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!

EaStEr WeEkEnD...

We went down to St. George for Easter weekend and for mine and Jamie's birthday. It was a lot of fun. The first day we were there we went to Wal-Mart to get some food and we were all excited to see some Polygamists. We are totally fascinated by them so we were pretty stoked because they go there a lot. And what do you know there were lots of them. It was pretty funny. Back at the trailer we colored Easter eggs and went for a hike. That night Warner was up every hour crying because of his ear infections. Poor little kid, so when we woke up to see if the Easter bunny came we were all a little groggy from being up all night. Of course Warner didn't really know what's going on quite yet, but he did like the toys he got. We also had a little Easter egg hunt at the park. The kids really had fun. The next day we went for a bike ride and 4-wheeling. It is really cool to wheel around those awesome canyons. It's so pretty. All the kids piled into Kara's Rhino. They all looked so cute in their wheeling gear. Of course they all fell a sleep pretty fast into the ride. That night we went over to Cory and Kara's and sat in the hot tub. Warner and Tana were having so much fun! Kids sure love the water! We did this same trip last year too so it would be fun if we did this every year! I love going down to St. George! Ü

Mommy and Warner decorating eggs.
Going on a nature hike!
Taking a bath in the sink.

Warner's Easter basket.

Warner's mouth was blue from sucking on the colored eggs.

Warner in the play pen.

Warner and Jack ready to ride!

Tana in her 4-wheeling gear.

First time at the park

We went on a walk this morning and took Warner to the park. He is still a little small to really enjoy any of it but he was having fun! I can't wait until he is older and we can take him here with his little friends and watch them play. Ü

Some random pictures...

Here is Kara in one of her modeling jobs. These poster boards are in the Sports Authority stores. It is so awesome to see your friend on workout equipment at the store! We are so proud of her! Ü

Look at those guns...

Dave in his Andrescapes booth at the Home and Garden show

This is Kari and Randy's new little puppy Burkley
She is so tiny!
Some more pictures of me and Jackson.
He doesn't look real he is so small.

Warner's check-up...

We weren't able to do Warner's 6 month check up because our pediatrician had her baby so we just barley had his doctor visit today. So Warner is now 7 months old and everything looks great. He weighed 18 lbs 10 oz (48% tile) and is 27.5 inches long (65% tile). He is above average in his length which is weird because Shawn and I are both short, go figure. His head seems a pretty good size but he is only in the 24% tile which is crazy. We call him Charlie Brown cause we thought it was big, but I guess not. Ü

This is his first time drinking out of a sippy cup. He seems to like it.

He doesn't look like he liked this popsicle that Jamie was feeding him but he really loved it. He just wasn't expecting it to be so cold. Ü

Jackson Drake Chapman

Jack was born on March 5th at 5:39pm. He weighed 5lbs 1oz and was 19 inch's long. He looks just like his dad Cory. He is sooo cute. I can't believe how tiny he is. He only weighed 2 lbs less than Warner, but that makes a huge difference. I am so glad that him and Kara are doing well.

Kara and Jack

Jamie and Jack
Me and Jack

Warner doesn't know what to think of his new friend!

Dave and Jack

Shawn's Sister....

Shawn's sister Jana was is town with her family. It was so good to see them. We only get to see them about once a year! We went to dinner at my in-laws and then played games. Ü