I DID IT!! I RAN THE "DAM" MARATHON!!!!

Ok let me clarify I ran in the 10K Teton Dam Marathon last Saturday and can we say AWESOME!!! I loved it and I'm so hooked!! I've been wanting to do a race for years now and was all talk and no action until my sweet little neice Emmy was born on March 11. She was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis and when we found out that some of the proceeds of this race went to help find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis how could we resist?? So Emmy you were my inspiration, you are such a blessing to my life already! And can I say how cute she was bundled up in her stroller with Paytin and MaKay while her mom ran the half marathon? She had so many huge smiles and grins for me at 7:30 in the morning that it made the run so worth it! My goal was to finish it and stay alive and I'm still here!! I definitely need to improve on my time, but I'm sure that will come over time. So any runners out there leave me some advice. I would really like to do a half marathon at the end of summer!!! I'm doing a 5k race this weekend and hope to find a few more to run. Paytin and MaKay ran the 5K with Emmy in the stroller, I wish I could have seen them cross the finish line!! They also took Emmy back to Lisal who was running the half marathon and she crossed the finish line with her as well.. Then we all ran the family fun run which is a mile and it was so fun. Braxton loved it and got a medal at the end and keeps asking when he can do another race so he can get another medal!!! He was so funny! He would run really fast and then walk because he had a sideache, but as soon as there were people standing there cheering him on he would give them a five and run really fast until they were out of sight!! So funny! Here are some pictures of our day at the races! Notice our shirts that say Run for Emmy and look how many people were there to support her, including all the family there helping and cheering the runners on! I have a ton to blog about, I am way behind but I decided since this was most recent I would hurry and put it on and blog the rest of my stuff in the next few days!

LISAL AND EMMY

BRIDGER WAITING "NOT" SO PATIENTLY!

RUSSELL, ME, BRAXTON AND BRIDGER AFTER RACE

ALL THE KIDS WAITING FOR LISAL

ALL THE KIDS RUNNING TO THE FINISH WITH LISAL

GRANDMA AND HER GRANDKIDS IN THE MILE FUN RUN

PAYTIN, MAKAY AND BRAXTON

Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend, Russell and Braxton took a camping trip with his brothers up to the sand dunes on Friday night until Saturday and Braxton was so excited to be able to go camping and spend some one on one time with his Dad. Russell's brother Kelly has a little four wheeler that they keep up at the sand dunes and Braxton spent all day Friday and Saturday riding it. He loved it so much and asks me every day if I will take him to the sand dunes!! Bridger and I went up on Saturday and spent the day up there and Bridger had fun riding on the four wheeler and the razor. It will be a nice break for me when Bridger will be old enough to go with Dad and Braxton!!!! Of course we didn't get any pictures of camping, so hopefully the next trip I will be better.
Sunday morning the easter bunny had left some treats for the boys and hid eggs around the house so the boys had fun finding the eggs. We went to church and the Primary sang two songs in Sacrament and they did a great job! We went to my Mom's Sunday afternoon to have dinner and an Easter egg hunt for the kids. They had so much fun and even Bridger got the hang of it. By the time we were done and trying to get a picture of all the kids, Bridger was throwing a fit!

Visiting Emersyn

I'm a little late in blogging these pictures, but my niece Emersyn is so cute and I was able to go visit her at Primary Children's a couple weeks ago. I was able to hold her a few different times and I am so grateful that she is now home and doing well. She still has a lot to go through, but she is already an amazing little girl. You can feel her sweet spirit so strong when you are holding her and we know that she is going to bless so many lives! We love her so much!! She has a great Mom and Dad and wonderful big sisters that will take very good care of her!! Here are a few pictures of her at Primary Childrens. The picture didn't turn out very good, but my mom had shirts made for all the girls, and Emmy's say's I'm Emmy, MaKay's said, I'm Emmy's Big Sister, and Paytin's said I'm Emmy's Bigger Sister, and they would wear them to the hospital when they would go visit!

My sweet little Niece

So Trevor and Lisal had their baby on Wednesday and she is so sweet!! They named her Emersyn and she weighed 5 lbs 8 oz and we all love her so much!! I don't want to say much, but would like to ask everyone who reads this to please pray for her. She is having some medical complications and was flown to Primary Children's yesterday. They don't know for sure what is wrong and are running tests right now. We don't really know anything right now except that we could use all the prayers we can get... We love her and her family so much and pray that everything will be okay... Here are some sweet pictures of little Emersyn....

Bridger is helmet free, but not bruise free!!

So we went to Salt Lake this past weekend and had Dr. Appts for Bridger on Tuesday and he is now helmet free!!! We are so excited that we don't have to mess with it anymore, yet it always seems like we are missing something. It has been a part of his life for over a year so it will take some adjusting! Of course he has never been careful about smacking his head on stuff because he has always had the helmet and it has never hurt, however today somehow he managed to smack it on the coffee table and got a nice bruise... Hopefully it doesn't take long for him to figure out that he no longer has a helmet!! Here are a few pictures of him helmetless and with his first bruise on his head!! I'm sure this is the first of many!!

I LOVE MY PRIMARY CLASS!!

So I just have to say that I love, love, love my primary class! I teach CTR5 which is Braxton's class and they are so cute, but I had to share what one little girl named Abigail said today. We were sitting in Primary and they were being taught a new song called How firm a foundation which is in the hymn book. Sister Byram asked everyone if they new what a hymn was.. Without hesitation Abigail blurts out "Yes I know it's a boy"!!!!!!!!! We were all laughing so hard we were in tears and to top it off there were many visitors including the Stake Primary Presidency!!! So cute! I love the truths and honesty of all these little kids. It just blows me away how much they know and how much they want to learn. They have learned the song God Gave us Families and they sang it so well today that it brought me to tears and you could feel the spirit in that primary room so strong!! Conclusion: I love primary!!

SLEDDING WITH GRANDPA!

So my mom called yesterday morning and my Dad wanted to take the kids sledding behind his tractor in their pasture and the kids had so much fun!! It was beautiful day and they were out there for hours! He finally had to tell Paytin and Braxton that he was tired because I think they would have stayed out there all day! He took Bridger and Addison for a little ride and they didn't know what they thought about that! Braxton also told Paytin that he wanted to ride with her so that she could hold him!! Here are some cute pictures of all my nieces and nephews minus Brooks', we missed you buddy!!! You would have had a ball! My dad even made them a fire in his fire pit to keep them warm! Thanks Dad/Grandpa for doing that for our kids! Thanks Mom/Grandma for all the yummy snacks! We love you both!