CORRECTION!!!!

I am so sorry to all my running friends....a couple of posts ago, I said that I didn't even come close to running 100 miles in a month, well I just found my real records of the last 2 training months for our 1/2 marathon, and I am sorry. WE RAN so much, and it was a total 215 miles of from Nov 17- Jan 17. Someone should have called me on it, we ran hard and we ran a lot. SORRY!!!

Wow! What I have learned and felt this week.

I was so pleased with this past week. I was so good emotionally, and spiritually and I hate to say it, but kind of physically. I didn't yell at my kids or Mike once, and I read scriptures every day, and worked on other personal things, and was really just feeling good. I got answers to prayers that I have been fasting for and saying for months, and I finally felt peace, and I was calm. I LAUGHED a lot with my kids, and found them HILARIOUS and so much fun to be around. We (me and the kids) even ran the most I have EVER ran in a week, I ran 30.5 miles. I am so pleased, but yet I feel empty.
I need to work on a lot, and that is kind of an under statement, I am getting better though. I went to church today, and the lesson was on Temple going.....well... I have not been in a long time. (like 2-3 months) Anyway, I got thinking I make all this time for running, pilates, scriptures, and reading self help books on how to become better, and understand "you" (which in this case means me), maybe I just need to go to the Temple. I have thought a lot on this subject this past week and a lot on it today, and I think I should make a goal to go once a week. Living where I do, there is NO REASON why I should not be able to.
Anyway, these are just some of my thoughts, I feel I need to write down to remember that I need to work on them.
I love the gospel and its teachings and its TRUTH, and so I need to be better and go the House of the Lord, and serve others.

Pictures, pictures, and more pictures!!!!!

These are the pictures that have been taken this summer, the Luau for my dad, fourth of July parade and Freedom Festival, at home swimming, and before church today. These kids are so much fun, and these are priceless memories. I am so glad that Mike has the smarts to put these on to share with you all. I watched him, and it was a lot of steps, but I'm thinking maybe I will do pictures by myself, someday.
Hope all of you had a wonderful fourth of July and are enjoying your summer.

Everything is BOINGA!!!

Well, that title is a song off the Backyardagains, and that is how I feel. Let me explain.
Yesterday was a challenging day. I woke up to Ryker running in and getting me up yelling mamma! I think it was at 6:30, but I really don't know. We went for a run, that is a great thing by the way, I am back to running and running with the kids everyday. I've already done over 15 miles this week. I did not reach my 100 mile goal this month due to the injury but I hit 60+ which is okay in my book. Anyway back to yesterday, so we came back from our run, and Hailey goes to the bathroom and asks me to wipe her, so I did, got her off, and in came Ryker with my phone, and threw it into the toilet faster than I could catch it. My first reaction was wow, did that just happen? Then without even thinking my hand dove into pee water to get the phone! I wiped it off, called Mike and was surprised it even called.I put it in rice and left it alone, when the rice started talking. My phone was making random phone calls and called Robin. She was so funny, laughing so hard that Ryker dropped it in the toilet and then my phone dropped the call. Sorry I tried to call back, but my phone had a mind of its own.
Well, I still don't have a phone, but I do have a "boy" now. Just this week take downs, head butting, making Hailey scream all has begun. It makes me laugh, but I want to cry.
Mike takes the car to work, I didn't have the phone, I didn't know how to work a "virtual computer" which resulted in no Internet yesterday, I felt as if I was off the planet. So what did I do yesterday? Baked all day! We had parmesan chicken, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, oatmeal cookies, and lemon squares!
What a day, what an amazing SWISH!!!