Maddox
Mason, Maddox
Mason
Maddox, Mason
You Are Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)
Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.
Last night we went to Papa Joe and Grandma Nin Nin's to celebrate Mothers Day, My bday and Brookes Bday! We had a ton of fun as usual. We had great food and company. Joe and Karen also bought this bounce house toy for all the grandkids to play in. They all had a ton of fun in that!! The funniest part of the night was Mason's new face that he came up with. He had never made the face until last night at their house... but he wouldn't stop doing it and I luckily had my camera to catch him every single time he pulled the face!! It just cracks me up looking at these pictures because it is the funniest face and he just started doing it out of nowhere!! Anyways we had a great time... and I got a lot of great pictures from the night but I had to dedicate a slide show to Mase's hilarious new face!!
Pictures of the other Kids to come.....
Saturday was the Ogden Marathon.... and it was awesome! My friend Jen and I have been running for the past 12 weeks getting ready for it and it was so worth it! I have never ran in a race like this before, and wasn't sure how I would like it...but I loved it. We ran the half marathon (13.1 miles). It starts up in Eden and finishes on 25th and Grant in Ogden. The course is beautiful. It is awesome to run down the canyon by the river and you also run around Pineview reservoir... you even run on a pretty trail in Ogden. I don't know what it is called... Ogden River Parkway??? (I could be way off on that). The weather was so nice... you couldn't have asked for more perfect weather!! We felt really good the whole race even though we were running at a faster pace than we had been training at... it felt good to push ourselves!! We ended up finishing at 1:57:52. Which I was happy with for my first race! It was about 8:55 miles! It was awesome coming into the finish line because there were TONS of people there screaming!! Josh was there waiting at the finish line... and our friend Ali was there with her family with this awesome sign for us!! All in all it was a great day... I did feel like I was going to throw up after I did a little sprint action at the end... but it was nice to go in the runners circle where they had Jamba Juice, fruit, great harvest bread, creamies, powerade and water waiting for us. They totally make you feel like superstars when you finish!! I really enjoyed the whole atmosphere and the training leading up to it... I can even see myself maybe being a lifelong runner and doing several of these!
Ali's awesome sign
Sam (Jens husband), Jen and I
Me and Josh
Amie and I
I was looking for Amie before we started but I couldn't find her... but we ran into eachother at the end of the race!! Yeah us!!
This is what I have been doing fore the past 12 weeks....
All in preparation for the Ogden Half Marathon tomorrow!! I have been running with my friend Jen which is great to keep the motivation!! So... Wish us luck! Hopefully we will win it!! Ha ha jk!
Then on Monday we start this training program for a FULL MARATHON!! We are going to do the Top of Utah Marathon in September up in Logan. We wanted to do the St. George but we didn't get in this year (they have a lottery because so many people want to run in it)! 
So I got a really exciting Mother's Day/Bday Present this year.... A huge upright freezer! I know it sounds lame, but I am really wanting to be a better shopper and buy meat and other frozen foods on sale. Also, I am wanting to make freezer meals ahead of time so we don't opt for fast food or cereal on nights I don't want to cook!
So I need to start filling this baby up! Do any of you have good recipes that you know freeze well?? I would appreciate any suggestions! Also if you are an expert grocery shopper with some good tips on saving money... I would love any suggestions!
