The Shields' Shenanigans

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Update of the Shields' household.....

It has been awhile so I thought I would update on all the Shields.

Ethan is 1/2 way through 6th grade with a 4.0 and doing very well. He continues to run for the Saddleback Running club and has also started playing volleyball through the rec department. he is currently taking a break from soccer.

Rylyn has started preschool and loves it. She goes two days a week and looks forward to it. She continues with gymnastics on monday mornings with her Oma.

Jeff is still coaching double A hockey 18 and under and they are wrapping up their season with a few weeks left. he is also still plugging away at the commercial mortgage business.

I myself am enjoying my second year teaching high school and have also taken on two coaching positions. I coached girls volleyball in the fall and I will be coaching track in the spring. I just finished my 7th 1/2 marathon and I am looking forward to training for the MV triathlon with my team. I also finally started scrapbooking again. Guess I needed a little creative therapy.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Family Pics 2010

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Vegas dreams busted!

So I signed up to run the Vegas Rock n Roll 1/2 last June. It would have been my 6th for the year and I would have full filled my bucket list by running 6 this past year.

Last thursday, I badly sprained my ankle in a volleyball match. Since I only have 4 weeks till race day, I am not sure that running Vegas will be possible now! The doctor put me in a boot and assigned physical Therapy. I hope to swim next week and by the following week, start spin again. Maybe with some luck and a slight miracle I will be able to run in time!

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Long Beach 1/2

Finished the Long Beach 1/2 today. The weather couldn't have been better! That makes 70.3 race miles this year. One more to go!

Monday, July 19, 2010

Irvine Mud Run

The kids and I participated in the Irvine Lake Mud Run on Sunday. Ethan ran with me, we finished in 33 minutes. Ethan took 8th in his age category and I took 9th in mine. Rylyn ran the kids mud sprint with Daddy. Ethan and I had a blast. Rylyn on the other hand screamed the whole time. Apparently she doesn't take after her mommy, she doesn't like mud!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Recent Adventures

So far in June we took a family trip to Palm Desert and Jeff and I ran the Mud Run at Camp Pendelton.

Monday, May 10, 2010

First Triathlon Mission Bay May 2nd 2010

I had so much fun at my first triathlon. I trained with the Train Like You Mean It group from the ymca and we all participated in the Mission Bay Sprint Triathlon. It was so much fun, I can't wait to do another!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Rylyn's Valentine Get-Up!

Monday, February 1, 2010

Most Recent Scrap Work

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Family Pictures

One More catch up for today. Our family pictures were once again taken by my good friend Christa http://www.christastrickphotography.com/. Here are a few of the pics and our Christmas card that was made by another scrapp'en buddy!

Thanksgiving Photos

Yeah I am behind! I hope to be a little more consistent with blogging in 2010! With that being said here are some pictures from Thanksgiving. Too cute not to share!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Wow it has been awhile.......

It has been awhile since I've blogged! Life has just been speeding by. Family is happy and healthy and I am always thankful for that! Here are some pictures from some recent events.

Halloween Night Ry is the not so cowardly lion and I am a 50's girl. We celebrate and trick or treated at the Parker's house. Linda was a brave woman hosting 70 people!

This is also Halloween night. Shelby and Bella were a theme with Nikki and Shane but Rylyn by chance fit in with the theme also. She was supposed to be a Lion Cub and I had a Circus Tamer costume. The costume was cute and uncomfortable. So that night I dressed 50's and Ry put on the badge of courage and joined the Wizard of Oz theme. The Tamer costume is below.

Jeff dressed as the verizon guy.

On veteran's day Ethan and some friends went to Boomer's. We all played miniature golf and enjoyed the rides. Ry loved the train.

But what she really liked was this ride that had a bunch of mini free falls. My girl has no fear!

She was all smiles and wanted to go again and again!

The carousel is always a good choice!

Later that afternoon, Nikki and I took Rylyn and Shelby to Pretend City in Irvine. We went from 4 to 5pm so it was half price. Rylyn loved it so much I bought a membership.

This is my favorite picture, Shelby has some great fashion going on! Bright purple shoes and a sombrero! You go girl!

So if you have little ones, Pretend City is great! They have a pretend store, stage, fire station, house, police station, garden, hospital, restaurant, post office, and more! There is also an area like jumpin jammin where you can sit off to the side and bring lunch. The only down side is it is $10 per person child or adult. That is why I joined, if i go 5 times I have paid it off.