If you're looking for some fun summer books to read to the kiddos here are two of them we read today.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Frogs at the Library
Today Bentley and I went to story time at the library. This was the first time we've been and it was so much fun. Today's stories were all about frogs. After reading Bentley colored a picture of a marsh and marsh animals.
If you're looking for some fun summer books to read to the kiddos here are two of them we read today.
If you're looking for some fun summer books to read to the kiddos here are two of them we read today.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Utah Valley Half Marathon
This can also be found on my running blog. I will put pictures on there, not on here.
Let's start this by talking about the training for the half marathon. Due to lack of time and in the end desire I didn't train for the race as well as I should have. 3 weeks before the race I ran 8 miles. That was the longest run I did the entire training. After that run I ran a total of probably around 12 miles when it should have a least been in the 3os. Anyway my goal for the race was to do it between a 10:30 and 11:00 minute mile.
The race was on June 12th. It started at the lovely time of 5:30am!! I had to be at the Provo Mall at 3:30 to get on the bus, so that meant I needed to get up around 2:45 to get ready and get over there. Well, I went to bed around 10:30 then I laid there until 1:30 because I couldn't sleep due to nerves and excitement. So yes, I got 1 hour of sleep to run 13.1 miles on.
I got to the mall early enough to be on the first bus. Honestly I could have tried to sleep in a little bit and been on one of the later buses. On the way up to the starting line I was watching out the window for the mile markers that were set up until we got to the canyon where it was pitch dark. When I was riding through the canyon on an old clunker bus in the pitch black all I could think was I must be on the marathon bus this is a lot farther than 13 miles. But sure enough they checked my number bib before I got on to make sure I was a half marathoner. I was definitely on the right bus.
Once the bus finally got to the final destination of the starting line we all got of and hurried around the fire pits that were burning. I met a few friends while waiting around the fire pit which was nice to pass the 2 hours until the starting of the race.
Finally at 5:30 we were all lined up and ready to go. The sky was starting to light up a little bit. It was supposed to be bad weather but it was actually quite nice for a half marathon. In mile 3 it started to sprinkle a little but it felt so nice. The run down the canyon was beautiful. I knew I could run all the way down the canyon because I had done it before. That was my goal run all the way out of the canyon then I'd see how I felt. I might need a few walk breaks. I got out of the canyon and was still feeling great. This was mile 7 now, only 6.1 more miles to go. I knew Brian and Bentley would be at Jamestown Square waiting for me so I decided I could run without walking to there. I made it there still without walking which was now mile 9. By this time my toe was starting to feel like it was getting a blister and I was feeling kind of sick. I only had 4 more miles. I can do this!!! I got to mile 10 and had to make a pit stop because I was so sick. After the pit stop I continued running until mile 12 where yet again I was sick!!! I mean SICK!!! I walked a little here and there in mile 12 then I hit mile 13 and had to make a stop. That's how sick I was I had 2/10 of mile left in the race, I could see the finish line but I had to stop because I wasn't feeling well. After my little pit stop I took off for the finish line.
I crossed the finish line and didn't collapse. I actually felt really good. I got my finishers medal (which I didn't get from the last one because I was to tired to stand in line), went and picked up my bag, got a creamy bar, and checked on my race shirt.
I'm not sure what my official time was because it's wrong on the marathon website. It says I was speedy fast which I know I wasn't. However my handy Garmin I had on the whole time and timed me and I stopped it at the pit stops. Without the pit stops my time was 2:26. That is an 11 minute mile. I cut off 14 minutes from my last half marathon. YAY!!!! I did it!!! I beat my PR!!!
Now I'm still exhausted from not having slept the night before the race. My muscles are sore. I'm pretty sure I did something to my foot and I have a blood blister on the end of my toe. The crazy thing is with all of the pain I'm planning my next one. Hopefully my foot will heal quickly so I can run soon. I'll be doing a lot of biking and swimming to keep off my foot for a while.
It was a great race!! Great weather, I was in one of my favorite places in Utah, and I know this sounds weird but both times I've ran a half marathon I know my grandpa Stansfield is there running with me. I love running the long races for that reason it's an amazing experience!!!
Let's start this by talking about the training for the half marathon. Due to lack of time and in the end desire I didn't train for the race as well as I should have. 3 weeks before the race I ran 8 miles. That was the longest run I did the entire training. After that run I ran a total of probably around 12 miles when it should have a least been in the 3os. Anyway my goal for the race was to do it between a 10:30 and 11:00 minute mile.
The race was on June 12th. It started at the lovely time of 5:30am!! I had to be at the Provo Mall at 3:30 to get on the bus, so that meant I needed to get up around 2:45 to get ready and get over there. Well, I went to bed around 10:30 then I laid there until 1:30 because I couldn't sleep due to nerves and excitement. So yes, I got 1 hour of sleep to run 13.1 miles on.
I got to the mall early enough to be on the first bus. Honestly I could have tried to sleep in a little bit and been on one of the later buses. On the way up to the starting line I was watching out the window for the mile markers that were set up until we got to the canyon where it was pitch dark. When I was riding through the canyon on an old clunker bus in the pitch black all I could think was I must be on the marathon bus this is a lot farther than 13 miles. But sure enough they checked my number bib before I got on to make sure I was a half marathoner. I was definitely on the right bus.
Once the bus finally got to the final destination of the starting line we all got of and hurried around the fire pits that were burning. I met a few friends while waiting around the fire pit which was nice to pass the 2 hours until the starting of the race.
Finally at 5:30 we were all lined up and ready to go. The sky was starting to light up a little bit. It was supposed to be bad weather but it was actually quite nice for a half marathon. In mile 3 it started to sprinkle a little but it felt so nice. The run down the canyon was beautiful. I knew I could run all the way down the canyon because I had done it before. That was my goal run all the way out of the canyon then I'd see how I felt. I might need a few walk breaks. I got out of the canyon and was still feeling great. This was mile 7 now, only 6.1 more miles to go. I knew Brian and Bentley would be at Jamestown Square waiting for me so I decided I could run without walking to there. I made it there still without walking which was now mile 9. By this time my toe was starting to feel like it was getting a blister and I was feeling kind of sick. I only had 4 more miles. I can do this!!! I got to mile 10 and had to make a pit stop because I was so sick. After the pit stop I continued running until mile 12 where yet again I was sick!!! I mean SICK!!! I walked a little here and there in mile 12 then I hit mile 13 and had to make a stop. That's how sick I was I had 2/10 of mile left in the race, I could see the finish line but I had to stop because I wasn't feeling well. After my little pit stop I took off for the finish line.
I crossed the finish line and didn't collapse. I actually felt really good. I got my finishers medal (which I didn't get from the last one because I was to tired to stand in line), went and picked up my bag, got a creamy bar, and checked on my race shirt.
I'm not sure what my official time was because it's wrong on the marathon website. It says I was speedy fast which I know I wasn't. However my handy Garmin I had on the whole time and timed me and I stopped it at the pit stops. Without the pit stops my time was 2:26. That is an 11 minute mile. I cut off 14 minutes from my last half marathon. YAY!!!! I did it!!! I beat my PR!!!
Now I'm still exhausted from not having slept the night before the race. My muscles are sore. I'm pretty sure I did something to my foot and I have a blood blister on the end of my toe. The crazy thing is with all of the pain I'm planning my next one. Hopefully my foot will heal quickly so I can run soon. I'll be doing a lot of biking and swimming to keep off my foot for a while.
It was a great race!! Great weather, I was in one of my favorite places in Utah, and I know this sounds weird but both times I've ran a half marathon I know my grandpa Stansfield is there running with me. I love running the long races for that reason it's an amazing experience!!!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Preschool Graduation
Bentley has totally LOVED preschool this year. His teacher Miss Mari and her aid Mrs. Steward were absolutely fabulous!!! I couldn't have asked for a better teacher. Every day he wanted to go to school instead of the babysitters.
I had one of the reading techs at the school take my class for a half hour so I could go to the preschool graduation. It was adorable. The sang songs, did chants, and danced. Bentley's part in the program was "Welcome to Preschool Graduation". Bentley has missed his friends from school. I'm pretty sure that he and his best friend Drew will be in the same kindergarten class. They're both signed up for the Dual Immersion Kindergarten. This is a program where half the day is taught in English and half is taught in Spanish. Bentley can't wait for kindergarten and loves seeing his kindergarten teacher when we go to the school to work.
Here's some pictures of the cute little program. They even made shirts for it. Each shirt has every kid in the classes hand print on it and labeled with their name.
Drew and Bentley
Monday, June 7, 2010
Another Blog I LOVE!!
Ok so I blogged about the Love Actually blog here's another one that I absolutely love. These chicks have definitely got some great ideas for dating the hubs. Here's the link Dating Divas I hope you ENJOY it as much as I do!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Take Me Out To The Ball Game
I can't believe it...Bentley is old enough to play T-ball this year!!! He had his first game last Saturday followed by a baseball parade. He loves playing and has such a kind and patient coach. He is playing in Mapleton this year because he's still to young to play in Spanish Fork. It's so cute to watch them play. When a kid hits the ball the whole team runs after the ball. A lot of the kids also run the wrong way around the bases. It's absolutely hilarious to watch. I love that Bentley is getting old enough to do these kind of activities. It's so fun to watch him learn and progress. Being a mom is the greatest!!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Easter...In May
It's official I'm a blog slacker!!! Here is Easter finally. Easter in May, only a month off.
We had a great Easter!! We kicked off Easter this year with the Easter Egg Hunt in good ole' Goshen. Brian absolutely hates that I insist on going out there every year but I hate to tell ya honey, it's a tradition and will be until we move far enough away we can't drive there that morning. On with the story. We hunted for eggs in absolutely frigid weather. Why is it that it always has to be FREEZING on Easter? Bentley loved hunting the Easter Eggs. After we hung out with my fam for a little bit.
I almost forgot thebest, worst, most interesting part of Easter. We went to Randall and Vicki's (the in-laws) house for family night later that night and Vicki sent us on a Easter Egg hunt all over town. The hunt led back to her house in the downstairs family room. What did the little kiddies find there? Baby chicks, ducks, and turkeys. Yes, you heard right. My father-in-law went out and bought each of the kids their own baby chick and each family a baby turkey. He also bought two baby ducks. The kids were SO excited, the mom's on the other hand, not so much. Randall was laughing the whole time. So NOT funny!!! Overall we had a great Easter!
The Easter Egg Hunt-The kids were freezing-Bentley with my adorable niece and nephew, I could adopt those kids!
On Easter morning Bentley snuck downstairs before we had got out of bed. I ran down after him so he wouldn't get his basket before we were awake. When I got downstairs he was looking at Brian's basket with the saddest look on his face. He said, "The Easter Bunny forgot to come." If he had looked his basket was right behind him.
Bentley with his loot
The Easter Bunny decided to send Bentley and I on a little scavenger hunt to find our things. Bentley's ended up under the stairs and it was a new bike!!! He was so excited!
The New Bike
I almost forgot the
Bentley and his chick
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Where has the time gone?!
Wow, it's been over a month since I blogged last. The month of April has FLOWN by. April consisted of a nice week of spring break, many late nights, swimming lessons for me, and a lot of running.
Spring break we didn't do much except get the house clean and get all caught up on doctor and dentist appointments and other than that just get some much needed R&R time. All of the late nights were Brian's fault!! He had many big tests, assignments, and being on-call with a gastrointestinal doctor. He loved going with the doctor except for the colonoscopies. Those pretty much made him decide he wouldn't be that kind of doctor. He just finished up all of his finals, no his next big project his applying to Med School!!! Yeah!! I'm so proud of all of the hard work he's put in to finally get to this point. It's been a looooong road. Hopefully he'll get in his first try, but if not he'll try again the next year.
Yes, I was in swimming lessons. I took 4 weeks of swimming lessons from the top triathlete in Utah. He was awesome!!! I'm training for my first triathlon which will be at the end of June and also the Utah Valley Half Marathon at the beginning of June. What a great way to kick off the summer!!
Bentley is growing like a weed. I can't believe how big he is. He absolutely loves preschool and is extremely excited for kindergarten. I can't believe I registered my baby for kindergarten. I honestly almost started to cry. I'm excited that he'll be at the school with me everyday. He's so glad that it's getting warm outside. He could spend hours outside just making up his own games and riding his new bike that he got from the Easter Bunny. I'll blog those pictures soon.
Spring break we didn't do much except get the house clean and get all caught up on doctor and dentist appointments and other than that just get some much needed R&R time. All of the late nights were Brian's fault!! He had many big tests, assignments, and being on-call with a gastrointestinal doctor. He loved going with the doctor except for the colonoscopies. Those pretty much made him decide he wouldn't be that kind of doctor. He just finished up all of his finals, no his next big project his applying to Med School!!! Yeah!! I'm so proud of all of the hard work he's put in to finally get to this point. It's been a looooong road. Hopefully he'll get in his first try, but if not he'll try again the next year.
Yes, I was in swimming lessons. I took 4 weeks of swimming lessons from the top triathlete in Utah. He was awesome!!! I'm training for my first triathlon which will be at the end of June and also the Utah Valley Half Marathon at the beginning of June. What a great way to kick off the summer!!
Bentley is growing like a weed. I can't believe how big he is. He absolutely loves preschool and is extremely excited for kindergarten. I can't believe I registered my baby for kindergarten. I honestly almost started to cry. I'm excited that he'll be at the school with me everyday. He's so glad that it's getting warm outside. He could spend hours outside just making up his own games and riding his new bike that he got from the Easter Bunny. I'll blog those pictures soon.
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