Happy Sunday, Everyone!

Hey everyone! We hope that you are all having a great Sunday. Yesterday was my 10k race. It was tough! The first 2.5 miles were almost completely uphill. I have run six miles lots of times, but the areas around my house where I usually run are fairly flat. This course was hilly and I'm definitely feeling it today!

My official time was 57:38. My goal was to finish in under and hour, which I did, but it was not as fast as the time I wanted, which was under 55 minutes. However, I will make it a goal to hopefully get that time for the Deseret News 10k on July 24.

I finished 3rd (out of 12) in my age group. Here is the award that I received:

Also, earlier this week, we went to dinner with my friend Darla. We had a great time. Here is a picture of Kyle being a big boy and eating buffalo wings. Darla was so surprised to see how big Kyle had gotten since the last time that she saw him a few months previously. He is getting so big now, and is very talkative and friendly.

We hope that everyone is having a great week! :)

Bar Admissions Ceremony

Friday was the admissions ceremony for the Utah State Bar. I am now officially admitted in all state and federal courts in Utah. Hooray me! On the way home, we drove past the courthouse and I laughed to think that I could go in if I wanted and cover a hearing. Okay, maybe I'm the only one who thinks that's funny.

We took a few pictures...here we are, trying to get Kyle to hold still. Fail!

This is as good as it gets:

I think Jeff is trying to give one of his sexy pouts to the camera:

Best pic of us:

We hope that everyone has a great weekend!

Road Trip with Kyle

Hey everyone,

This is a stock photo, but I wanted to update my blog with some of the latest goings-on for Monster and I. Kyle and I drove from SLC to LV today, and let me tell you, if you've never been on a solo road trip with a 2-year-old going across three states in 6.5 hours, I both DO and DON'T recommend it. It was honestly so fun to spend time with Kyle and just get his unique take on so many different things, whether it's farm animals in pastures zipping by, lunch food for the road, other vehicles ("Big trucks!""Big tractors""Nice car!"), and the like. On the other hand, have you ever tried making a stuffed puppy dance with one hand while making up a song sung to the tune of Digital Underground's "Humpty Dance" while the other hand holds on the steering wheel while barreling down I-15 at 80 mph? It's an experience. Hahaha!

In other news, Jeff and I went to the Keane concert last night at Kingsbury Hall. It was sooooo much fun. Before the concert, we went to dinner at The Pie pizzeria close to the university. So delicious! All the bands were great and it was just an awesome time.

Also, I have decided to switch from doing the Deseret News marathon to the 10k. I feel bad, like I'm kind of copping out, but honestly, the marathon training was a HUGE time commitment when I could least afford it. The 10k means running 6.2 miles instead of 26.2, which I could do today without any other training if I needed to.

Which brings me to my last point which I can finally announce. I have taken a new job that will start in Provo, Utah on June 15. My last day at H&S is May 29. I am both excited and terrified! I think it will be a very good change for the future...more details to follow!

New Random Kyle Pics!

Hi everyone! I thought I would post a few of Kyle's latest pictures. We hope that everybody is having a great week!

Kyle on the slide at the playground last week with a little friend:

Here he is all strapped in at the grocery store. Doesn't he look sad? It's like he realizes that he can do very little damage in this current state of confinement. But, I had him just sitting in the back of the basket with the groceries, which worked fine until he started picking up the individual yogurt containers and dropping them off the side of the cart. Don't worry; he wasn't stuck in the cart for long. I had to let him out when he started screaming, "Mommy, out! Mommy, out!" I was afraid that another customer or employee of the store would get suspicious and call DCFS.

Here Kyle rides his "I See" down the sidewalk. I successfully have convinced him to wear a hat when he goes outside. I just worry about his fair skin. He is so light and gets sunburned very easily. In case you were wondering, I was following behind on the "Lightning McQueen."

Well, that is about all the exciting news that we have to report here. The week has been pretty good; very busy with work but lots of interesting projects.

I will try to update later this week with more fun Kyle pics. Have a good week, everyone!