Face Plant

Well I haven't blogged in a while and I really don't have much to blog about so I will blog about Makenzie's nose dive. She was running to the park, then she fell, then she cried, then their was blood, then I ran home (humongous baby in arms). She was ok with a little snack and some TV. Since I am so late in blogging on a good note: She is healing nicely.

I'm amazed at what the human body is capable of!

So its over. I trained all summer and now it is done. 12 of us participated in the WA DC Ragnar Relay from MD to DC this last weekend. 183 miles of trails, rain, no sleep, and some good times. I had a blast. I can't even begin to say how wonderful it was. Our van left Thursday night at around 8:30 arrived in MD at about 11:30 and tried to be in bed by about 12 or 12:30. I for one did not sleep, not because of jitters, but because I was in a strange bed with a freaking train going by ALL NIGHT literally right outside the window. So after my 2 hours of sleep that night we started the race. There were 12 runners and we each ran 3 different legs. My first leg was at about 11 am on Friday morning on the C&O trail and it was so beautiful. Here I was on this trail on one side of me was the canal, on the other side of the canal was a bunch of corn fields, on the other side of me were rock walls and trees. The trees were just starting to change colors. The weather was perfect, overcast, warm. The whole time I was running I couldn't help but marvel at the beauty, and I thought what a way to ring in fall. I love the Fall. After 4.4 miles of running I then handed the slap bracelet baton off to Amy. We continued to do this for 32 hours 34 minutes and 9 seconds. My second leg was at 11:30pm, and my last leg was at 9:30 am. In the space of about 48 hours I slept about 4 hours and ran about 13 miles and yet it was one of the best experiences I have ever had. I had a great time with the people in my van, it was great spending time with other people and forget for a moment that I am a mom. I was reminded that there are still places on the East Coast that are beautiful and not over run by too many people. I would do this race again in a heart beat, part of me is even wishing it was this weekend so I could do it again. A special thanks to my running partner Makenzie for letting me pack her up in the stroller so we could go train every other day. Thanks to Lee for being so supportive and buying me running shoes so I could be a hard core runner. Thanks to all my friends and van mates for making it such a memorable experience. GO A-TEAM!!!

A Gift from the Heart Find

Gifts from the heart was pretty good to me this round, we got a lot of movies and toys etc. But then we got this sad little table. I walked passed it a few times and it was such a cute little table but it was so beat up. So then a little while later I walked passed it again and it was just screaming at me saying "look at the potential I have." So I finally gave in and decided to make it my next project. Lee was a little skeptical at first but then he knows that I always need a new project to work on. Here is the poor little thing half way into sanding. (I should have taken a before shot, but I forgot)

It was pretty sad, super scratched, not so great of a color, but with a little sanding, some paint and a new knob, Vualah!!!! New life! I have to say I am pretty pleased with the way it turned out. Do I need a tiny little table??.....no, but this guy needed a little love.

My first Race Nightmares

Last night I spent tossing and turning. First dream: I have 20 minutes before Alisha is going to pass off the baton to me and I am no where near the race. I am running and screaming frantically around my house telling my brother to get off the computer so I can find the exchange point, telling my sister she better know how to get me there. Then we get in the car, my stuff is all over the place, I can't find my jacket, my running belt, water, I have to pee, and I am starving. Then we get lost and can't get to the trail. Turns out we have to metro into the trail and then we miss the train, so I start running. (Ironic: I'm running to where I am going to be running) Finally I end up some auditorium and Alisha is already sitting there, I asked her how long she has been there, "5 minutes." So now my team is 5 minutes behind. That is all I remember. I think this is all a result of the emails I have been receiving about getting packed, getting to Maryland on time etc. So I need to pack, get food, mentally prepare for the best and worst, find someone to watch my child and strap on my running shoes. All of my race fears have been revealed in dream form. A week from now I'll be running.. and running, and running again.

Are people still courteous?

So I feel like I am usually trying to look for ways to express common courtesy. Opening doors for people, letting people in on the road etc. I feel like if we could all just do a nice deed for the day the world would be a better place. Yet I feel like very little people have any courtesy anymore. Today I almost went insane. Makenzie has been driving me totally nuts. The constant whining, the clinging the disobedience etc. Today we went to Walmart (my first mistake). She started screaming and crying, getting in and out of the cart, trying to push the cart, running away from the cart. (By this time I'm on edge, about to leave her standing in the middle of an aisle and walk out). So we finally get to the check out line, at this point I have belted her into the cart, she is screaming bloody murder, tears the whole nine yards. There were 2 other people in front of us, one of whom had quite a bit of stuff. In my head I was thinking, 'Huh, it would sure be nice if this lady in front of me would let me and my screaming baby go ahead of her considering we only have a hand full of items.' I almost said this very thing to her when she looked at me with the look like "can't you control your crying child." Oh the anger brewing inside!!! Any way maybe I am being bitter, but I feel like everyone always tells me these stories where someone is really courteous and kind to them in their time of need, that never happens to me. Just wondering if anyone else feels like the world is lacking in common courtesy and decency.

The Brain washing continues

So I couldn't resist the cheerleading outfit at the BYU bookstore. It is so freaking cute I had to get it. So in order to get our moneys worth, Kenzie will appear in her uniform every BYU Football game day, and on Halloween. Here is a preview of what the cougars have to look forward to.
Apparently her cheering worked because BYU is still 12 games undeafeated even though last game was close, good think Makenzie was working hard cheering. Lee gets excited about the games, I get excited about getting Kenzie ready for the games, I guess it all works out.

I went to UT

So I went to UT and I am finally posting about it. My parents built a house down there so all my bros and sisters went down to check the place out. We had a pretty good time. It was mostly fun just getting to spend time with the family I never see.


Kenzie had a great time with all her cousins, she terrorized Riley to the point that Riley was asking "when is Kenzie leaving?" She tried to kiss her cousin Reece to death. And she just enjoyed playing with all her other cousins. I know she had a great time because now that we have been home for 2 weeks she keeps asking about Riley, and every baby we see is Reece. She also thinks the camera has Reece in it because she saw some pictures I had taken on the camera. So now every time I try to take a picture I have to deal with her running over and trying to grab the camera yelling Reece.