May 1st

Today we went up to Kathryn's grave. We go up every year on her birthday. My mom sends up yellow balloons for the boys to send up to heaven. We also pick out flowers. Here are the years 2004-2008. It is still a difficult concept for the boys to grasp, but we hope that each year they will understand a little bit more about her and where she is. We always appreciate the calls and cards sent to us around that time.

Girls Trip

I went on a trip with my friends Katherine and Lori. We have been friends forever. The last time we took a trip together was 11 years ago, right before Katherine got married. We went to Monterey, California. It was so fun and beautiful. We rented a jeep and drove down from Oakland. We had a blast hiking around Big Sur, biking along the coast towards Pebble Beach, shopping, and of course eating great food. We got to stay at the Hilton Gardens thanks to Derek. He gave us his hotel points to use. We had a complimentary breakfast every morning where a chef made whatever we wanted.

Buzzed Boys

We decided to buzz our kids heads. Mo has this wacky skin thing that we have to apply a lotion to and we thought a shaved head would be easier. Sam of course wanted it done too. Man, next time we will try the 3 guard. Our boys are bald little toe-heads.

We did it!!

After I did the Moab half marathon I decided to keep in shape for another one in Salt Lake. It was fun running through our city. We started at the Olympic bridge and ended up at Gateway. It was so inspiring running with everyone. James walked down from our house with the boys at the 6 mile mark to see us run by. I ran with my friend Charisse. We kept each other going and it was so helpful. We also ran with Shawn and Melissa Stringham (they were way ahead of us trying to make their 2:03 goal-which they did!). Everyone asks if I am going to do a marathon or a triathalon now. I said I would like to try a 5k or 10k first, I've never even done one of those.