Pacing

Last fall I had the opportunity to pace a half marathon, last minute, with my landlord, who is also a runner.  It was so much fun!!  I decided it was something I wanted to do more of and that would help me with my goal of enjoying running and not just focusing on racing and times.  So, I joined the team called American Flyers Race Pacers.

I was able to pace my second race in St. George over the weekend.  Candice came down with me and we made a girls weekend out of it.  We had SOO much fun!  The two of us are totally comfortable together and had such a great time doing whatever we wanted!  We shopped, got pedicures, and really just chilled!

The race was amazing!  I have been feeling very slow so I was worried that my 1:45 pace was going to be tough to maintain.  The course was much hillier than I was expecting but I felt great the entire time!  It runs through Coral Canyon on a trail and then out to Stahelli Farms in Washington.  My pace partner was super nice and friendly and I truly enjoyed every minute of being there!!

My mom made fun of me that all my pictures and pacing are with other men... but I promise I invited Matt, he just didn't want to come.  I can't help it that he hates running.  There were plenty of other women there!  More than anything I just enjoy being there with people who are genuinely kind and love the same thing I do!

Little Dancer

Bailee has been taking dance lessons since fall and had her first performance last week.  She practices at home ALL the time and knows all of her dance.  She was so excited and grinned the whole time she was out there.  

Broken Leg

Pomeranians are know for being very fragile dogs.  We have warned our kids about this and asked them to be very careful with Yogi.  We have had very nice, warm spring weather and one day Brooke and her friends were outside playing with him.  They thought it would be a good idea to take him on the tramp.  I was in the house and heard him yelping all the way from 3 houses up.  She had dropped him.  By the time I got to the back door, Brooke was sobbing and Yogi was too.  I knew by the way he was holding his leg that it was broken.  We loaded everyone up and took him to the vet.  Sure enough, both bones in his leg were cracked.  They put a cast on it and he has to wear it for 6 weeks.  Brooke felt very bad and had to help use her own money to pay for it.  He was a little unsure the first couple days, but gets around really well now.

Firestation

Bailee is going to the same preschool this year that Cole went to.  This week they got to take a trip to the fire-station.  She was a little scared and didn't want to do anything without her dad, but now she says it was lots of fun.