Mya's first day of Kindergarten.

Mya started her first day of Kindergarten today and she loved it. Of course the first thing she told me about was playing at recess. That was the highlight of her day. She was a little disapointed that she didn't learn to read today and I explained to her that she will learn to read, it just won't happen in one day. She is definately ready and excited about all the adventures that Kindergarten will bring.

Brianna is so jelous of her older sister. She wishes that she were going to school too. Often times I find myself wishing that Brianna were in school too.

In other news. Jason and I celebrated our 7th anniversary on June 22. We didn't do anything for it then but the weekend of the 4th of July my parents took Mya, Brianna and Adam camping. The kids had a great time and we enjoyed a nice quiet night together with Madelyn. When the kids came back from camping My parents watched all the kids so we could go out on a much needed date. We spent the afternoon and early evening together. We went and saw Transformers 2, and went out to dinner. It had been a long time since we had gone out on an official date. That evening we went to see the fireworks show in Sparks. The kids had a great time watching the fireworks. Adam especially thought the noise was great he still walks around saying "Boom".

We took Madelyn into see a surgeon about an Umbilical Hernia that she has they found another hernia as well so she will have surgery on July 21st to repair two hernias.

We just got back from a visit back home to see family and friends. We had a great time out on the boat, at a surprise birthday party for a really good family friend, and celebrating Adam's 2nd Birthday, along with AJ's 4th birthday. We were able to spend some time with My brother Chris who was also in town. ( Thanks Chris for spending so much time with the girls, wrestling and sleeping on the trampoline with them. They sure miss you.)

Sorry, no more pictures right now. I will post more later.

Oh the Pain!

I hurt really bad right now. I just got done (yesterday) running the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey.

So here's the scoop. The Odyssey is a 12 person relay. It is a 178 mile course that starts in downtown Reno and finishes there. However, it loops through Verdi to Truckee, to South Lake Tahoe, to Genoa, to Carson City, to Virginia City, back through Sparks to downtown again.

Each person runs three legs. It essentially is a 24-hour race. We finished in 26 hours, 26 minutes. You can check out the race details at renotahoeodyssey.com Check out the Course page. I was runner 8. I had legs 8, 20, 32.

The worst one for pain and total body devastation was the second leg I had. It took me down Kingsbury Grade, 4.3 miles straight downhill. Half way down my calves started wrenching tighter and tighter. Once I stopped, my butt seized. I could tell my quads were tired but my calves were tied in knots. And they still are. That is what is killing me right now. Yeah my quads and glutes are tired and a little sore but I tell you what, it's like my ankles are fuzed.

My third leg was hard but I think it was hard because of how beat up my legs were from the second run. It was on the last one that I was thinking I don't want to run any more. The third run was half uphill and then half down. Even on the downhill I didn't want to run any more. At that point, everything hurts and you're exhausted from lack of sleep.

Here are my stats from each leg:

Leg 8:

Distance- 4.8 miles

Total Time- 37:06 minutes

Time ran- 6:02 pm

Speed- 7.76 mph

Pace- 7:45 minutes/mile

This was my easiest run. Through downtown Truckee. I should have run faster.

Leg 20:

Distance- 4.3 miles

Total Time- 27:40 minutes

Time ran- 2:31 am

Speed- 9.33 mph

Pace- 6:26 minutes/mile

This one was straight downhill. The elevation map shows some uphill, pfffffgh! There was no uphill! All down, all the way!

Leg 32:

Distance- 3.7 miles

Total Time- 28 minutes

Time ran- 9:44 am

Speed- 7.93 mph

Pace- 7:34 minutes/mile

This wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't so beat up. There was a nice 2-mile climb then down.

Totals:

Distance- 12.8 miles

Total Time- 92:46 minutes

Avg. Speed- 8.34 mph

Avg. Pace- 7:12 minutes/mile

I killed it on my second leg! Unfortunately it also killed me. Then I realized one of the guys I ran with ran that same pace on flat ground! For 6.2 miles! Then he ran 7.5 miles at a 6:45 minute/mile pace!

I did well for myself. I wanted to be able to have a 7:30 minute pace. I knew I would be sore, I just didn't think I would be this sore in my calves. Everything else is about expected though. It was a great challenge and something to show myself what I could do. We'll see if I get myself into any other races.

Here are some pictures Leslie took at the finish line. We meet up with the last runner about 100 yards out and we all run in together. We were missing a couple of our teammates in these.

Hair cut and other random pictures.

So I've been promising my sister that I would post pictures of my hair cut. When I went home for a visit a couple of months ago I got my hair cut to surprise Jason who randomly informed me that he thought I should get my hair cut. I asked him if he thought he needed a new wife. Jokeingly he replied "no well yeah now that you said something" So this is the end result.

Since the girls have learned how to ride there bikes without training wheels they had been begging for us to take them on a long bike ride. So Jason took Adam and the girls on a bike ride. Adam loved being in the back pack on the ride.



The Handsom men in my life!

Madelyn is such a happy smilely baby. Thank heavens.

Winnemucca Sand Dunes!

For Memorial day weekend we went riding in Winnemucca at some sand dunes and had a blast. We met Ryan and Rachel there who came out from Utah and Jasons Parents came out as well. The kids had a blast playing with AJ and Sarah whom they miss teribbly.

Adam going for a ride on the kids quad with daddy!

Wishing he could be one of the big kids and ride by himself.
He loved just sitting on the quad.

After a long day of playing in the sun it sure didn't take hime long to pass out!

What a big boy, he sure takes after his dad.

Adam sure loved playing with Sarah.

Sarah would take his lion and he would take her dolls.

It was sure fun to watch them play together.

Brianna is such a mom. She loved just walking around with Sarah

while she pushed her new dolls in the stoller that she got for her birthday.

AJ pretty muched mastered the quad this trip. He did well riding it all on his own. Here he is taking Mya for a ride.

AJ taking Brianna for a ride.

We got there Thursday night late and set up camp and went to bed.

When the kids got up us up at 6:00am they had a blast walking up the sand dune that was just behind our tent and sliding down it.

And of course Adam trying everything that the girls did.

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I will give you all the behind the scenes link in a week. This will be the full site as it is at the time. Look for it!

Look Ma! No training wheels!

Mya and Brianna decided to learn how to ride their bikes without training wheels. They both did great and picked up on it right away. Mya goes up and over the speed bumps now and goes off the curb and stands up when pedaling. Brianna was the brave one and went over the speed bumps first.

Here's a couple of videos:

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Pictures of Madelyn as Promised

So I promised my sister that I would post more pictures of Madelyn. So here they are. She just had her 4 month check up and she weighs 14lbs. 3oz. and is 23 1/2 inches long. She is our petite little girl and I think its great. I'm really going to miss the baby fase. They grow up way too fast. She loves to sit up and is very alert. She has figured out how to role from her tummy to her back and almost has conquered back to tummy except for that arm that just gets caught.
She is always so happy and smilely.

Day of Fun!

On Saturday we decided to make it a family fun day. We didn't do any work around the house instead we spent the day out with the kids. First we took them to Jasons work for a 10 year anniversary party. They had a bounce house for the kids and a bunch of booths set up. somehow we neglected to get a picture of the kids in the bounce house. They also had a couple fire trucks that came toward the end. Here we are standing in line for the kids to go sit in the fire truck.

Mya is our poser.

They also had a group come out from Sacramento to do some stunt motocross tricks on street bikes. This was very entertaining for Jason and Adam got a kick out of it too. The girls didn't like it because it was LOUD. This is just an example of one of the tricks that they did.

And here is the end result. This guy spun his tires until it blew and he also blew his radiator hose. They just did there stunts up and down the parking lot.

We then took the kids to the circus. One of Jasons clients gave us some tickets for free. I thought it was very entertaining and loved the opportunity to take the kids to it. The Elephants are quite amazing to watch.

The circus just ins't a circus without cotton candy. Adam just loved this. The girls also had snow cones. Lets just say that by the end of the day Mya and Brianna Had a tummy ache from all the sugar. They very rarely get treats like they did

The tigers were quite entertaining. Or as Adam says "giger". Such amazing animals.

Recent Events!

Yesterday my family stopped in for breakfast on there way to Provo. My not so little brother will be entering the MTC on Wednesday serving in the Mexico Guadalajara South Mission. It is always so hard to say goodbye for two years buy I know he is on the Lords errand.

Adam is quite the curious little boy and wants to experience everything. Especially when it comes to shaving like daddy.

Once again Adam also loves his baby sister Madelyn. Loves to hold her, lay down next to her and even sometimes sit on her. Luckily that doesn't happen all that often.

The girls love to help me clean the bathrooms. Hopefully this continues when they get older because I despise cleaning the bathrooms. Here they are cleaning there bathtub. Adam saw what they were doing and quickly ran to the kitchen to get a washcloth.

About a week ago Mya lost her first tooth. It had been loose for a couple of weeks and it finally got to the point where it was more of annusance for her and she let me pull it out. When she first discovered her loose tooth she came to me with Crocodile tears saying "Mommy my tooth is loose" I just had to laugh. I quickly consoled her and told her about the tooth fairy. She then became really excited. Her new nickname is toothless.

Happy Birthday Brianna!

Yesterday was Brianna's birthday. She turned 4 years old. We can hardly believe how fast time flies, and how big she is getting. Everything for her is Princess right now. So the theme for her little party was Princess. We just held a little family party for her after church. We took her out shopping on Saturday to let her choose the things she wanted.


Notice the Barbie. I made her a Barbie cake. The cake is the dress part. It didn't quite turn out like the picture but hey it was my first try. To me it looked more like a pink Volcano with a Barbie sticking out of the middle.

Here is the finished product of her Barbie cake. It was a complete surprise for her wich was probably the best part. Notice the Princess crown, with earings and a ring, and a Princess watch. That is what she chose for her presents.

My Mom and Mikey came for a quick visit on Friday afternoon. My Dad was unable to be there but we still had a great time with them. Brianna got to open her present from them. She has wanted skate shoes since Mya got some for Christmas so she got a pair from Grandma, Grandpa and mikey. Thanks for coming we enjoyed the time spent even though it was short.