Half Marathon

A year ago my husband ran the LA Marathon - all 26.2 miles of it. He enjoyed the challenge of pushing his limits and having a goal to work toward. This year his goals have been in "his" garden. He has worked just as hard and our family has been enjoying the fruits and veggies of his labors. Currently we savor zucchini (mostly in bread although we did try grilling it), cucumbers by the dozens, the sweetest cherry tomatoes, and the most brightly color peaches. YUM!!!

Today marks the day that our marriage has reached the half marathon marker - 13 years. We've lived temporarily in a cabin, grandma's apartment, and the Extended Stay America. We lived in one Provo basement apartment, one California apartment complex, and in two different Southern California homes. Despite our intentions to move back to Utah, we have enjoyed 12 years in Sunny California. It's nearly taken that long to prefer it as our home to anywhere else.

Our life together has been blessed with 2 houses, 3 vehicles (Mazda, Windstar, Camry), 4 children, 1 company with many different job titles and several promotions, 1 trip to Bermuda, 2 getaways to Hawaii, backyard campouts, many years of Disneyland annual passports, numerous beach trips, and countless vacations with family in Utah. We've survived the MBA program, Young Women's Presidencies, melanoma, discouragement associated with being distanced from family, one jaundiced infant, one threatened miscarriage, one actual miscarriage, constant headaches, the Cub Scout program (almost), rhabdomyosarcoma (with the hospital stays, surgeries, weekly chemo treatments at clinic, physical therapy, counseling, emotional drama, medical bills, insurance issues), and much more.

Happy Anniversary to Us!!! Our life isn't a perfect fairytale, but we are living happily ever through it.

My sister invited me to run/walk a 5K (3.1 miles) with her and mom over the 4th of July weekend. I planned on doing so until I twisted my ankle earlier that week - Nice! My sister in law ran the half marathon and placed 2nd in the women's category. Five kids later and she can whip out a 13 mile run - rock star!!! Mom and sister finished their 5K. I still have run nothing.

I've decided to run a Blog Marathon. It's time to get my Blurb book on order - there's a sale through July 31st. I have lots of family memories unblogged that I've intended to record for our book. So I'm going to do 26 blog posts as a type of catch up. I haven't blogged daily for a VERY long time, so this will take some endurance on my part. Check back daily to see if I've hit my mile marker and if I start running out of breathe, please send you encouragement. If anybody would like to join me on the race or go for a half marathon, please let me know so I can follow you. Race starts tomorrow 7:00 a.m. (thank goodness I can schedule my next post for that time since I'm VERY groggy that time of day).