Desert News 10k race and Days of 47 parade

A few months ago after doing the 5k run for Brilynn's school, a few of us decided it would be fun to train together and do the Deseret News 10k race on the 24th of July. After many 6:30 runs in the morning, the day finally came. Thanks to my friend Mandy, she suggested that we get together the night before, have the traditional Spaghetti dinner, and stay the night in SLC at a hotel. So, my sweet husband kept the girls and I headed off for a night with my friends. So Fun!!! We had a great time with many laughs. Those of you who stayed the night with us at the hotel will never forget my silly comment that was made in the elevator when I totally put my foot in my mouth. Leave it to me. Anyway...

After a few silly group pics at Trolley Square we headed down to find Wade who was saving spots for us and all of our families for the parade. He slept out with his kids to make sure we would have an awesome spot.

Officer Friendly threatened to have our cars towed but of course Melissa started joking around with him and making him laugh. He was a little stand offish at first but after a few minutes with our group, he was our best friend. Seriously Melissa, you crack me up!!!

Rhonda was trying to get a cute pic with her kids and Stacie came running up at the last minute. Love the look on your face Stacie. CLASSIC!!!

John was so sweet to get the girls up at 5:00, get them ready, and have them down to watch the end of the race. Check out the old man running beside me. That to me is total inspiration. Thanks to Tiffany and Jessica as well who were big helps with my girls.

Well girls the day has come and gone, so now we need to find out next race. I seriously had so much fun

After the race, we raced back to the hotel, checked out, and headed to the parade. Wade was so nice to steak out spots for all of us. The twins did much better than expected, but I did cheat and found some nice shade in the back of the crowd. It made the parade much more enjoyable. This was the first time that most of us had ever been to the parade, so we were greenies when it came to picking out a spot. Next year we will be more prepared and we plan on making the parade a new family tradition. I think we will even try sleeping outside next year.

Happy 24th of July to all our friends and family.

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Lava Hot Springs

We decided to do a quick trip up to Lava Hot Springs with some of our friends. We weren't to sure about going with the twins but once our friends made arrangements for us to use a trailer, we decided to go for it. The twins actually did very well and weren't near as much work as they were last year when we camped. Floating the river is a highlight each year for the kids, but John actually got pretty scraped up this year but continued to be a good sport. Although camping is a lot of work we enjoyed our weekend. Thanks Stokers for providing such a fun place for us to spend our hot summer days!!!

Happy #7 Brilynn

Brilynn has been waiting for her birthday to come for the last 351 days. She loves having a summer birthday and couldn't wait for another swimming party. We celebrated her birthday on Friday this year since her actual birthday was on a Sunday. She invited 10 of her friends and we enjoyed an afternoon of birthday activites. Thanks to all her friends who were able to come and made her #7 birthday the "Best day EVER."

Where has the summer gone????

Well it has been over a month since I have posted, but I really do have a good reason. I have been pouting because my camera broke while we were on vacation in Myrtle Beach. Sooo, I have very few pictures from our trip and I just have had a hard time getting back into posting since my camera has been in the repair shop. But now it is back and I do have some posts that I need to do. I just can't believe that July is almost over. Here is what we have been doing the last month.

We enjoyed spending time at my Aunt Linda's and watching the air show in June. The girls loved playing with their cousins and eating lots of good food. Thanks Linda for planning such a fun day for us. The next week we flew to North Carolina. Wow, that was a long flight with 4 kids. We had a 7 hour lay over, and so to make up for it, they stuck us in first class. For most people that would be very much appreciated, but not for John and I with 4 kids. It was very stressful. Anyway, we spent a week at the beach house in Myrtle beach and then about 5 days at his parents home in North Carolina. We had a great trip and the girls were so sad when it was time to come home. The beach house is something our girls always look forward to. This is the trip though that my camera died and so I only have a handful of pictures, so sad!!! When we got back from North Carolina, I took the twins in for their 15 month check-up and they both had ear infections. The doctor put them on an antibiotic. A week after being on the medicine, Preslee woke up with a horrible rash and Payge followed with the same rash the next day but not as severe as Preslee's. Preslee was so swollen and covered from head to toe. The doctor figured it was the way the virus reacted to the antibiotic.