Ogden Marathon

This weekend I ran the Ogden half marathon.  It was a great time! We stayed over night at the Marriot, carb loaded and had tons of fun chatting away.  We had to catch a bus up the canyon at 5:00 am.  The race was mostly downhill and I hadn't trained as much as I wish I had.  I got a pretty descent time 2:04 but I've got to get in under 2 hours next time :)

New Years Eve and Day!

New Years Eve we spent with a bunch of friends.  It was super fun!! Lots of food, laughs, and talking.  We watched the ball drop and then sent out New Years resolutions up to the sky! :) We had Nikki and Conner with us the big kids went off to their own celebration!  One of my New Years resolutions was to run my Marathon!!  Happy New Years!!!

That next day I took the kids to the Provo Beach Resort and we did the ropes course!  It was super fun!! My kids are crazies, nothing scares them.  They walked along those ropes like it was nothing!  They didn't even blink going across those things!!

Christmas Day 2011

Christmas Season Fun!!

Crazy Mom and here first century ride!

I'm pretty sure my kids think I am crazy!! This Saturday I went on a century bike ride! 6.5 hours on a bike seat. We traveled through beautiful farmlands and the temperature was perfect.  It went well but by mile 80 I wanted it to be done.  By mile 90 I was exhausted and it seemed like there were a lot of hills.  It was really hard.  Jo Smith, Jolene Nosak and I made it though.  We were very compatible with each other and had a lot of fun together.

Austin Received his mission call.

We are crazy excited in our house this week.  Austin's call came on Wednesday and we had the whole family over for the big event.  Austin wanted to open it with his family and then take his friends to Tuchanos for dinner and tell them all where he would be going.  He has been called to serve in IRELAND/SCOTLAND!!!  We were all so surprised but we all think it will be so perfect! Foreign country, English Language, beautiful, modern conveniences, totally different way of life, beautiful, great mission!  He was thrilled! I'm so proud as his Mom of his choice to sacrifice two years of his life for this gospel and to being a better way of life to the people of Ireland and Scotland.

Too Much of a Good Thing!

We were so busy this summer it didn't even seem like a summer! We had a blast but I was exhusted.  We just had to go to Lake Powell a week into school.  It was beautiful and fun but I felt really tired the whole trip and could have gone home to my little bed at any moment.  The rest of the fam on the other hand couldn't get enough of "Fun in the Sun" We did a lot of exploring and wake boarding.  Conner got up for the first time and was an instant pro.  I got up easily this year and had a great time.  Nikki is jumping now and Scott is just a crazy man.  The big kids stayed home once again.  They are just too busy for us or they figured out how fun it is to stay home alone.