New Blog

Hello Family & Friends-

I've been blogging here for over 5 years and with over 900 posts on 3 blogs my account has run out of room.

So the blog is moving on-

Our {Wild & Crazy} Days

I'm still working on the layout and details and stuff, but this is where I'll be posting from now on.

Come visit us!

Provo Halloweeen Half

I did my first half marathon in July with a time of 2h 26m. 

I wanted to do another one, so I did the Big Cottonwood Half in September with a time of 2h 3m (follow link for pictures). I really pushed myself and if I had known I was that close to being under 2 hours I wouldn't have stopped to go to the bathroom. Seriously.

So I decided to sign up for another half-marathon so I could get a time under 2 hours.

Then my right hip, which has a history of being wonky, decided to be wonky again. I went to a physical therapist. I did not run for 3 weeks. I hobbled around my house, parks, stores, museums- you get the idea.

I did still play volleyball. Couldn't miss that. It wasn't pretty.

My hip was not cooperating. Boo.

So I ran the Provo Halloween Half anyways. And it hurt more than it should have.

My time was around 2h 21m.

I didn't push myself so I'm not very sore after this one. But my hip is still being wonky. Boo.

I'm going to say something I never really thought I would ever say.

I miss running. Sigh.

You can go to Zazoosh to see my pictures. My bib# is 4997. Before the race I decided I needed to do something besides look like I was dying when I saw the photographers. But being creative while running is obviously not something I should try. Thus the fist pump. Oy.

So I think I'm done for this year. Well, maybe I'll do a Thanksgiving Day race. But mostly I'm going to focus on fixing my wonky hip.

Next year - a marathon.

I don't actually care to ever do a marathon. I really like the half-marathon distance.

But Austin had the audacity to say I couldn't do one. So now I have to. Stinker.

Climbing

Sitting at the park, talking with a couple friends, I hear someone calling for me - "Kelsey, Kelsey." It's my Jolie-girl trying to get my attention.  She's waving at me from the top of a tree. 

It's pretty hard for Jolie to surprise me - I expect her to be in new & exciting precarious positions - but this sure did.

She did fall - off the lowest branch about a foot from the ground - and she did get hurt - a nasty scrape down her tooshie - but overall she was extremely pleased with her adventure.

And happy to show Sophie some other climbing options.

I spy.....

Sophie!

Free Enterprise Day

Our homeschool group recently had a Free Enterprise Day. The kids (with some help from me) spent the morning making cookies and rice krispies and posters. They had a great time buying, selling, and trading. I figure they ended the day around being even, give or take a cookie or two.

Making faces

Ice Skating

Nyah's commonwealth club recently went ice skating and because I'm one of the co-leaders Jolie & Sophie came too.

The last time Jolie went skating she whined and complained the whole time (and spent most of the time on her bottom or clinging to me). This time she took off and didn't look back!

Nyah's in the background wearing the orange shirt. Because she's skated quite a bit she was spinning circles around the rest of us.

And my smiling girl threw an enormous tantrum when it was time to go. MORE SKATE MOM!