Fourth of July!!

I love the 4th of July. I love watching fireworks. This weekend has ended up being packed with fun things. It started Thursday night. I went and picked up my sisters kids for a sleepover.

When we got back home a neighbor told us we should come over to the ward party. They were just getting ready to light fireworks. So we grabbed some sweatshirts and blankets and headed over. That was fun. Snow-cones, popcorn, candy, food, fireworks, and lots of friends. After we got home we decided to walk to the gas station and get a Red Box. And watched a movie that night.

That next morning they were playing on my piano when they came running in saying the ice cream man was coming. I said..."well you better find some money" and one niece said.."ah could you be a little more specific?" :) So I gathered them up some money and they flagged down the ice cream man. I still wonder how they heard him while they were playing on the piano. :)

When we were done having fun here, we went home and helped them decorate their bikes for a 4th of July parade in their neighborhood. They looked cute! My sister and I went and looked for stain for a chair I bought. I've never stained anything before, so any volunteers to help would be great! :)

That night I was invited to go to the Real Salt Lake Soccer game. That was fun. I was even loaned a shirt, so I wouldn't look so out of place! :)

We had good seats. The guy holding the American flag in the picture below is where our seats were. They were really good when the teams goal was at this end.

We ended up sitting up higher to get a better view of the whole game. Real didn't play so hot, but we ended up tieing, (by luck really), but that is much better than losing.

After the game they had performances by David Osmond and someone I'd never heard of. Then they did a fireworks show. I love fireworks shows.

The next day I was actually semi-productive. Cleaned my house, did laundry, went shopping, and got in some TV time too. I ended up going with a friend to the Freedom Festival and looking at the booths. I found the CUTEST pair of shoes on clearance for $10.00 but they were a little big in the toes. I was soooo bumbed. For only $10.00?? I passed and we went to dinner. I then went to another friends house who lives across the street from the Stadium of Fire. I pretty much got the performance and didn't have to pay. We could hear the concert and everything. Just couldn't see the performers, but that's ok, cuz I could laydown on a blanket and just relax while listening. Then came the fireworks. HOLY COW! They were LOUD and HUGE! It was like lying right under them. It was so cool.

At one point it scared some birds right out of their nests. The momma bird and two tiny babies came walking right up on the blanket. The babies were tiny. Poor little things.

Well, all in all, it was a very fun weekend.

Music...

I love music. It can be so theraputic.

I think there are so many good songs out there that can express exactly how you feel. I wish I had the talent to write a song about exactly how I feel sometimes.
Unfortunately, I do not have that talent. Maybe fortunately for you all. :)

I have found so many good songs out there lately that express almost exactly how I feel.
I love it. I need to re-do my ipod with some of these new found songs so I can run to them.

I should make a good running playlist so I can get out some energy in a good run.
Maybe I'd be willing to run a little further and harder, just so I could hear all my good songs.

PG Triathlon

I'm a little behind. But I did another Triathlon June 13th. It was a good Triathlon. The course was a good one, but hard for me. It seemed like the majority of the run was up hill. And the bike had some good hills too. I was glad to be able to run the whole thing without stopping. The weird thing is that I got really bad side aches on the down hills. Guess I better start practicing down hills more.

My time wasn't great, but I finished before the last person, so that is good.
It was a reverse tri. And I'm not exactly sure why they did it that way.
We ran first.



Then biked. The bike was shorter than usual, but I'm totally fine with that. I stink on the bike.



Then we swam. I actually enjoy swimming the most, but for some reason, this swim about killed me. I had to stop several times for fear of drowning. But I made it to the end alive. Yea!

It ended up being a wonderful workout on a beautiful Saturday morning.

Memorial Day & the Heber Creeper

Memorial Day with the Family on the Heber Creeper!

I went with the family on a train ride through the canyon. It was a perfect day. Sun was shining, cool temperture. Perfect for sitting outside and relaxing on a 3 hour ride. It's 1 1/2 hours to Vivian Park and another 1 1/2 hours back. Going down was great. We were in an outside car and enjoyed the cool temperature and beautiful views.

And even watched waterskiiers on the lake (it was GLASS! Wish I were skiing). On the way back we moved to an inside car and pretty much read and relaxed. It was fun spending time with the family.

Some got bored and had to find ways to stay busy. Hide from the camera.

Over all it was a good day! Good food (ok not so much), Good "Friends", Good Fun.

2009 Breast Cancer Run

This year I went up and participated in the 2009 Breast Cancer 5K. It was amazing how many people come out to it. If you can blow up this picture you can tell there are people as far up the street as you can see. And probably that many more behind them. Some racers were finishing before others even started.

I decided I wanted to run the whole thing and that was interesting, trying to dodge in and out of people without knocking into them. It was a fun race. And I think it was one of the first times I've actually felt like I love running. Not sure if it's because I was going slower than I normally go, so I could enjoy it more. Whether it was the number of people around me, or the nice weather. Maybe it was all of the above. Maybe it's because I am actually starting to like to run??

What a great cause this is helping and hopefully they can continue to fight cancer with all of this support!