One of Gavin's new favorite things...

CHEESE!

It looks like I posed him or something in this picture! But he was seriously standing like this looking out the window at the cars passing by.

Thanks Brian and Jaimee!

Okay, so as usual I am really slow at posting these pictures!

But here goes anyway...

The story behind these is that training for this half-marathon can be a bit challenging sometimes! For instance, one day last week we were supposed to run 7 miles and I was trying to figure out how and when to do that. Well, Brian and Jaimee came to my rescue! We came up with a plan and it ended up that Gavin and I went to stay at their house the night before so that Jaimee and I could get up at the butt crack of dawn (pardon the expression, but mornings and I do not get along!) to go run our 7 miles while the boys were still asleep and Brian was home to listen for them. It is really nice when I am able to get up early and get the training done for the day and this was even better because I had Jaimee there with me to encourage me! Jaimee, you're awesome. I am so glad we are doing this together.

Later in the day I was able to watch Spencer so that Jaimee could run a few errands. It was fun to play with Gavin and Spencer and see how they are so alike and yet so different in so many ways! (Just like their dads...hmmm!)

Here's a cute picture of the boys playing with the Baby Einstein! It was so cute because as Gavin was playing inside Spencer would pull it around in circles. They were both thorougly entertained!

I love this picture because if you look at Spencer's face and then look back at Gavin's they are both doing this weird thing with their lips!

Also, Brian and Jaimee had two huge bean bags in their basement and they decided to get rid of one and give it to us! It is so great! We used to have a big old bean bag in our home theater room (actually it was Chuck and Ginger's that we were storing for them) but when they moved they stole it back! We have missed it and there was a big empty space in the middle of the floor. We are pretty darn excited to have another one!

Well Gavin and I had a wonderful time hanging out at their house. (I mean, who wouldn't?!) Thanks guys! Thanks for everything! We love ya!

Here's Brent and Gavin breaking in the new bean bag while watching the Jazz game on the big screen!

My muscles are mad at me...

Hello everyone. Just a little up-date on what's been going on with my goals. I am still training for the half-marathon (which takes place in SLC on Saturday, April 19th). It has been really great to be able to train with Jaimee and Rachel. Thanks guys! They sure help me out a lot with babysitting and what not. It is awesome to have such a wonderful support system! I also must mention what a great help Brent has been. He has helped me out so much with taking care of Gavin so that I can train. Thanks honey!

So, the other day my bishop's wife asked me to come play in the region basketball tournament for our ward. I haven't played or practiced with them all year so I was a bit hesitant. I also haven't picked up a basketball in who knows how long! I told her I didn't have a lot of spare time these days because of training for the half-marathon and come to find out she is training for the Boston Marathon! She is amazing. She has six kids and this is her 3rd marathon. Anyway, I decided that if she can do it than I better! So I went to play in the tournament with my ward today and we won both of our games! I was pretty excited because we only had 5 players at each game so nobody could sub out and we still won! Wahoo! Go team! I must admit it was good to play ball again. (If only I could make those darn foul shots!) I was supposed to run 4 miles today for my training, but I decided (and Brent and Jaimee agreed) that running up and down the court for two games would suffice! And it definitely did! I am so sore! Also because I rode my bike for 2 miles and did a core secrets work-out video yesterday. That also has a lot to do with the sore muscles!

I am also still reading the Book of Mormon and trying to finish by May 10th. I'm not as far as I should be, but I am just glad that I have kept with it! I try to read everyday, but if I can't read everyday I don't give up and that's what used to set me back! In our class we learned that we have different programs running in our minds and sometimes we fail because it is the easy thing to do. I heard somewhere the other day that the first two letters of GOAL are GO, so you can write things down and set goals all you want, but until you take action you won't get very far.

Okay, so I wrote the previous stuff a while ago, saved it and now I am just getting around to finishing this post! We played our second basketball game last night and we lost 28-24. So we are done with church ball for the year! It was fun and I'm glad I played. Well, I best be off to bed since I'm supposed to get up at 6:30 am and go running!

My boys...

Here are some cute pictures of Brent and Gavin

playing the piano...

Brent starting playing and singing"The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and Gavin was staring at him like, "Wow Dad, you know this song too?"

"And you can play it on the piano? Impressive!"

Watch this video...it is amazing!