RED ROCK RELAY

I trained for this run all year! Then at the end of June I ended up having knee surgery!!! Bummer... but thought well maybe I can do it still if I really work on building my strength back up - but couldn't train anymore - then in early August when I found out I was pregnant... I thought well there goes Red Rock. So I was going to run one of the legs still and let Chris run the other two for me. That didn't work out as planned!!! A week before we left Chris tore his PCL & Mencius playing old man church softball :) So I was back on for running all three legs. I just didn't tell anyone I was pregnant ~ people were already telling me I was crazy to run on my knee. The Surgeon and Physical Therapist told me it would be the dumbest thing ever - but my OB said after doing an ultra sound that well the baby has a strong enough heartbeat and I think your knee will stop you before you could run to hard to hurt the baby so you can do it! I liked his advice the best! Chris had knee surgery Wednesday (the day before we left) and so he was going to stay home but he was so nervous about me running pregnant that he came... a decision I think he regretted by Cedar City... he was in some serious PAIN! Poor guy!!!

Fillmore

 Once we got settled into our condo at Brian Head ski resort that night we stayed up late decorating the van & truck... IT WAS SOOOOOOO COLD!!!

The next morning we were glad they were selling sweatshirts! I bought a huge one (since I knew I would be getting bigger soon!) but regretted it because I look huge next to those skinny running girls on my team LOL but I would've looked like a giant next to them no matter what!

Before getting on the lift to run the first leg. I was leg one and was the first runner on my team. It was a fun run ... but very cold!

 2nd run...

 With each run we got to mark a leg with a big sharpie, tell all 12 of us had our 3 legs completed.

We did it! It was sooooo much fun! 186 Miles - 2days.. We are running machines :) We were all very tired after!!! you don't really sleep in the 48hrs of running!!!

I did pretty good.. I didn't get sick until the way home - I was just VERY tired :) But come Cedar City on the drive home - I told everyone I was pregnant since I was so sick by that point!

Can't wait to do it next year!

Swiss Days 2010

Bri and I met my friends and their kiddos up at Swiss Days in Midway ~ it was so much fun! We walked around and eat dinner up there - SWISS DAY SCONES (which later I regretted!) And then we went to a park after so the moms could sit and talk while the kids played! Bri was LOVING playing with Sawyer and the park and making him laugh! It was cute to watch Hayden, Jake, & Bri walk around with their arms around each other! Cami, Brittany, & I have been friends since Jr. High and it is cute to see our kids be friends now! That night driving home we got stuck in the canyon forever!!! There was a crash in Provo Canyon so we were parked! Bri was sound asleep and I had the hardest time staying awake just parked there! I was about 8 weeks pregnant and SERIOUSLY TIRED! That night when I got home I was so ready to climb in bed... and then I ended up having the worst pregnancy night ever! There is nothing like staying up all night long puking to remind yourself you are pregnant even if you aren't telling anyone :)

Clean HOUSE

One day I was talking to my friend on the phone and she was complaining that her house was a mess and I said mine was too... well she was like... whatever... So Here are my MESSY HOUSE pictures to PROVE IT! Which made me start thinking... why do we all act like we have never had a dirty house? We all get a phone call that someone is coming over and we run around like crazy women to clean the house, right???!!! (please tell me I am not the only one that does this!) and then be like hi - oh sorry my house is so messy... when it is like a thousand times better then it was an hour ago LOL

Morning MESS,,, and I will tell you Kaleb will be taking the blame for all the clean laundry DUMPED throughout the house :) But it is my fault I didn't put it right away....

Then I find out someone is coming... so I get a little of this and THEN...

An Hour later this is all they see when they come to my house :) and I just like to pretend it is always this way... but at least it stays clean for about and hour... and then well... it's back to normal!

Mother's Day 2010

This was the BEST Mother's Day EVER! Such a fun day! Somehow the kids and I made it to church on time! And on top of that Kaleb made it through all of sacrament meeting and did REALLY well! (I finally downloaded a bunch a primary songs and put them on my MP3 player for him to listen to, since he hates the noise and LOVES my MP3 player - but it didn't work out to well - LOL - come to find out he just loves Black Eyed Peas and I wasn't about to let him listen to that during church!!!). Chris and the kids gave me this cute dress that I LOVED! I got LOTS of little handmade gifts and cards from my kids that were darling! When we got home from church I hurried and made rolls, we picked up Chris' grandma, and then headed to my grandma Sim's for a BBQ!
Bri LOVES finding Rollie Pollies - and I remember always doing that when I went to my grandmas house... To cute to see her doing it now!

Grandma and Kaleb

Bri and grandma

Bri & Mommy.... & Brett (He hurried in as we took the picture - isn't he cute?)

I love this picture...because Kaleb is holding my face...crazy how much I love my kids!

I rode in the back of the car with the kids - since grandma Sybil was up front. It was so much fun to play and be goofy with the kids!

Oh... and Thank you to my awesome sister who did my hair for Mother's Day! I love it! Lots shorter and DARKER!

Thank you family ~ Mommy loves you so much!