Provo Halloween Half Marathon

Yesterday was my 4th half marathon this year!...our long weekend started Friday by going down to Provo and having a Halloween get-together with my fam complete with a 'barfing' pumpkin and fun games, picking-up my race packet (despite all the chaos reported on the PHHM Facebook page, I did get my packet and a shirt that fit me), and getting to bed with wariness about the alarm clock in my parent's guest room.  Saturday morning started with Scott rolling over, looking at the clock and  yelling at me that it was 6:00 o'clock--I was supposed to get up at 5 so I would be ready to go meet my friends who were parking their car at the finish and drive us all back to the mall where the buses were picking-up runners to take them to the start.  Well my friends hitched a ride and I was able to meet them in line for the 45+ minute wait in butt-clenching cold temperatures, the buses came we wrestled our way on and then got up to the start to wait another hour and a half until the start.  The race started and with a handy app on my phone I hit 'start'--unfortunately the iPod music function was not working on the app and I, again, ran to the beat of runners shoes hitting the pavement.  It was a consistent downhill course and I thought for sure my toe nails were toast.  I had to pause twice, once to tie my shoes and the second to stretch my screaming calve muscles, but I claimed a new PR--2:08:35!!!  

(average of 9:49 minute/mile...my phone app said 2:06:29, either way I am so excited!)

Scott, the boys and my mom made just in time to see me round the corner before I crossed the finish line, that made my day!  After the race I took a grueling ice bath then we made a trip to Salt Lake for a belated surprise birthday party for my nephew and then came back to the Valley and went to Tucanos, walked around The Shops at Riverwoods, then finished building a cool Lego set Scott got from my parents for his birthday/early Christmas.  We ended up sleeping over again at Grammies house and having a nice lazy day.  We stole an idea from Pinterest and carved a pumpkin for Vi to sit in and get pictures.  Then we headed for home.  All in all a great weekend!

Scott is 36!!!

Happy Birthday to my honey!!!

Scott's favorite things:

book (or magazine)--Book of Mormon, Car & Driver, Junk Market

T.V. show--Big Bang Theory, Psych, White Collar, Simpsons, The Middle

drink--Dr. Pepper

food--Sushi, Mexican, Sea Food

people--Family

object--Bug, Travelall

color--red

game (or past-time)--Basketball, home improvement projects, working in the yard

mmm, Tucanos

birthday pie

I don't think he cared that he got a
2012 calendar for his birthday,
it was Lego for crying out loud!

Scott's new VW bus in the driveway...

Why can't I sleep?

To quote a favorite holiday book of ours: "Late one night, I was sound asleep, snoring like a motorcycle, cuddled down deep in my crocodile comforter, snug as a clam, when I thought I heard a banging, bam, bam, bam..." {The Skeleton in the Closet, by Alice Schertle}
Well, I am not hearing skeletons banging on my door wanting to come raid my closet, I am between: enjoying the peace of uninterrupted "me" time, taking too late of a nap after church, and a bit of insomnia--what is my problem?!  You would think that the second I have a chance to catch up on sleep I would jump on it, and I often do, but there are times when I relish a little "me" time.  After we got the boys to bed the hubs and I watched an episode of Psych, very funny and with a little pleading look in his eye Scott went up to bed, for sure hoping I would follow him, but I was just not ready to turn in yet.  I proceeded to watch a DVR'd episode of America's Next Top Model--Scott hates that show and so it was a perfect to catch up, then I updated the blog background (hope you like it--we got new pictures at the end of summer and they turned out super cute and I wanted to show them off) and now I am trying my hand at a post with nothing in particular to write about.
I am working on a project that I have wanted to do forever.  I bought several cheap frames from the DI and spray-painted them in black and chalkboard.  I assembled our 8X10 family portraits throughout the years and I am going to hang them in our Family Room--they will be dope with the uber cool 'Family  Room' sign the in-laws scored for us a while back.  I will have to post pictures when it is finished, we need to pick out a few more cheap DI frames and them arrange them for hanging, so check back and see if I finish a project I have started...

Disney Halloween 2011 - Today's 106.5 - Utah's Choice For Lite Rock

http://todays1065.clearcontests.com/front/OpenContest.asp?Action=Login&SurveyID=155174&zx=294
We want to go Disneyland...click on the link and vote for our picture, #9!

This is the one we submitted, wasn't Jorden a cute 'Alvin'?

1...2...3...blast off!!!

Scott could hear Garrett talking, but he couldn't see him, then finally found him in the dryer--he was pretending it was a spaceship and was pushing buttons and making "zoom" sounds.  Oh the things I miss when I am at work, thank heavens for a husband that takes pictures of the funny things at home while I am away for a few hours!