Running

So a little back story,  about a month or two before I had Emily I decided that I needed to commit to something to do that would force me to work out after I had Emily.  So I decided that I would train for a 5K.  Now I have never ever been a runner in fact before this summer the last time that I ran any amount of time at all was for PE in middle school.  So I proceeded to tell many people that I was going to run a 5K in the fall, I figured the more people I told about this the less likely I would be to flake out of it!  So for my birthday/anniversary present I went to Teton Running, a shoe store in town,  and had them film the way I ran  and got some good shoes so that I wouldn't have the excuse of injury not to run.   I picked a 5K, it was the Wish, Walk, Run benefiting  the Make a Wish Foundation.  It was on Oct. 15th so I figured I would have enough time from when the baby was born to get ready for it.  I found some podcasts for the couch to 5K program and just started.  Honestly I signed up for the run I did because you could walk or run and I was not so sure that I would be able to run the whole thing, but by the week of my race I had gone through the whole couch to 5K program and a few days before the race ran 3.1 miles and ran the whole way.  So knowing that I could do it I made a goal of running the whole thing and doing it in less than 45 min (I know not stellar time but I am okay with that).  So I went I ran and I did it!!!  I ran the whole thing and finished in 41min and 56 sec  Here are some pics of that day.

Before the race figuring out where the course goes.

Getting ready to go!

Ryan and Olivia's "Go  Mommy" posters!

Right after I finished, Ryan is making sure that I know what his poster said!

So after I did this race I kind of started to slack off it was getting really cold in the mornings and it was just really hard to find time to run especially with Chris's weird work schedule.  So I was running about once a week and decided I needed to get on it so I signed up for another 5K.  This one was just yesterday.  And when I woke up to drive to the race it was snowing I got down to the park and it was only raining there but it was cold and by the time the race started it was sleeting and windy.  Needless to say it was a little cold!  So my goal this time was again to run the whole thing which I was a little concerned about since I hadn't been running as much and I wanted to beat my last time.   Well luckily there was a cute little boy ahead of me with about 1/2 a mile to go and I thought, "no way am I coming in after a little boy"  so I kicked it up and  finished in 39min 50 sec!   It was a lot of fun.  It was called the "Tater Trot"  so after the race there was a baked potato meal waiting which was the perfect thing to warm me up!  My mom came up to see me run so we got a few better pics this time!  So here they are!

Waiting for the start!

Off we go!

returning triumphant!

can't have my mom taking pictures and not have one of me with my tongue out!

eating the potato and drinking hot chocolate!

 

Anyways so that is my fun running experience I don't know that I can say that I have enjoyed the running but I have enjoyed setting and accomplishing these goals.  I registered for a 10K at the end of May and now that I am registered and I have told all of my faithful readers there is no going back right?

Emily updates

Emily so getting so big so fast!  She is rolling over, eatting "solids", laughing, scooting (way to close to crawling)  and is just so cute!  She had her 4 month check up on Sept. 20 and was 16lbs 15oz and is 25 inches long! I just can't believe how fast they grow she is wearing 6-9 month and 12 month clothes!  Here are just a few pics of her from the last few months! 

Emily just chilling and watching some tv

love this smile!

Livvy and Emmy in their twinner outfits!

Emily eating cereal for the first time.

How pretty is this little girl!!!

Olivia's birthday!

Our sweet  Olivia turned 5!  I can't believe she is getting so old!  She is so smart and is such a sweetheart!  She loves her little sister and is such a big helper!

waiting to blow our her candle!

we had a bunch of neighbors over for cake and ice cream

Olivia eating her free cupcake from Barnes and Noble!

First Days of School

So we had a few different first days of school this year.  Christopher started first as he is teaching 1 class and 2 labs at the University this semester, then a week later Ryan started first grade, then a week after that Olivia started preschool as she missed the deadline for Kindergarten by 10 days, and then after some care finagling I was able to get Olivia into K12 which is a home school public school so she started Kindergarten, but is also doing preschool for the social aspect!

Christopher right after his first day teaching

Ryan waiting for the bus!

Ryan's first day of school

Olivia before he first day of preschool!

I had to add this one this is so Olivia!  So full of spunk and attitude!

Olivia's first day of Kindergarten.

10 Year High School Reunion

Christopher and I had our 10 year high school reunion in August.  Unfortunately it was Christopher's weekend to be in Texas for his masters program so he didn't come with me,  but I had fun without him!  We had an adult dinner and then the next day we had a family day at Bear Lake.   It was so much fun and I loved catching up with "old" friends whenever we get together it is just like old times!  And my mother-in-law was awesome enough to watch my kiddos so I didn't have to worry about them.  Again I suck at getting pictures so I am sniping some from friends!  Also just want to give a thanks to those who made it possible I am sure it was so much work and I am grateful that you were willing to do it!

Almost everyone that came it looks like some left before the picture was taken.

My girls can't even tell you how much I love these people!  We missed you Kaiann!

This group of people is why I miss High School,  people often give me a weird look when I say that I loved High School but it is because of these people that I did.  (and my cute husband who would have been in this picture if he were there)

 Keeping it real!

 After the dinner was over a bunch of us went out to the deck and just talked and laughed forever.  Love these guys!

At the Bear Lake!  Look at all of us brave girls with little ones and not afraid to wear swim suits!

Emily's Blessing

Emily was blessed on July 3, 2011.  Christopher gave  her a beautiful blessing.  He blessed her with a love for learning and for music.  We had so much family there to support us and it was wonderful.  I didn't get a lot of pictures but my mom and mother-in-law did I just didn't get any from them yet so I will snipe some from their blogs and facebook but might post more eventually!

This is a picture of all of our family who came to the blessing.  We used a camera timer and we all squished in!!  Camille and the babies were MIA but we will forgive them since they were a little bit young to be hauled all over the place!

This is the only picture I got of Emily in her whole blessing outfit.  I was planning on putting her in it another day and talking pictures but she has grown and probably doesn't fit into it now!

One more pic of her she fell asleep right after we got home and then we changed her before any other pictures got taken so this is it!