Friday Favorites!

1) Horseback Riding - Josh and I got to go horseback riding last Friday morning. It was So much fun and so relaxing. It definitely brought back some great memories from my childhood and our early dating days. Neither of us had been riding since a camping trip we took when I was in 9th grade. I love horses and this made me really miss having them. Aside from dogs, they're the best animals! 

2) Atlantic City - We spent last Friday night in Atlantic City. My favorite part about it was that I didn't even know we were going there until about 15 minutes before we got there. I knew we were taking a trip, but I didn't know any details. This was pretty spontaneous for us. Josh booked our room the weekend before and that was it. We didn't make any plans, we just played it by ear once we got there. We didn't even lose any money gambling! We came out $10 ahead! I hope to go back at some point :-)

3) ACC Tourney - I was pleased with our performance in the ACC tourney. We made it to the semi-finals, which is more than I would have expected after that dreadful game against Duke. We weren't able to watch the majority of the UVA game, but we did catch the tail end of it and we were getting updates on our way to Atlantic City (thanks Anna!). We stopped at Applebees on the way home on Saturday and we were able to watch the majority of the UNC game. I was definitely disappointed in the outcome. We lead the majority of the game and it just slipped away at the end. I guess it is a lot harder when you're up against an 8 man team, but man, we HAVE to improve on our free throw shooting! That could have been the game for us. It's OK though, Florida State had an amazing game against Carolina. It would have been nice for us to have made it to the final game, but I think FSU had that game in the bag no matter who they played. I think they'll make a decent run in NCAA Tourney too. 

4) NCAA Tourney - We're long overdue for an appearance in the Big Dance! I'm really pleased with what Mark Gottfried is doing with our basketball program and I'm impressed that he got us to the NCAA Tourney his first year. We had a good first game against San Diego State and I hope we can pull off another W! I didn't feel great today, but the game made me feel a little better :-). I'm being optimistic, I have us going to the Sweet 16.

5) Spring - I guess technically it's not Spring yet, but technically doesn't matter to me. The weather has been beautiful this week! We didn't really have a real Winter anyway, but I'm still super excited about Spring. It's my favorite season! We've taken all our plants outside so they can get a lot of sun and they're doing really well!

6) Running - I haven't been running consistently since before the wedding. I would run for a week or so then stop. Earlier in the week Bailey, Josh and I went running. Up until that point it had been well over a year since I had gone more than half a mile. I was determined to run a mile, and I did! It was slow, but that's alright. A mile's a mile. I did it twice this week. My goal is to run 3 times a week. Hopefully we'll be able to stick to it. We want to make sure Bailey's getting enough exercise, so hopefully that will keep us motivated.