Our Stay-cation and Marathon!

Last weekend, I ran the Ogden marathon....relay that is. Okay, there is just no way my body can go 26 miles, but 6 I can do. I was invited to run with my friends Kara, Tara, Jessica and Michelle. It was a blast! Got really sweaty and really sore, but I'd still call it a good time. I even got a medal--not just anyone got one--you had to finish to get one :) it's really shiny.

And can I just say how thrilling it was for me to watch everybody--especially those full-marathoners--cross the finish line? It was down right emotional! I loved it when, at the end of the race, the runner's family would jump in there with them and they would cross the finish line together--how sweet!

I so looked forward to seeing Jer, Bridg and Kennedy when I finished my portion. Bridger gave me a great big hug--he didn't care that I was all sweaty (and boy was I...), but he did tell me that I smelled like leaves (could be worse).....
We had two teams running the relay and lucky for me, I was able to run with a fun girl, Sherrie, I guess we pushed each other to run faster, cause I don't think I've ever run so fast--and neither had she! Funny how that works.

Here I am at my finish line giving my time chip to Kara. It was such a beautiful race--all down the canyon. In between breaths, I would look up and enjoy the snow covered mountains, the green pastures, the horses and the beautiful lake. It was gorgeous! The weather was perfect, and I would love to do this again next year.

Kennedy and Bridger loved my medal

almost as much as I did :)

We stayed for a few nights up in the canyon--we entertained ourselves with the cooler. First, I gave Bridger and Kennedy a ride, then they gave me one......not really....

We brought our bikes with us and even though I was dead tired, exhausted and otherwise almost unable to walk, we went for a ride :)

No, really, it was fun. We found this cute old building--a fun backdrop for pictures. Bridger took this one of me and Jer--and I think he did a great job! I was really impressed considering he never even looked at the screen--lucky shot.

Here is the dam. Jeremy just desperately wanted me to "swear" in a blog post. Happy now???

And on our way home, we stopped for a good ole mountain hike--our first one of the year (yippee!). I am so excited it is hiking season again

However, much to my suprise, Bridger's imagination has grown--in fact, exponentially since last summer. While hiking, he wondered if Heavenly Father created trees, who created spooky trees?? And then, all of a sudden "what's that?" Ummm...tree roots? I guess they did kinda look like creatures emerging from the earth.... Then, Bridger informed us that he prefers to only hike in the sunlight--no in the shadows. The shadows are spooky. Okay, so we will stick to the desert? Has this kid been reading twilight???

We'll just have to ease him into it, I guess. Crazy kid. Kennedy's a breeze. She just needs something to snack on. She's like a little monkey on your back--a little happy monkey.