Half marathon 2011!

In preparation for my full marathon in October, I signed up with some friends to run this half marathon again! It was a lot of fun!

Guatemala!

My wonderful hubby surprised me with a vacation to visit Hannah and Sam!!! I was there for two weeks and it was sooooo much fun!!! Her and Sam were great hosts! I got to see beautiful parts of Guatemala and be a part of their everyday lives! Thanks Hannah and Sam!

Here we are at the zoo! It sure beats the zoos that we have here in Minnesota! It was absolutely gorgeous!! Here are a few pics with the animals!

Sam's father is a pilot...so we got to eat breakfast one morning at the Aeroclub. It was so amazing to eat on a deck right next to the runway! I've never been so close before!

This was the most amazing night ever!!! You would probably never guess where we are right now.....this is the VIP movie theater! Yes that's right! they have these lazy boy chairs that you sit in and then you can order food and drinks. We ordered crepes with nutella and carmel corn! It was the best thing ever! oh yeah...and we watched captain america, which was fine....the experience itself was much more entertaining!

Here we at lunch at a restaurant in Antigua. Isn't this the biggest nacho plate you've ever seen? It was sooo delicious!!

Here are two ladies that live with Hannah and Sam, Julia and Laura! We made the most delicious dessert!!

One day we went to visit Sam at work

us at the mall eating lunch (this is Joseph, Sam's younger brother), he did most things with us because he was on summer break from school! We had a blast! He showed us around and helped me brush up on my Spanish!

Here is a soccer field that Hannah and I ran on to keep in shape for my marathon training! It was so hard to run here, the bumpy grass and elevation definitely had me working hard! thanks Hannah!

Here we are eating lunch on their balcony! It was gorgeous weather...even though it's considered rainy season. It was beautiful all day and rained a bit in the afternoon!

Guatemala!

We got stuck in traffic one day because of this landslide...it completely covered one side of the road so they had to shut it down and reroute people! ...thank you rainy season!

Joseph turned 16 while I was there so we took him out to celebrate!

We drove to the ocean one of the days, and it was beautiful! They have black sand, and the waves were soo powerful! I've never seen anything like it!

Out for dinner at San Martin for Joseph's birthday!

Guatemala!

We went to Antigua a couple different days, these are pics from inside an old cathedral. It was stunning inside!