my sister the athlete.

yes that's right. my sister is a master at triathlons. she did an olympic distance tri this past weekend, mad skills i will tell you what. and she has another one scheduled for next month. i will be cheerleading at all of them. way to go sister! you sure can swim, bike, and run like a champ. the other parts of the weekend consisted of playing with her sweet baby girls, me trying to get tan, and hanging out with the family. this was a good weekend.

for my mother. for my sister

mother's day this year was spent at st. george to hang out as a family and watch the ironman. the weather was a perfect 90 degrees which changed my skin color from a bright ivory to a crimson red. saying no to sunscreen may have been a bad idea. i'm hoping the red fades off into a brown similar to my other dark skinned family members. more likely i'll just peel off and return to my vampire color again. this weekend was a wonderful gettaway spent with my very favorite people. the ironman was something amazing to see, those atheletes are really something else. it's inspired me to start doing triathlons instead of just running. maybe someday i'll work up to a half ironman. the other great part of the weekend was celebrating my mother. i don't have the right words to express my love for her. she has been everything a girl could want in a mom. she is my support, she is an example of the mother i yearn to be in the future. i'm grateful every day that i get to keep her for eternity. i love you mom. my sister does also deserve some wonderful praise for the mother she is. also an example for what i would like to become. but she has learned from the best after all. anyone who knows me knows how much i crave to be a mother myself. it's something i dream of every day and pray about every night. it will happen when the time is right, and when it does i hope to have a little piece of my mom and sister. happy mothers day to you both. no one deserves it more than you.

to my mother

easter love.

while i'm waiting on pictures from my boy and my mom from the marathon, i thought i'd share some easter pics. we had a lovely little easter sunday. it's not quite as good without my sister, her hubs, and the baby girls around. still we had a delicous dinner with the parents and emma, followed by egg dying. i love spring time because then it's almost summer and that's what i love the most. not to mention that my last finals for school are on monday. i feel so blessed.

this is what dad did right after dinner. his usual chair, the usual game.

26.2

this past saturday was the salt lake marathon. my sis, annie, and emma all ran the half in fantastic times. i did the full for my second time. i will have pictures to come shortly. i must say this was my hardest run i've had. i was that idiot who was sobbing the last six miles. why was i sobbing you ask? mostly from pain, but also from thinking i was for sure going to quit and have to hop on the back of that EMT guys bike. or maybe because the guy with one leg, or the kid on crutches weren't even crying. not to mention the many old men with joints of steel passing me. yes i sucked it up enough to finish the race in 3 hours 54 minutes. and after swearing to myself in my head that i would never do this damn distance again....i'm sure i will. something about it is addictive. that horrible pain in your legs and the blisters and the toe nails falling off. all part of the fun. the best part was having my incredible family cheering me on at the end wondering why on earth my face looked so distorted from crying. even my sweet bf came to support me even though he's still revcovering from having his tonsils out. i'm so proud of my sis and cute roomies! it was great to train with people that i love so much. and we have more races to come that we'll be doing together this year. stay tuned for pictures of me whining, and the others looking fresh through the finish line.