Race for Humanitarian Aid

Russ asked me to share this link. He didn't want me to say this, but his company donated the website, and it is pretty cool! Whether you want to do the race or not, I thought I would share.

Here is the link

http://hartafrica.org/5k-races

SPUDMAN 2011

Last weekend Russ and i dropped the kids off at his parents and headed up to Burley Idaho to participate in our first Spudman triathlon together. We have been psyched to do this race since January. It was so fun to get away with Russ and have this awesome experience and to accomplish this together. The race went great. I had 3 goals i wanted to accomplish and i met them all so i was pretty proud of myself.
Goal 1: Finish in under 2hr 30 min
Outcome: My final time was 2hr 28 min

Goal 2: Finish within the top 20 for my age group.
Outcome: I placed 17th in my age group

Goal 3: Beat Russ . . . he he he
Outcome: I did, but only by a few minutes. But i was way proud of him. I trained way more than he did and he did amazing! I wish i could be like him. He can just do amazing feats without much preparation. I needed to train from January until now to have been able to do it.

Anyway unless i am pregnant or have a baby i would love to make this a tradition every year. It was a blast!

view from my window as we drove to our motel.

4th, awesome husband, puddle Jumping, and HP 7.2 3d style!

On the sunday before the fourth we went to Russ' parents for dinner and some DELICIOUS homemade strawberry ice-cream (seriously so good!). Russ put on an awesome (cheap) fireworks display that the kids loved! It was so fun!

see they loved it!

 Then on the actual fourth, our ward had their traditional breakfast and bike parade for the kids.

Not sure who's scooter that was but Miller wanted to get in on the action.

 The rest of the day was spent shopping, i got some killer deals at Carters, then the cousins came over and played, ate, and eventually watched the Sugar House Fireworks from our front yard.

Russ woke Miller up to see the show.

 My Russell is a stud. He did this 50 mile mountain bike race. I don't know if any of you mountain bike, but that is A LOT miles on a mountain bike! I was so proud of him for doing it. He has only owned a mountain bike for maybe 6 weeks and did so well. I was also so bummed, we missed him coming in to the finish line by 2 minutes. Oh well, at least he knows we love him!

He did it with our friend Kevin, who did an amazing job as well!

This is how dirty he got, it was the first time Russ looked "tan"

 Halle has been into the TV show Max and Ruby for a while and in one of the episodes they get all their rain gear on to go play in the rain. When it rained the other day Halle was all bout going out and playing. It was so cute to see her jump in puddles.

 

Last but not least i got to go see Harry Potter 7.2 in 3D with my sisters Lisa and Lani, and my friend Ashley.  It was so exciting. It was the end of the Movies, and i had gone to all the other ones with my sisters (when they didn't have babies). Lindsey and I usually went together dressed up. Now that Lindsey is in DC I didn't dress up, but was sad that  i didn't. The movie was really good. I love HP, you know that, and it didn't disappoint. The next night i went with Russ and i think he might read the books. He dug up my old paper back copies himself, so i am excited!

Yes that is me taking a picture of myself super excited!

Hogle Zoo

This last friday, my sisters, Mom and I all took the kiddies to the Zoo. Now although Hogle Zoo really struggles, the kids had a blast, especially with each other.

This was Miller's face when he heard the T-Rex roar. It was so cute! He loved it, even though he isn't smiling in the picture below.
Oh and on a side note, we saw Mrs. Bittner when we were by the T-Rex. She remembered all of us and was so nice, love her!

 

 I can't get enough of these two. They are so cute together and were walking around holding hands. So fun to have a cousin so close in age.

 Connor is so adorable!

 Halle liked being in the stroller, i think she secretly wishes she was a baby. 

 Then we all went on the train. It was so hot and the kids couldn't wait to go on the train and as soon as we got to the front of the line, the lady told us that the train had to go get gas and we would have to wait another 7-10 minutes! I was so annoyed, you can't explain to an 18 month old that the train has to go get gas. Well, once we got on the train Miller was in heaven. It didn't matter that we didn't really see anything cool, just the fact that we were on a train.

Happenings

Running in the mountains
Last week we, my parents, my children and i, went to the cabin. Russ got to stay home and catch up on work, and live the life of a bachelor, which he said was great for a while, then he missed me. :)  It was perfect weather and i got to do a couple of runs while we were up there. It was gorgeous, and so fun to be running in the mountains. Here are some pics i took while on my run.

Playing at the Park
My kids love going over to the Rosslyn Heights playgrounds, aren't they cute!

Yesterday
My Miller got burned. It was so sad, he grabbed my mom's hot curling iron and burned his hand. I called his pediatrician and they told me to bring him in. Luckily it was only a mild 2 degree burn on his little hand but the poor thing cried the whole way there (which is longer then he has ever cried in his life). They wrapped it up and sent us on our way. He is pretty proud of his little bandage.

Today
Slip-n-slide. After Miller and i got back from the docs we went out and enjoyed the beautiful day outside. (can you see the plastic bag wrapped around Miller's little hand?)

Halle thought she was pretty funny dumping cold water on my mom!

Cabin

We went up to the Cabin the day after memorial day. All is right with the world (in Halle's mind) when we are at the cabin. It was perfect weather and so much fun!

Something

So I figure since i haven't posted in a while i figure I would put a couple pictures on here to let you know i am still alive. 

I hope you all had a fabulous Mother's Day yesterday, celebrating the women in your life who have loved and nurtured you! My day was wonderful. It started out with Russ getting up with Miller at 6:30 am and letting me sleep in as long as i wanted. It was great! 

The night before Russ and i went on a date, thanks to my Mom and Dad! We went shopping and i actually found 3 things i wanted to buy and got them all in only 45 minutes, it was a good shopping trip. Then we went and saw "Thor" I know, i thought it looked dumb to, but it was actually pretty good, and the guy who plays Thor is easy on the eyes if you know what i mean. Although i think the people who did the makeup and hair for the twilight movies might have gotten their hands on his hair, it was pretty  bad. But it was just fun being with Russ, i love him, a lot, and always have fun with him. 

And of course my babies! I LOVE them so much and am so lucky and privileged to be their mama! 

Easter Eggs

Yesterday all of my Sisters and their kids came over and we decorated Easter eggs and just hung out. It was really fun but you would have thought we were running a day care with all the kiddies, it was a little crazy at times, but super fun overall!

Kai and Naya reading

Cute little Connor!

Lani's second, Crew, isn't he so sweet!

Love this one of Halle with her tongue out!

Laina and Kai

My sweet Miller boy, love that kid. And yes,
that is another bump on his forehead. 
He got that one from tripping and
falling down the stairs outside. 

Oh and thank you to Lindsey who took the amazing photos.