Bevanism

This morning while we had the figure skaters on TV they were talking about a girl who was only 14 so she was too young to be in the Olympics. Katie ask Doug how old someone had to me to be in the Olympics, Doug said 16.
Bevan said:
"Well, then how did I get to be in the Olympics if I'm not 16? Oh yeah, I didn't."

Tavaci

May 6, 2011

I think I've mentioned (once or twice) how much I love Tavaci. But it's true, I do, I really do! It is so fun having the three kids all doing it. The Spring program didn't disappoint. The theme was "Celebrate You". I love that theme. I think I'd really love my kids to learn to celebrate them. They sang so many fun songs. Bevan didn't seem to sing many words but did all the dance moves. I thought it was because he was too young to be coordinated enough to do them both together but a few days later I saw him in the van dance and singing away. I guess he was just a little overwhelmed with all the people and lights. But he was still so fun to watch! The girls were wonderful as always! Katie had to two small group numbers.

Because the kids officially "graduate" at the end of 6th grade they get a trophy that is 1" tall for every year they were in Tavaci. I think Katie's was 6" tall. She is allowed to come back one more year, so thankfully, this wasn't her last year. I think we might all be shedding tears next year. These are her teachers- Suzanne and Karen- what great, patient women!

Bevanism

"Today I have been 5 for 4 days!"
Love this boy!

Conquer the Canyon 5k #2

5k #2. Our hometown 5k. It is a tough one. Straight up the canyon and straight back down. It makes for a crazy Health Days day and every year we say we aren't going to do it the next year. But, we love it and so we always do.

Alesa, Anita, Me, Tori

Team Runamuck. These are the terrific girls who are doing this with me. I love these girls!

We're all holding up the number of race that we are on. Notice my bib number? yup #1! Cool! As Anita said "The Kenyans usually get that number." I was enjoying having it because it was the only time that'll happen.

All of us who were doing the 5k.

Me, Alesa, Savannah, Katie, Maddie

One of my cheerleaders. They are as important to me as anyone!

All of us including the "Mayor Milers"

Dallin, Hailey, Bevan

Hailey & Bevan during the "walk section" of the Mayor's Mile.

Dallin was too fast and go away from the camera man.

Here comes Anita to the finish line- yeah, she's already fast!

And Alesa is not too far behind- even after 2 weeks of a cold.

Here they come. It was a photo finish!

Felice was waiting for me at the top of the canyon (I was suprised!) and she talked me down the whole way. "Pretend like there is a hook holding your body up, even breathes, nice light feet..."

This was about the time I saw the finish line and that was all I could see. I had a good finish- the rest of the race, hmmm...

We LOVE our shirts!!!

Katie really is an amazing sister!

Katie (usually) plays with her sibling willingly, especially Bevan. This is such a huge help to me, especially with Doug being gone so much. This winter, after one of our big snow storms, Katie took Bevan out to play in the snow and try out their sleds they got for Christmas.

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So, I noticed my blog didn't update on people's blog rolls. Weird. I'm posting this to see if it worked. I did three updates. That should count as something! :)

The Biggest Loser 5k

We're doing it again. But this time we're dragging others with us, our friends Tori and Anita. This year we are doing 11 races in 2011- maybe even a 10k thrown in. The first one was Saturday, March 26th. (Happy birthday to Mom!) It was a fun 5k, probably the most fun I've ever had! Loved it! And a terrific one to start our goal off with. The race was at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre in St. George, UT.

As we pulled into the parking lot I said "Hey, that person has a real Biggest Loser shirt. That's not fair!" Someone else said "She's a real Biggest Loser contestant." "Hey that's Sarah, from this season." I told Alesa (since she was the first on out of the car) to tell her we were cheering for her. Sarah was so cute and gracious and her brother took our picture. What a great way to start the day!

There was SO much excitement at the starting line! They brought out the "Biggest Loser" contestants right before the start. They got us all hyped up and we even had a couple of minutes to take pictures with them. We were so lucky and were right behind the starting line so we got close ups and pictures! If you look closely at this picture you can see me with my pink sweatshirt and Alesa's long arms. :) The people in the bright yellow/green shirts were the "body guards" who ran right by the contestants the whole time.

Anita and Alesa took off right from the start, they stayed together about 1/2 way and even ran right by Sarah and got to visit with her a little bit.

Ahh, Sam, in black.

The Rocky Theme song happened to come on my shuffle just as I was going up the last hill- it gave me just the kick I needed to finish strong. Alesa and Anita finished more than 10 minutes ahead of me but they came back and met me and crossed with me. I started to get teary eyed as I turned the corner and saw them at the top of the hill, I'm so grateful for good friends!

Sam, Koli, Adam and Darus were at the finish line giving high 5's as we crossed. I didn't fully get to appreciate it because this is still such a challenge for me and I'm just grateful to cross that line! :) After we crossed Sam was taking pictures. Alesa and Anita had their picture taken with him and kept encouraging me to. I was hesitant, I thought it seemed kind of silly. But, they talked me into it. When I walked up to Sam he just gave me this CrAZy big hug! I was so surprised! But it was fun! He was so big (tall) and he just totally could wrap me up. Yes, I think I might be in love! :D Hee, hee!