Preschool Programs

Hayden's first Spring Program was Monday, May 24th. This was the actually a western themed graduation program from his Pre-K class-the same class he's doing again next year. It was a darling program and Hayden sang and smiled throughout the program. For some reason, some of the pictures I captured don't always show him smiling--go figure, that would be my luck.

Just walked in and sat down...almost ready to start.

Partner dancing with Alec. During the program, Hayden's actions with his hands were so big that he knocked off Alec's hat at one point.

After the program with his certificate.

We got a quick pic with Abby--one of his friends from his class.

After the program we went to Frogurt with Grandma and Grandpa.

The following afternoon was Hayden's 3-year-old program in his classroom. This class only had 10 kids (compared to 25 from his Pre-K class). I love all the different faces the kids are making in this picture before the actual program started.

This is one of the few times the kids had to "moo" like a cow. Hayden really enjoys doing the actions with the parts.

Taking his bow at the end of the program.

Ogden Marathon 2010

So May 15th was the Ogden Marathon--the first of the Grand Slam marathons. For whatever reason (maybe the idea of running 26.2 miles), I was feeling pretty nervous before the race. Dan and I drove up to Ogden Friday after work to pick up the race packet and have dinner. We tried to go to Olive Garden, but it was too crowded. We had to settle for TGIFridays instead. I had only slept for about 4 hours the night before, and Friday night ended up being about the same. Even though I tried to go to bed early, I just couldn't fall asleep--too tense and nervous I guess. The following morning, Dan drove me to the buses at 4:30 a.m., and I shuttled up the canyon with the other marathoners. We got to the start around 5:20 which meant we had to wait an hour and a half before the race started. Luckily, runners are amazingly nice people so I was able to share a blanket with a lady (a first-timer) by one of the fires. It's always fun to hang out and hear about other people's racing experiences so that put my nerves at ease a little bit. Just after 6:30 I headed over to the bathroom line, and barely made it through the line, used the bathroom, ran to the start, and then the gun went off. I could definitely feel that my body was more tired than it should be, and again, my stomach really didn't feel too great. I had to stop at mile 5 to take a short break, and I stopped at some of the poweraid/water stations throughout the rest of the race. Halfway through was an uphill portion that didn't feel too great, but it was nice to have it over with. I had decided early on not to worry about my time (my watch that I wear to keep track of my pace wasn't working at all) and that I should just focus on finishing. I texted Dan when I was at the 23 mile mark and I was a little surprised by the time. I ended up barely running/jogging across the finish at 3:47 (my actual chip time was 3 hrs 46 minutes). I have no idea how I beat my old time, but I did. I chugged water, waddled over to Wasatch Running's tent to get my free stuff, met up with Dan, and then got my free 15 minute massage (one of the best parts of the race). Dan and I walked around for a little bit, and then decided to head back home. Before we left, we found a trusting person to snap a quick pic of us.

Mother's Day, Race for the Cure, Wheeler Farm, & SLC Half Marathon

Mother's Day ended up being a great day. Dan came over with flowers, a new cricut cartridge, a musical card (that he had Hayden sign too) and "Cooking Mama" for the Wii as a gift from Hayden. Then we went to my mom's house for brunch and played a bit outside. Later that afternoon we went to visit with Dan's family and enjoyed dinner and good company.

Our "Brady Bunch" pose on the stairs.

Funny Faces!

Brooke and Gage

Mother's Day treats! I learned that these don't transport as well as I had hoped--oh well.

MAY 8TH- RACE FOR THE CURE

Brooke and I joined in the Race for the Cure again for the 2nd year in a row. We also met up with some of my co-workers who were running for one of the kindergarten teachers. In fact, I'm wearing a shirt that my work had made up for her (Betty Leary).

Here I am with the amazing cancer surviver-Betty.

Here we are just before the race started. We were trying to get a pic with the balloon arch in the background. Funny enough, out of the 19,000 people there, we ended up on the news for a few seconds.

After the race I found my friend Kristen and her cute girls.

MAY 7TH-WHEELER FARM

Since we didn't have school Friday, Hayden and I met up with my friend Michelle and her kids (Abby and Ty) at Wheeler Farm. They also brought another friend, Luke, along for the fun.
Above are Luke, Hayden, and Abby after feeding the ducks and geese.

Feeding the birds. After exploring all the animals, we had a fun little picnic lunch. It was so nice to be outside and enjoy the wonderful weather that day.

Petting the baby goat. This is much better than the rat we saw creeping nearby--so glad it didn't get close to us and the kids.

APRIL 17TH--THE SALT LAKE CITY MARATHON AND 1/2 MARATHON

This year I decided to do the Salt Lake City Half Marathon because I thought it would be a good training race before the first Grand Slam Marathon (Ogden in a few days--aaaaah). I went down with my friend Michelle, her hubby, her mom, and another friend. The women did the half and Justin did the whole marathon. We were so lucky that the weather was perfect that day, too. My time wasn't my best (1:51), but it was still fun and a great run. I loved the enthusiasm of the runners and the people watching throughout the whole race.