Half Marathon!

WE DID IT!!!

On May 8 Scott and I decided to celebrate our 10 year anniversary by running a half marathon!We have been running for years (we would even run together when we were dating) and we finally decided to challenge ourselves a little more. It is 13.1 miles and the terrain is mostly uphill. This is before the race...

This is after...

We wanted to run it under 2 hours and we did it in 1 hour 56 minutes. So we averaged about 8 minute and 35 second miles. Scott got 48th place in his age group and I got 29th. There were several thousand people running. It was really fun and we will definately do it again. What is really amazing is that I was 4 weeks pregnant and I didn't even know it!

Elijah turned 8 and was baptized! (in March...sorry I have been so busy to post it sooner!)

Happy Birthday, Elijah!

We have a tradition that birthdays require breakfast in bed! Elijah loves it!

Elijah was so excited for his baptism. He invited his teacher, his coach, his best friend and our neighbors...and they all came! He is such a great little missionary!

I was already crying at this point to see them both in white. It was such a special experience!

Beach Day!

Kathryn really wanted to get to the beach as much as possible while she was here. I took these pictures on one of the days when it happened to be 80 degrees! She has now gone back to Vermont to 13 degree weather, and she wishes she could bask in the sun one more time!

Isaac's masterpiece!

Okay let me explain this picture...Ezra's diaper had gotten wet and as he was walking around, the diaper was rubbing on the inside of his legs and it was really bothering him. So I took off the diaper and tucked his onesie "tail" up because it was dragging behind him. We were laughing so hard because his little buns are so cute!

Elijah's volcano!

Kathryn took this picture of Elijah chasing after the seagulls. They kept trying to take our lunch! But look at that form! What a runner!

Grandpa and Ezra going to take a look at the water...

They both really wanted to play in it but when they touched it they realized that it was cold and they only went that far!

Our Hike

We went on a beautiful hike about a 10 minute drive from our house. It was wonderful and a lot of fun. The ocean is in the background, I'm not sure why it is showing up white in this picture!

Ah, there's the ocean behind us! Here is Kathryn and I on the ridge looking at the sunset.

We were rushing to get back to the car before it got dark, here are the boys starting to make their way back down!

There was a tractor near where we parked the car and all of the little boys automatically climbed in. Just think, in a few years they will not all be able to fit there!

COUSINS!

We took these pictures at Christmas of the three boys

Ezra, Braddock and Joshua

Here are the dads of these cute boys!

And the mommies with their boys!

Isaac turned Five!!!

I cannot believe that Isaac has turned 5! These five years have gone by way too fast, I wish that I could go back and hold him one more time as a 1-minute old wet baby! He has had the sweetest disposition since the moment he entered into this life. I thank God that I have the priviledge of being his mommy.

His party this year was really low key. But we celebrated ALL day and did everything that he wanted to do. He insisted on doing three things...First: eat lunch at New Frontiers (our local health food store) second:ride his bike, and third: have blueberry pancakes for dinner!

Oh, and he also wanted a chocolate "car" cake!!!

Temple

Our Temple Day

Okay, so some of these pictures are from before Christmas, but I haven't had a "moment" to upload some of these photos...Sorry!

So, right before Christmas we went to the LA Temple and we had a great time.

While I was in the temple, Scott took the boys to a nearby playground.

Here is Isaac posing with the temple behind him.

Momma and her boys...I love walking around the temple grounds with them, it's so peaceful.

Daddy and his boys! Scott didn't like that I made him sit on this tiny curb, what a good sport!

Sweet Ezra playing...he had so much fun at this little playground

The nativity scene at the temple was beautiful. Elijah and Isaac immediately ran under the ropes so they could see it "up-close" and I caught them right before they touched baby Jesus. I snapped this picture right when they came out from under the rope. I love how Isaac is looking up at Elijah.