Sunday, August 22, 2010

Hobble Creek 2010

I ran the Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon again this year. I ran this same one last year, but last year I was alone. It was much better to have a friend to do it with this year. Stacie who was out of commision for a year with a pregnancy, came back. And she came back with a vengeance. She is solid, consistent, strong, competitive, and awesome. She kicked this half's butt and came in at 1:58. That is an awesome time. I came in at 2:11. Which does beat my last years time for this course by 9 minutes. I am proud of that. This is not my favorite race and I doubt I will do it again. They don't start on time and that to me, is just mean. The first 6 or 7 miles of this course are beautiful. But the last half I could do without.
That being said, I still loved our sleepover at Stacie's moms house the night before, I LOVED our awesome dinner we had that night at Pizzeria 7-12. And I had a great time! Proud of our accomplishment and proud that we finished another race. Congratulations Stacie my friend, Thank you for sharing this with me!




Standing in line to get my shirt.
A bit wasted, sweaty, and tired right after the finish line.

Recovering and reminiscing with each other..



The BEST Cheerleaders ever! Izzy was at a waterski activity, but other then that, they NEVER miss a race. I appreciate my support team.. Thank you guys!
I LOVE YOU!!


Sister To Be

I have a new sister to be, her name is Stephanie, she stole Anthony's heart and gave him a brand new start {yes I'm rhyming} And I want to welcome her to the family.
We went to her lovely bridal shower, we got lost on our way there, I trusted Gen to not make us late, and learned that was a big mistake!
But we got there just in time you see to play games and meet some new friends, We laughed and ate well, and enjoyed this new beautiful girl, And then I had to go pee..




OOOO LAA LAA!!!



Happy Groom

One game we played: Stephanie had to answer questions about Anthony and everytime she got one wrong, she had to put a gumball in her mouth..


She wasn't very good at this game...



Gen was not only bad with directions that night, but she tried to cheat too! She was trying to whisper the answers to Steph and so she had to eat some gum too..


Spitting out her Big WAD of gum.. It was much bigger than it looks here... CHEERS to the Happy, Beautiful Couple!!

Coo Coo's Birthday Party

Our Grandma Coo Coo is now 63. She is totally getting OLD! But she is young at heart and that's what we Love about her. Always a tease, always a kid, always fun. We love our Grandma Kook Bird.

Gretchen playing football with the kids. She follows in her mom's footsteps to stay young at heart.

Chilling in the shade and enjoying each others company.

Cute Little Baby Reese, our newest family member..


Reeseybell loving Stellabella




Grandpa loving his Number 1 Grandson Oliver.. {and by that he means, his first Grandson}




Our happy Birthday Girl
Happy tweenager Senekah


And the always happiest of all, T-roy




I think Gretchen may have some childhood issues she is still trying to work through...

And when you gotta pee, you gotta pee...










Saturday, July 31, 2010

Summer da da da da da da ahh Honey honey..

Warning: The following post is extremely long and may cause feelings of jealousy, exhaustion and relief..Summer 2010 and all of it's activities...





Sweet's candy factory..
Coo Coo and her Cuckoo bird at Tracy Aviary
Skate Park..brought to you by Scott.
Izzy Ballerina..this years performance was Beauty and the Beast
Millcreek Canyon luncheon and playtime..



Strong Family Reunion..Grandma Smith and Sen
Lagoon...{x 6} so far..
Jeepin in the back yard..
Girl time..Izzy's first shave.

Premier of Eclipse..Team Edward/Jacob
First day of Braces for Senekah..
Erin and Sen with their braces..
Clark Planetarium..Oliver finding his Zen.
Walking on Mars with Grandpa..
Gateway fountains...
Shopping!!...
4th of July Centerville Freedom run 5k...
Talent Show/Magic show..Great Scott and his assistant..
Tie Dye's...
Mommy sleepover...


Temple Square...
Taylor's baptism and my new sister in law to be with her girls..
Heber Cabin time...

Brighton Loop walk/picnic...
got crack??

Deep Fry Fest 2010...

24th of July fireworks at home...

Boys pretending fireworks were their machine guns when they would POP, POP, POP!!..
And last but not least thus far..Girls Camp..And it is only July 31st..What more can we fit into one summer..Tune in to find out!!