summer snapshots....part 1

I am terribly behind on all of our summer fun blogging! AND SO....this is how I will update you and document how our summer went! Owen is obsessed with the BAH and BA. (do you know which is which? I do.)

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!

What's not to love

about a 19 month old boy?
I had meant to take some grand pictures and make a grand post for his 18 month mark, but the rain ruined my plans for glorious pictures at that stage. Oh well, life does go on. Every day is a day where I am humored and fascinated by this little boy. There aren't many words he won't try to say, and the ones he does try to say aren't quite right, but I give him an A for effort! He loves: Balls, pedro, cheese, sand, bath, balls in the bath, choochoos, vroomvrooms, horses, birds, frogs and cows (to name a few). He knows when he hears the garage door open that daddy is home and Steve is always greeted with a big smile and cheers. He is such a loving little boy that will pucker up to give everybody a kiss!

Owen started Nursery at the beginning of June and what a glorious day that was! Church is again enjoyable not having to chase a child for 3 straight hours. I had a very "proud mommy" moment when I went to check on him a couple of weeks ago. He was sitting on a little chair at a little table with crayons and paper and a mouth full of goldfish. He was reaching up to the teacher asking for more. Thats my boy! hahaha. I've been in nursery in just about every ward we have been in and it felt good to see my little boy beginning what will be years of singing, drawing and learning all about Jesus. Heres to my big boy!

Howdy!

Owen's friend Deacon had his 2 year birthday party...a cowboy party. Deacon's Mommy made it so cute and so fun...this was the best cowboy outfit I could rangle up...the bandana was a party favor made by Deacon's sweet grandmaI can't believe we could make this picture happen! We were missing Warner, I think he wasn't there yet, but pictured is...
Stockton, Dane, Deacon, Alfie and Owen

These are the adorable cupcakes made by Deacon's mommy...

Here is Owen inhaling adorable cupcakes

Thanks Deacon! Happy Birthday to YOU!

Where to start?

I love the summer and I love that we are having some awesomely good weather. We have been taking full advantage in many a ways...First off we have been getting together on a weekly basis with the girls and their kids and it has been so fun! We've walked the daybreak lake, had a picnic and we will be going swimming, and have many more fun times out and about keeping us busy. Another, we have been spending lots of time outside prepping and working on the yard. (pictures of the finished product to come soon).

Owen loves the outside. He loves to take my little garden shovel and dig in the dirt. He loves to walk up and down the driveway. He throws a major fit when it is time to come in.

We put our lawn in! Who know so much joy could come from green grass? Our house looks a billion times better and a lot less dust flying around. Pictured here is: steve's dad (Scott), Geoff, my dad (ART), and Steve. But not pictured that helped us....My uncle Jose who layed our concrete THANK YOU! Brad who spent 2 full days working on our sprinklers, steve's cousin Phil, uncle John, and brother Greg. Thank you all for being such work horses. I've never seen sod get layed so fast!

I had what may have been the best day of my life. hahahaha. Really, though. We went to see NO DOUBT. I have loved them since about 8th grade (over 12 years ago). They put on what I felt was the best show I have seen live. (close second would be the FOO FIGHTERS, then the KILLERS). ANYWAY...Gwen was awesome, the whole band was awesome. I have to admit they started with a big white sheet and you saw this projection of their silhouettes and I got goose bumps. then I saw the whole futuristic stage and I was a little dissapointed thinking "boring". but actually they made it AWESOME. they had projections the turned it different colors and it was all amazing. It just proved once again that LESS IS MORE. in my mind. I'm sure no one really cares, but I just wanted to remember how much fun we had. A couple little highlights...she brought Kingston out and we sang happy birthday to him,so cute, and she saved the best for last (although it is hard to say what song is my fave) they sang "Sunday Morning" very last. Thank you steve for the best Mother's day gift ever! the picture above was the best shot I could get of the stage, iphone not the best picture taker in contrasty situations.