Birthdays

I can't believe I turned 33 this month and my first little baby is already 9! We had a great time celebrating! Jared got me my running watch that i have been wanting. It tells me how far i run, calories burned, how fast i am going. I LOVE it! I used to just measure out the miles in my car or run with other friends that had the nice running gadgets! Then, he let me go shopping and took me out to dinner that evening and even bought me a chocolate cake!


Jamison was able to celebrate his day with his friends in mexico because it was spring break! We had games, presents, pizza, and cake! happy birthday to my sweet little boy, you are growing up way too fast!





We didn't have a nine so i put 5 + 4... they thought it was pretty funny and kept saying 54- you're old!!
Air soft gun and money! yipee!

Cameron, Taylor, Matthew, Jamison, Hope, Annie, Gracie
Sophie, Sadie, Peyton, Kason
Tanner

March Madness

March ended the basketball and soccer season for the boys. Jamison and Kason played basketball for the "wolverines" and Ryder played soccer. It was a good experience for all of them to improve their confidence and abilities. I can remember when Ryder first started playing, he just stood there with his hand in his mouth and by the end he was running and kicking the ball with the rest of them! Kason learned how to play defense and even made a basket during one of the games!! Jamison gained confidence and learned a lot about defense, offense, and ball handling skills. He became one of the high point makers on the team! So proud of my boys!

DS Junkie

About 30 minutes after putting the boys to bed, i heard little noises coming from tanner's room. I peeked in and there he was laying in his crib playing mario kart on the d.s. I can't believe he can turn it on, select the game, choose his car and character, and race his car! He can probably play better than I can! funny boy!

RAGNAR

In October my friend and neighbor came over and asked me to run a relay race with her. She said a girl dropped out and that I should do it. I said sure, mostly because it sounded fun to get away with girls! I had NO idea what I was getting myself into! Last weekend was the race and I have to say it was one of the worst and best experiences of my life. During my training, I also found out something about myself that I didn't know- I love to run! It will definitely always be part of my life now and I am hoping to run a half marathon and a full marathon this year.

I only knew 2 of these girls but we all became fast friends for sure!
The race was 204 miles in total, the miles were divided up between 12 girls, 3 legs each.
Decorating the Tahoe
Here we are the Jones cousins at the beginning!
Go Meredith Go! She is inspiring- having a c-section 8 months ago, now running more miles than most people do in their lifetime!
My first hand-off, i was soooo nervous and i don't know why? I run almost everyday, but for some reason in this setting it was scary!
It must've been adrenaline but i ran this first leg of 6.3 miles in my fastest ever time. At the end this guy was just a little bit ahead of me and my teammates were cheering PASS HIM PASS HIM, so I did! And thanks marisa for running along side of me the last little bit of this and cheering me on! I needed it!
After our first leg, we ate and found a nice cozy patch of Arizona grass to lay down in. Then it was on to our nighttime runs! It was definitely scary running on the freeway shoulder at 2 a.m.

After our nighttime runs we decided to try to sleep. We parked in our next exchange area- a highschool parking lot. I probably was able to sleep a maximum of 1 hour on the hard pavement.

Here are the girls in Van #1 cheering on meredith who was running. All of these girls were so sweet and inspiring! Thanks for making my experience even better!
Waiting for Marisa... ALMOST DONE!!!

My last leg I had to run. My body was so tired, physically and mentally, this run was definitely ALL mind over matter to keep my legs from not stopping. Very emotional experience.
Here we all are at the finish line. One poor girl hurt her knee so badly she couldn't walk over the finish line! The solution?? A shopping cart! This was a great feeling!
It's over!!!
We are SUPERWOMEN!!!