As Promised!

I got my medal in the mail today! Look for me wearing it in the days to come! Go me!

Happy Birthday Jack!!

My little boy turned 2 today. I just can't believe it. Where has the time gone?? He has grown into such a awesome little kid. To celebrate, we just had a low-key day. When Jack woke up, Jason and I had about 40 balloons waiting for him downstairs. He looked so happy and excited when he turned the corner on the stairs and saw them all. He helped me bake a cake (which turned out better then Jason's, as you can tell) and then he helped me babysit Sadie, my friend Kathie's baby. When Jason got home, we baked our own pizza and Jack was finally able to eat the cake that he had his eye on all day. I was singing "Happy Birthday" to him all day and when you ask him how old he is, he says, "I 2!" It was a great day.
I have been thinking about him a lot lately and it just amazes me how much love I have for him. I truly fall more in love with him everyday! He is so sweet and good natured and just wonderful to have in our home. We are so blessed. I love him more then I can say! Happy Birthday Jack! You are a great, amazing kid and I love you!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th everyone! I love the 4th of July. It just says "Welcome to Summer." This year we had a lot of fun. In the morning, Jason and I got up and ran the 5K in our area. And yeah, I won my age group! :) Seriously?? It was such a surprise and so fun. The downside of that is that someone stole my medal so they are mailing me one. Who steals a medal that doesn't belong to them?? Anyway, you can be sure of a picture when it comes, and I might wear it around town. Who knows? But, that was fun. Jason also did awesome! He hasn't been a very fast runner in the past, but for this race he cruised and finished in 25 min 30 sec. I was so proud to see him cross! It was a great start to the weekend.
After the race, we walked over (our car was blocked by parade festivities) to Village Inn and had breakfast with my family. Jack loved the parade. Next year, we will have to watch the whole thing. We finished the day off with swimming at a neighbors (thanks Steph and Dan) and then fireworks at the park. The fireworks were great and a bunch of people from our neighborhood came and we all sat together. We have a great neighborhood.
On Sat, we went boating with Jason's parents and my bro and sis. It was very nice to get back on the water, since we bascially haven't been since I was pregnant. Jack loved the boat itself, but didn't care so much for the tube. He spent most of the day on the beach with Grandma. We got plenty of sun and can't wait to go again. Shout out to Brad and Cindy... Thanks!
Anyway, we had a great weekend and are looking forward to Jack's 2nd bday tomorrow. Where does the time go??

Random Photo At Village Inn

I don't know why we have a picture of us at Village Inn, but my mom's friend was in town and wanted to take one, so there you have it. I thought it was a cute family shot and we haven't had one in awhile so... enjoy!

Just So I Don't Forget...

So, Jack did the cutest thing tonight. We were over at my mom's house and my sister was playing the piano. On the piano bench, there was a piece of sheet music for the Simpson's theme song. After we taught Jack all of their names (it is so cute to hear him say Homer), he took the music and said...
"I going to read it..." He then opened up the music and looked around, a little confused and said..."Oh no, it's broken!"
What a smartie! He can tell when the words are missing! It will be a few years until he can read piano music, but it will happen! It was the cutest thing ever.

Run, Eat, Sleep? Repeat!

The title of this post was my mantra for this weekend. I have just returned from the Wasatch Back Relay Race. It is race that is a few years old, where you run from Logan to Park City. In short, it is a 181 mile race that you do in teams of 12 people. Every person runs three times, anywhere from 13-18 miles total. My team was called "The Roadrunners," and it was a group of people from the gym with a few others thrown in. We had a great time! I'll break it down for you!
FRIDAY:
545am: Picked up from my house by Kim for the journey to Logan
615am: Pick up Brian and Stephanie
830am: Arrive at the starting line! It was really cool and energetic! Met up with the rest of our car... Robin, Jen and Justin (who didn't run but came along for moral support) Got us geared up for upcoming 24+ hours!
1000am: Kim starts us off with a 5 mile run through Logan.
1045am: Off goes Stephanie
1130am: Robins turn!
1230pm: My turn. I ran 5 miles up into the canyon. It was a grueling run... the elevation was harder on me then I thought. I am surprised that I managed to finish 5.1 miles in 43 min.
115pm: Brian takes off for 6 miles on an uphill, dirt/gravel road. He was awesome and we had a hard time keeping ahead of him in the car. As soon as we stopped to give him water (we stopped for everyone about every 2 miles) he was coming up behind us.
210pm: Jen finishes us up on the downhill dirt/gravel road into the town of Eden. Her run was one I don't envy! At this point we met up with the other 6 people on our team and they took to running as we hung out and drove to Snowbasin, which was where they would finish up.
630pm: We met up with the other half of our team and Kim takes off again. Down hill from Snowbasin... looking pretty good.
745pm: Stephanie runs 3 miles in 21 min. WOW!
806pm: Robins turn again?
900pm: Here I go again... am I sure I want to be in this race? I ran 3 miles in 23 min.
923pm: Off goes Brian. Our schedule had him running 6 miles at a 7:30 pace... He was skeptical... but he did it!
1010pm: Jen takes off. By this time, it was as dark as could be... we had a hard time seeing her coming. She did great though... finished us up strong!
1100pm: Met up with van 2 and sent them on their way! We stopped here for our first "real" meal of the day... lots of spaghetti and bread. After we ate we started the drive to the next exchange point in the hope of catching a few hours of sleep. However, it took us about an hour to get there. The traffic was bad... there were 576 teams, 12 people to a team and 2 cars to a team. Throw in the runners... it made for some congested roads.
SATURDAY
1ooam: Threw our sleeping bags in some grassy meadow around Rockport. (Erica, I thought of you!)
300am: Received wakeup call from car 2... Our last runner had just started her 5 miles so it was time to get up and get Kim ready to run!
345am: Kim takes off on her last five miles. Anyone think we are crazy yet?
430am: Stephanie
515am: Robin (I don't remember much of their runs... I was still half asleep and dreading my last run.)
600am: Finally down to my last run. This run was up Highway 32 as it passes by Jordanelle. So mostly uphill. Pretty tough, but my favorite run. It makes me feel strong to run uphill. I was happy to finish that in 45 min. (5 miles)
645am: Brian's turn for 4 miles downhill. He cruised at about 6:30 pace.
715am: Jen's last run. Easy 3.6 miles.
750am: Passed the torch and we were done!! Our second car had a really tough last leg... I was happy to be done. We went and waited for them at the finish line. We were the first runners to get our massages.
115pm: Crossed the finish line as a team in 27 hr, 9 min or so.
It was such a great time! We had a great team and a lot of fun. Although the highlight was when the horse stuck his head right into our car. :) It was fun to see so many people being crazy together. We came in 147th out of 545, so not bad! The BYU track team won... They started 7 hours later then us, but beat us by 10 hours. They passed us up on my last run... boy can they run! Their time was 17 hr, 19 min.
Jason and Jack came and picked me up and when I got home I slept for 4 hours. Then I slept for another 12 or so last night. I feel better now. All in all a wonderful time (very beautiful!), even if it was a little crazy. I can't wait to do it again!

Happy Fathers Day!

To my sweet hubby,
Happy Fathers Day to you! It wasn't very eventful and I am sorry for that, but I hope you know how much I love you and how proud I am to have you as the father of our sweet boy. You are so good with him... so patient, loving, fun and caring. I love to watch you and Jack together. You can tell that he just loves his daddy! You are a great example for our son to grow up with and I know that you will be a wonderful teacher for him. You are a awesome partner for me and I am so thankful that I can always count on you and all the support you give me in everything I do. I am bascially free to do whatever I want because I know that you will back me up and that is so special to me. I love you so much and look forward to the years to come and all the parenting that we get to do together!
Love, me
PS: The leaf is a gift from Jack in nursery today. It says, "Sorry if I bug you. Happy Fathers Day." And the black "bugs" are olives. How cute is that???