Updates For TinkerBell Half Marathon 2015

I'm a little late to the party, but I just found out that runDisney's TinkerBell Half Marathon Weekend will have different dates in the year of 2015. Instead of being in its usual January time frame, women will be earning their wings Mother's Day weekend, May 7-10th. Check out the announcement video below:

http://youtu.be/NbdzfD0yJ8s

Rumor has it that they are moving TinkerBell to make room for another runDisney race on the west coast. That would be sooo great! WDW has so many different races whereas Disneyland only has two. It would be nice to have a fresh, new (maybe even themed) race for us west coasters! 

I'm hoping that someday I can run Tinkerbell and earn my wings! A women's-focused race sounds lots of fun :) 

QOTD: Does the date change of Tinkerbell affect you and why? 

Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend: Disneyland Day 1

I am going a little bit our of order from my last post about spectating the 5k on Saturday. Our first actual day in Disneyland was Friday. Since we went to the expo and couldn't check into our hotel till three, we didn't end up getting to the parks until about five. That meant getting amazing sunset pictures of the castle!

As we were finding a place to have dinner, we went through the Fantasy Faire. This is a new addition to Fantasyland and I had never been to it before. I loved Rapunzel's little tower and the Flynn Rider wanted signs!

After we ate, it was time to go on some rides! We let Alexandra and my mom choose the first ride since they would have to head back early for the 5k. They decided to go on....Splash Mountain! The line was pretty long, but it was so hot and extremely humid that the line was worth it. It almost felt like we were in Disney World with all of the humidity throughout the weekend. It was pretty bad.

My pose was supposed to be a spellout of the number 13 since that's how many miles I was going to run. I totally failed. I even tried it on California Screamin' and Space Mountain and it failed on those rides as well. But you get what I was going for right...?

Next, we went back to Main Street and got some dessert. We found these amazing cake pops that were HUGE! They put Starbucks cake pops to shame. My mom and Brad got chocolate cake covered in chocolate. I didn't think I could take that much chocolate so I got white cake covered in chocolate with white chocolate drizzle. So yum!

Definitely getting this on my next trip.So good.

Mom and Lex headed back after dessert while me and Brad hit up a couple more rides including Space Mountain, Pirates, Matterhorn, and TeaCups.

Yup. There it is again. The failed 13.

We were exhausted ourselves and headed back a little bit before the park closed. We did a lot for only being in the park for a few hours. It was such a fun evening :)

QOTD: Have you ever been to Disneyland for just the night?

Half Marathon Finisher

So guys, it's official. I finished a half marathon! It was so much fun and amazing and everything I hoped it would be. Well, except the part about being super duper sore during/afterwards. I will share a race recap later on but I thought I would share some race photos with you. Enjoy these awful looking pictures of me :)
 
My favorite is the lower left one. It was right after I ran through the castle. I tried to manage a smile as I ran by the photographer :)

QOTD: Did anyone run in the Disneyland Half Marathon?

**I do not own the rights to any of these photos. I did not purchase these. These photos came through Marathon Foto**

Memorial Day Weekend: Part 3

We concluded our memorial day weekend on Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, we all went to the last Cardinals/Dodgers game. Cardinals won 5-3!!! Yay! This game we actually ordered seats in the main field instead of the outfield pavilion. It was a lot nicer: food, stores, seats, shade, and view. The main thing that was especially nice was the shade! It made for a very nice last game.

Seats right on the foul line.

Cardinals celebrating after the game.

I'm so glad that we had such a relaxing weekend away. It was much needed :)

When we got back home, we went straight to the Shelbys house to play with their new golden retriever puppy, Scarlet. She is just the cutest thing! The Shelbys had a barbecue on Monday so we went over there and got some more time with baby Scarlet.

So adorable! Have a great Monday everyone :)

QOTD: Have you ever had/played with a puppy golden retriever?

Memorial Day Weekend: Part 2

Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is enjoying this day of rest. Yesterday I talked about the first Cardinals game we went to. Well the next day, we went to the second game of the series. It was in the outfield again and it was a day game. Which means it was HOT! I reapplied sunscreen so many times I can't even count.

The game was at four but all of us kids wanted to go to batting practice so we left at around one to head to Dodger Stadium.

Game 2 was also a bobble head night. The first 50,000 fans would get a Jamie Jarrin bobble head as they walked through the gates. Jamie Jarrin was the Dodgers' Spanish broadcaster. Since I am not a Dodgers fan, I didn't really care for it. But as I entered the park, they did not hand me a bobble head. So I headed back a few steps to get one. As I was doing this, a couple Dodger fans came up to my three other siblings and asked them if they wanted a Carlos Beltran bobble head. They had been to a St. Louis game the week before and gotten three Carlos Beltran bobble heads and we were willing to trade with us. In a split second, the trade was over and I had just come back! I was pretty darn mad! I could've gotten a Carlos Beltran bobble head if the workers would've giving me the regular bobble head in the first place! But anyways, after a while of being mad, I decided I could just sell the Jamie Jarrin bobble head and get a good amount of money.

The actual baseball game didn't go too well. Cardinals lost 5-3. We still hit well but we just didn't have control over Adrian Gonzalez. That guy was literally on fire during the whole series! It was crazy. We all had lots of fun despite the loss.

QOTD: What is your favorite sports team?

Memorial Day Weekend: Part 1

This past weekend, me and my family spent memorial day in Los Angeles. We went to the three game series of the Dodgers versus, our favorites, the Cardinals! We of course went with our very good friends the Shelbys. We've been going to the Dodger/Cardinal series with them for a very, very long time.

The first game was a night game. It was perfect weather the whole weekend, but especially perfect this night. We all got In-N-Out before the game and then enjoyed snacks during the game. David Freese and Allen Craig both hit home runs that night! It was such a fun game to see. The Cardinals won in a shutout game, 7-0. Here are a few pics from the night...

After the game, the Dodgers kindly opened their field for everyone to come and enjoy the Friday Night Fireworks! The fireworks were even a special edition show just made for memorial day. It was such a good and enjoyable show.

It was definitely a fun time had for all. I loved every minute of it!

QOTD: Have you ever been to a Major League Baseball game?