Red Rock Relay Zion 2012

Earlier this month, I went down to Zion for the Red Rock Relay Zion. It was an 187 mile relay with a team of 12 runners. It took us about 35 hours to finish the race (running day and night!). It was definitely a challenging race. I ran my 3 legs at 5 PMish, 4:30 AM, and then my last leg was in the afternoon the next day ( I don't remember what time it was). 

Here is 5 of the 6 runners in my van (the 6th runner was running).

Getting ready for my first leg!

My van after we finished our first legs. Me, Eric, Kirsten, Trish, Tre and Clint

Such a fun place to run.

The WHOLE team at the finish line. We had cute matching shirts that said, "run Lauren run" or "run Kirsten run", etc

Eric and Clint (ignore that girl in a sports bra behind us!!)

Kirsten and I

At the finish line

Kirsten and I with the team captain, Jen

This was a tough run and I don't think I would do another relay like this, but I did have fun and don't regret doing it! I am proud to say that I ran the most miles of all the girls on the team, 19.1 miles!!

2 favorites

I am currently OBSESSED with these 2 songs!!! Olly Murs-Heart skips a beat and Alex Clare-Too close. Love them !
http://youtu.be/fqXWsFg7tI8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP50Ewh31E4

Enjoying the summer

I was doing a good job at keeping the blog updated, but I ended up skipping a few weeks and now I have a ton to catch up on! We are still loving the warm weather and keeping ourselves busy this summer.

I found a recipe on Pinterest for Gak (http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/05/making-gak.html), so I went ahead and made some for Dom. I think it was a little too sticky, next time I'll add more of the liquid starch. He thought it was pretty cool, but I thought he would be a little more excited than he actually was. Oh well! You win some, you lose some.

We got Dominic this cute new sprinkler. He doesn't really run through it, he mostly just fills his cups up with water from it. Funny kid.

For some reason, this boy LOVES to sweep the floor. He must think it's pretty cool because he sees us sweeping up his thrown food all the time. ;)

I love this pic of his messy yogurt face!

We went to the Roy Days Carnival on August 3rd. There wasn't a lot going on and Dominic wasn't big enough to go on any of the rides. So I went in the bouncey house with him. He seemed to have a lot of fun. The house even deflated when we were in it...twice!

Enjoying some cotton candy!

On the 4th, we went to our friend's annual luau. We got dressed up, ate good food, and watched the fireworks. Dominic didn't seem to care for the fireworks and even feel asleep half way through the show.

On the morning of the 4th, we ran the Roy Days 5k. My sister, Hillery, even ran it with us! I pushed Dominic in the jogging stroller and ran it in 32 minutes, I don't remember Tyler and Spencer's times but they got 1st and 3rd place in their division. And Hillery ran it in 38 minutes, good job everyone!

I decided to get Dom and I out of the house for the afternoon and we went to the Botanical Gardens. I shouldn't have been surprised, but there were bees EVERYWHERE! I can't believe neither of us got stung!

Dominic had fun running around and throwing sticks. :)

Look at all that hair!!

Getting ready to jump off the rock!

This last weekend we went to the Weber County Fair. Dominic was scared of the goats and cows, but loved the chickens! He got all excited and started hitting the chicken cage. He even started following a chicken that was just walking around outside of the cages.

His new sword.

Clapping while up on daddy's shoulders

I just thought this one was funny :)

Having fun splashing water and making a mess in this HUGE hot tub.

This cute family joined us at the fair!

I loved the Air Force Museum as a little kid and I decided that it was time for Dominic to go see all the old airplanes!

Sitting in the jet simulator thingy. I like how he knew just what to do with that computer mouse. Such a smart boy!

These are just some cute pics of my sweet little boy.  I just love him!

Dom's ABC Book

I am so excited to show off Dominic's newest book. It is a personalized ABC book, where every page is a picture of something in Dominic's life, for example: M Mom, with a picture of me and Dom. I got the idea for the book from Pinterest (of course!). I used the website Picaboo.com to make it.  I think the book turned out great and it arrived within a week of making it.
Check it out!!!

http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=2bc849cf0a72828e480f7ea7df71af5c&version=250749&siteID=ViaPreview

July 4th

For the 4th we went up to Spencer's family cabin at Bear Lake. My sister Hillery and her kiddos were able to come too. It was a short, but sweet trip. We went up on Tuesday night and came back Thursday morning, so that Spencer could go to work. On the morning of the 4th, Spencer and I went for a run and found a cute little Toy Story chair on the side of the rode. We stopped to look at it and it was in perfect condition! So of course we took back for Dominic. :) After our run, we got ready to go to the beach. We spent most of the day there. It was a lot of fun. Dominic played in the water, flung mud all over the place and dug in the sand. Everyone had a good time, whether it was just hanging out on the beach or being pulled on the tube behind the boat.

That evening we all sat on the deck waiting for the fireworks to go off over the lake, but they never started! It was the strangest thing, we thought there would for sure be fireworks. Oh well, we still had a great 4th of July!

here is Dom sitting in his new chair

He is one cute boy!

Throwing sand on grandma is SO funny!

Being pulled on the tube

Hillery and the kids

Caleb and his awesome hair

Seeing Dominic next to Caleb makes me realize how bald he is!