Who knew 13.1 miles could feel/hurt this good?!?

The past 14 weeks of training have led to this final day.... September 22, 2012, The Denver Rock n Roll marathon/ half marathon.

Christie spent the night so we could all carpool together. Natalie was so gracious enough to drive us all downtown at the crack of dawn. Christie and I woke up at 415am to be ready at Natalie's house by 530.

We got downtown with no problems and got great parking. We were able to hit the potties without a line and grab a few snacks before the race started.

As soon as the kids woke up, Eric loaded them up in the car and headed down to cheer us on!

                                                 We found them at the 6 mile marker...

 And again at around 8...

 Avery joined in for a little race time fun....

 Luckily, it was where we turned around,

 so she was able to get back to dad!

 It was such an amazing experience. I had so much fun and I think I'd actually do it again. I say that today, I better wait to see how I feel tomorrow.

For those who wanna know, we finished the race in 2:30:20... slow and steady but we did it and finished strong!!

Blood. Sweat. Tears.

The past 14 weeks of training has led to this day.




For those that don't know, I've been training the past 14 weeks for the Denver Rock n Roll half marathon. I spent my whole summer at the gym on a treadmill. I gave up all my favorite classes to spend my days on the treadmill. My kids gave up their summer mornings to be at the gym's child care so I could spend time on the treadmill. And my dear sweet husband, stayed home with the kids every Saturday morning so I DIDN'T have to spend more time on the treadmill; I could run outside instead. And thanks to Christie, I always had a running buddy!



On the eve before my very first half marathon, I'm nervous, anxious, and a little worried I might not be able to do it. But I've done all the training I could possibly do, and there's nothing left to do but

Movie day!!

I took the kids to the movies today to see the rerelease of beauty and the beast. Five four year olds, one five year old and two mamas!! I have to admit, we have some pretty well behaved kids.

Here's half of the crew with Alvin and the chipmunks.




They're ready for the movie to start!

It's Avery Bieber!!!!

Avery got an iPod for Christmas from Santa this year. And who knew Santa was a belieber!!! Here's Avery rocking out!

Happy new year!!!

One of my resolutions will be to blog more often!!! I keep saying it but I guess I should definitely make more of an effort!! Hold me to it!!

Back to School Night @ NUMC

Last night was Avery's turn to get back into school. We went to school to meet her new teachers and see her new classroom.  She will be in the Spiders class, which meets Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Avery's usually my outgoing child, willing to go into any new situation. Unfortunately, I think Lucas has rubbed off on her. She was very shy and standoff-ish. Didn't wanna talk to the teachers at all!! Luckily her friends, Ally, Grace, and Abby, were there too. She mainly colored and ignored the teacher when she was talking to her! Hopefully she'll warm up because the first day of school is monday!!

Avery, Grace, Abby. and Ally

Lake McConaughy

This weekend we went camping with some friends at Lake McConaughy, which is in Ogalalla, NE. For my second attempt camping, it went very well, thanks to Rikki and Charlie and their fifth wheel! :)

We headed out to Nebraska right after school on Friday. We got to Ogalalla around 630 and had dinner at McDonald's. Lucas said, Mommy, we don't eat at McDonald's. There's a Wendy's over there, we should just eat there. Now he only knows about Wendy's because we've taken them there for frosties.

Anyway, we got to camp around 7pm, and thanks to the Studebakers, our tent was already set up and air mattresses were blown up. The kids immediately ran off to play in the sand and water!

Lucas and Ally 

We made s'mores when it got dark and sent the kids off to bed around 9. Saturday morning, we had breakfast and went out on the boat with the Landers.

Eric knee boarding

Rikki and Eric did some knee boarding, Charlie did some wakeboarding, and I just watched. I really don't think I was made to be in a boat! LOL We came back in for some lunch and the kids just played from sun up til sun down!

Avery pulling Eric in the tubes

I had such a great time and the kids really enjoyed it also! I would do it again in a heartbeat! we'll definitely be back again next summer! :)