tour together but this time we went just the two of us, which we’ve never done before. It was so nice spending an afternoon at a music festival with him. We don’t have very much in common but because of Waymon my taste in music is broadening. We joke that he gave me his love for baseball, music and I gave him patience and sushi. This festival like all others was hot af.  I don’t know how we use to stand in the heat with no water back in the day, but we did. At the peak of the heat Waymon got to see one of his favorite bands live and meet them. I’ve never seen him star struck before. He was fangirling as much as his tough exterior would let him.  

 

 

After the festival we decided that Ubering was too difficult so we found some awesome Lime bikes to test out. Disclaimer : these bikes are not for anyone that is as tall as me. Waymon was stressing out at the fact that I couldn’t stop the damn bike at every crosswalk. I couldn’t even reach the road when I was on the bike. I also can’t even tell you the last time I rode an actual bike – it has to be yearsss since I’ve done so. Whatever you do, don’t ask Waymon’s opinion on this subject  he’ll just stress out even more. We spent the rest of the night with family and exploring the Palo Alto / Mountain View Area. Haidyn spent the day with her Hootsee not being spoiled. 😊
 

Sunday was our Ikea day! We’ve envisioned our new living room area for months now and we were finally going to buy everything to put it together. Josh came through to help with loading , shopping and to hang out. We always love when Josh comes to hang out. Of course, Haidyn was ecstatic to see her Uncle Josh and talk his ear off. Literally the kid won’t stop talking anymore but at least now she’s making sense with actual sentences and not gibberish. I can’t wait for you all to see what we’ve dreamed up! Before heading home, we headed to Ikeda’s ( I know it’s confusing ) for some lunch. We stuffed our faces with burgers, sandwiches and pie!

 

Spending our anniversary with the people we love the most made this anniversary a great one. I’ve always tried to plan some lavish dinner or trip for our anniversary but it never turns out the way I want it to. This year was perfect . Here’s to forever with you.

MVD | Most Valuable Daddy

It’s not a secret how much of a Daddy’s girl Haidyn is. Waymon doesn’t deny it either nor does he care to. He’s a different person when he’s around Haidyn. His tough exterior melts away when he’s with his baby girl. I've never seen my husband smile so much in his life until he's around Haidyn . He’s grown into the Dad that gets his hair brushed and did, toe nails painted , tatted with washable markers and plays with barbies.  No one compares to Daddy.

The relationship that Waymon and Haidyn have is one that I will always be envious of.  I’m not a Daddy’s girl by any means so I had no idea that being a “daddy’s girl” was a real thing so I didn’t understand how deep that love went. I love my girl but the love she has for her Daddy is different. She’s now making observations that her Daddy is the best and that ALL boys should be like him. When she sees anything about weddings or we talking about our marriage Haidyn comments on how she can’t way to get married to someone like her Daddy.  Does it get better than that?

  There is no question that Waymon is sitting on a pedestal in Haidyn's life , but little does she know that it's really her that is on a pedestal in his life. Happy Father's Day to the best daddy in the world. We love you so much. Thank you for handling our circus that we call life.

Happy Father's Day Babe!

Will Run for Beer | RTO 2018

I signed up late in the game to run the annual Reno Tahoe Odyssey ( RTO) here in Northern Nevada. For those of you that don't know what the RTO is it's a 178 mile relay race that goes around the beautiful Northern Nevada for a group of up 12 runners. It sounds rough because it is rough. My LIFE OF YES has brought me to say "yes" to this race all because  I wanted to challenge myself this year.  My mother in law is runner and I remember thinking every year after watching her take off or even talk about this race how crazy she MUST be to run that much with no sleep. Well now , I'm crazy myself for running the damn thing and I'm not mad about it.  Let's be honest, we all know I'm a little crazy but crazy for running is a new type of crazy for me.

I'm still running off of a high from the run or it might be the amount of beer I can drink without guilt after a run. Right before leaving to head out for the race , I cried a bit thinking "what the hell did I get myself into". It was too late to turn back and back out on my team. I was nervous the entire time that I went numb with all feelings after my little cry.   I trained for a short time for this run and in the end it was just enough training to not drain myself of everything I had . I had a lot of fun running with my coworkers , cheering them all in their victories after each leg of their runs  and mentally challenging myself during my run. This isn't a run that I would've done prior to my training but I wanted a challenge. I don't typically believe that running 15 miles is fun but my ways are slowly changing. Each run was increasingly challenging on my body and it definitely showed the next day when I couldn't walk up my stairs .

Next year, if asked to run I'm pretty sure I'd be crazy enough to say yes again . Why not? I survived one race so why not run a little more? I will need to train A LOT more than I did. I survived my RTO 2018 but I want to ROCK my next one whenever I run it. My favorite part of this race is the camaraderie of this race among everyone racing. Every single person is cheering you on and  making sure that you're getting through  this race . It's definitely a sight to see when everyone is genuinely caring for your well being.

p.s. thanks to waymon for putting with me during my training and for always supporting me , without him i don't think i would've made it through it.