run. run. run.

shoes with our time chips ready to go!

heading out early Saturday morning

A BIG THANKS to Derek's sister and husband!

Blake and Laurissa spent the night with our kids at our place in Syracuse and let us use their comfy home down in Provo to crash Friday night. The kids had a blast and love their Uncle Blake and Aunt Rissy!
Fuzzy shot of the starting line.

Notice it is very dark.

That is because it is very early.

The first bus left Provo at 3:30 am!
Not sure if I'm ready!
Totally ready!
Crazies.

There was a shortage of porta-poties at the start line so pretty soon people were (trying) hopping the barb-wire fence and semi-secluding themselves to take care of business. At the front (there were like 1500+ marathoners) people just dropped their drawers and kept their precious place in the line up

(guess they were out to win!)

We had to go too.

But modesty matters to us.

We waited for the crowd to start running and then started our race about 20 minutes after the official clock time. No worries we had a time chip (see picture #1) to record when we officially started and stopped.
Drenched.
It rained hard and harder for the first 10 miles.

Otherwise the day was perfect--cloudy and about 55!

We were soaked.

Beautiful scenery running down Provo Canyon.

The looooong road ahead.

More lovely scenery.

Provo River.

Derek was enjoying the view.

Our biggest fans.

Uncle Blake and Aunt Laurissa helped the kids make signs for us!

Thanks!

Coming around to the finish. Trying hard to look good the last .2!

Slapping five with Camille.

The kids wanted to run the finish with us but we had to shooo them back to the sidelines.

So close.

Done.

For those of you who must know--our time was about 15-20 minutes better than recorded.

Elena saw our medals and said, "Mom, but you did not win!"

I know.

Camille said, "We had to wait a loooong time!"

I know.

We did it!

When's the next one??

Just kidding, Derek.

(that makes him sooo mad when I say that:)

26.2

We did it! Today Derek and I ran the Utah Valley Marathon. It started in Wallsburg (near Midway/Heber) and ended 26.2 long miles later at the Provo Towne Centre. More pictures and details later, but I just had to post it TODAY!

The Ennis Visit

Jessica, Shawn and family came out to visit for week the beginning of May. We had a great time with lots of visiting, playing games late at night, and eating good food.

We started off the week celebrating Ronin's third birthday and then spent the rest of the week trying to cram in as much fun as possible!

girls and Carson at the Hill Air Force Museum

We have been there lots, but this was the first time this "kid area" was open--what a blast!

Camille and Renae. Camille loved Baby Renae and told everyone (people at the store, kids at the playground) all about how her cousins were here visiting and emphasized how cute her new baby cousin is!!

The Walkers came up for a b-bque the night before the Ennis's went home

Running through the Air Force Museum

The cousins had a good time even if there was occasional yelling and fighting.

How I wish my sisters lived closer . . .