Moab Half Marathon

Last November my neighbor asked if I wanted to do a half marathon in Moabwith some other people in the neighborhood. I was very reluctant, but thought it would be a good motivator to run more.

After 12 weeks of training the day finally came - the first day of spring.

These two fun women ran the race - this is us afterward.
The kids greeted me at the end. We had to camp because all the hotels were full AND it was pretty cold.

Here I am just passed mile 11, passing our campground. When I saw Dale there it made me want to sprint to the finish - of course it was still 2 miles away. The course followed the Colorado River down the canyon and was beautiful. More up hill than I had thought though. My time was 2 hours 15 minutes and 38 seconds.

This is just before the race. It was pretty cold and we had to be shuttled up the canyon. They let us bundle up then send our warm clothes down in these purple bags to be picked up later. I was surprised how many people just threw their clothes on the side of the road when they got hot. AND how many people peed on the side of the road. All in all it was a good run and
I DID IT!

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Winter Fun

Kendall went skiing for the first time with the scouts - he loved it! His good buddy from Florida came to ski in Park City and we met up with them - we're still missing Florida a bit, but at least the weather is starting to warm up.
These are the Ice cream sundaes we got at Leatherby's - YUM!

DARE

Kendall was chosen to read his essay he wrote about the DARE program at the DARE graduation.

Christmas

Max loved his binki - in fact he insisted on sleeping with two. He would suck on one and rub the other one on his forehead. I guess he got tired of holding on to it and just left it there - ha ha.
The kids are patiently awaiting their grandparents so they could eat breakfast and then open presents.

New PJs (except for the boys ratty shirts that they insist on wearing to bed)

Pre-Christmas

I often find Shelby cuddled up to this bear on the girl's bed.
The girls had a dance recital - it was so fun to watch them perform.

October

Hooray! Kendall received his Arrow of Light and is now moving on to Boy Scouts.
One Mad Scientist, one Vampire, one Devil, one Witch, and one stinky Skunk = a very fun Halloween.

Change is Constant

One day in July, Dale called me to tell me that the Milwaukee guy over the West had just called him and asked him if he would like to take over the Northwest region which needed some help. This would mean moving. I told him it was up to him, but really I was thinking, I SOOOO don't want to move again. Within a few weeks, I was living in my parents basement in Utah so we could get the kids registered for school and Dale was in Florida finishing out his job there. It took a lot of searching, but this is the house we found to rent. This is what I'll miss about Florida: Warm winters, the beach, great friends, friendly people, the running trail, wearing sandals all year round, Disneyworld and Sea World, our awesome ward, palm trees, squirrels scurrying everywhere, oranges to juice, and the beauty of the green everywhere.
This is looking up our street - yep, that's the church. That is a definate plus about Utah. You're never too far from a church. Our neighbors are VERY friendly.

From our front porch, you can see the Draper temple, Jordan River temple, and Oquirrh Hills temple and of course the beautiful mountain range. Look how far you can see - no trees.

The best part of this house is that it has this huge extra garage in the backyard. Dale is in love with all the cement too.

Dale's parents just left for a mission to South Africa. They will be missed, but we did sneak in a BYU game in the loge before they left.

Shelby turned 5 and we celebrated by giving her cake.

We've had fun playing with cousins.

Max is now in a big boy bed and we are attempting to wean him from the binki.

Max had a birthday - he's 2!! How time flies. My Florida baby won't even remember Florida. He had to be held back from the candles because he wanted to blow them out so bad. He got a sand and water table for outside - too bad it's already starting to get cold.