love

I can't even tell you how lucky in love I am... I have married the most wonderful man ever! Sean, I love you with all my heart & soul! Just waking up next to you is the greatest gift... Thank you! These images bring a smile to my face. They're beautiful, clean & real... What love is all about!

Happy Valentine's Day!

date night mixed in with a birthday dinner

I will admit I can never get a good picture with the kids that I love or a perfect picture with the hubby... I'm usually the one who's always taking the pictures or my kids are getting extremely silly in all the shots {no smiles}... Hence I have no real good family photos!

As you can see Ryan has a flash light & thinks it's hysterical to flash papa in the eyes with it. I'm trying to control him from blinding my dad... But this is the most decent one of all of us. It has character! That's going to be my new saying... "The Scully's photos have Character"!

It was Sean's birthday on Sunday so we went out for a nice dinner down south to Urban Solace. We wanted a change of scenery as well. I've heard so much about that restaurant... Plus, it's coming to Encinitas!!! A perfect surprise for Mr. Scully.
Taylor was invited along for this adventure because she can actually sit, hold a conversation & be quiet when need be. Plus, she's amazing at saying please & thank you! Taylor's now getting to that age {all you mom's know what I mean}

Oh what a night... So picture perfect!

happy birthday

happy happy birthday sean... hope all your birthday wishes come true today!

run daddy run

The Scully family had another exciting weekend here in San Diego... My husband, Sean, ran the Rock 'n' Roll 1/2 Marathon. Yaaaa I can't tell you how excited I was for him. My husband is a very determined & extremely driven man {really, no joke}... So when he signed up for this race it was game time! I asked if he was going to run with all the pro's... ? ha ha ha He had a few little obstacles in the way while training, kids sick, massive work load, foot injury & one more little thing that he would shoot me if I disclosed that info to you all {some of you know}.... But he didn't back down he followed through & ran that race... & kicked butt!

I know that this post isn't about me at all, but in 2003 I ran the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. WOW... that was the most amazing experience I have ever had beside giving birth... So when Sean was running I was overwhelmed with emotion. I would cry almost every 2 minutes {shhh behind my sunglasses} & then let out a huge scream of joy! Sean you rock!

On Saturday we had to go down to downtown San Diego to the Convention Center to pick up Sean's bib...etc.

It was a gorgeous Saturday... Everything was just perfect! Sun shining, bird chirping, trains tooting... & people smiling everywhere!

People were coming into the Convention Center by the truck load. I was a little nervous because I had Mr. Ryan with us. I watched him like a hawk... Sean watched Taylor.

Cheerleaders were cheering, Elvis was rocking... Cute tush! I wonder if he works out... {wink}

Daddy checked in with Mr. Ryan... Ryan was fascinated with everything.

Sean still checking in...

I had a moment again... A couple of tears dropped here. How crazy is that. I think it was the music, tight pants & all the spirit in the room! Hope no one saw my emotions coming out...

Few questions were asked... Yes I'm Sean... Yes, my wife is Alexandra who owns the rustic rooster. Haa haa I'm just kidding.

Ryan found the Rock 'n' Roll guitar floor decal. We had to stay here for a little while. Boring! That guitar was so cool to him!

Then Ryan was off...

He's gone...

Stop Ryan... Hello wait for us!

I loved this big truck...

Happy Feet... Happy Run!

The man the myth the legend... SEAN SCULLY!

Now it's race day... Sunday, June 6th.

I dropped Ryan off at my parents house Sunday morning... Then Taylor & I drove down to Seaworld to meet Sean at the finish line. I was so scared & nervous that I was going to miss him. OK ... I have to tell everyone this little info. So you can understand why I was scared & nervous I was going to miss Sean... When I ran my Marathon, Sean rode his bike next to me the entire race. Told me when to drink & eat. He helped me stretch & talked me through my tough moments... Then my close & very dear friend Laura Fairchild ran next to me for about a mile... Sean handed her his bike & ran/walked the rest of the way with me till I finished. Oh he even made a t-shirt that said, GO ALEX! Hello that's love & dedication... So If I missed his 1/2 Marathon. I would have just died!!!!

Taylor & I made it! I think I dragged her about a mile through the runners & sidelines... Looking for him. I was literally in a panic that he had finished. I kept saying to Taylor... Do you see him? Oh Where's daddy...?

They had a fence that separated them {runners} from us... So I started panicking more! Where is he?

Then we saw him... He did it!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw my husband, lover, best friend cross the finish line!!!!

{sorry the picture of him crossing the finish line didn't turn out well... a little blurry & angled}

He was so tired & his foot hurt him a little but he did it!

We followed him to go & get his bag of clothes. He was a little slow. That didn't matter to me because he kicked ass!

Thank Goodness in all the chaos I brought cash... because I saw a rickshaw on the side. I flagged this guy down & we jumped in. I didn't want Sean & Taylor to walk another mile back to the car. It was perfect for all... Taylor loved it, Sean was at peace, our driver got money & I felt very happy!

As we were being driven back to the car {as close to it as we could get}... We watched the marathoners run by. What a beautiful place to run a marathon. I love San Diego!

Taylor & daddy...

Look how many people were running... AWESOME! I believe over 30, 000 people entered!

I so wanted to get in & run with everyone...

Taylor had so many questions for daddy...

{don't you just love her outfit... she dressed herself!}

More questions... It was pretty cute to hear him answer her.

Now Sean's safe at home... & feeling great! He said he can't wait to do another one.

So Mr. Scully if you're patient with me I just might do one with you...

I've got the SCULLY workout bug in me too!

So the Scully family had a wonderful weekend... I wouldn't change it for the world.

Congratulations to my husband Sean for running

the Rock 'n' Roll

1/2 Marathon!

I LOVE YOU SEAN!

{you inspire me to work hard & stay very driven}

boyfriend + girlfriend

My husband has started a new trend... "The girlfriend jeans". I was wearing my jeans, aka "the boyfriend jeans" on Sunday... So Sean felt he needed to get on board & start his own trend. LOL... I pretty much peed in my pants when we stopped at a park after our bike ride to let the kids play. We stood side by side of each other, looked down & both started laughing. He rolled his jeans up because he didn't want his cruisers chain to get caught in his pants. Good thinking... Good job Sean!

We then asked Taylor to Take a few pictures of our pants... This is what we got. She's really into taking pictures right now...

1... Sean's shoe

2... my shoes

3... my pant legs

4... combination legs

Isn't it great making family "funny" memories together. Hey, families that laugh together stay together! Ohhhh we sure do that!

I would like to introduce my running partner... Can you see him? He's my strength right now. On Sunday our run was supposed to be 2 1/2 miles.... Well, I wanted to stop at 2. He helped me go further. I felt like I was going to have an asthma attack & fall over on the treadmill. No biggie! I ran that extra half a mile for HIM {Sean, I love you}! He saw this pictures & thinks that he runs so fast that his image cannot be captured on camera. Think what you want to think Mr. Scully! Mrs. Scully is fast too....