(anybody want a burrito? Or three?)

I feel like the last week was a blur. I'm trying to think back to what we did, but am having a hard time. Which is kinda weird because it was such a crazy, busy week. Aubrey started Joy School, which she loves! She thrives there. It's so good to see her follow directions and help clean up. She is such a good little girl. She insisted that her pictures were taken with her "share item".
Dallin got another black eye. Now don't go calling CPS on me. It was actually my mom that gave him this one. Dallin was running through her kitchen just as my mom pulled out this heavy duty bowl and it hit him right in the eye. It was really sad, actually. I was worried that he'd need stitches, but we just butterflied it and it was fine. It seems that he gets a black eye every time I try to schedule family pictures. Who knows if we will ever get them done.
Dallin is still enjoying baseball and we are still enjoying going to his games. Except Saturdays game, it was really hot out. But right now he's at practice and I stayed home with the little kids because it's super cold out. Can I just say "earthquake weather!" I sure hope not, but mother nature needs to make up her mind. It's in the high 90's one day, then high 60's the next. Craziness.
Training for the half marathon is going really well. I'm excited for this one because I think I will be really prepared for it so I can hopefully get a decent time. I have such a good time running with the ladies in our running group. The only thing I'm not a huge fan of is waking up so darn early. But once I'm done with a run it feels great to be up. On Saturdays run I asked my running buddies for input on my talk that I had to give yesterday. They are such amazing women and gave me such great incite that I based my talk on their comments. But more on that later.
For now, I need to get dinner made before some hungry boys come through the door.

Dallin's award

I made it through all of winter without any illnesses, but the last 2 weeks has been one after the other. As I type this I'm dreaming of Nyquil, even though I won't be able to take it because I have a long run in the morning and there would be no chance of me getting out of bed after taking it. However chances of me crashing and burning on my run seem high, but I pretty much don't have any option if I want to run the Fontana half marathon on June 4th. So, if you see me laying on the side of the road tomorrow just leave me. I'll be fine.

Well, I guess I'm catching up on 2 weeks now. Week 1 (2 weeks ago) was full of fun. My friend Amber came down from Idaho and it's always a party when she's here. We had a park day with at least 15 of our mom friends. It was great. The next day we went to the pool because it was like 100 degrees out. And on Friday of that week we went to the flag ceremony at Dallin's school because he was receiving the Principal's award for February, which was for Respect. I'm so proud of him and the little gentleman he is. I wasn't surprised at all that he would get the award for Respect. He is such a kind, polite little guy. It was "crazy day" at his school that day, so he wore different shoes and spiked his hair. He thought it was so cool. On Saturday we took the kids to Home Depot for the kids workshop that we love. We thought it was time Liam got his apron and started his own projects. Well, he's still a bit young and I ended up doing his project. Then we went home and planted some tomatoes and basil and flowers on our patio. The kids LOVE digging in the dirt and were total messes afterward. On Saturday night Glenn DJ-ed our friend Ryan's surprise birthday party. Can I just say that he was the hottest DJ around? It was such a fun party and he played such fun dance music. I think I danced for 2 hours straight. It was a great workout and seriously more fun than I have had in a long time.

As for this week, it was my first week of "training" for the half marathon. And with coming down with about 20 (or 3) different illnesses it has been quite difficult to run. But I have done it so far. I am worried about tomorrow's 7 miler, I just hope I'm not congested when I wake up in the morning. Well, this week was spring break so we had Dallin home with us, which was a bit crazy, but could have been avoided if I had the energy to create a fun-filled spring break. But instead we stayed home a bit, but did get out to the park once on a freezing cold day. And today we headed to a friends house for a little orientation for Aubrey to start Joy School. I am so excited for it! Not to teach it, but for Aubrey to actually have something to do. She is going to love it! Well, now I'm going to attempt to watch Step Up 3 with Glenn and hope that I make it through the first 7 minutes without falling asleep. A pretty ambitious goal, I know.
*Note: I survived the 7 mile run, and even a 9 miler this past Saturday. And I stayed awake for the whole movie, a HUGE accomplishment!