Christmas Came and Went!

Well we did it! We got Christmas over with. Not that I was totally dreading it but Keven and I had gone over the "budget" early in Dec. and knew that his payday on Dec 25th would be the one to use for Christmas because we wanted to pay our tithing first and not late. So we knew that we would be shopping for things on Christmas Eve and writing checks so as to work the system and not bounce any checks. Well, here is the cruel truth..... A lot of places dont take checks anymore and when you pay your tithing it clears faster than you think. So the truth hurts and when tithing cleared we went into overdraft a coupld hundred bucks and all of Christmas went on our proudly EMPTY American Express..... Granpa Eyring would be ashamed. But by admitting it right here on my own blog, I am vowing to pay it off immediately so talk to me at the end of Jan. and make sure I did!

All I can say is , the kids were happy and I got to sit and read a book and I got a mixer and have made rolls or bread every day since, so pretty much, it was worth it!! And besides the reason we didnt have any extra money until that last payday was because we spent all our Christmas money on gas and stuff to go to San Diego for Thanksgiving and then to Mesa for Brandon and Matthew and that was worth any amount of interest I have to pay, and I would do it again tomorrow if I had to.

Hope yours was Merry and Bright and your debts arent' out of sight! Enjoy the picts.....

Christmas Eve Special

Okay if i can get this video to load, I want you all to join our family for our Christmas Eve Show that Talia created. She made each of us play a part and she made props for her and Tara during this duet. Kate joined in without Talia's consent but they allowed her to do it anyway (after I gave her "the look" she let perfection fly out the window and accepted it).

So, Merry Christmas Eve everyone! May none of you get strep throat.

We did it!!

Well we did it! I was aiming for the Mesquite Marathon and Keven was aiming for the Mesquite 1/2 Marathon about August and September but after the Ragnar Las Vegas in October we both seriously had to re-evaluate our training and how much time we had to get the training in that would be necessary to do what we wanted..... Keven wasnt getting much running in at all so the 1/2 marathon would be way way hard, but do able. Tiff has major issues with doing a race and not being able to beat her last time so doing the full marathon because out of reach because she couldnt get the mileage in while traingin for the triathalon. Sooo..... Tiff did the 1/2 marathong and beat her last Personal Best with a new PR of 1:59:30 and Keven did his first ever 10K with a time of 1:15 - We were glad we had shaved our ego's enough to sign up for the less mileage, we are both more sore today than we have ever been.

What's next?? I'm taking a month off of training and just going to exercise. Keven doesnt want to ever run again. What a brat huh? I told him, he just isnt competetive enough. And he said I am competetive enough for the both of us.... what do you think?

You Don't Wanna Know!

Kate and Owen dug in the sand box, pretty deep too. They found a bowl full of treasures!!! All I know is hand washing was not good enough, when they were done I even made them change their clothes! The cat box in the house has been clean for weeks, I wonder where the cat has been going to the bathroom at?

I dont wanna know!!

I know it may seem boring and half the time you wont know what your looking at but we have a video of our family rocket launch. Taner got this rocket for Christmas LAST YEAR and it has taken until now to get the launch pad and launcher built but here we are - Nov and we got 'er dun!!

Did Halloween really come and go? Oh goodie, it's over! Talia used an old Wonder Woman costume and Kate got a lady bug costume on clearance the day of Halloween and off we went. To the neighbors and around the block and thats all she wrote! We attempted some car driving to see other people but no one was ever home. No Trunk or Treat or anything and we still got bags full of candy! yikes! Kately fully grasped the concept this year - "Trick or Treat!" and "Thank You!" - best of all - it all strangely disappeared the next day......

Triathalon Fun!

Well, Saturdays Triathalon came and went and even though I had butterflies before it, and was all worried about what time I would get .... When it was done I was just glad it was done and when I got the air back in my lungs I realized that I had gained a whole new level of understanding of what I am capable of. The 400meter swim was weird. 2 people shared a lane and the water was deep so as I got closer to the wall I couldnt tell by the lines at the bottom of the pool exactly where my flip turn should happen but I nailed them all and had a crowd watching at one end, that was cool. After about the 4th time I bumped (slapped) hands while passing the other dude in my lane I got pissed and just finished it. At lap 7 I asked the kid if he was counting or if I was, he said he was, and I said that was 14 right? He said, no, you have 2 more, so I was mad and burned out lap 8 thinking he was gong to make me go 2 more laps!! To my surprise, I was actually done and he called me to get out, yay me!!! I was off and running for my bike. Now, interesting as it may seem, it was 50 degrees out there, the sun was shining and I felt great so I just slipped on my racing flats, no socks, and my helmet, and headed out! The 10 mile bike was actually pretty fun. I started out getting passed and caught him and said, what do you think your doing, I know you can take me out but bring it pal, and passed him.... Then he passed me and said, you pass me on the downhills, I'll pass you on the uphills..... And when the up hill hit, I let him go but I stayed with him throughout and that was kinda fun, that bike can freaking fly - wow! I got off the bike when done and realized I had stumps for feet. No seriously, it felt like I was running on pirate peg legs, I couldnt feel any part of my feet up past my ankles! Oh Duh - its cold out here and I went from the pool to 20 mph for 36 min I guess that will happen. It took a mile or so to feel my feet again, and I dont have socks on so now I'm feeling the blisters so I just turned my music up and blasted out the last 2 miles. That was my slowest 5K ever but oh well. I finished the whole thing in 1hr 17min and got 1st in my age division 35-39 Women. So now the goal for next year is to beat the girl that won overall, she got 1:07, hmmmm..... Swim faster, transition faster, bike faster, transition faster, and run faster and I should be able to do it.