Half Marathon

Last week I (Cassie) did my first Half Marathon (13.1 miles) with Craig (David's Dad). I am so proud that I did it, I have been wanting to do one since before I got pregnant. I am not going to lie, it was tough, but I did it and I am so glad I did. They said there would be aid stations with water and Gatorade at miles 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. This was true for the most part. We had them at approximately mile 3, 4.5, 6.5, 8.5, which was all good, but then not another one until almost 11.5. I was about to DIE!!!! My first 3 miles were probably about a 10 minute mile pace. Mile 6-8 was maybe an 11 minute mile pace, and then 8-11 probably 12 minute miles. Miles 11-13 were probably like 15 minute miles. I listened to my iPod while I ran. I was using David's Garmin GPS watch which turned on fine before the race, but when I looked down to start it when the race began.... it was off, dead, NOTHING. I didn't even bring a regular watch, so I basically ran blindly (time wise) and asked random people the time. Like I said about mile 11-12, I was about to die, when Craig came back to finish the race with me. He was already done, but kind enough come back and push me (literally push me at some times) my last 2 miles. About the last quarter mile I was so dead and told him I NEVER wanted to do one of these again. He said, "you say that now, but you will change you mind." He made me pass a bunch of other ladies in the last 1/2 mile that were in front of me and then the last 100 yards were on the track of the high school, he got about 4 feet behind me and said I had to sprint to the finish, I couldn't really do it, so then he said I couldn't let him pass me, as he proceeded to sprint.... Craig is sure a great motivator! He and David have been trying to talk me into doing another half in January and the Marathon next year. Well, I still don't know that I will ever do a marathon, but I think I might try another half someday... all in all it was a good experience. I finished in about 2:33:35 at an average of 11:43 minute miles if I remember correctly. This surpassed my expectations as I was aiming to finish before 3 hours and maintain a 13 minute mile pace. As per usual my pictures were not flattering at all and nothing to brag about... in fact quite ugly. Zazoosh was there taking photos, so if you want to go view them, go here.

I should also thank my friends and family that were so supportive of my desire to do this. I had a lot of questions and people were so patient and understanding. Also, thanks to David who was SO awesome to watch the boys so much as I trained. Next up, David has the Las Vegas Marathon he is running with Heber (my brother in law).

As for the boys, they are finally starting to walk a bit more. They still crawl more than walk, but they are sure practicing a lot. I had to go to work today and David watched the kids, and when I came home, he had buzzed both their heads. Connor's, you can't really tell other than his mullet in the back is gone, but poor Skyler.... Let's just say I can't wait for it to grow back! Kudos to David for doing a great job, and taking the initiative to groom the boys, what a GREAT daddy!

SKYLER BEFORE AND AFTER


CONNOR BEFORE AND AFTER

Fall Fun

Well, we have been having a lot of fun this fall, and I have been SUPER bad about documenting it. First off, last weekend my sister and her two boys and my mom came into town for the weekend while my hubby and my sister's hubby took off up north to go to the BYU football game. We went to the What Women Want Expo and found some GREAT deals. We have somewhat made that a tradition!

Staheli Family Farm

While my sister was here we went to Staheli Family Farm. I didn't know what to expect with how young the boys were. Well, they had a BLAST. They had a hay tower with a tunnel, and the boys had so much fun crawling through the tunnel. The older boys, including my cousin Cinthia's son, had fun going down the slide only to land in a pit of corn kernels. I thought about sending my boys with one of them, but decided that they would probably eat the corn, so I opted out, maybe next year. They had a small petting zoo and they boys liked to touch the animals. Connor was especially fond of the sheep. He would lean over and touch the fur and laugh, it was so funny.

HALLOWEEN

For Halloween Skyler was Fred Flintstone, and Connor was Barney Rubble. They looked SO cute. We went to a High School "Hall-oween" thing with my cousin Cinthia and her son Wolverine. We went up and down the halls "trick-or-treating". After that we went to a Trunk-or-Treat for our neighborhood. David went as 3-hole punch Jim, and I went as "DAVE" (just a name tag that says "DAVE" both from The Office. We had a lot of fun!

Day Trip

On Saturday we went up to Virgin to go "camping" for the day with my brother and his family. It was super fun. They had a small park there and I did send the boys down the slide with their cousin this time. They have been down little slides at the park before, but this was a larger one. We had fun there just visiting and eating dinner. I didn't get any good pictures though, maybe next time.