Utah Valley Marathon

On June 13th, 2009 Emily successfully completed her first marathon. She completed the 26.2 miles in an unofficial time of 4 hours 24 minutes and 33 seconds. Quite a few family members traveled to Provo to cheer her on. Every time we saw her through out the race, she still had a smile on her face. I wish I could say the same about the other thousand people in the race. We cheered her on through mile markers 10, 14, 18, 20 & the finish. Emily's uncle ran as well and after completing his 39th marathon he said that this was one of the toughest races he has participated in and that he had never seen so many people walking. Emily has been training for a long time and all of it finally paid off. She can say that she has done a marathon; something that most people won't ever do in a lifetime. When Emily gets her mind set on something, she never fails. Way to go Em!!!

Mile marker 10.

Emily's biggest, smallest fans.

Mile marker 14.

Lucas pulling his mom across the finish line at 4:24:33.

Check out the bling. Way to go Em!!!

Happy Birthday to Henry!

They don't come any sweeter than our little Henry. This past year has been an absolute joy with him and it's gone by way too quickly. I just can't get enough of his chubby feet and big blue eyes. He already had his party on Saturday, so I had to post at least one first cake photo.

Okay, two.

Memorial Day Run

This post is a little late, but I had to get some of these pictures on here. Last week for Memorial Day, there was a local race going on, so Lucas and I joined in the fun. I did the 5K and Lucas did the kids' mile. It was the cutest thing. He is still talking about his "run with the kids." I was so proud! He may have been the last one in, but for that first hundred yards or so, he ran his little heart out.

Waiting for the kids' mile to start.

Coming in the last stretch.

He even got a medal for finishing.

It was a lot of fun, and we hope to find another one soon.