2009 Ogden Marathon, Get Out And Live!

I did my first race ever last Saturday! It was my New Years Resolution to do a race this year and I did it. I was never a long distance runner and I wanted to start small and then work my way up so I completed my first 5k! It was so much fun. We started at 7:00 at the Timbermine Restaurant and ran down the Ogden River Parkway onto Grant and then down to 25Th st. It was sooo cold at the mouth of the canyon, but once you started running you warmed up pretty fast. My brother-in-law was nice enough to run it with me. I'm sure he had a hard time staying with me and not taking off since he runs a lot faster than me, but he pushed me to run faster so that was great! I saw a lot of people that I knew running too so that made it even funner! We had a big group of people cheering us on, I wish I would have been able to get a picture of all of them on the side lines! My brother Bryan and sister-in-law Teri ran the half Marathon and did awesome! I for sure want to do another race soon, it is such a high. It didn't matter that it was only a 5k it was still a rush to run over the finish line! I can't wait to do another! Ü
Dave, Teri, Bryan, & Me
Dave, Me, and Hollie waiting for the race to start!

Shawn and I trying to stay warm!

Me and Dave crossing the finish line.
Our final time was 35:32!

Bryan crossing the finish line.

His final time was 01:45:32

Teri crossing the finish line.

Her final time was 01:56:09!

Here are some of my friends times:

Julie Hibbert 24:05, Chantelle Poulsen 36:46, Becky Sessions 38:02, Melinda Lewis 42:17, Hollie Widdison 42:57. Wendy Wolfe 02:45 (half Marathon)

Mother's Day...

Shawn and Warner both got me the cutest cards and flower's for Mother's Day!

They also got me this beautiful fountain for my yard. I love it!

We went over to my in-laws for lunch to celebrate Mother's day with them. My family was down in St. George for the weekend. My brother and his wife and also my brother in-law all did the Triathlon. I heard they all did great. I can't wait till they get home so I can here how it all went. Shawn had to work so we couldn't go down. We are going to celebrate with my mom next weekend!

Grandma and Warner playing outside.

We love this time of year because we can get outside and play Croquet! It was a lot of fun! Yes of course I was the WINNER!!! Ü


CHAD GRADUATED FROM U OF U!
On Friday we went to my brother in-law's graduation! It was really neat. I am so proud of Chad and all of his accomplishments! He is such a great brother! He just bought his first house and we are moving him in next week! He is so excited! Ü The funny thing at the graduation was that Big Buddha from Fox 13 graduated with Chad. Their family sat right behind us. They were pretty funny yelling and screaming his name and throwing confetti all over everyone when they announced him.

I took my nieces and nephew to a little park by my house the other morning. The little ones were so darling they fell asleep right away in the stroller. It was a lot of fun.

Ashley and Warner asleep in the stroller. It was cute how Warner fell asleep with his arm draped over Ashley's shoulder.

Bailee and Nathan

9 Months and counting...

We took these pictures yesterday when we went on a bike ride with my parents. It was so nice. Warner may not look happy but he really enjoyed it. He was grunting and making noises the whole time. I love this bike trailer it is so nice! I took Warner in today for his 9 month check up, he did so good! Everyone kept telling me how cute he is. He is now 19 lbs 9 oz (34% tile) and 28.6 inches long (65% tile). Which is funny because everyone always tells me he is chunky, go figure. I never think he is big. I can't believe that in 3 more months he will be a year, CrAzY! He is crawling all over the place and he loves to stand and walk around the furniture. He is the funnest kid!