Some Picture Updates

I thought I'd throw in some random pictures that I have been needing to post...

Last Saturday, we had an LDSSA tailgate party before the UofM-Notre Dame game. This was our first MBA1/MBA2 event (we missed the part-timers!).

Notice something different hanging out of his shorts? Yep! It's big boy underwear, not a diaper! Wes has been wearing underwear for about 2 weeks now - day and night - and it's gone really well. We've had some accidents and some setbacks, but most days and nights his underwear stays dry and clean. Of course, I still have to pay attention and remind him to tell me that he needs to go (even though he rarely does that). Usually, we use excuses like going outside to have him sit on the potty. That usually works. It's an adventure though!

Now that Wes is 2 (and 5 months, today) he says and does a lot of silly things. I think the saying-funny-things part is one of my favorite things about having a toddler. I have nothing to share at the moment because I think that most things are just funny to me and Brian and not to anyone else.




Wes and Sydney are good buds. They sure love each other. The other day Wes was laying on the ground watching a show and Sydney decided to crawl over and get on top of him. Esentially, she was trying to provoke him and get him to wrestle with her. She really likes playing with her brother.





Yesterday Brian was home in the afternoon between classes so we walked over to DQ for Blizzards. We got Sydney a little ice cream cone and she loved it! Of course it started dripping all over so Brian took it away for about 5 seconds to clean her up and she had a total meltdown. She made it very clear that she was not done with her ice cream cone. It totally made me laugh. I can relate though, I would be mad if someone took my ice cream away before I was finished! :)





I think there are few things sweeter than seeing my husband and my kids having a great time together. Brian is an amazing dad. The kids love him so much. He's back to classes in full-swing, recruiting, and working part-time at the school (TA and career counselor) so he's busy, but he still makes time to see and play with the kids. They're sure glad about it too!

Marathon Training - Week 12 + Red Carpet Run

This week we had a Girls' Night and ran the Red Carpet 5k in West Bloomfield. The theme of the run is to dress up like it's the Oscars and run. Some (crazy) people actually ran in gowns and tuxes. We opted for homemade tutus!

Here we are! L to R: Jonelle, Lindsey, Natalie, Rochelle, Andrea, and Marti.

Here's my sweet outfit just after my run down the red carpet.





I just liked this picture of Jonelle taking a flying leap! :)







After the race! We all made it! We got champagne flutes (but opted not to drink any champagne) and some post-race snacks.


It was a really good race for me. Jonelle and I pushed each other, as usual! Here are my stats for this race:


Division Place: 4 out of 27
Sex Place: 9 out of 100
Overall Place: 23 out of 143


I got a sweet 1000-karat "diamond" for finishing 4th. Jonelle came in 5th, right behind me. My time was 22:30.6 and my pace was 7:15 min/mi. That's a PR (personal record) for me! After the race, we got some SwirlBerry fro-yo in our tutus. :)

Monday: 5 miles

Wednesday: 3.2 miles

Saturday: 18 miles

Total for the week: 26.2 miles (I ran a marathon this week! 119.2 to go! My calculations have been off.)

For my 18-miler on Saturday, Brian and I ran with the Running Fit Marathon Training Group. It was a lot different than our CARA runs had been, but at least Brian and I got to run together! (Thanks to the Hoopers for watching our kids so early and for so long!)

The main thing about doing such a long run is having the water stations, which the organized group runs provide. Otherwise, we'd have to carry or stash water along the route. Well that, and figuring out where to run such a long distance. It's much better if someone else can do all the work for us!

We have 4 weeks until the marathon, so we have one more long run and then we start the tapering process. I'm excited we're getting to the end! Honestly, I'm looking forward to it being over. It's been a long time coming (over 7 months) and I'm looking forward to running more shorter-distance races after the marathon.