way toooooo long!

It feels like it has been ages since my last post. Maybe even before my bday....well anyway, I'm back for now. The holidays went by so fast. David, Rick and I traveled back to IA for Thanksgiving. It was a fast, but great trip. We stayed at my mom's new place most of the time, ate, watched movies, ate some more, slept, ate some more, jogged, etc. I love going home and having my mom's food:) The best part of the trip though was being with Roman. Man, I miss that little guy. He is growing up so fast. Now I know why so many families live close to one another.

Here is my most favorite picture of Roman to date:

December was great. It was our frist Christmas as husband and wife and we decided to stay in Denver. Soon after that decision, we found out that David's brother, Dan, who has been in Iraq, would be home right before Christmas! It was such an amazing homecoming!!! We are so glad to have him back. David's mom decided to come to Denver for Christmas to be here when Dan got back. We all spent Christmas morning at our place. It was great....great memories!

A friend of ours, Scott, got a free condo room up in Vail for New Years Eve. Me and 7 guys:)

We had a great time though....many adventures...radom rides with people we didn't know, pants splitting (thankfully not mine!), skiing...

More tomorrow, got to get ready to leave:)

Roman...Oh how I miss thee!!!!

Here is my adorable nephew at Halloween! He and his cousin, Raefe, were tiggers. Roman is on the right and he is one month younger...but you couldn't tell from this picture! What a cutie!!!

First Snow!!

This morning I woke up to our first winter snow! David is so excited to go skiing. I think we are going to head up to Breckenridge tomorrow. This is probably one of the first winters that I am looking forward to. Bring on the snow...I'm ready!!!

Football Sunday

The whole Edwards/Allen gang always dresses in blue for the games.
Last Sunday, David and I had Jess, Jim and Cooper over to watch the Colts beat the Steelers.  I think I had way more fun watching and playing with Cooper then watching the game.  Glad the Colts won though...otherwise, it might had been a sad night.  

Pumpkin Carving!!

The other day my church got together to carve pumpkins! I have never carved a pumpkin before in my life...well at least that I remember. It was so much fun, but definitely hard work. In the process, I cut my finger with the knife...that always happens to me! However, I took the easy way out and cut out a pattern for my pumpkin. I wish I got pictures of everyone's lined up but I forgot my camera. I took a picture of mine when I got home. I love the fall!!

Denver Marathon!!

The marathon is over and it went well!

I woke up at 4am to eat breakfast. I thought I would fall back a sleep for a bit but I couldn't. David woke up at 5:30am and we loaded up his bike and went to pick up Stacie. Downtown was crazy. We spent 10 minutes trying to find the port-a-potties in the dark only to find out that the line was wrapped around Civic Center Park!! The race started at 7am and I got to the port-a-pottie at 6:58am. And to my luck, my port-a-pottie had no toilet paper. Thank goodness all I had to do was pee! Once we got out, we sprinted to drop off our extra clothes with David. The gun had all ready gone off but the line of all the runners was long so we were fine.

Here is Stacie and I right before we jumped in line to start the race. Like my shirt!?! A co-worker of mine spotted it and I knew it was for me!

The coarse was awesome. We ran though downtown, city park and then to cheeseman.

This picture is of us running out of Cheeseman. David was riding his bike around taking pictures. Shortly after this picture, Rick and Scott showed up on their bikes. It was so helpful having them around! Stacie left me shortly after this picture to finish her half marathon. The only reason Stacie did the half marathon was to help me with the marathon...and man, it really helped! Right after that, I saw Jacque, one of my co-workers, who was out to support me. Then, as I was running down 7th, I saw this make shift band and they started yelling my name. At first I thought it was for a different Theresa so I didn't look at them, but then at the last minute, I saw my boss! That was awesome! Scott, Rick and David caught up with me at Washington Park. The streets were blocked off so they were able to ride right next to me. Washington Park was hard!!! My body started to completely breakdown. I remember Rick telling me that he heard that the first 21 miles or so feel like a marathon and then the last few miles feel like a marathon all on their own. And they did!

This picture is when I only had a 1/2 mile left. David took the picture and everyone else was over there with him. Rick stayed with me on his bike. I think he could tell that I desparately needed it!

My goal was to get under 4 hours and 20 minutes and my time was 4 hours and 13 minutes. The race and the 4 months of training was a great experience, but I don't know if a marathon is in my future or not. Thanks to everyone for their support...it was really awesome!

Marathon Training-almost done!!!

This past weekend I completed my longest run of my marathon training...23 miles. It was tough, but my friends joined me the 13 miles at Washington Park. I forgot just how helpful it is to have someone run next to you. There are only 2 1/2 weeks until the marathon!!