Catching Up...

Well, I haven't posted for forever, so I have some catching up to do. This post might be a little boring because I'm not including pictures right now. Ashton needs to put them on the computer for me. :)

A couple weeks ago Ray ran his first half marathon with me. Holly also ran it with us. It was in Gunnison so it was fun because mom was at the finish line waiting for us. It was foggy, windy and freezing cold at the starting line. But we soon ran out of the fog into the sunshine. Holly and I were pretty much keeping together for quite some time. Then she needed to make a stop at a water station so I was able to get ahead of her. (Whew) I was able to get a new personal record which is 1 hour 49 minutes. Holly came in right after me and Ray wasn't far behind. He was dissappointed he didn't finish in the time he wanted to but I'm still proud of him for doing it. He has a hard time getting as much training in as I do.

It was good to go visit with mom, dad, rick and everyone else. A few weeks before this we had gotten some not so good news. We found out dad has cancer. They diagnosed it at Hodgkins Lymphoma. He started chemo on the 6th. He will have a treatment every other week. I talked to him yesterday (mother's day) and he is feeling pretty good. It is so scarey but he has a good attitude and is being taken good care of (by mom).

Let's see, then Ashton, Ambrea and I had the opportunity to go see Kurt Bestor in concert with the South West Symphony. Natalee came with us. Our friend Bryce plays with the symphony so they were able to hook us up with tickets. They played at Tuachan. It is so much fun there. It was fun, but different to have Kurt conducting pretty much the whole time. He only played the piano twice. It was still fun.

The next day Ashton Keanna and I volunteered at the Iron Man. Keanna and I were there most of the day. Ashton got tired so Ambrea took him home. Anyway, it was so cool. In an Iron Man they swim 2.6 miles, ride a bike for 112 miles, then run a marathon, 26.2 miles. I can't believe people can do it. There were a handful of people that we know who did it. It was fun to be able to be there and cheer them on. We plan on volunteering again next year. It was a great experience.

Then yesterday was mother's day. For me it started on Saturday. Ambrea and Josh took me on a hike in Zion's. It is so beautiful there. Ashton and Jeremey (Joshs brother) also came. We packed in stuff to make sandwhiches. It was a lot of fun. Thanks guys for taking me. Hope to do it again soon.

Then on Sunday I got to take a nap and Keanna made dinner, chicken enchiladas. Then the kids all gave me a scrapbook organizer thing. It's really cool. Now to just figure out where to put it and get organized.

Anyway, we have been very busy but are having a lot of really fun, neat experiences.