Snow Canyon Half Marathon

About 9 weeks ago my sister and I decided to run a half marathon.  We signed up for the Snow Canyon Half marathon.  A few weeks into training I hurt my knee, let it heal, continued training... then 3 weeks before the race I hurt my other one really bad ;/ so I rested it up, had Danny give me a blessing and decided to try!

Us before the race began!  We were so pumped :)  We had to wait in the longest line ever to go the bathroom.  When the count down began we were still in our sweats (they gave us bags to put our extra clothes in, to put in a trailer and they would drive them down to the finish line).  So the race began and we were trying to rip our clothes off and run at the same time.  The night before we bought water bottle carriers that go on our hips.. about 3 min into running mine ripped and my water bottle went flying behind me... there were literally hundreds of ppl behind us, they were all stumbling over it and i was fumbling around to grab it.. "sorry, whoops, excuse me, sorry..." ha guess we shoulda tried them out before the race day :)

It was such a beautiful trail :)

By about mile 3 my knee was killing me, I tried to push thru the pain and not let it effect me, but by mile 6 I told Tia to go ahead and that I would catch up.  Right before the mile 11 marker there were porta-potties and a drink station.  I feeling like I was about to die, so I went into the bathroom did my business and decided to push it hard and meet up to Tia.  So in my ear phones went and I took off... I was pushing so hard.  Several min later I started to realize not many runners were around me.  I thought "I am either way fast, or way slow."  A few min later a white van pulled up to me... My initial thought was, I'M GETTING KIDNAPPED. ha But the man stuck his head out the window and said, "you made a wrong turn your off course," so I hoped in and he drove me back to the station were I made the wrong turn 1 MILE THE WRONG WAY... I'll tell you what, after running 11 miles, that extra mile was sooo depressing.  

I FINALLY FINISHED!!!! all 14.1 miles ;)

Danny and the boys were there waiting at the finish line for me, with flowers and all!

SOOOOOOOOO proud of us!  We were both in pretty bad shape the rest of the day :/ but after we could function again ha, we were really proud of our accomplishment!  I'd like to do another one, one day.... not any time soon! But one day ;)

Halloween

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  Nix was so excited this year.  All month he would knock on the door and say "trick or treat".

 we usually do sweeter pumpkins than this... but we put it off until the last second and this is what we ended up with:)  Nix was not interested in cleaning the thing out.  But he loved it when it was done.

 My little buzz lightyear :) He kept looking in the mirror at himself, he was thinking he was pretty awesome!

 Of course they wouldnt look at the camera... but I sure loved my alien and buzz :)

Cruze didn't leave the hat on long... he didn't stay away long either :)

We had such a fun night.  Danny's parents and my sis Tia were able to come trick or treating with us.  It looked funny having such a huge crowd follow Nix from door to door:)  But he was loving it!

Growing up too fast

 This boy is getting so big! I am so blessed to be his mom.  I love watching him play and discover the world around him.  He is now 7 months and is all over the place already.  He's not crawling yet, but really has no need to.  He army crawls (more like and inch worm) and rolls all over the place.  He is such a happy busy boy, and I might add a HUGE mama's boy!!!

Cruze wasn't all that into nursing and stopped gaining weight, so the doctor suggested switching him to the bottle.  He is such a busy boy he didn't want to stop to eat, he always wants to be watching his big bro.  I had a hard time deciding to transition him, cause I nursed Nix until he was 11 months and felt guilty not doing the same for Cruze.  But I decided to switch and he had gained nearly 3 lbs in 3 weeks!!  He is so much more content and growing better!! Here's a pic after he finished his bottle haha filled to the brim.  Danny called it "milk drunk".. and by this pic it's hard to think other wise :)

 I am so blessed to be this boys mom!  I love him more every day!!

MVHS

My uncle coaches t Moapa High School (in Overton NV). My mom was in town so we went to mosquite to watch them play.  My cousin is on the JV team and they killed it!! So much fun watching him play

 Mommy and Cruze

 Nix on his 3rd piece of pizza

 watching the game with the big kids

 Cruze with grandma on the side lines (before the game)

 playing catch with uncle Nathan

ready. set. HIKE

This boy is clearly his daddys son.  LOVES sports. He had so much fun cheering and playing football all night!

Triggs Blessing

We got to go to Triggs blessing up in Richfield.  Afterward we had a luncheon at Aspens parents house and of course got some pics. This is 1 of about 30 with all 3 boys looking :) but I'm glad I got it!!! Such cute boys.  It was such a beautiful day! So glad we got to be there to experience it with the family!

Mini Golfing

We decided to take Nix mini golfing cause he LOVES to golf with these clubs my sister got him.

 He was so excited to go "bolfing" he had to bring his own clubs

 Cruze was loving it too!

 Every hole started this way... Danny helping him hit once, then Nix would run and pick up the ball, take it to the hole and set it right next to the hole and hitting it in.

 Nix was all over the place back and forth, hit, run... at one point he tripped and landed on the club and came up with a hole in his lip, blood everywhere!!! No pain, no gain I guess.

I even got in on the action.

We had a blast... Nix of course was in for a surprise on the last hole when you hit the ball in and it doesn't come back out.  He was not happy about that!!! We will have to go again! Nix had the time of his life and had a nice fat lip to take home with him :D

1st Dentist Visit

Nix had his first visit to the dentist.  He was really shy at first, but the dental hygienist was really good with him and he finally let her clean his teeth... Then the dentist came in... AND HE LOST IT.  He was kinda a big burly man, and must have scared poor Nix to death.  Poor boy :(

 watching the fish in the aquarium

 pearly whites.. he got to choose a toy out of the toy drawer and he chose a squeaky fish just like the aquarium.

 He LOVES that thing.

Happy Cruze after his bath with Nix.