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.