Halloween Party

This Halloween Nate and I dressed up as Nacho Libre and Escaleto. I was going to be the nun but Nate insisted I be his wrestling sidekick. Escaleto only wears red boots and blue wrestling underwear thingys. So that's what I wore except I wore nude color tights and leotard. Nate tried on one Nacho costume that was a one piece flesh jumpsuit that would NOT go up and over his arms(it ripped while trying SOOO desperately to make it fit!) so we bought the sleeve-less puffy vest version! I will never forget Nate in the dressing room trying to squeeze into the costume-I was peeing my pants laughing! We had such a fun time at our friends party. We kareoked, had great food, cat-walked and had prizes for costumes. Its always fun to have an excuse to dress up and be crazy for a night! Happy Halloween

PS-We got runner up for best couple costume along with Dustin and Bridgett Carroll(here in this picture) Hef and Playmate won!

Viva Las Vegas

After the weekend in St. George for the marathon we went back to Las Vegas to stay with my sister. This time we decided to take the kids down to the strip. We are in Vegas alot but we don't ever go do all the things downtown. The kids favorite was Circus Circus, I loved the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay, Nate's top pick was the Coke factory(He's a Coke addict!) and Cannon loved the M&M Factory. I think we could of all watched the Biolago Water Show all night-that's always the BEST! We took the kids to see the "TI Sirens" at Treasure Island. OOOH my, it has changed from this great pirate show to a bunch of hootchie momma's out there dnacing Vegas Style for the pirates. I don't think we'll stop to see that one next time. Overall, it was a great trip and like always SO fun to be together.

I did it!

I'm going to start off saying that ANYONE can run a marathon. If I can do it anyone can. I think anyone should do it because it really is the most amazing experience. I saw all walks of like out there running. I saw 12 year old boys running with their dads and a couple who had to have been at least 80 holding hands! Here are some of the highlights for me:

1. Traveling to the marathon with my friend Tresure and two of her kids. The kids had fun all packed in the back. Traveling is always better with a friend or with your hubbie!

2. Waking up at 4:00 am after talking to Tresure for most of the night and then tossing and turning for the rest of the night! Catching a bus(I've not been on a school bus for years!) that took us up to the start of the race. A I was getting on the bus I ran into a dear friends husband-Tyler Fish. So fun to catch up and wish him good luck.

3. Thank goodness for bonfires-it was FREEZING! We all huddled next to a fire to stay warm till the race began.

4. Watching people run for the bushes, trees whatever shelter they could find to go pee before the race and during the race. Thanks to Tresure we had toilet paper. She carried it on her running belt the whole way. People would comment as were running about how great it was to have toilet paper. Tresure told everyone, "If you can catch me, you can have a piece." She cracks me up!

5. Loving the ICY HOT that volunteers rubbed on my legs more than once. You could run up to them at the water stations and they had tubs of the stuff. They would quickly lather you up and off you'd go running.

6. Having people cheer me on made me feel like I can do this. The cutest little kids that would give you high-five as you ran pass made me feel like a million bucks. Seeing little kids made me think of my own and made me want to run faster to see them at the end. St. George was so supportive and so many families came out to cheer us on.

7. Seeing the finish line made me want to bawl like a baby. I DID IT! A year ago I ran my first 10K and to think now I had just ran 26.2 miles in 4 hours and 47 minutes, I was pretty proud of myself. I almost didn't run the marathon at all. I had been having knee problems and stopped running on it for a few weeks. I tried running again and same thing-killer knee. I thought there is no way I can run a marathon if my knee is flaring up at six miles. So I gave it a rest. I only had trained up to 14 miles but after talking to lots of people and knowing I had friends running it with me -I decided to do it. SO glad I did! I felt so good the entire way. My knee didn't hurt at all. I guess it was all the Tylenol, icy hot and prayers, lots of prayers! Will I do it again? Yes, Yes, Yes! Anybody in?

PS-The only picture Nate took is of me and Cannon. As soon as I get more pics from friends, I will post them.

Marathon or Bust!

So we are off. My friend Tresure and I off to run the St. Marathon this weekend. Wish us luck. We heard it is going to be cold and rainy-great! Hopefully, we will make it home alive. Pictures and update will come soon.