The Results are in...

pre race jitters sophia and isaac chose to gag on their goo pre-race, while I prefer to gag on it mid-race.

we are FREEZING!

Just waiting...start already!

and I didn't win, but I feel like a winner! I ran the Provo River Trail 1/2 marathon. That is 13.1 miles.

Some information you may or may not give a crap about:

My time 1:52:04
I took 59th place in my division of 240 25-29 year old females

I took 227th place of 1225 females

I took 484th place over all of 1809 runners.

Friday night I headed up to Orem to have dinner with Sophia, Kris and Isaac who were also running the race. We had fun laughing and getting psyched up for the race. We stayed the night at Sophia's grandma's and this was a great/bad idea. Great because we had wonderful accomadations so close to the bus pick-up. Bad because it became a sleep over where we giggled A LOT. At about 1:00 am I began to really fret. I thought what am I going to do? I have blown it. I just could not get myself to fall asleep after too many giggles I guess. When 4:30 came around I popped out of bed feeling fine and hoping my body would not realize the sleep deprivation. We arrived around 5:30 which was plenty of time because A. our bus got lost, B. there were still severall busses coming, and C. they had yet to even set up the starting line. FUNNY. it was really cold and for the first mile or so my fingers were frozen numb. The course was beautiful and fantastic with all of the downhill. I ran with Soph for the first few miles and then we were separated. At some point I saw some woman with frizzy blond hair, and I thought to myself, wow, she is carrying a water bottle the whole 13.1 miles. Also, I thought, wow she looks like she is going a good pace, I will keep on her tail. I had heard the race was unorganized, and that indeed it was. I had no idea where the heck I was until Mile marker 5 and somewhere neer mile marker 7 I saw a mile marker for the Moab marathon...mile 17. Whatever the case...I had come prepared with my water belt (the best investment ever) because I was determined to not stop once. the last mile was a blur...I had my second wind and was so excited to see my family at the end...unfortunately I passed them because I was so concentrated and didn't even see them! Steve said he could have hit me in the face he was so close to me. sorry. I got to the finish line and saw the clock and was a little confused. what? its not 1:52 pm. OH! wait! that is my time!! I could not believe it. I didn't want to post my goal time in fear that I would not accomplish it, but in fact, I beat it by 13 minutes! I was in shock! It was exhilerating and such great motivator to keep going and get a great time at the St. George Marathon! WOOHOO!

this is how close steve was to me, and I didn't see him. oops. But can I say I have an awesome supportive husband. He came super early to cheer me on, equiped with juice, banana bread, and a water bottle. LOVE YOU STEVE!

just had to throw this in...we went to breakfast afterwards and the boys were cute.

out with the old, in with the blue

So I have been on a hunt for some time for a new TV stand. our last one was black and a little taller, and I was needing some color in our house. BLACK GOOSE was having a fabulous sale and when I saw this lovely item, I just could not pass it up. My friend Brooke manages the store...so go see her and she will show you just what you need to make your house almost as cute as hers....one day, one day. So I've been promising to post a picture and almost 2-3 months later...here it is. I have been too lazy to tie back the cords, though. don't judge me. Also, Steve and I converted the top drawer to flip down instead of just slide out, so that is where you will find our cable/dvd components. We like to think we are handy.

Adventures in Gardening

A few weeks ago we FINALLY got our garden put in! My mother-in-law, Cyndee, was a champ and the biggest help with my garden. After a few stops at some of the local nurseries we were chuck full of plants and laughing because we were barely left with anywhere to sit. It turned out great and feels like a whole new house. My favorites would be: the rose of sharon Tree (or hibiscus) it just keeps blooming and it is beautiful. I am very excited about my magnolia, thought it may not likely bloom until next spring, and a laurel bush that I'm hoping will pull through at this point...I just love the green leaves. Owen was great through it all, just eating his crackers and loving the toys grandma brought along. Thanks for all your help Cyndee!