It's been a while since I've updated so I'm going to recap the past few weeks:

- I ran the St. George Half Marathon, the same race I did and loved last year. My sisters Kaelee and Melissa were running it and I was going to do the 5K since I've just started running again since I had Beckham but then two weeks before the race I decided, heck, why not just do the half? Race day was cold and overcast, not the perfect sunny day we had last year. The first two miles were brutal and I was thinking there's no way I'm going to make it 13.1 miles. A couple hundred people passed me (really) and I was getting really discouraged, then somehow my legs just picked it up and I got into a good pace. I focused on the old man just ahead of me and tried to keep his pace (by the way, I never caught him. He was like 70.) My goal was to finish in under two hours and I came in at 1:56:14. Yay! I was so happy with my time, I almost didn't care that my sisters ran in a whole 13 minutes before me. (They're kind of awesome.) My next run is a 5 mile dam to dam at Sand Hollow, then after that is the 50 mile relay with four of my sisters. I'm so excited for that one!

-I was introduced to women's church basketball. This is a crazy activity that begins with a prayer and a quote about sportmanship, then the whistle blows and things get a little heated. Attitudes come out, arms get scratched like crazy, and I'll tell you, women know how to use their hips. I figure it's the end of the day and this is where we get to let out some of our frustrations, so it's all good:)

Now onto the kiddos:

- Beckham has been growing like crazy. He's six months old (really???) and is so adorable I could just die. (I wish I had pictures to post. Next time...) He's sitting up on his own, eating baby food, and definitely teething:( He's still almost completely bald and has the biggest, goofiest smile you've ever seen. He is seriously an angel. Last week he was sick and I had to take him to the hospital twice a day for bronchialitis treatments. Not the best week. All I can say is THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT CLINIC.

- Jada celebrated her 5th birthday! She's so tall and mature, when her birthday came I thought, really, you're not already five? She gave me very specific instructions for her birthday: she wanted the house to already be decorated when she woke up; at her party she wanted to play the cupcake walk and "how low can you go"; and there were to be absolutely no balloons in the house (she's not a fan.) Love this girl.

- Caleb . . . oh Caleb. He's still my silly boy, always trying to tease us and make us laugh. He's now a big boy in Sunbeams and loves to take his scriptures so he can hold them up in the air and sing "Scripture Power".

I love my kids, I love my life:)