Running 2010

Mike started running when I was pregnant with Kyler. Nothing serious, just some running here and there. About 6 months after I had Kyler I started running too. That was February of this year. My sister in law, Raylene, ran a half marathon in March in Moab that we went down to. It got me all motivated to run one. She told me that we should sign up for the Hobble Creek Half in August. Sounded good to me. That got me training. Mike was going to run it too but he was in school and wasn't sure he would have the time to train for it. During my training process we ran several other races. The first was the Homestead Run 15K over Memorial weekend. That is 9.3 miles. Mike and I had never ran that far before so that was going to be a first. Mike and I signed up for it and ran it with my brother Josh and his wife Katie. We were very happy with how we did since it was our first race and our farthest distance. Mike and I both ran it in 1:34 about a 10:11 minute mile.

The next race that I ran was Ragnar which I already did a whole post on so I won't tell you about it again!

The next race that Mike and I ran was the Speedy Spaniard 10K on July 24th. We ran it with Josh, Katie and Raylene. The only goal that Mike and I had was to be under an hour. We did even better than that and we were so happy with how we did. Mike 56:31, 9:08 minute mile and Heidi 56:45, 9:10 minute mile.

Then was my half marathon on August 21st. I had trained for this all summer and wanted to do well so bad. I was bummed that Mike wasn't running it with me. I ran it with Josh, Katie and Raylene though. I'm so glad that I trained good and hard for the race. It really paid off. I did so much better than I was even planning on. I was hoping to run it in atleast a 10 minute mile pace. I actually ran it in 2:02, 9:19 minute mile. I was so happy with that. It was such an accomplishment and I loved every minute of it.

Mike was so bummed that he didn't get to run Hobble Creek and really wanted to run a half too. So, I told him that I'd run another one with him. We signed up for the SoJo Half Marathon on September 25th. That only left about a month. I figured I could just keep up my training until the race and would be able to do it. Mike and I were the only ones that ran this race. A couple weeks after Hobble Creek my knees really started to hurt me. I just kept running and didn't think anything of it. That probably wasn't a good idea. I wanted to beat my time so bad on this race. I wanted to be under 2 hours and I think I really could have done it. About 11 1/2 miles into the race my knees just started burning. They hurt so bad. I just cried and walked and ran the rest of the race. I finished though. Mike did good for his first half. He was hoping to do better though. His time was 2:05 and Heidi's was 2:12. After the race though we realized that the race was about a half a mile longer than it should have been. Our times probably would have been better if the distance was more accurate. Oh well, we did it!

I had plans to run several races next year too. Was all signed up to run Ragnar with my family, wanted to run Hobble Creek again and was planning on running a marathon in September. Well, then I got pregnant and I don't think that I'll be doing all those runs next year, unfortunately! We'll see how busy Mike is with school and how many races he can get in next year! Running is a new love of ours and we plan on keeping it up!

Christmas 2010 was a knock out!

We were up half the night Christmas Eve with Kyler throwing up. So, we were pretty tired when Porter woke up Christmas morning. He came running in our room yelling, "Santa came!" He wanted to open presents so bad. He went and woke up his brothers so we could open presents. It was so much fun with the boys this year. They got some boxing gloves that they had to put on and try out right when they opened them. Ryker learned real fast that he liked punching but didn't like being punched. So he would punch Porter and then run away. It was pretty funny! Santa brought us a big trampoline. Not sure the boys knew what it was when they opened it but they were excited about 2 huge boxes. They will be really excited when it finally warms up and we set it up for them! We spent Christmas night up with Ryker throwing up. Not so fun being sick over Christmas but we still had a lot of fun.

Porter is 4!

Porter isn't going to know what to do when Christmas is over and he doesn't get any more presents. With his birthday in December and between all the family birthday parties and Christmas parties, seems like he's getting presents every other day! He loves it though!

We had a lot of fun celebrating Porter's birthday this year. We had our own little family party. I got a little cake from the store which I thought he would love. However, he told me that he wanted a white cake with strawberries on top. So, I had to make that for the Olson's birthday party. Aunt Andrea made a cute train cake for the Custer birthday party that Porter celebrated with his cousin Adam.

All Porter asked for this year for his birthday and Christmas is a gun. So, we gave him a HUGE nerf gun. Yep, it's bigger than him. He loves the thing too! It's actually 2 guns in 1 so we took it apart and he let Ryker shoot the other gun. He also got some new snow clothes and a movie.

At the Olson party he got a truck with a trailer with 2 motorcycles on it. All the kids loved it. He got some books too and a sled and movie from Grandma and Grandpa. At the Custer party he got some more books, a shirt with a dirt bike toy, a movie, a game and a puzzle. Boy, he sure got spoiled!

Halloween 2010

We have been trying to figure out what the boys wanted to be for Halloween for a couple months. Porter really wanted to be Spiderman for a few weeks and then he changed his mind and wanted to be a dinosaur. They are his favorite animal. Ryker is always saying that he's a monkey so he was a monkey. Kyler really didn't have an opinion what he wanted to be. I saw this shark costume and just loved it so that's what he was.


For Halloween this year my Mom and Dad had a party that we all had fun at. Then we went to our wards trunk or treat. It was pouring rain right before it was suppose to start so we debated about going to it. It stopped raining so we ran down to it. Kyler fell in a puddle and was soaked the whole time and Ryker dropped his bag of candy in a puddle. That made it really fun! No, we did have a lot of fun. The kids loved dressing up and showing off their costumes. The Monday before Halloween I found out I was pregnant. We wanted to announce it to our families and I found the cutest way to. I found this shirt online and just wore it to all the parties and things.


No one really knew if they should believe me or if I was just in costume. They were all surprised but excited. We were pretty surprised ourselves but we are really excited too.

Porter Starts Preschool

What, Porter's in preschool? I know, crazy that my little man is already in preschool! He has been so excited to start school like Dad. He gets to wear his backpack and go to school all by himself. Then he gets to study with Dad too. So cute! We wanted to put Porter in gymnastics this year too. We found a preschool close to my work that offers gymnastics with it. It worked out perfect! The first day when I take Porter we walk in and I see one of our friends there with her little boy Bridger. We had no idea that they were putting him in preschool there too and in the same class even. That will be so fun for them! After his first day I pick him up and on our way home he's telling me what he did and he says, Mom, Bridger and I got in trouble! I say, What? On you first day? He giggles and says, yeah. Come to find out, Bridger and him were jumping on the trampoline when they weren't suppose to. Naughty little boys. Their dad's say they are making their dad's proud! Coming from 2 guys that probably got into trouble together plenty when they were in school together! First thing I asked him when I picked him up the second day was, did you and Bridger get in trouble today? He told me no! I love how excited he is for school. Lets hope it stays that way! He doesn't quite understand that he only goes every other day. He wants to go everyday. He is just so stinking cute! I love it! He's just growing up so fast, I can't believe it!





Had to get a couple pictures with his little brother Ryker! They really wanted to be going together. Next year they will be!

Kyler's First Birthday

So much has happened since my last post. It'll take me awhile to get caught up on all that so lets start with one of the big things that happened.....Kyler's first birthday. Yes, my baby is one! I can't believe it. Kyler started walking a couple weeks before his birthday. Porter and Ryker both started walking around their birthday but Kyler beat them there. Now that he's walking he thinks he is just as big as his big brothers and that he can do everything that they do. It's really funny! For Kyler's birthday we had a little family party with our family and he got his very own birthday cake which he loved and ate every bit of. Ok, Dad and his brothers helped! Then he got to have a party with the Custer's with Mom and Aunt Kristy. And, he got spoiled just like all kids do! And, he loved every bit of it too!

Look at him eye this cake! Just couldn't wait to dig in!

Tada!

Yes, I got really creative and made a dragon cake. Turned out ok! It was a lot more work than I was planning on but all the kids loved it!

4th of July 2010

The 4th of July was a lot of fun this year. I took an extra day off work so I had a 4 day weekend. It was great to spend that many days with my boys. Unfortunately Mike was either in class or at the hospital so we didn't get to spend a lot of time with him. We did get him one night for a BBQ and fireworks though. I did have one of my scariest moments in my life this weekend though. I took my boys to the Freedom Festival with my parents Saturday afternoon. There was a bunch of the big blowup things to play on. Porter was playing on them and having a ball. Then all of a sudden I couldn't find him anywhere. HE WAS LOST!!!! I was totally freaking out! My dad and I were walking all over trying to find him while my mom sat with my other boys. Then I heard them talking on the microphone about a little 3 year old that was lost. I went running over there and there was Porter. Luckily he was only lost for 10 minutes. Not something I want to experience again! After that, I decided that we were leaving. That night my grandparents had the whole extended family over Saturday night for a BBQ and to watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks. Sunday we had a BBQ at my parents. We played BUMP, a family favorite and then lite off some fireworks. Fireworks with my family is just complete chaos. There are people everywhere just lighting tons off at the same time. It's just craziness for about 10-15 minutes and then it's over. It's a lot of fun though. My boys loved it! On Monday my parents took all the grandkids to the movie, How to Train a Dragon. Not a good idea to take a 10 month old to the movies though. I was out in the hall for the whole movie. My boys and everybody said that the movie was really good though. I'll have to rent it sometime and watch it at home when my baby is asleep!! It was a very fun filled weekend!