The Color Run....my weekend

I spent this past weekend in Las Vegas and participated in The Color Run!

As part of living my year with "Adventure" - the big and the small - I jumped at the chance to get in on all the fun this 5k run had to offer as quickly as possibly! 

I happened across a post my cousin made about it on Facebook, checked it out, watched the You tube video and was hooked! It was the perfect last minute getaway for me and a friend as our reward for the 2 months of work we have put into a local school project.

The Color Run is a 5k fun run for all ages where every kilometer they blast you with a different colored chalky powder. All runners are required to start the race in a white tshirt. Here is us before....

AND US AFTER!!!

It is a complete BLAST!!! I highly recommend it!!! We ran with about 6 -7,000 other people. At the end they have a color festival where everyone gets to throw a pouch of color!

If The Color Run is coming to a city near you or not near you (heck I traveled 7 hours to go to this one!)DO IT!!! You will have a great time! (fyi - they sell out of spots in each city it goes to so register early if you can!)

Here's a short slide show of several photos from that event! 
(plus I have shared some photos on my Facebook page too!)

After the run we headed out on the town for more fun! Wild that I could go from painted up and "dirty" to painted up and "pretty"  - LOL - in a short amount of time on the same day! 

Have you participated in The Color Run ?

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My Word for the year...

A little over a week ago I took on the challenge from Lara of Less Cake More Frosting of picking a word for the year and got to share it with her readers.

If you didn't catch it on her blog, I wanted to share it with you today!

After milling over what my WORD would be, it struck me one day and then just wouldn't go away!

My word for 2012 is ADVENTURE

There are always the BIG moments to look forward to in life but what about the everyday or the small, quiet moments? I think the mundane everyday can be turned into or viewed as an adventure! 

I love this quote:

"In all living have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." - Gordon B. Hinckley

So for 2012 I am living an adventurous life! I am going to see more in my everyday. I am going to plan and carry out more of those items on the "someday" list. I am going to go for it!

 I took a small journal and created my 2012 Adventure Bucket list! It's been filled with favorite adventure quotes and pictures that I have collected on Pinterest. Plus some favorite song lyrics that motivate me to continue to pursue the adventure items on my bucket list.

It's small enough to fit into my purse as a constant reminder and it still has room to journal about the adventures that come my way this year that aren't even on my list.

As they say in the movie UP -

Do you have a word that you are going to center your year around? Please share it with me! And if you haven't picked one yet - it's not to late!

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One word with Less Cake More Frosting

Lara from Less Cake More Frosting is running a great series this month called One Word.

Several bloggers from all over are picking 1 word to build their year around and sharing it! I was asked to share mine and you can find out what that is if you hop over to her site today! 

Here's me and Lara being silly at a bloggers meet up! Love that girl. She's one of those people that is really fun to be around and keeps you laughing! and LOVE her sense of style too! 

 so head on over - tell her I sent ya - check out my word and see what other words have been chosen too!

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