Rusty took Josh on the annual church Fathers and Sons Campout. Josh was a little sad to leave Halle and he was crying. Halle went upstairs, came down with her favorite blanket, and a picture of herself, and tucked them into Josh’s backpack. She said, “Josh, now you can remember me always.” It was so…
Halle started 1st grade on Aug 18th. She had been a little nervous all summer because someone told her that her teacher was bossy. She came home from meeting her teacher and dropping off school supplies and she was so excited. She said, “Mom—my teacher is sooooooooooo nice! She’s not bossy at all!” The relief…
We celebrated our 8th anniversary on Aug 17th. That was also the official last day of summer before Halle started school. So, Rusty took the day of work and we took the kids to “The Bay” in Broomfield. We had a fun day of swimming, water slides, and snow cones. Then that evening Rusty and…
13.1 miles. Whew….glad that’s over. The Georgetown 1/2 marathon was a BEAUTIFUL race up in the Colorado mountains. The temperature was perfect, the sky was blue. It was the perfect day for running. I got to race with lots of my girlfriends from the Ragnar, including my lovely sister, Nat. She drove home from Utah…
For Rusty’s 30th birthday I gave him gift certificates for Skydiving. Read his skydiving post here. Due to a fun and crazy summer, this weekend was the first chance we had to go. And through a weird stroke of luck, Carlie was here to watch the kids for us. So, Rusty and I drove to…
I just got back from the BEST trip to Utah! Rusty had a business trip to NYC, so I loaded up the car, and drove the kids across the mountains to attend my 10 year High School Reunion and to go to my good friend, Brandon Boulter’s, wedding. A few of my other friends came…
This weekend I competed in my first triathlon, the Anthem Sprint Triathon. It was perfect for beginners like me. And it was so much fun. I’ve always thought that triathletes were kinda crazy for doing 3 events in 1—but it makes for such a fun, interesting race. I was getting a little burned out on…