Clara's First Day of Preschool

This past Tuesday, Clara had her first day of preschool and she loved it!

She is growing up WAY TOO FAST!!

Hobble Creek Half Marathon

Have you ever done something on a whim?  Something that you never thought, in a million years, that you would do?  Well, I did that.  I signed up for a half marathon with a few days shy of 4 weeks to prepare for it. Then, I ran that half marathon.  I know, I know.... running still makes me really tired.

I started training for the race as much as I could with so little time, but on my second training "long run", I hurt my peroneal tendon and was forced to rest for a week.  After that, I had continuing pain with it and it made me really nervous to run on.  Thankfully it seemed that taping it helped.

They day before the run, I went and picked up my bag and my bib.  Things suddenly got really REAL!!

The morning of the race dawned bright and early, not that I slept very much.  We had to be to the bus at 5:15 am, so I was up and eating at 3:30 am.  All the while thinking, why am I doing this again?

After a short bus ride up the canyon, and two pit stops in a port-a-potty, we prepared ourselves for the task before us.  I say us because I was there with my friend Sara and her husband Jason.

Here we are waiting at the starting line to get running.  Man, I need to work on my posture, I look super chubby in this picture. :)

Here's a photo I managed to snap, around mile 5, of the beautiful scenery.

I also quickly snapped a selfie of Sara and I.

I can honestly say I don't know where my energy and endurance came from.  I felt pretty solid and strong through the whole race, but miles 11 & 12 were definitely a little hard.

And, when I could see the park in my view and I knew somewhere among all those people were my hubby and kids waiting for me, I couldn't wait to be done.

Here I am after finishing.

Sara and I after finishing.

Jason, Sara and I

The beginning of what may become a collection or what may remain as a testament to the one time I did that!

Gotta Go Back to School!

Technically, Jared's first day was yesterday, but we had him jump in the picture this morning.  He's in 7th grade, Isaac is in 6th and Amelia is in 3rd.

Clara starts her first year of preschool in a couple of weeks.