Some professional photos to tide you over

Getting ready

Bouquets

Here we come

First looks

BOOM!

I just love that little face!

Just taking a little walk

Loved the cake

DIY travel theme wedding success

Always serious

If you're going to take a Bridesmaid photo, you might as well take it right!

First dancing

This sums up Ryan and Nick. 

Love it!

Cake!

Cousins

Cousins and Grampa

My other love

Group hug

We like to air guitar at weddings

There are a ton more photos I'll be sharing, if you're looking, but for now, these are here to enjoy.  I might even share some of my DIY tips once work gets out for the summer!

Wedding photos!

Don't mind me, I'm just using this a space for all my Facebook wedding photos.  Nothing new here yet, just pictures I got from other people on Facebook.  When the professional ones arrive, I'll put them here too.

This is one of my favorites.  Ryan is laughing too, he just wasn't so obvious about it.

Jammin' on the dance floor with Dave

First dance...Ryan is very tall.

Mortyyy!!!!

Girls photo, after we all got it together

My favorite groomsmen photo (so far)

Surprise

I like this photo, but I hate the filter.  The dresses are blue, not lilac!

Love this one

Our guest globe

Jewelry

Rings

Bouquets

Shoes

And a bachelorette photo, because why not

In the endddddddddddddddd, it doesn't even matter

There's a throwback for you.  If you know the song, I'm sorry if it's now stuck in your head.  So, as I mentioned, Adidas was giving away a free entry into Boston.  I don't know how they decided who got it, or how they even contacted that person.  Today though, a retweet showed up from some girl in West Virginia, about how she's excited to run Boston thanks to Adidas.  I guess that's it then.  I mean, it's March 4, just over a month before the marathon.  The BAA is being super strict about bandit runners and non-registered people running, which is understandable, given the events of last year.  As much as I hate to say this, I might have to just let it go.  There's no charity team to get in on, no way for a bib this late in the game, as far as I know.  I've tried every outlet, knowing I wouldn't have the time required to BQ.  It just didn't happen.  You know, I'm sure there are 100s of people out there who would like to run Boston this year.  Maybe they have good reasons, maybe not.  Though I imagine that most serious runners have already found a way in.  Like I said last time, there are a hundred reasons I want to run Boston this year.  Unfortunately, I think I have to just face the truth and move on.  With disappointment in my heart and lead in my feet....

March...EEEK!

Thankfully February is OVER.  See ya later Feb.  What a month.  Seriously, filled with snowstorms, wind chills, and a lot of not running.  I'm glad to be out of it.  Now, onward to March.  Hopefully the weather warms up...a lot.  I'm particularly tired of trying to run outside and having to dodge snowbanks, ice patches, and winter in general.  Seeing grass and sidewalk again is an exciting prospect.
Along with the *hopefully* melting snow, we're also basically at the two month countdown to the big wedding day.  Tomorrow is officially two months, but who knows if I'll have time to update this then, so we'll just call it today.  The other elephant in the room right now is the Boston Marathon.  It's coming up next month and I STILL don't have an entry.  Believe me, I've been trying.  I attempted every charity who had spots open with no avail.  Adidas running has a free entry their giving away, all you have to do is tweet why you want to run.  You better believe I did that.  My problem there is that I can't possibly fit into 140 characters all the reasons I NEED to run Boston this year.  There's just too many.  In no particular order, here are a few.  1) Because of last year.  2) It's Boston, it's the dream. 3) BOTH of my running partners are running it and it's likely the only chance I'll ever have to run it with them.  4.) It would be the 3rd marathon in 6 months.  How amazing would it be to have that accomplishment in my life.  In short, there are 100s of reasons why I want to run Boston, if only I could have the chance!  Plus, anyone who reads this knows my love of Adidas running gear goes deep, it seems only fitting that I would be able to run under the Adidas spot.  Seriously, it's a match made in heaven.  If only Adidas knew that.
On another note, we went for a 10 mile run today, because yes, I'm still training for it, even if I'm not in it yet.  I'm trying to upload my Garmin info and it's taking forever.  What the heck is up Garmin?  I've had to download extensions, re-work all sorts of info, and I still can't get my watch to upload.  I miss the old site, where you plugged in your watch and it uploaded.  None of this Garmin Express nonsense.  In an effort to make this all easier, I connected it to my Google + account.   Turns out, it didn't make it any easier at all.  Seriously, these updates are taking forever.  I just wanted to see my splits!  Sure, they're going to be slower than usual, but that's because we run pregnancy pace now, to stay with Cynthia.  But I still want to see them.  Sheesh Garmin. Get it together.

Hyannis

After two months of fairly solid not running, today I ran the Hyannis Half.  We were signed up for the full, but not one of us felt like going that far, so we stuck to the half.  I was very impressed with myself overall, considering I haven't done any race training in a while.  I've been boxing/kickboxing, but no actual training.   Obviously the core and endurance work from boxing pays off though.  I was able to finish the half in 2:10. Only 5 minutes behind my actual training time.  Of course I've had some much better PRs, but 2:10 for a half marathon with little to no running beforehand is pretty damn good.  Right at the finish, Murdock told me to go ahead, and then he decided to sprint his way up anyways.  I was determined to beat him, even by half a second.  These are our results.
2035 376/555 F1829 2:11:47 2:10:14 9:56 Allison Runyan       29 F   371 Lynn MA                                                                

2036 218/256  M3039 2:11:47 2:10:14  9:56 Murdock Smith      32 M   394 Manchester MA

As you can see, I did not manage to beat him.  We tied.  It was a nice course though, very typical Cape Cod.  We met some random people on the course that ran Philly and MCM, so we had some conversation to carry us through the last few miles, which was key.  I really did enjoy the half, even though now everything hurts.  The lesson I learned from this is, even if you CAN run a half without much training, the muscle aches afterwards probably aren't worth it.  Maybe keep up the training this time around.  The medals for the race were really nice and the food afterwards was great.  They offered soup from the 99 and hot chocolate, coffee, and donuts from Dunkin.  Seriously the best race food I've had so far.  On the downside, the t-shirts are cotton, not tech, so that's no fun.  At least it's a good bed shirt, if it's not going to be used for running/working out.  

Aside from the running, we had a nice overnight at the Cape.  We ate dinner at the Yarmouth House and then went to bed.  So maybe not a crazy nice weekend, but we enjoyed dinner.  Ryan and I also had our cake tasting yesterday and decided on our cake, so that was exciting.  Today we were going to pick up the suits that we didn't pick up on Friday.  Turns out, the lady I gave all the info to at Jos. A. Bank two weeks ago, got basically everything wrong.  Out of the four suits we needed, only one was correct.  And it was the only one that was in store.  Everything else had to be ordered.  So out of the three suits that were ordered, all were ordered wrong.  I felt bad for the guy working today, because he had to redo the entire order, but I was also super annoyed.  I couldn't believe someone could screw up so poorly.  How do you get THREE suits wrong, even after we went over the measurements twice?  On top of that, two of the suits were a different style.  I'm glad the man working there today was able to fix it, but it was super annoying.  

Besides the suits though, the wedding stuff is coming along fine.  Which is good, considering we're only about 2 months out at this point.    Anyways, here's a post race picture to enjoy.

Oooohhhh...

I just looked and saw the last time I wrote anything was actually one month ago.  Sorry friends.  I know you've probably been checking everyday just in case something new pops up and I apologize for making you wait this long.  Unfortunately for you, I have nothing exciting to tell you.  So I guess I'll just fill you in on some random pieces of what I've been doing.
Currently: I am watching the Beatles Grammy show and thinking about Ringo has surpassed Paul in the looks department.  Also, how weird is it to be singing your own songs, with half of your band missing.  Plus, what REALLY happened with John and the rest of the band?  Finally, if you say the Beatles are overrated, you're lying.  You can't overrate great music.  It would be like saying Pink Flloyd is overrated. Just because they were/are popular, doesn't make them overrated.

Recently: We went to Texas for Brittany's law school graduation.  Way to go Brittany!  I went for a short-ish run a week or two ago outside, but forgot my garmin, so that was sad.  More recently than that run, I went for 3 miles on the treadmill at the hotel last weekend and it was AWFUL.  I just can not run like that.  Even with a tv on the treadmill, I was so bored.  Running without scenery and not going anywhere is just no fun for me.  Some people love the treadmill, but I am not one of them.  While we were in Texas, a friend of mine had her first baby.  That was an exciting text to get.  I have yet to meet him, but he's adorable in all the pictures I've seen so far.  I've been keeping up the boxing and trying to get in at least three times a week.  My only problem with the boxing is that I feel like it has somehow gotten HARDER than it used to be.  That makes zero sense, but there you are.   However, the other day, a new member stopped me after class and told me that I was so good at it that she was watching me to get motivated.  That was a pump up moment for me.

Wedding: I feel like I've been blowing through this wedding planning lately.  I've sent out all the invites, I have the table numbers done, I purchased favors, and just bought suits yesterday.  A few weeks ago I picked out flowers, we've had our tasting, and our cake appointment is scheduled for next weekend.  I'm sure there's still a ton left to do, but it feels like almost everything is covered.  Mostly it's just alterations, gifts, and figuring out what to do with out of towners before/after the big day.

School: Lots of tests.  Lots of snow days.  Next week is vacation, which is weird, but whatever.  

Alright, you're all caught up now.  Here are some pictures of nothing.

Valentine's Day gift for Ryan.  Us in snowman form.  So romantic.

I asked for a sangria, I got this Sangrita monstrosity.

Only in Texas.

Groundhog day Punchbowl Party

Student notes

Sunset in motion

Waffle sandwiches and an elephant mug