P.S.

I forgot to give a shout out to Mickey and Margaret, my in-laws for watching Mel. Mel did a great job. She also was great in the car. Here she is greeting me at the finish. (Is that better Emily:)

Ragnar Relay

Well we completed the Ragnar!! It was amazing. I absolutely loved it. I want to do another one right now. If you aren't familiar with what a Ragnar is I will attempt to describe it. You have 12 team members split between two vans. Each van is decorated. Van one starts, and in our case they started at 6:15 a.m. All the teams are staggard so we aren't all going at the same time. Each runner in van one runs their first leg. Each leg is a different length and different difficulty. After van one goes van two runs their legs. We did this three times. We ran from Logan, UT to Park City. A total of 192 miles in 28 hours and 58 minutes. There were a total of 1,200 teams. CRAZY! It's the biggest Ragnar they have. The scenery was incredible. We ran through the day and night. It isn't easy running in the middle of the night but it is quite an experience. I loved doing this with family. It was Drew's brothers and their wives, plus a few more extended family. What a great bonding experience. Go team Fostersize! (If you have ever seen the movie Heavy Weights, that was our inspiration) Love you all!

Overall I was pleased with my runs. I averaged a 7:20 mile pace with all three legs.

Here I am on my first leg. Don't worry I am about to pass this girl. In Ragnar world they call this a kill.

This is what one of the exchanges look like. We had to use a slap bracelet as our baton.

This is after my night run. Check out all my night gear. We also had to wear a "butt" light as we called it.

Some of the team ready to cheer on Becky.

Drew is a beast. He just ran up a pass like it was nothin.

We were waiting for van one and captured some people using the lake to ice their muscles I guess. So cold.

I just had to put the picture of this grass man. He just kept jumping out of the woods at the runners. So weird.

I just love this pic of Angie. She had some really hard runs. This is how she always is even up a mountain.

Look at that encouragement!

The whole team together. From left to right.
(Weston (Angie's brother in law), Dana, Ty, Garrett, Beth (cousins), Me, Drew, Laura, Adam, Becky (Angie's sister)

Family Photos

My friend Olivia Langford took some family pics of us. She is amazing. Seriously. If you ever need pictures of anything let her know. She is so easy to work with, has great ideas, so many different locations to shoot at, and will meet your needs. You can check out her website here

We were goin in for the kiss. She doesn't know how she feels about that.

This and That

We have been staying busy this month. So I thought I would just put whatever pictures I had.

Here are some of my good friends from high school. My friend Jessie is getting married. Her bridal shower was a tea party. It was so fun. Such a good idea. Lacey and I did wear hats, but don't have them on in this picture.
My manly man built this fence for Sawyer. Now he is forced to go to the bathroom in this corner of the yard in the wood chips. His urine is apparently toxic, because it discolors and kills the yard. It will be so nice to not have him poop in the yard, or dig holes, or kill the grass. We will still let him play in the yard when we are out there.

Here it is from another view.

We put up a baby gate that the previous owners had. Luckily Sawyer has no idea of his ability to jump, and has no desire to try.

These are a few of the bags I have been making for the young women (teenage girls) at church. They are in love with them, so I have been doing a lot of sewing.

Here are a few of the pictures my neighbor took of Mel outside.

I love her blue eyes. I hope they stay this blue forever.

Here is Drew giving the jogging stroller a try outside our house. It's been so nice to have if I need it. Although it does make the run a bit more difficult.

Melanie Laughing

I caught the end of Mel laughing at Sawyer. She loves him. He seems to get her to smile and laugh the most. Don't mind the fact that Drew is barking.

Happy Easter

I love Easter. I love the candy, dresses, eggs, ect. But I don't want that to be the focus of Easter. I tried really hard this month to study and ponder about Christ's life, atonement, and resurrection. I really have to try to separate the fun traditions from what the real purpose is. BUT believe me I really love the traditions too. And yes I am aware that Mel is a little young for all of this, but I couldn't resist. Enjoy the pics and the video, it's a good one.

We dyed some eggs.

Drew thought it would be a good idea to put Mel's hand on the spoon. Oops. IT was pretty funny. Like mother like daughter, because about five minutes later I spilled another cup all over my jeans. That wasn't as funny. ( sorry the picture is blurry, it was a little chaotic)

No this has nothing to do with Easter. But seriously so cute.

Four Months

Here is Mel at 4 months. I take a picture of her each month next to this bear so I can see how big she is getting. She just started using the exersaucer. She looks so tiny it it. I think it's so cute. She eats her hands all day long.

Here is Mel talking. She is wearing a huge bib because she drools like crazy.