Nicole's Half Marathon

We did it! My sister Brooke and I ran the Top of the Utah Half Marathon on Saturday morning!

Our time was 2 hours and 21 minutes... We only got up to about 6 miles of training, so for running double what we were use to- not bad! :)

By the way, Brooke is almost as mean as Julian from the Biggest Looser. I would beg her to walk and she would yell at me and say, "You just ran 10 miles, you're not walking! You've had 3 kids Nicole!" She also told me it's harder on your body to stop because it slows all your muscles down- I totally agree! Just keep running and you don't feel any pain until the you're done. I'm sure she could have done it in less than 2 hours, but thanks for sticking with me Brooke! I couldn't have done it without you!

They capped the race at around 2,300 people, but Brooke got in after that so who knows how many runners actually showed up

About the first 9 miles were in this

After the race we stuffed ourselves at Olive Garden which was a blast. Also neither of us can walk up stairs- ouch

So much fun! Can't wait to do another one, right Brooke!? :)

Grass!

After a long awaited 3 1/2 years, we have grass in our front yard!

I was so looking forward to planting flowers in that front planter by the stairs! I guess someone else will enjoy it

we were going to put trees in that island too...

our fireplace is finally finished as well

Kevin designed and built the mantel too.

I think this is what I'm going to miss the most...

we even have peaches, pears and apples growing this year on our trees

and these growing in our garden!

Girl Time

My mom just sent me these ...

we went out to dinner for my mom's birthday while Bre was still in town

The best part was getting dessert takeout from Cheesecake factory afterwards and then sneaking back into the house so that the kids wouldn't know we were home and we could eat it in peace

I wish someone had a camera of Grandpa at home babysitting the grandkids! :)

Vegas Trip Continued

We also went to Lake Mead one day

Go Grandpa!!

Swimming in the lake with Uncle Wally

I love this pic of Brooke- too cute!

Scott loved being at the lake, mostly because Grandpa was there. Every other day he tagged him at work and loved every minute- Thanks Grandpa for letting me hang out with you all week!

Answer me this- how do you say no to this face?

Captain Hailey

And this is how they all looked by the end of the day! haha

Here's all the Grandbabies so far

Laith and Hailey (she loved on him the entire time), Mia, Scott and Arianna

Hailey was being a stinker getting ready for church until Grandma said she would curl her hair the same as hers... their hair color is exactly the same too- crazy!

Look how hard Ari is trying- This crawling business is harder than it looks!

My mom bought this cool double tube -so much fun!

We swam pretty much every day we were there

Cute little Mia

How cute are these girls

Thanks for all the fun guys!

The last few days Kevin met me at the airport and we flew to Missouri to house hunt. Here's what the roads are like there-up and down. It's super green and really hilly, but absolutely no mountains!

Sky view from the airplane

We didn't have any luck looking for houses. We did find out that Kevin's last day at work here in Utah is September 24th- pretty quick! Luckily they have a moving company that will pack up our entire house. The only thing we need to worry about it where to live once we get there. Wish us luck!

Trip to Las Vegas

The kids and I made it down to Las Vegas for our annual swim trip and even talked Aunt Brooke into coming with us!

 

We are completely content with swimming all day every day...the kids never get sick of it!

We've only been here a few days and Scott has already learned so much in the water. His newest favorite thing is snorkeling and he's pretty good at it too! My favorite part is that he doesn't know we can all hear him humming and talking through the tube. Pretty cute!

Ari loves the water and her little legs kick 100 miles a minute the entire time

This is so funny! While Brooke took this picture Scott through a diving ring and it landed on Ari's head

My little fish Hailey

Scott's other favorite thing is jumping in with the tube and Grandma is so awesome- she races with him!

We have to make fun of Grandma for plugging her nose

Here's some good ones of Scott

Hailey set this up all by herself this morning- a little tea party with all her animal friends.  She is getting into that imagination stage and I love it! She was sitting in a little rocking chair the other day rocking a baby and singing to her. So cute

Playing at the park

and one last cute one of little Ari