Catching up

It's been a while since I've posted anything on my blog.  I've had some technical issues.  

But those have been resolved and I am now moving forward :)

So I am going to post a few pics, from our latest events and try and get up to date.

I've been training for the Ogden Half Marathon again this year.  

It's only 4 short weeks away now!  I'm starting to get excited and see the fruits of my labors.

We've been training for such a long time now.  But I have seen so many wonderful results.  

I've lost 20lbs since the middle of February!  

I am faster and stronger than I was last year.

I am ready to have some fun and walk the Half Marathon!  

I have to admit, that not everyday is fun.  I am naturally a bit lazy, and there are just some nights, when I would much rather sit on the couch and watch T.V., or work on a craft, or just hang out with my family.  But somehow, even murmuring under my breath, I find a way to get out there every night, and WALK!  Even though I might have to make myself, go.... I am so glad I did the instant I return.

This is the feeling I have to keep with me.  

I can not ever quit!  Even after the marathon is over a month from now, I must keep going.  

I have goals in mind.  I love feeling fit.  I love how I feel, how my body responds, etc..

And I have another Half Marathon to complete in September.

Each week, as we walk with our group, we take fun pictures of ourselves accomplishing our goals.

I have a folder where I keep all these pictures, so that I can make an album one of these days.

We are almost done with the whole Broken Arm thing!

But let me just say that, even with good insurance, it's expensive to break a bone!

So no one in our family is aloud to break another bone :)

Broken bone timeline: (if I can remember)

I wrote this down somewhere.

We broke it sometime at the first of February.

We had a procedure to put the bones back into place a few days later.

We got a lovely super big Red Cast and had weekly Dr. visits and X-rays for 4 weeks.

Then we got to get the short pink Cast for another 4 weeks with no weekly checkups.

Then we went in a couple of days before our trip to Arches and she got her cast off.

She is wearing a brace for 4 more weeks, just when she's outside and at school.  

We must ease into this transition of being free from all casts.

Am I worried? Yea!  I don't want her to break anything else.

She is crazy, and rowdy, and it's going to be weird to just take everything off, and let her go.  

**sigh**

My girls LOVE Easter!  It's Bree's favorite Holiday.  So I decorate the house etc...

I sewed a whole basket full of cute bunnies.  And I crafted some wood bunnies to put on the shelf.

I forgot to find pics of them.

The girls colored Eggs.  We went to my parents for a fun Easter picnic.  

We even made Easter treats.

I love Easter too.

The Easter Bunny outdid herself!

The girls loot.

This year, we didn't have any plans the week the girls were out for Spring Break, because the following week we were going on Vacation to Arches.

But we managed to fit in a trip to the Zoo, and Lagoon.

We haven't been to the Zoo since before Ruby was born, so this was her first trip.

We hadn't seen the new Bear exhibit yet.

They have really made the Hogle Zoo outstanding!  So fun.  

We really enjoyed ourselves.

We got to see the baby Elephant swim twice!  It was a blast.

Back in November, on the Black Friday sales, I bought our family Season passes to Lagoon for the summer!  We also haven't been to Lagoon for about 6 years.  We usually go to strawberry days fair with grandma bump, but it's been a long time since we've been to Lagoon.

One night after Chris got home from work, we went to get our season passports.

On the way home, we stopped at Burger King, and had some dinner.

The girls couldn't stop talking about it.  They were so excited for Lagoon to Open, so we could actually go.  They had some cars on the coasters running while we were picking up our passes, and the girls got super excited.  It was fun to listen to them talk and be so excited at dinner.

Lagoon is only open on the weekends until school gets out, but we went on opening day, and last Saturday also.  My girls were brave, and rode a lot of big rides with Chris and I.  

I an already tell, after the first 2 visits, that this was a great purchase, and that we are going to have fun at Lagoon all summer long!  Yay.  I can't wait.  

They even have Teacups, just like at Disney :)  

Not sure we're going to ride the new ride, Cannonball.  It looks pretty serious!!  :) 

I'll keep you posted....

When they take Class pictures at the school, they also take some Spring pictures of the kids if you want them.  When the girls brought their pics home the other day, I was in LOVE!  They turned out so great.  I only wished I would have thought to take Ruby over to the school for some pics.

I can't believe how much the girls are growing!  It happens so fast.  In a way, I am ok with it.  But hmmm, I guess I have no choice.

And I love that Elle has her cast in the picture.  Oh the memories!

My next post.... Arches!

Bree 4th grade

Elle, 1st grade