PIONEER DAY CLASSIC

So yesterday Jill and I ran the little pioneer day classic 10k. We did it last year and I shaved two minutes off of my time and Jill shaved a minute. I would have done it faster but I stopped at mile 5 for some twinkies. I did learn two new running terms "stomped" and "chicked". This is when a guy or girl passes you. The reason I say this is that some people are just made to run (me not included). Around mile five I am going along fine averaging a 7:30 minute mile and feeling pretty good when this young girl that I saw at the hobbler half comes up next to me and says "well hello again" as she passes me, just like she did at the hobbler half, thus I got "chicked" by her twice in one month. All that went thru my mind was "wench" as she passed me. Some people are truly meant to run. Jill and I just like going and running. We are training for the Red Rock Relay which is a 186 mile 24 hour 12 person relay race that goes on down south next month. So we will see how that goes.

Hobbler Half

Ever wondered what a fat almost 40 year old guy running half marathons looks like... well here you go. In my defense I ran it pretty quick 1:41 was my time which is a 7:50 minute mile. Even at that I got smoked by a lot of quick runners.

A Typical Vacation.

When I was typing that last post this picture hit me as kind of funny. Here is a normal vacation for us. Dude won't turn around because he thinks the picture is stupid. Kinlee is trying to get him to turn around (she is quite the mother), Kate could care less and Dylan is yelling at them both to turn around so we can just get the dumb picture over with. So here is a before and after shot.

39 Forever....

Today is Jills birthday. Here is just a quick pic of her last week in Glacier National Park. She looks as good today as when we got married. Happy birthday baby.

A TYPICAL MOMENT WITH DUDE

DUDE IS TURNING INTO QUITE THE LITTLE STINKER, HE LOVES TO RUN AROUND AND REALLY HAS LEARNED HOW TO BE NAUGHTY. (TAKES AFTER HIS MOM).

UTAH VALLEY 1/2

Nothing like getting up at four in the morning and going for a run.... Last week we ran the Provo half marathon. Got up at four, rode the yellow bus up Provo Canyon only to promptly come right back down again. It was fun and there where a lot of people there (4000 registered). Jill did great and completed it in a little over two hours. I was lucky to do 1:41 but was a minute and half longer than last 1/2 (give me a break I just turned 39). Anyways we had fun and are going to do the Hobbler Half in four weeks.

Run Forest Run...

Here is Jill after completing the memorial day 10k. We both shaved 4 minutes off of our time from last year. Anyways just a nice warm-up for our 1/2 marathon in two weeks.

Dylan and Kaitlyn's graduation

This week has been busy with the last week of school. Dylan had his 6th grade graduation on Wednesday. He earned the Citizenship award and the Quest for Excellence Award. Here he is looking handsome...

Here is Dylan with one of his best buddies, Tyler.

Katy had her pre-school graduation on Thursday and was looking very ladylike as you can see in this picture... hee hee. Ok, the chairs were a little small for her. She IS the tallest one in the class. :)


Here is Katy with her preschool teacher, Tracey. She was awesome and we loved her very much. Hopefully Dude can go there when he's 4.

BEST FRIENDS

One of the nicest things about the two youngest Dude and Kate is that they are best friends.. Seriously they do everything together. It starts in the morning (this is them around the breakfast table), and it doesn't end till the day is over. They rarely fight and you can tell there is a special bond with them. I have noticed that whenever Dylan picks on Kate (which he does a lot) Dude will instantly go after him. Here are a few more dressup pictures of them. In Dudes defense I am pretty sure that he has absolutely no clue what is going on, or what wearing that dress implies. He just wants to be with his best bud. It is nice to see this special bond.

St. George and Zions