This week went good, for the most part. I have been trying to be a better mom, and when my kids ask me to read to them or play with them I have tried really hard to stop what i am doing, even house work, ha ha, and do it with them. I also started at least twice a week helping Ryan do activities to help him start to get ready for preschool. We do it when Josh is at school so Zack also feels he needs something, so I give him a piece of paper and scissors and he has a blast cutting away. I also discovered that my new scale that I have been weighing in on is actually a whole 4 pounds heavier than my old scale!! So I am debating going back to the old scale, ha ha!! I ran 7 miles on Saturday, and really didn't want to. I even called willey while he was still at work and told him that I could hear the wind outside and I didn't think I would be able to run, ha ha. He basically told me to get my stuff together and get out there If I didn't I would regret it, and he was right! I defintely had a hard time at it but was glad when it was done. It took me 83 minutes, and that is way longer than any of the other runs but I did it!! I am ready for a new week for sure.

These last few weeks have just been so long, and Willey is FINALLY off for his four days, ha ha, its just not enough but I will take what I can for now. I have been in a change mood lately so I have been rearranging things in the house and getting things re-organized. I just have been admiring all my friends who seem to have it all together and they are such examples to me to do better. So it has been good and it helps me de-stress :)! I also was able to run 6 miles Saturday, in 67 minutes!! This half marathon is coming up so quickly, it is really a mental thing I am finding!! Three to four miles is nothing now. WEIRD. And my weightloss is not going anywhere. I really think my body is so comfy where it is (been at this weight a year) it is not wanting to let go. But my waist, hips thighs, etc are getting smaller, so again I will take what I can :)! Its hard at times to stay positive but I know I can do it!! I asked one of my friends how she was able to stay so consistant in losing weight and she said she just says a prayer and is able to do it through Heavenly Fathers help, so maybe with a bit more faith.........

Hair do's or don'ts

Ok, so I am notorious for dying my own hair and most of the time messing it up, ha ha! I have been wanting a change so I started changing it back to blonde and instead of blonde it turned out more orange!! AHH! So my good friend Jennifer helped me out with the color and gave me a much needed cut. It is shorter but my hair was so damaged. SO... let me know what you think :)!

Is this my life with boys?

Thursday was a day like any other, picked Josh up from preschool along with his buddy Bradley. Came home and made lunch. I was planning on trying to make some Yummy fish tacos for dinner, and the boys were playing knights and dragons in their room, so I thought perfect time to go look up a recipe for mango salsa. The minute I sat down I heard Zack screaming and the boys yelling for me. So I head into their room to see Zack crying and having a heck of a time standing up. So of course as the kind and patient mom I am I yell at him "what is the matter with you, stand up and tell me whats wrong"!! And as I finish his head sweeps across the closet door and there is blood, LOTS of blood!! And Josh tells me that Zack fell off the top of the bunk bed! So I Grab Zack, wake Willey up (he works night shift) and tell him to call 911, grab a towel and put it on Zacks head. The police, firemen and then the EMT's come. And Zack is totally calm not crying or making a sound just looking at the fireman that was checking him out! Totally not like him, he is not my friendly child, and definitley doesn't like strangers! Anyhow a trip in the Ambulance and a few hours in the ER, we got to go home, no concusion but 2 staples (weird) to hold everything together. So everythings good right? NO. Friday night his temp jumps up to 103.5 and I can't get it down. Called in for some priesthood help since hubby was not home, and I feel blessed to have such good friends with such good husbands!! But to no avail, I couldn't get his temp to get lower than 99.9. Saturday we laid low and just relaxed, but he was whiney and super clingy. His temp went back up to 103.1 so I gave the dr a call and she said to get him into the ER quickly. So again a few hours there with a few x-rays and the diagnosis: lower lung pnemonia. They gave him 2 shots, one in each leg of antibiotics (he had already been on 2 different kinds for his ears earlier) so it must be a strong one? And we were able to go home with the promise I would take him into the dr to get checked out on Monday. We got home and Ryan was crying that his ears were hurting and Josh was trying to sleep but kept waking up with a seal like cough!! AHH, so it will be off to the DR for all three boys. We figure we will have our deductible met sometime this month!! ha ha!! Oh and I did run my 5 miles Friday in only 52 minutes to end this on a good note!! It felt GREAT and running actually has been the one way I have been able to stay calm through this all :)!

Uplifted

We have such a good stake here and I am really so truly grateful to be able to live here in Pima!! We had a Stake Relief Society night and it was all about the Temple that is going to be open before we know it!! It was such an amazingly uplifting night, just what I needed! I left there feeling that I have so much work to get done, but excited to get it done!! In my patriatical (totally mispelled) blessing it talks SO much about doing my geneology, and I always just thought when I got older and the kids were older that I would just dive into it!! It can wait right? Well that isn't how I feel now!! I am ready to get in there and help my family and Willey's family who have moved on get their work done!
It was just so uplifting and I really needed that!! I am just so excited for the Temple and the blessings that it will bring to us in our lives and the lives of those that weren't able to do their work while on this earth.

Last week

Update on running, hurt my knee not really even sure how but I talked with a physical therapist and he said the place that its hurting is from weak hips, and showed me some stretches and strengthining moves, hopefully that will help!! In result of my knee hurting though I didn't finish my week as I should have, I was supposed to run 4 miles Friday and only made it 2 without having some serious pain, so I stopped and tried again today, and I did it!! 4 miles is the longest I have EVER gone without stopping!! GO ME!! Also no sickees this last week, thank you, and its about time!! We did have an incident on saturday where Zack decided it would be fun to head-butt me on my nose (didn't break it thank goodness) but I bit my lip as he did it and so they bruised up nicely, and it left me with some really really bad headaches!! Willey thought I was exagerrating, but just imagine hitting yourself in the head with a bowling ball the see how you feel :)!
Willey did start having to work 10 and 4's which has been an adjustment, and should only be for the next few months!! Yes this means he works 10 days straight for 12 hour shifts, in Morenci so we basically don't see him but for about an hour total! So my next few blogs maybe a little weird, but its only because I am probably going INSANE ha ha! And our last bit of excitement is that Josh rode his bike all by himself today, no training wheels!! He just got on and went!! Willey didn't even have to help him, not once!! I was like tearing up ha ha to just see our first born growing up, ha ha I know silly but man they do grow up fast!!

Just keep Going

My first week of training is officially over, YES!! I ran all the days I was supposed to, even in the rain one day, and LOVED it!! I heard that after 3 miles it gets a little easier until about mile 7? I have no clue but am hoping that is the case because this Friday will be 4miles for me and the longest I have ran without stopping!! I know you will all get sick of me talking about running but please humor me and pretend your not annoyed ha ha and if you see me out there wave or yell something-encouraging preferably, ha ha. Im also still struggling with the weight, but whats new? Willey started just eating better and drinking less soda-and switched to diet, and is down 17 lbs in two weeks, so not fair. I eat healthy 90% of the time maybe once every few months sip a soda and I am down 2 pounds in like 3 weeks, ha ha. But I am feeling good, and still optimistic!!