Run the Rockies Half Marathon

Last Saturday I ran the Run the Rockies Half Marathon in Frisco, CO. It was a fun and grueling experience. My neighbor, Michelle, and I have been training together which has been a lot of fun. We drove to Frisco Friday night and went to dinner. Then we bought ice cream, got in our pajamas and watched TV while eating ice cream. It was a fun evening!
Here we are before we started running. My neighbor Michelle is in the gray shirt and my friend Liz from church also ran with us.



The first half was awesome! It was down hill, beautiful scenery and it went by really quickly. The second half was awful. It turned uphill and the high altitude plus going uphill made it difficult to breath, I had a really hard time catching my breath. From mile 8 to 9 it was all down hill which was a nice relief except for the fact that when you reached mile 9 you turned around so mile 9 to 10 was up hill, it was pretty steep for the entire mile.
The blessed finish line!!!!!! I finished in 2 hours and 15 minutes, 16th out of 36 people in my age division.



After the race I had a weird asthma attack of sorts. I have never had this experience before. It took me 20-30 minutes before I could breath normally again. Overall it was a great experience and I learned a lot about running a half marathon. I am going to run another one in 8 weeks with some other friends so hopefully I will be able to improve and have a great experience again!

Batters Up!

Three weeks ago Jacob started T-ball. We have had a ton of rain and the last three practices have been canceled. Jacob's team, the Sting Rays, have a game tomorrow and their first practice tonight. It should be an entertaining game. We went to the batting cages this past week and had some fun. Jacob was able to hit a few balls and had a good time at the batting cages.

Madeline and David had a good time carrying bats around and watching the batters.

Mmmm Ice Cream!

I love ice cream! Madeline also loves ice cream. Every time we have ice cream Madeline gets really excited, she digs right in with her hands and always ends up a sticky, yet happy mess.

Yum, every last drop. We can't let any go to waste.

Backyardigans Birthday Bash

This past week was David's 3rd birthday. Yesterday we had a little party with him. It was low key with four friends and our family. We colored Backyardigan pictures, danced, made Backyardigan finger puppets, ate a delicious lunch of hot dogs, chips and grapes, had a treasure hunt with a pinata at the end and ate cake.


Here we are getting ready to dance to a Kidz Bop CD from a McDonald's happy meal


Each child got two tries to break the pinata and it finally broke when Jacob hit it.


I made a Pablo cake and other Backyardigan character cupcakes.




Madeline really enjoyed eating a purple jawbreaker and a cupcake at the same time.


Ben helped out a lot with the treasure hunt, grilling,and the pinata.


This picture was taken on David's actual birthday and it pretty much sums up David as a three year old. He loves his new Handy Manny swimming suit and wears it every day with a mis-matched shirt, he LOVES to throw things, we are trying to teach him to throw balls instead of rocks, sticks, and toys. He was really excited to get this basketball. He is a fun kid full of curiosity, independence and a little mischief.

"Best Mom 2009"

This morning the kids were so excited to give me their mother's day gift. They had bought the gift with Ben a month and half ago and almost completely kept it a secret. On Friday, we were in the car and David blurted out, "we got you a bobble head." Jacob was really upset that David had spilled the beans but Ben recovered by saying, "yeah a bubble head that blows bubbles." I didn't know what they were talking about until this morning when I opened my gifts and received a beautiful bobble head trophy. What a great mothers day gift! Most important, the kids were SO excited and thought it was the best gift ever.


I hope you all have a great Mother's Day!!

A Visit To The Duck Pond

We have been having lots of fun with friends and being outside lately. Last week Jacob had a friend over and we went to a popular destination in our family, the duck pond. It is a short walk from our house and the kids love to explore in the bushes and trees and feed the ducks at the pond. The boys are going down this hill to their "hide-out"

Madeline wanted to follow the boys but she is still a bit too little.

Jacob and his friend Tobin packed this bag of food before we left, all on their own. They wanted to make sure they had some "healthy food to give them energy" I thought it was funny that they packed it in ice, they told me they wanted to make sure it stayed cold, smart boys.

They like to throw food, sticks, rocks etc. into the water. Also, this is the pond that David fell into about two months ago. It was frozen so he decided to walk on it but got to a thin point. (Before you think I am a neglectful mother, he was behind some trees playing with the other kids when he decided to walk on the ice so I did not see him until we heard the splash or else I wouldn't have let him walk on the ice.)

Tobin and Jacob walking home. Even though we visit the duck pond often, the kids are always excited to go and it is a new adventure to them every time.

Easter Weekend

To start off our Easter weekend I found a birds nest in the wreath on our front door. This picture has only one egg in the nest but we are now up to four eggs. It is fun to watch more eggs appear and watch the momma bird take care of her eggs.

The Easter Bunny came to our house on Saturday and hid these amazing baskets! I also know that he happened to find some great deals at the dollar store so the baskets didn't cost very much either.

Jacob was excited about his new gear and fun toys.

Yeah a Spiderman puzzle!

Madeline loved carrying around an Easter basket all week.

It was a lot of fun to dye our eggs especially the few we did camo style.


The kids all got new outfits in their baskets so they are ready for summer!

Our family ready for church Easter morning.

We ate delicious pull apart rolls for breakfast, yumm.

Don't the kids look cute in their nice clothes!

Deviled eggs were a hit at dinner!

We had a great Easter weekend with lots of fun and relaxing family time together.