Hobbler Half

We did it!  We finished the half marathon!  It was hard.  We ran the first half without really walking which is a record for us.  The second half was a killer though.  If body parts hadn't been hurting, I think we could have done even better.  However, we didn't come in last and we finished four minutes faster than I thought we might.  It was exciting and it feels good to finally accomplish a goal I've been wanting to do for awhile.  I'm grateful for George and for putting up with my crazy desires and goals.

Here's us before the race:

If you want to see pictures of us actually running then go to http://www.zazoosh.com/events/searchPhotos/439?evtId=439&query=18&x=63&y=3

And here is us after the race:

I'm pretty sure I was dead at this point and just leaning on George to try to stay standing and not pass out.  Shortly after my calf decide to cramp up horrendously.  It was painful and walking still hurts but I'm so proud of us for doing it.

Of course we had to do a little celebrating that evening and man we looked cute.

We're glad it is done and ready to make new goals and attempt new activities.  Mt. Timp maybe this year?  We're excited to do some hiking, biking, and other outdoor activities and not have to stress about running every day anymore.

Summer Fun

A lot of things have happened this summer and I haven't been very good about blogging about them this summer so here are a few pics of all the excitement in our family.

We attended the sealing of one of George's good friends, Brad Guymon.  My favorite part of these kinds of sealings is always watching the kids come in and this one was no exception.

My youngest sister graduated high school.  It is nuts that she is old enough to be graduated.  I didn't get any pictures of her at the graduation, mostly just ones of the baby but I did get her a couple of times at lunch.  This was also the day before Geordan, Dan, and Zoey moved to Arizona which was very sad for us.

 Graduation Girl!

We planted our garden again this year.  Although we have struggled to keep it weeded, I was pretty darn proud of it at the beginning of the summer.  My favorite part was planting flowers this year.  It just brought some fun color to our little garden.

I made a date for George called the Super 8 date (yes, we went to see Super 8 that night) and part of that date was a little camp fire making, tin foil dinners, and s'mores.

 I have made fire!

  Mmmmmmmmmm.

We went to part of the Summerfest parade and watched fireworks with the Schiess family and friends.

At the end of June my dad's family got together for a family reunion.  It was fun to get together and even more fun to have Geordan and Zoey here.  Here's some fun pics that will definitely be making it into the family calendar for next year.

 Pancakes, Yum!

 Sweet!

 I love this picture.  Isn't my mom one of the best looking Grandmas you have ever seen?

 Watching the crop duster.

 Yoga, downward dog.

 Zoey is fascinated by tongues.

Lastly, one of our favorite things to do is hang out with good friends and eat good food (and give all the little kids that good food too).

We love summer time and can't wait for all the rest of the fun stuff that we are sure to find to do this summer.  We are living up every moment we can before school starts again.

It's Coming

After months of training the half marathon is almost here.  I'm a little freaked out.  It will be the first time ever that George and I will run 13.1 miles.  I'm nervous.  I've got butterflies in my stomach.  I think the stress is making me sick.  By this time tomorrow we should be done or just about done.  It's been hard but I can't wait to show myself I can do it.  We don't care if we have to walk a bunch of it, we just want to finish.  I think the adrenaline will help.  I'm going to make George carry the camera so we can document the whole thing and maybe there will be a post on Monday, if I'm not dead.