A Very Standen Christmas

This past weekend we celebrated an early Christmas with the Standen side of the family. We had a blast spending time with family, opening great gifts, eating and even doing a little singing!

Merry Christmas!

10K All The Way

Last weekend Michaela and I completed a 10k in the North Face Endurance Challenge. It had been a while since I had laced up those running shoes so it felt like a real accomplishment crossing that finish line. It was just the right amount of commitment and in the end we really felt good about ourselves!


I took my camera on the run with me so that I could snap some shots during the run. The race information said that the views were 5 star so I wanted to capture and remember this experience. I felt a little silly taking pictures while running but who cares, I'm glad I have the pictures from it!

All smiles before the race!

We stationed ourselves right in the middle of the pack and it worked well for us!

Getting into our stride.

Michaela crossing the finish line!

Smiles of accomplishment!

A Taste of Christmas

A few weeks back the Shulls and Standens went to a Christmas Tree lighting. In the end everything turned out wonderfully and we have a lot of fun memories to add to our book.

Watching a very tall fairy!

Giving kisses under the mistletoe!

(Notice Liam gives nice tight lipped kisses and Nora gives full on open mouth kisses!)

Let the Christmas season begin!

Gobble Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving to you All!

We were blessed to spend the holiday with Paul's family in Carmel this year. We had a wonderful time doing a lot of the normal holiday traditions: eating, sleeping, talking, shopping and eating some more!

Here are few pictures of our relaxing and much appreciated holiday.

I'm ready for some turkey!

After dinner we took a walk down to the beach.

The motley crew!

Windy & silly!

Nora loved her first taste of pumpkin pie!

Helping Noni with the Thanksgiving dishes.