san jose giants 5k

first time running as a 40-year old and my official time was 23:22.  as soon as i crossed the finish line, aaron was there waiting for me with a smile and said great job!  and then he said the course was a little short.  no wonder my second mile was 7:10!  i was thinking, wow - i sure improved a lot!  hehe.  regardless, aaron came in 10th overall and i came in 8th overall and second in my age group (40-44).  lana and gillie did great too!  they both PR'd and we are looking forward to our next one - see jane run.  

class of 2013

lianne graduated from preschool on may 30 - who knew that it was a big production like a high school or college graduation?  very cute.  

got her diploma!

love this pic of lianne

4th annual cherry picking

we went to a different farm this year - nunn better farm in brentwood.  we didn't need to climb the trees to pick the cherries as the branches were low enough for us to reach - yes, even me!  between aaron and i, we picked about 14lbs of cherries, mom picked 7, tin and huong also picked about 14lbs.  thank goodness we got there early because when we left around 11:30, there were tons of people and traffic.  

nice pose tin!  :)

tin's bucket after an hour of cherry picking - haha.

graffiti on a cherry

  

girls night out

pedis and all-you-can-eat sushi!  two of my favorite things to do with my friends.  and lots of laughter.  

hanging out in carmel

i wanted to spend my birthday in carmel.  emma and dexter loved being off leash on the beach.  we walked around downtown and had brunch on the patio at village corner.  everyone is conked out - including aaron.

cute nursery

aren't those adorable???  but not at $140 each!  

adam for my birthday

look who i found sitting on my chair when i got in to work - adam!!!  haha.  i loved it!  thank you for all the birthday wishes.

basket of some of my favorite snacks

love the pinwheels!  lisa is going to teach me how to make them.  

love all the mickey parts too!!!  so adorable.  

of monsters and men concert

last week we went to see of monsters and men at the fox theater in oakland.  we decided to take bart there as the theater was a block away from where we got off.  thank god we took bart as it would have taken us forever because the warriors was also playing that night.  it was our first time at fox theater and it was very nice.  of monsters and men were great!  

very ornate ceiling

diva 5k

day after we did the ranch romp, the next day we did the diva 5k in burlingame.  at the finish, we got a boa, tiara, champagne or ginger ale, food, and cute shirtless firemen giving us our medals.  i would definitely do this race again as it's a very flat course and lots of fun.  might do the half marathon next time.

lisa, sharon, lana, me, thanhha, gillie, gina

ranch romp

several weeks ago a bunch of us at work did the 5k ranch romp in hollister.  it was fun event.  i'm glad we had the 10:30 wave because it got really warm later on.

me, virgie, lana, gillie, glenn, paul, and baby juliette (lana's daughter)

we were going to be "ass kicked", but two people bailed out, so we became "kick ass"

next time i am wearing biker shorts underneath my shorts, i got scratches on my butt because of this obstacle!

all the mud was on my back

last obstacle course before the big mud pit

yes, i walked across, hehe.  my right foot kept getting stuck in the mud and i almost fell in, but caught myself :)

finished!

happy mother's day

mom loves chinese food, so we took her to this chinese restaurant by joy luck palace in cupertino.  had pearl drinks for dessert - yummie!

we love you mom!