Las Vegas Trip

So Cordelle had his yearly conference trip he hast to go to for work and this year it was in Las Vegas, so enstead of twiddling our thumbs at home waiting for him to get home....we twiddled our thumbs with him in Vegas....actually it was just outside of Vegas in Summerlin....and actually we werent with him very much at all. But the kids loved the change of scenery. Its nice going with Cordelle cause the room is already paid for and they always stay in way nicer places than we would ever stay in. Matter of fact it was kind of a running joke. No one wanted to bring their kids because then their kids might get used to the idea that these hotels were normal for vacations. (Valid point though....can you imagine free riding it with your husband every year to these huge resorts and then going on a family vacation where your staying at the Motel 6? The kids are gonna think they were being punished!) Anyways we did a lot of swimming and chillin in the hotel rooms. But it was nice breakin' out the swim suit, although I cant say I missed it terribly or the body I forgot about those covered, winter months, that gets shoved into it. Ah well. Here's some pics from the trip and the first swim of the year.

The JW Marriott in Summerlin

I just loved this one of Jaq

P.S. Girls swimming suits are so darling

Mothers Day

Cordelle was sweet for mothers day. He had the kids help bring me cereal in bed :). And he gave me a little book of the funny things Seth says....so I thought I'd share them.

1. "Is this fun mom?"
2. "That's too much funny."
3. "Oh my holy cow."
4. "Keep stopping that."
5. "Is that a wonderful dream come true?"
6. "I smell something."
7. (...when he's mad at you....) "I know what you're talking about."
8. "That's a bad choice."
9. "You be an army guy, I'll be a robot and Jaq will be Princess Fiona."
10. "I love you too much."

Hurricane Half Marathon EAT MY SHORTS!

Well I did it. After 3 months of waking up at 5:30 and running in temperatures often in the 20's to low 30's, I ran my first half marathon! It was a rush! Growing up playing sports I was pretty competitive, but now that I am older its hard to find that anywhere but this run brought it out in me. It was awesome cause I felt so prepared for it, and that always feels good. My goal was to make it under 2 hours. But with only 3 miles left I had less than 23 minutes to make my goal so I knew I had to book it. So I did between 7.5 and 8 min miles for the last 3 miles and my final time was.....1.59.36!!! (...with 24 seconds to spare!!) I was pretty sore from the mega push at the end but it felt good. Anyways I couldnt have done it without these girls! They are rocks! It is so refreshing to have a reason to get up and run that is SO much more than just to exercise. The conversations and motivation from these girls made those long runs seem SO much shorter. And they are right, they've got me hooked.

Up next...Bryce Canyon Half Marathon...anyone want to join us? Its all down hill. I hear its a perfect one to start if you've never done one before. Should be fun....The Hotel at 5 AM before the big race

At Iggy's the night before the race!My Lisa-mama