Olivia & the Pantry

Olivia has found herself a new hiding spot. she loves to go in the pantry and find the package of gum and then sit there & chew on it. Now everytime we go in the kitchen she tries to open the door to go in.When she noticed that I had found her she gave me this look. I had to grab my phone to get these before she would move.

Ogden Marathon

Well I didn't run the marathon but I did participate in my very first 5K. I had a blast running it! I loved everything about it, the atmosphere was great, to be around so many people that worked so hard for this day and accomplished their goals was amazing. To see thousands of people running, volunteering and supporting was truly a great thing to experience. I had the wonderful support of my husband with bad knee and all came out bright and early with Olivia to cheer me and the rest of them on. Well 25 minutes later I was crossing the finish line and it felt great to have accomplished something I had worked for. I ran with each one of these girls the past few weeks to get ready for the race and we all had so much fun. It was a first for all of us so it was fun to experience it together.My sis AmandaMy HubbyMy sis Rachel finishing the half marathon

{the 12th girl to finish} Later on in the afternoon Olivia and I along with some of my family ran in the kidsK. We all had so much fun especially the kids!Before the race with my baby girl
My sis Emily and her two girls, Maddy was a tinny bit to old to run in the kidsK. Emily and Izzy ran it like champs!

I had a great day with everyone and I look up to those that can have the dedication and determination to run in marathons. I wanted to run for a lot of reasons, some for myself and one for someone else. I can't say I know anything about how it would feel but I have an idea. To have the desire, dedication and want to run but not being able to because of health issues has got to be hard. I think of this person every time I run and wish with all my heart that they could run beside me or their own family effortlessly. I Love You!!

What Have WE Been Up To?

What have we been up to?

1.Well as usual Olivia is growing and getting more and more curious about everything

2. She is a little over nine months

{ 16.25 lbs. 9%} { 27.75 in. 54%} { 16.5 hd cir. 5%}

3. She now has two very sharp,sparkly white teeth

4. She stands on her own for a little while

5. She took her first three steps all by herself today!!!! I screamed with joy and she looked at me like I was some insane mom. Well I guess just a bit.

6.She loves to play with all little kids and she is a very tuff girl

7. I've been busy with working a few extra days, so nothing gets done. example-blogging

8. The wonderful world of Men's softball started two weeks ago and guess what they already have a victory! Of course The DREADED BAD NEWS!! Last Friday night T.J. was up to bat and somehow hurt his knee again! For those who don't know it all started about 1 1/2 years ago at a softball game where he tore his MCL and since then no pain no game. He pulled the last straw and tore his ACL & damaged something else that I cant begin to spell. Finally Off to the DR.'s he went and found out that surgery will be required if he ever wants to do something other than sitting and walking. I feel really bad for him and know that he has been in a lot of pain the last couple of days. Your a great sport hubby and I love you!9. I finally planted all of my pots with flowers, & finally put Olivia's room together the way I've wanted it to look like.

10. I've been really good with exercising, I'm running the 5K{okay so I know it's only 3.2 miles but I haven't run in years} in Ogden on Saturday & so I started running about a month or so ago and I really like doing it. I want to give a shout out to my bro-in-law Darin who is running the 26 mile marathon for the fourth yr. & to Mitch another bro-in-law for running the 26 mile marathon also for second yr. & last but not least my big sis Rachel who will be running the 13 mile race!

11. I decided to give my mom for mother's day something that she would be able to have and remember for a long time. So I spent quite a while making a 20x30 collage of all the grandchildren. There are 22 grand kids in my family and more than likely some to come in the future.

May I add and of course this is bias but my mom and all My siblings have some beautiful grandchildren & children. I just wanted to say a few things about mothers, I love my mom, she has been such an example to me through out my life and now that I'm a mom I can truly say how appreciative I am to her. Being a mother is a job , there are long hours, you get dirty, you don't get paid a hourly wage, and you never get to leave. Yes motherhood is hard but to have the opportunity to raise children and love them with all your heart is worth every long hour. Thanks to all the moms that I have had the opportunity to be around! your all great!
It was a long post so I'm sorry, I'll have to do a better job with the updates.