Memorial Time

We had a great LONG weekend which was much needed. Memorial day thank you for a paid holiday! Big shout out and thank you to all those who serve our country!


"We" did Portia and Gracie's hair on Saturday for their family pics.  Tony was a champ and tried to entertain Gracie when we lost her attention and he held the curling iron etc.  He is great.  And Gracie says the funniest stuff.  We could listen to her all day. .

We didn't get any pictures of Saturday night... ReAL had a great game followed by amazing food with Tony's friends from high school.  We were spoiled with some good food... as that is not part of my repertoire. I did make some good cookies though this weekend.

Sunday we had a crazy primary class as two of the kids were visiting from Brazil and did not speak a lick of English.  It was pretty funny trying to communicate with hand gestures and we had to crack up when one girl just kept trying to say stuff in a spanish accent. And Tony got to wear the very stylish "huggy bear" hat during singing time.  What can I say- the kids LOVE him.

Sunday my parents had us over for dinner and then we went to visit my Grandma Ruby and Grandpa Bob's graves.  We miss them so much!  Can't believe they would be 94 and 93!  Really sad that Tony didn't get to meet either of them because they were amazing people and the best grandparents ever.

Monday morning we got to have the traditional Memorial day scones with the Messam fam.  YUM!  I love these and wish we could eat them every day.  Then we spent some time watching Total Blackout which Amanda introduced us to.  We die laughing at this show.  It's on the SyFy channel for anyone who wants a good laugh.

Then we headed home for a nap and then BBQ with some of my family in the backyard...dad's prized possession.  Even though it is small it is a little piece of heaven.  So pretty back there.

Hope you had a fabulous weekend.

kthnxbye

train of thought

So I have this really crazy train of thought.  I will just be thinking and get to a really random question but then want to ask someone about it.  For example... when we were in jr high at one of my friend's soccer games (tony was on his team and I had no idea at the time) four of us friends were on the sidelines.  I got to thinking to myself and then out loud said "is Michael Jordan really bald?"  They all looked at me and started laughing wondering why I was so crazy.

Last night Tony and I were watching the Clippers/ Spurs play and after just a few moments of not talking I asked "Do you think Rosie O'Donnell really ever had a crush on Tom Cruise?"  "What?"
I have no idea how I got there.  If anyone has an answer though: I'd like to hear it.  Was it all just a hoax Rosie? Did she lie to us all? IDK

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Good Times

While our disney trip was fun we have very sore feet and backs and know which shoes not to wear.  Tony was an excellent sport and so was I might I add as I did not try and make us stay open to close every day... you know i'm getting old.  The first day we had to wake up super early to get to the airport and my dad was a champ and drove us.  Naturally we thought it was a good idea to walk over a mile each way from our hotel and then around the park.  The walk home was very sad and I fell asleep at 6 until 5:30 the next morning.  It's a talent. 

One of the best things about disneyland is the treats!!

Then we pulled our one and only open to close day on Thursday. 

Yep we wore these.  Since my head is huge I had to keep taking mine off but Tony was a champ and kept his on for a good amount of time

We had dinner at the blue bayou in the pirates of the caribbean ride

Tony thought it was quite silly as adults to get our picture taken with characters and get in a line so we just tried to do it the fast and not as embarrassing way.

Eeyore caught us and was a sport

We live for rollercoaster photo opps

 

 Then being pooped we showed up around noon on friday and were checked out after fireworks at 10... and we were smart and decided to pay for the shuttle instead of walk again.

 Yesterday we had an early mother's day celebration for my mom as she decided she'd rather be in costa rica next week.  After dinner we went into the playroom with the kids and I put some dress ups on the babes and they were cracking us up.  Granny played too and it was chaos in a tiny room.

and great news!!! our jumpin' jammerz came in the mail.  I discovered them when Ryan Gosling appeared on the Ellen Show and brought them for everyone.  Tony said any time he wants to buy something he just needs to find a way to get it on the ellen show and then I will be ok with buying it.  They are great.

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It's that time

we are going to disneyland in the morning!!  We haven't been for exactly two years and the last time was rough... since I had pink eye and threw up in the world of disney store.  I was really quite a mess.  Luckily we were with my sister Danielle and her family and he had someone to hang out with while Danielle sat in the bathroom with me.  Tony and I had just made our relationship "official".... and I can't believe after seeing me like that that he still married me.  Not Tony's best first adventure to the California Disneyland.... he won't let me forget that I made a comment that the Tokyo Disneyland that he has been to wasn't the same as the "real disneyland".  Tokyo disneyland counts ok!  I'm not really one to talk as california is the only one I have ever been to.

left eye swollen ... so sad for me

so sad tony will probably not let me ask a stranger to take pics til we get a good one of these somewhere

But very excited that Tony and I can have a fun vacation together without worrying about school work or anything else!  Stay tuned for pics of places you have seen a million times.

kthnxbye

How to become a badA$$

Over the weekend I ran the So Cal Ragnar with 11 other crazy people who thought it would be a good idea to run 203 miles.  I never thought it would be but my friend Lindsey told me I had to do it and that I would be bad A if I did.  So I did it.  I actually finished and stayed in my estimated time.  I did not forecast the mountains I would be climbing. Like 500 + feet in a mile.  Cruel but so bad A.

We left Thursday morning at the crack of dawn and drove down to Cali

Guy at the starting line. 

So nervous and yet so naive

Mom manhandled the race.  So proud of her.

 This was my first leg. 2.5 miles.... up the biggest hill of my life.  It was AWFUL!  I thought it was going to be a piece of cake.  I got the worst side cramp as I started the very last part which went downhill.  I had to walk for a minute and then as I saw the lady who calls your number on the walkie talkie I sprinted the whole rest of the way because my team just couldn't see me so weak and sad.  Then I had the side cramp constantly for the next 2 days.   

Waiting for mom to come around the corner and cheer her on with dad, julie, and megan

 I then ran six miles in the middle of the night and that was definitely my best route.  It was mostly downhill slant and flat with just a few little climbs.  I was feeling pretty good and ran the whole thing.  Little did I know what the next one had in store for me. We only got about 2.5 hours of sleep before our next leg started.  If you know me, you know I need to sleep.  Not because I get grumpy but because it just has to happen.  I can fall asleep anywhere, anytime. 

After I stumbled across the finish line for my last leg.  16 miles total .. check.

My dad was so hardcore.  I got a Tony chant going for his last few feet of the whole race

Funny story about me crossing the finish line.  I ran the first three miles of my race and I told the van to not meet me until mile 5 when I had made it to the top of my hill.  When I was getting to the hill the sun came out and I was extremely tired and thirsty.  What had I done?!  Well I made it up the 2.5 mile climb and my dad saw me walking and waved me on like "hurry up!" I was exhausted!  So they gave me a drink and a salt pill and my dad told me I only had 2 miles left and most of it should be down hill.  Down hill was right.  So steep that I couldn't walk when I tried.  Rough on the knees!  Longest two miles of my life.  So the last 3/4 mile was flat on the way to the beach and I had been totally by myself for awhile then all the sudden this guy came up behind me and said "come one!  we are almost done!" so I kept going.  I seriously was using the weight of my head to propel me forward.  When I rounded the corner to the exchange in the beach parking lot I see my team just driving in and I panic a little because they weren't ready.  Luckily they had dropped my dad off and he and my mom were waiting for me.  As I was rounding the last corner there was a ragnar lady holding a flag directing me where to go and she could see I was out of gas.  She said "give it all you've got. you're there!"  so as I start to pathetically cry I start sprinting and she keeps yelling "push it!  push it!" and my mom caught me at the finish line.  Oh how that lady will never know how much I appreciated her yelling at me as my team had not made it out of the car yet to cheer me on.

If you are a runner you should definitely do a Ragnar.  The atmosphere is so fun and in california it is way easier to breathe because the air isn't so dry.  I will never do the wasatchback ragnar as I would rather die. I don't know if I would do it again as I get really sick and nauseated after I push myself long distances.  I laid in the fetal position once we reached the finish line and waited for 5 hours for our other van to finish their last 40 something miles.  Everyone else was boozing and eating pizza and it looked like a lot of fun.... well not the boozing part.  When our team got there i was finally feeling better and we got to run across the finish line all together when our last runner came in.

Team 'DOIN' IT FOR THE STICKER"

finally got the stickers!!!

family fitness

all our legs checked off!  Notice Julie did 4 as she was prepping for her marathon next month and ran my 6 mile midnight run with me

and I got sunburned.  That has helped distract from my incredibly sore calves.  I can't remember the last time I had a tan line though.  God bless aloe vera. 

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Family Partay for Aging in April

We had our April family party for all the birthdays this month.  Kiron, Afton, Danielle and Jake.  We had a fabulous breakfast for dinner meal thanks to Paula and key lime pie thanks to cheyenna... yum! don't tell I went off of my non sugar deal for a minute.

Afton pumped about her new justin bieber shirt we found for her

Danielle, Kiron, Afton, Jake

Tony and Mack

The decor we got for danielle's newly painted front room

Ryker teasing Tatum

Jake opening the sweet justin bieber card we got him

cowboy clovie

In our Primary class 6-7 year olds we had a challenge this week in sharing time.  They gave us a scripture and then told each kid to draw their own interpretation of it.... ours was "father forgive them for they know not what they do" and the part where they cast lots for his clothes.... uh how does a 6 year old draw that??  they all looked at us with blank faces and I said "uh, .... you could draw a heart for forgiveness?" So i was actually really proud of how well they did.  This one was definitely my favorite though.

And last but not least we had a visit from Jenny Lou and Rylan... possibly the studliest man child ever.

two more days til Ragnar....nervous nelly signing out

kthnxbye