Baking!

Photo: Me with my first ever attempt at cinnamon rolls! (also, note my apron... it is awesome. and I made it!)

So, if any of you know me, you know that I don't really cook (because I didn't know how, until Tara started teaching me!).

I bake. A lot.

Especially here recently.

My latest obsession? Cinnamon Rolls. And Chocolate Lava Cakes.

But most recently cinnamon rolls.

I love them. I used to think of dough as a scary monster, you have to use flour! and a rolling pin! and your hands! oh my!

That literally terrified me. (I don't know why I think these things! I know they are silly and irrational!)

I have a whole new outlook now though...

I love dough, it is like my new favorite thing! I love kneading it and flouring it and rolling it out with a (recently acquired) rolling pin! Hooray!

Who knew baking could be so fun?!

Plus, you get to wear a cute apron... which makes baking even more awesome!

Dreaming of butter and dough and cinnamon-y deliciousness! :)

5K Training

Well... 2 weeks and 6 days away from the Miles for Missions 5K! Training is progressing! We went training on the elliptical yesterday, for a change of pace... It was nice :) I think Kinsey and I are becoming addicted!

I have also been cooking... 4 days in a row! I also attempted making brownies from scratch for the first time, except my first attempt turned out too dry, so I found a new recipe and started again. They turned out delicious! :) I have also been making pigs in a blanket... and eating them like crazy! :) Needless to say, my roommates like me :) (as well as anyone else who comes over to our house!)

5K Training

Yesterday I started training for the Miles for Missions 5K.

(I was supposed to start Monday, but I was sick)

I have found this little park that's super close to our house, and not very busy...

So yesterday I ventured out to start my training program (C25K)

I wish so much that I could lie and say it was easy... but it wasn't.

I only did a mile. And that was rough. Really rough.

I got back to my car, out of breath, my legs were numb, and my asthma started acting up.

I wasn't sure that I would be able to do this.

But...

This morning, I woke up (at 5:55 AM!, before my alarm, it was a miracle), got dressed, and strapped on my tennis shoes.

Kinsey and I went to interval train at the park. We went a mile.

And you know what?

It was easier. I wasn't so out of breath, my legs weren't numb, and I didn't almost black out!

I proved something to myself. I CAN do it. I WILL do it. I WILL NOT give up!

Dream the impossible!

Alyssa

5K

I am going to run a 5K.

I have decided I am going to train, and I am going to run (ok, probably walk alot) a 5K at the end of this month.

I haven't ran in about a year and a half.

I have actually been meaning to get back into running for a while now, and this is the perfect time!

It's for Miles for Missions.

It's a great cause.

I am recruiting my best friend, my mom, my sister and my niece.

This should be very interesting!

Baseball!!!

So, it is nearing my favorite time of year...

BASEBALL SEASON!

I love everything about baseball! I'm so excited to travel to Surprise, Arizona next week (in 3 days to be exact) for Spring Training!

Plus, we are also going to Disneyland!

Next week is going to rock.

Minus the 14+ hrs. in the car and stinking Daylight Savings Time.

But other than that, it's definitely going to rock!

May all your dreams come true! :)

Alyssa

New Zealand

New Zealand has been heavy on my heart the past few days. They have a piece of my heart that I can't explain, except God has placed a desire to visit and to be with the people of NZ. Which is why when I saw on the news last night that there was an earthquake there, my heart ached. And it still does, as people are picking up the pieces today, and the days to come.

The earthquake in Christchurch last night killed at least 65 people.

The damage is devastating. My heart goes out to all those who have been affected.

Please join me in lifting up Christchurch, NZ in prayer.