The worst day of my whole life!

Dekker is already turning into a pesky little brother.  He loves to throw and kick and poke and hit everything (including his sister). He never does it meanly, hitting is just a fun game to him. It's strange, I know at some piont this will bug me, but right now it makes me smile because he is just such a boy!

A couple of weeks ago he was poking Hazel right before supper and she came to me bawling uncontrollably.  She kept saying "this is the worst day of my whole life."  Of course I had to give her a real tight hug so she wouldn't see my smiling.  She was right -it may have been the worst day in her 4 1/2 years of life.  But how great is that?  We are very blessed to have a very plain, normal, lovely life.  We always have food, we have a nice little house, and we love each other.  I know life isn't always gonna be this uncomplicated, so I am enjoying every second of it!

my 1/2

There is something about being pregnant for 9 months and then nursing for 13 months that makes you really appreciate your body.  I'm very happy to "share" it with my kids, but after I was done nursing Dekker I was dying to use my body for something just for me. So I decided to run a half marathon this spring. I really lucked out cuz the weather was amazing during my training in jan, feb, march and april!  I only ran on a treadmill twice.  Most of my runs were at 9 or 9:30 at night when Kyle got home from work. It was busy season so he would get home and work from home till midnight and I would go run.  I'm a night hawk so I loved running at night, you can even see a few stars here in calgary.


It's no secret that I despise the cold in canada.  While I was running I would often make up "awesome" things about winter running. here are a few ...
- never getting too hot
- being so cold that your speed increases because you are in such a hurry to get inside again
- if your muscles are frozen, you can't feel how tired they are
- avoiding ice patches and snow totally helps agility
- if you close your eyes while running on snow, it feels just like sand on a beach

I ran the Salt Lake City half, so we made a little family vacation out of it.  The only downside to that was everyone but me being sick, and I slept horribly the night before my race, 3 hours of actual sleep.  But I still actually ran my whole race and had an awesome time! My only regret is not pushing myself harder.

It's been 7 years since I ran my full marathon in ogden and when people would ask me if I was a runner, I would hesitate, was I?  This week I had a patient ask me if I was a runner and I said yes.

this reminds me of those cheesy "chocolate" emails with black men in them.

i would never choose chocolate over the "white chocolate" picture above!!

sorry Kyle i just couldn't resist.

Hazel had a blast swimming

Dekker had fun too, but isn't quite the water baby that Hazel was at his age.

my fave pic of the whole trip!

We went to visit Payton in Provo. We went out to eat and then went back to his apartment to help him clean and move. I helped him clean the bathroom and it took us 45 min to scrub it down - it was NASTY! It was fun spending time with him, even if it was one of the grossest experiences of my life (and I clean teeth for a living!)  


Keelia was busy making national news this weekend with her BYU rugby team.  They made it to Nationals and due to a scheduling error they were supposed to play Sunday.  They refused and ended up in newspapers all over the country, including the New York Times.


Oh I forgot to mention that while I ran a gruelling 13.1 mile race, Payton escaped his slum, and Keelia made national news, never to be outdone, my sister Ivory went through a speedy labour and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.  It was totally easy for her cuz it was so fast and she didnt' even NEED pain medication (right iv?).  Welcome to the family Hayden!

yumm

Hazel lost her first tooth today and swallowed it!  I thought she would be so upset that she had eaten her tooth, but it didn't bother her a bit! She loves telling people "i lost my tooth and i wasn't supposed to till I'm 6 or 7!"  We stuck a note under her pillow to explain the situation to the tooth fairy. Luckily she was understanding and left some money that Hazel is trying to save up to buy a dog. I'm trying to gently persuade her into a fish.