La Jolla

Enjoyed a few days in LaJolla with GREAT friends! Fireworks, Food (Wahoo's), Ice cream, Beach, Football, Walks, what isn't great about LaJolla???

Summer in a nutshell...

June...pretty much stayed close to home!

Ash took a quick trip to Cali with friends...

Then...off to Hollywood with Ashlynn for a dance convention. FORGOT my camera! Can you believe it!

Then Greg and the 3 youngers met up with us in Newport! We had a wedding of one of Greg's seminary kids from years back, hung at the beach with friends, ate at our favorite restaurants, movies with much more.

28.2 miles in 24 hours...and nope! Not a marathon!

Crazy you might think? That is what I thought as I heard our teammate had a stress fracture and could not complete her last leg.

I knew something was up as the 11 other teammates were waiting for me as I came out of the bathroom...I knew it could not be good!

I was the most rested...and for some reason they thought I was most qualified???

I had been so happy 3 hours earlier knowing I had finished my 3rd run of the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay - running with the TORTUGAS! A team of 12 racing from Logan, Utah to Park City. A total of 188 miles.

Run #1 - 7.9 miles of beautiful rolling hills through parks, over streams and along beautiful country roads.

Run #2 - 8.4 miles. Starting at Snow Basin, 1st mile was straight up...yes I clocked an 11 minute mile and then the following 7 miles I had a hard time going slower than a 7:30. It was so steep. I dropped 1800 feet in elevation in that 7 miles! OUCH on the quads.

Run # 3 - an easy 4.8 mile run from Oakley to Kamas.

A breathtaking sunrise run - unbelievable views - I hardly knew I was running!

Thought I was done...

Then the stress fracture - so I picked up an additional 6.1 miles from Heber to Midway! It was slow but I made it and it felt great.

Oh and one more add on...our van 2 did not make it to exchange 6 so I ran 1 mile til they met up with me on the road...

For a total of 28.2 miles!

Yes I am feeling it - the up and the down takes a toll on us AZ runners that can't find a decent hill to train on!

I had a great time! Spending 24 hours with my sisters and friends! I would do it all again in a heartbeat!

Miss Jenee is the BEST!

Another year of Musical Theater with THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!

The theme this year: IT'S ALL GOOD!

song choices included The Climb, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows, I've Got a Feelin, Climb Every Mountain, Happy Days, Happines is, So Happy Together, and many more! Annie and Callie have the best time ever! They meet new friends, see old friends from past years, sing new solos and just have fun! Until next year...

Annie does not want Callie sleeping with her anymore...

Wonder Why???

Screams from the pool are never good...

Especially a blood-curling scream. My mind went from...

who's hurt?

what am I going to find when I go out there?

Greg's gone, what if it is really bad?

I ran as fast as I could to find 2 hysterical little girls standing on the deck screaming...

FROG! FROG! FROG!

So I looked hard thinking I would find a silly little frog scared...NOPE! Here is what I saw~

As you can see, I did not have to look hard! This frog was AT LEAST 8 inches long in the body and then the arms and legs added more...

Thank goodness for our neighbor boy. I called and he came to the rescue! He was surprised as well to see how huge this frog/toad was - who know how to tell the difference? After he freaked out a little, he got the net and had to chase it around the pool a bit. We got it out, then thought...now what? We decided to drop him off in the lot next to our house! Hopefully he found his way to a good home!

This caused enough excitement to last us a while!

Jax is a BIG 7th Grader now...

And he is excited for the ladies...

6th Grade was a good year for us thanks to good friends and a GREAT teacher!