Tacoma playing soccer 4 yrs old

Tacoma played soccer for the first time this fall. He loved it he had a hard time at first and when he would see us he would ca lapse on the field and not move so the first couple of games me and paul hid behind a car and watched. He does better when his parents are not there. After a few games he got the hang of it and loved it and wanted to play every day. He has a ton of energy and never gets tired. All of the other kids wanted to come out because they were tired but not Tacoma he was doing hands stands and running all over the place. He definitely does not get his energy and endurance from me.

Summer 2011

We were very busy this summer and fall with landscaping our yard and garden. Our garden did a lot better than last year. But I planted way too much we couldn't eat it all so I did a lot of canning and freezing to hopefully use it through out the winter. I also bottled over 100 qts of peaches and jam. The kids had fun helping me and pulling weeds and playing in the dirt. I also canned 60 pts of apple pie filing with my mom. I also kept busy making more flowers for my girls hair. Paul gets mad that they have so many, and that I hurry and try to make a new one right before church to match their dresses.

Crandall Canyon Half and TOU Marathon

I have found a new running partner to run with. I was usually a lone runner but have found social running tons better. A Lady in my ward named Becky Peterson has run over 20 marathons, she is 55 years old and we have had a great time training together. We have found others to join us from time to time, but people in Price do not like to run. I think it is the most unfit county in Utah. We trained together all summer and ran the Crandell Canyon Half marathon which was really fun and beautiful I got 2nd place and got a trophy. We ran the TOU in September and got rained on and hailed on for more than half of it. I had a cold the week before so struggled breathing. I wanted to run straight home if we had to endure running in hail that rips of your flesh for 4 hours, but it eventually stopped. I don't care how much you train for a marathon it is still very painful. We didn't do any down hill training so our legs were hammered after coming out of blacksmith fork canyon. While running with my legs cramping up I kept thinking why am I doing this? This is not fun! I couldn't wait to see my family they were waiting for us by Ryan's park in RiverHeights and My little sister Elizabeth joined us for the last 3 miles. Mile 19-23 were the hardest for me mentally there were so many switch backs before the park. I just wanted to run straight to them but every time we got closer the race would go the opposite direction for several miles than come back towards the park. I did better than the last marathon I ran I beat my time by 15 min. I was hoping for better but, oh well. I did it and it is done. I got 4 hrs and 15 min. In my pictures I look like I am about to cry, I am in tons of pain and another looks like I can barely lift my legs of the pavement and that is how it felt.

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Eating next to a volcanic crater lake