Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay 2010

K so a bunch of us ran in the Ragnar Relay this past weekend and it was alot of fun and very tiring, I had to run 3 legs and I was runner #3 so I had 18.4 miles overall not all at once so that was good I ran a total of 10.5 the first day and 7.9 the second day but oh wow if anyone says that ragnar race is easy they are smoking something because it was alittle rough and I don't mean rough body wise I mean mentally rough, you are out running for 2 days straight non stop with no sleep I think I had 3 hours of sleep total in 2 days and when you have no sleep that so messes with your mind.
K so this is how it all started I got to bed thursday night around 1:30 am and had to be up at 4:00 am so I got all my stuff and headed to shane's to pick him and kelli up then we met martin & mindy in Odgen to drop off my vehicle and that was around 5:45ish then after dropping off the vehicle we headed up to Logan and that is where Shane started us off with our first leg, we had to get checked in and then he started at 8:15 then it eventually came my turn for my first leg and that was fine it all went well I ended up running 5.6 miles in an average of 9:31 minute miles so I was happy with that, then the day went on and it came time for my second leg around 8:40pm and that one was okay also I ran 5.1 miles in an average of 10:00 minute miles still okay with that, then I was done running til the next morning around 8:30 well we still had 3 runners in our van so we finished around 12:45ish am, then we had to drive to this school that was kind of out of the way so by the time we got there it was 2:00am then we had to try and find a place to sleep in the gym with 1,000 of other ppl so we all got ready for bed washed up and all and I think I finally feel asleep around 3:15ish and was up at 5:00am to drive back to the next exchange to start all over again so needless to say by that point I was so tired that I couldn't even function so I was ready to give up, i told my team if my jeep was there I would have went home and they would have had to run my last leg cuz I was done, I tried to get my cousin to run my last leg but my team wouldn't let me give it away they talked me into running it and so I did and I don't know where my boost of energy came from but I made it through my last leg and it was 7.9 miles of hell lots of hills I had to run up the back side of Jordanelle just take a drive up that way and you will see what I ran up but I ran it in 10:31 minute mile pace so i felt good about that and so glad I didn't give up I was just having a moment of a mental break down and once I got passed that and got my second or 5th wind I was fine. Like I say I think this race is alot more mental challenging then it is challenging on your body. Next year I will be alot more prepared for what I am getting myself into and I will do things a little bit different.
We also got to run through some gorgeous scenery!
Well I got home around 7:30 saturday night still with no sleep, so I got showered and got some food and was in bed and asleep by 9:45ish and slept til 9 that next morning oh I was so tired.
Anyways sorry for the novel that was more for my benefit so I will remember this experience and when it comes time to run it again next year maybe I will go back and read this and remember the no sleep and say hell no hehehe.
Here are some pics of our adventure:

Half Marathons!

So after I had the boys I decided to make a goal for myself and that was to run the SLC half marathon so I trained hard to be ready for it but then I heard about the riverton half and I decided to run that one 3 wks before the SL half for a practice run to be ready for the SL one anyways it was alot of fun okay fun for those who like to run crazy for those who don't hehehe.
So I ran the riverton half in 2hrs 5 minutes and 24 seconds and I ran the SL one in 2 hrs 14seconds so I beat my time by 5 minutes so I was so happy about that so hopefully for the one I am running in July I will beat my time again.
I love running I am not sure why but I do and it is so addicting that I have already signed up for another half in July crazy I know. Anyways I know this is a boring post for most of you so I don't blame you if you don't read it but really this is just for my personal journal and to make sure I always have my times on record so don't mind this post of my times of each mile:SL Half1st mile-8:42
2nd mile-8:46
3rd mile-8:07
4th mile-8:17
5th mile-8:47
6th mile-9:15
7th mile-8:55
8th mile-9:13
9th mile-9:07
10thmile-9:39
11thmile-9:53
12thmile-10:58
13thmile-9:19
so overall time 2hrs 14 seconds average pace 9:09 minute miles
Riverton Half1st mile-8:29
2nd mile-8:56
3rd mile-8:54
4th mile-9:21
5th mile-9:10
6th mile-9:33
7th mile-9:10
8th mile-9:25
9th mile-10:09
10thmile-9:28
11thmile-10:50
12thmile-10:30
13thmile-9:46
so overall time 2hrs 5 minutes & 24 seconds average pace 9:31 minute miles

Game Night!

So we really haven't been up to much the boys are doing great they love to play together in the pic above they are reading a book together so cute! I have just been running alot and getting ready for my half marathon this saturday. Pat is traveling alot for work right now and we are getting ready to go to Hawaii next sunday for 9 days and we can't wait.
We did have a nice weekend grandma and grandpa watched the boys for us so we could have a night out with some friends so we went to cheryl and taylor's for a BBQ and played some really fun games, mindy and cheryl watch that show minute to win it so they got a few ideas off of that and that is what we played their was this one called on the nose and it was with vaseline and cotton balls so here are a few pics of the night: anyways those are just a few of the games we played we had a great time.
Thanks Cheryl & Taylor for the great food and good fun with friends:

A year old Already! :(

Okay so I know I am a week late on blogging about the boys turning a year old but I have been a little busy with birthday parties after birthday parties.
Well we celebrated the boys 1st birthday on monday the 15th they turned a year old and I was so sad because they are growing up way too fast. We had a little birthday party at Grandma's house for them and for their dad yep Pat turned 50 on the 15th along with the boys turning 1 man he is old hehehe.
We did a cow theme because the boys love cows and everything is moo every book they see every toy everything says moo so we went with cows it turned out really cute, aprils mom made their little cakes and they turned out so cute thanks again Karla.


We had lots of friends and family show up and the boys got a ton of stuff I am not even sure where I am going to put everything its still piled up in the play room in boxes and I just keep looking at it all and saying wow they are spoiled. Here are a few pics of them opening up a few gifts well more like dad and mom opening up the gifts:



The boys loved eating their cake here are a few pics:


Caleb just dove right in


Ayden was alittle hesitant at first and then he got into it



Anyways the boys are doing great they had their 1 year check up and they are progressing as they should:
Caleb weighs: 19lbs 5 oz and is 29 inches long, he is in the 10th percentile for weight and alittle under average for heigth. He has 4 teeth and still will not crawl unless its on his terms he actually is doing alittle bit of crawling but mostly he gets around by scooting everywhere still not walking and is not even close to it but trust me I am so okay with that. Ayden Weighs: 18lbs 1oz and is 30 inches long, he is in the 3rd percentile for weight he is my skinny minny and right where he needs to be for heigth. He has 2 teeth and still trying to get those top ones to come through they finally cut throught the skin but they just wont come down. He is crawling all over the place and before we know it he is up 6 or 7 stairs and he walks if he has something to push but will not walk by himself he is so scared its cute. Anyways that is how the boys are doing and mom is so sad that they are a year old but so happy at the same time cuz they are so cute at this age and they just love playing together and just being together
and yep they are still sleeping in the same crib but would you move them after how cute they are together when they sleep:

Well sorry for such the long post but thats what happens when you blog every 6 months.