The Ogden Half!!

I didn't have a lot of feelings about marathons before now. To be honest I hated (and still hate) to run almost as bad and I hated constantly hearing about people running to prepare for these type of things. But I stand corrected, if you haven't ever seen people crossing the finish line at a marathon you really can't judge! It is such an amazing/emotional thing to witness. And this was only the HALF!

Anyway Rob did awesome he finished the Half which is 13.1 miles in 1:52! He did awesome and I was SO proud watching him finish. With Rob I find myself wondering if there is anything he can't do! Then I quickly remember he can't dance worth a crap :)! Here are some fun and some funny pics from the day. One small explanation first, I took these first pictures as an 8mo pregnant person, with Blakeley on my shoulders, my foot holding the stroller so it wouldn't roll away, camera in hand, and my heart beating out of my chest hoping I hadn't missed Rob running through the finish line! It was quite a sight. Thank heaven for Jena, she took the closer up pics of him that are below! Thanks Jens!

Ha Ha, Rob is in black about 5 people back!



Again on the Left :)

Jena's Pictures so much better thankfully!



Joe, Blakeley, Natalie, Rob, Andy, Deidre

Nat ran the 5K and Rob, Andy, and Deidre all ran the Half!

So this picture makes me laugh even harder than the crappy ones I took of Rob running! Rob looks like a 10yr old next to Andy or they look like they could be "Partners!"

Blakeley cheered so cute for her Daddy, So proud!We went to Park City with the Ortgiesen's later that day. We shopped, swam, and tried to stay up late playing games but that wasn't the greatest idea when the hubbies had ran 13 miles that morning! Oh well!

Addy, Blakes, and Charlee snugglin in bed!
3 darling little girls in their new outfits-they all wanted their hair in piggies too!

Blakeley pulls scary faces lately when you ask her to smile!

Riding on the luggage cart.

It was a fun and tiring weekend. I felt like I had ran a marathon after walking my pregnant -A- around the outlets all day. It was well worth it though, I found lots of cute things for Blakes and for baby Townley too!

Baby Animal Days!

April was very busy for me this year! We had a lot going on and every spare minute had to be spent on the Scraps Market so one Saturday my poor abandoned husband took Blake up to Baby Animal Days for a fun outing! He got some cute pictures of her and of course she loved it! That night she told me all about it and it made me so sad that I had missed such a fun experience for her! I am so grateful to Rob for taking the time to take her up there so that she could have such a blast! Enjoy the pictures...

Riding a Pony

Checking out the Bunnies

Holding the Baby Chick (her favorite thing!)

Laughing at the Chickens

Petting a baby Goat

Exploring the little piggies

The Hive (a sweet little botique)

This sweet little boutique is going on this Thursday and Friday at our fun friend Melissa's house! If you are looking for a fun outing you should check it out! Click HERE for more info on time and place! She lives in Mountain Green so we love to make a day of it and eat Taggart's Grill too!

Easter

Okay if you still care about Easter I am finally posting about it!! We had lots of Easter fun, Blakeley got to have 4 egg hunts and lots of fun with all of our families. We are blessed to have so many family members close by to celebrate with!

Saturday Hunt at the Brian's

Her Loot!!Sorry but she is darling, what a serious little face!!

Blake with Kale modeling one of their Easter prizes, swimsuits!!

Rob's mom also made Townley a darling blanket but the picture of me holding needs to be deleted (prego pictures are the worst) Janet is such a sweetheart it has to be mentioned!!

Janet told the story of The Resurrection and the real reason we celebrate Easter. It was so cute and I loved watching Blakeley's face as she was taking it all in! She told me after how she had learned about Jesus and I was so proud. Jan gave us each a copy of the picture story and Blake has loved having it so we can re-tell the story!

That night we colored Eggs with my mom while the boys went to the Priesthood session. Blakeley colored the eggs, herself, and my mom's counter!!

Easter Morning! She gets that beautiful bed head from her Dad, don't ask me how someone without much hair (Robert) can still have serious bed head...good genes I guess!

Stoked about her bubble wand and other fun toys that it was too dang cold to go outside and play with!

Painting mommy's nails with her new polish. Not sure the Easter Bunny had that in mind when choosing the nail polish for her basket. Wink, wink!

Lily and Blakeley sweetest little cousins waiting so patiently for the hunt at Gr Hales' to begin! There were lots of hunters but plenty of eggs!

Joss and Blake

The grand and great grand kids with Gr Hales' notice how all of the baskets are overflowing with eggs, no one was hurting for treats at this hunt!!

One more fun hunt! Blake, Kade, and Joss ready to find the baskets at the Costley's.

Kade is the dedicated helper of the kids to hunt down their baskets!

Spoiled kids: Blake, Joss, and even Townley got a basket!

She finally got to play outside with her bubble wand! Such a cute prize, she loved it!!
We played a fun game of Easter Pictionary and Blakeley even took a turn drawing! It was such a busy day but it is always so much fun to be surrounded by those you love on a Holiday!

Uncle Joshy!

They got Josh's headstone placed so we went over for a visit!

(gotta love pregnant pictures)Sweet Blakers
All of the grandkids

Kale, Hudson, Blake, Hayden, Harper, Macguire

(Kale is a little poser/dancer)

Sweet little cousins!

We love and miss our sweet Uncle Joshy so much!

Prince Charming...

Uncle Kade got to take a princess to the prom so he got to dress up like Prince Charming! Blakeley was so excited to see him all dressed up! We went out to snap some pictures before he took off to pick up his princess! My mom had a candy necklace there for Blake that said it was for Princess Blakeley! She was so excited, as you can see...

Prince Kade and Princess Blakeley

Have fun Uncle Kader!

Discovery Time

I recently found out about the Pleasant Valley Library it is brand new and is so nice! I was so excited because I have taken Blakeley to Discovery time before with friends but have had to go out to North Ogden Library. I was so glad to find one closer we could go to! We went a few weeks ago and Grannie Sheryl came with us...

When discovery time was over they announced that next week they would be talking about Lizards. For the entire next week 3 times a day, Blake would say "gonna talk about lizards mommy!" she was so excited about it. We went (forgot my camera) and it was a lot of fun, Blakeley even got brave a touched one of the lizards!