The Rest of July

I signed Emily and I up to run a 5k bubble run. Mine and Marci joined us and it was really fun. The weeks prior Emily and I went on a couple of runs together. She talked the whole time, and twirls and runs backwards all while I'm just trying to breath. Haha. We plan on doing more runs together.

Later in July the kids and I drove up to Rock Springs, Wy to visit Felicia and her family but also to see Wanda and Rachel since they were driving through to pick Joseph up from BYU-I. It was a fun visit and makes me ache for family to be close again.

Last, but not least I graduated from the pathway program this month. I'm so glad I did it! I made some very good life long friends and I'm furthering my education.
 

 

Camping With the Grips

So we went camping with the our friends the Grips from July 6th to July 9th. We drove about 5 hours away to Ridgway State Park and camped in Yurts. As we were driving there Emily started complaining of her ears. Once we got there Mike took her to an urgent care and we found out she had an ear infection. They got her on some antibiotics and she seemed fine. While they were are urgent care I unloaded our stuff into the yurt and fed the other kids some dinner.

The next day was Tuesday and we did a little hike and then got caught in a rain storm. It was nice to have the yurts to keep us warm and dry. When there was a lull in the storm our family drove into Montrose and hit Target for some games the kids could play just in case we got rained in again. That night we had dinner that the Grips prepared and then put kids to bed. Once they were asleep the adults sat around the fire and visited.

Wednesday it looked gloomy and cold but we decided to do the Ouray Hot Springs anyway. It was beautifully nestled in between some mountains that made us feel like we were in the Swiss Alps. The kids had fun and I enjoyed the hottest of the hot. Once we left there we went back to the camp so our family could prepare dinner and then the usual night routine of bedtime for the kids and visiting for the adults.

Thursday we packed up and headed home since I had to get to class that night. We sure had fun and can't wait to do it again.

May 2015

May was a busy month this year. Emily and Mordecai had their Summer piano recital, Joey and Tom came to town to run the Spartan Race with Mike. It was also the last month of school, soccer, and we said goodbye to our good friends the Smith.

Bolder Boulder 10k

Bolder Boulder!!!! I wasn't planning on running this 10k because 2 weeks ago I did the Spartan, but after feeling so great after that race I decided I would. Plus it helped that Marci was doing it and looking at the website for it they had all these fun pictures; so I decided to sign up. I also talked Tom into doing it with us so they drove down Friday night. My goal was not to beat any previous time records, but to run the whole 6 miles nonstop. I did just that. I was a little bummed that I didn't do so well with time,1:15:05, but I hadn't really run since the race 2 weeks ago except for one 6 mile run and a 4 mile run so I guess it wasn't so bad. I am just amazed that I can do it...even with in inhaler.

Easter 2014

We kept up with our tradition of doing Easter eggs the Saturday before. Mike also thinks I am crazy that the kids each dye a dozen eggs, but the kids enjoy it! Sunday we woke up and I hid the eggs before Emily and Mordecai came up from their sleep over in the basement. The kids loved it and it was especially fun to see Ivy go crazy for all the excitement.

Easter is also one of the few times a year that I have us coordinate. I bought my outfit and Emily's for just everyday church wear, but one day they were sitting next to each other on my bed and that's when I decided to make them our Easter colors.

After Church we had the Smith family over for ham, cheesy potatoes, rolls, deviled eggs, Sunday salad, and Grandma Rogers' strawberry cheesecake for dessert.