HSM3

So I finally watched HSM3...I'm about a year late.  Well Trey watched it with me because Matt was not having any part of that.  When Troy and Gabriella were dancing on the roof and he was lifting her up and twirling her around, Trey kept saying, "that girl is strong mom.  She's so strong." Well apparently Trey thinks Troy is a girl...the hair must have been confusing him. I tried to explain that Troy was a boy, but he wasn't buying it.

Needless to say we're both fans.  Duh, the opening scene is basketball so naturally Trey was instantly hooked.  Trey's new number for all of his sports is #14...Matt is having a hard time with the move away from the Jarvis 25.  My take on the movie?  FREAKING LOVED IT!!!! 

I'm a Marathoner...well 1/2 Marathoner

My sisters and cousins and I ran the Provo City Half Marathon and 5 K on April 4th 2009! It was a great weekend! Well the race itself was less than desirable, but the weekend as a whole was very memorable. 

This was my first big race and I had trained faithfully for 14 weeks (well really 16 since I started too early, I was a little over zealous). I had high hopes for the 1/2 marathon, but training in Florida for a race that was in Utah came back to bite me. I had been training in 70 degree weather to arrive in Utah with a bitter 29 degrees on race day. 

It snowed the whole race with mile 7 being the worst because the snow was moving horizontally into our faces the entire time. At mile 9 I started hyperventilating while I was crying because I couldn't run the whole thing. (Who knew running was so emotional, that wasn't the only time I cried during the race). So, I had to stop because my knee was killing me. I started running again after a short break and then met up with my sisters and dad at mile 10. 

Well I made it another 1/2 mile and my hip, knee and ankle were shooting pain with every hit of the pavement. Then my knee gave out and I could barely walk, Kelly was basically carrying me for a while. But freak I had already run 10 1/2 miles, I wasn't going to stop now! So reluctantly I walked the last 2 1/2 miles to finish my 1/2 marathon. It was great to have the support of my sisters and cousins to help get me through it.

So my first big race didn't go at all how I had planned, but I'm not giving up...I'll start training for the next 1/2 marathon this month! My new plan is to run faster so that I won't have to run so long! Oh, and I'm going to run it down here so that I can actually finish while running the entire race. 

P.S. We all wore tutu's because we're "tutu fast"! EVERYONE loved them. We got comments on them all throughout the race. Even the guys liked them. I'll think we'll keep them around and use the tutu's for our next family race. 

Jet Setting

The boys and I have been flying all over the place, well mostly to Utah. It's been great since we've moved to Florida, I think we've seen our family more often since then. The boys are really good fliers, smarties and suckers are the "reward" (aka bribe) of choice for a job well done. We've got the routine down really good; one mom, two boys, two suitcases, two carry-ons, one double stroller, and two car seats. I'm a spectacle walking into the airport, but it's worth it to visit family especially when we're so far away. Here are the boys just relaxing watching a movie...thank goodness Delta has satellite TV!