5k Pics

Just crossed the finish line and prepping for my victory cartwheel!

Me and Jill!

Look what I can do!

Ok, the Zazoosh pics are finally in! Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Dylan

Princess Shoes at the Party

Princess Devyn and Princess Dylan with Princess Cinderella!

Benihana

Her Rainbow cake

My little Graduate!

The Fam!

Well this has been a BIG week for Dylan! May 16 she turned 5! For Dinner we went to Benihana, she LOVES to see them throwing food, then Sunday we had a family BBQ and yesterday she Graduated from Preschool and Cinderella came to her friend party! It was all a little crazy, but fun!





Dylan is so big now, I can't believe that I've been a Mom for 5 years now. She's a mini Mike, so I've learned A LOT of patience to say the least. She LOVES to tease and hates to be teased. Dylan wants to make a game out of everything, she helps me remember to take life a little more light hearted. Dylan is also a social butterfly, she is friends with EVERYONE! She doesn't discriminate by gender or age. She'll go to Sophie's house and if she isn't home, she'll play with her 3 year old sister Anna and have a ball.





Dylan can be very selfless...she wants to make sure everyone gets a drink, toy, candy, whatever she's having at the moment. She'll remind me..."oh mom, don't forget to save one for so and so!" If we're playing a game she'll whisper in my ear "mom, so and so hasn't had a turn yet...let them go!" I have a lot to learn from her still, I'm very happy and proud to be her Mama! I Love you Dylee Dal, happy birthday!

My First Race

Here's me and Jill at the Big Boss Man's house after the Race!

Aren't we the hottest Mama's you've ever seen?

Well I ran my very first race this weekend. I ran the 5k at Odgen Marathon May 17. It was so fun! I went with Jill Sparks and we kicked some serious butt! We started pretty close to last in line and we passed A LOT of people!

My official time was 00:27:24 I came in 66th out of 501 in the girls division,so I'm perty dern proud of myself! It was an amazing experience running across the finish line. Knowing that I've been training hard and to finally acomplish something. I know it's a stupid 5k and it was only 3.11 miles, but still, it was a start!

Here's the link...I'm on the first page of results for females in the 5k!

http://www.milliseconds.com/ResultsDisplay.php?pageNum_rsResults=0&totalRows_rsResults=501&varRaceID=1037&rgGender=F&varDisplayGenderDistance=5k%20%20&varRaceID=1037&rgGender=F&varDisplayGenderDistance=5k%20%20&varRaceID=1037&rgGender=F&varDisplayGenderDistance=5k%20%20&varRaceID=1037&rgGender=F&varDisplayGenderDistance=5k

I still have a 10k, a half marathon and a full marathon to run. I didn't get into the St. George Marathon :-( so I have to find another one to run! Wish me happy runnings!

Catch-up!

Dylan crouched and ready for the ball with her pink mitt!

Posing for pictures before her first game! 65 Degrees outside Brrrr!

Dylan taking Devyn to the bases after her game! What a good sister!

Katie and Ricki Rian! Happy Birthday Ricki!

Wade and Shane helping Mike with the Auger (sp?)

Ok, so it's been awhile again since I've blogged and sooo much has been going on. I feel like I'm skipping out on so much info by adding all this information in one post, but what's a busy mom to do? Multi-tasking is a necessity for our breed so....once again here I go with a parade of our lives from the last couple of weeks!



Baby Ricki came into the world Weds April 30 in the AM hours! She is absolutely, amazingly beautiful! She has a head of hair on her that is to be envied by all new moms! On top of that, she wears it in a faux-hawk just like her cool aunt Jennie! She's a healthy lil angel, doing well. Katie has made a very smooth transition into motherhood, I'm so proud of her! I'm excited to get to share mom-moments with her, and get my "baby-fix" holding her sweet little thing! Congrats Katie!



Dylan has been having a BLAST at T-Ball! Our team is the Oriels and we're BRIGHT ORANGE! It's hard to miss us. Dylan has quite a few buddies from the neighborhood on her team....Sophie Drayer, Hannah Scott, Alex Carter, and Marin Boss are all from our lil corner in Farmington.



This last week she actually hit a ball from her coach (they pitch 3 balls to them and if they don't make contact then they get the T)! We couldn't believe it! The next inning a kid hit a ball right into her glove! It took her totally by surprise as she stared at that ball in her glove like "how did that get there?" then she woke up and threw it to 1st base! What a blast to see her out there having fun! I can't believe how BIG she is all of a sudden!



Backyard saga continues! We rented an Auger (sp?) to drill big 'ol holes in our backyard for our deck posts and pergola (sp?) posts. Now we made sure and called Blue Stakes so we wouldn't hit any wires and fry our brains, unfortunately, they don't stake off our sprinkler pipes. Needless to say 3 out of 5 holes we hit pipes and 1 of those 3 was the main water line! AHHHHHH! Mike got it all fixed up and now we have big 'ol holes in our back yard waiting for posts and cement. One step at a time I guess, we'll get there eventually!

YogaFit!

I did it, I did it, I did it! I finished my Level 1 YogaFit Seminar. I'm not officially certified until I Community Teach 8 hours. I'm still trying to decide where I'm going to do that. I'm leaning toward the Womens Shelter in Kaysville! Any other ideas for me if that doesn't pan out?

I gotta tell you how absolutly AMAZING this weekend has been for me! It could quite possibly be the most UPLIFTING and EMPOWERING thing I have EVER done for myself. I know it was a Yoga workshop, but...I learned soooo much about myself, something that yoga is all about.

The very first thing that came out of Nicolles mouth (she was the instructor) was..."You are all here, in this moment for a reason, lets all Listen to our bodies and let go of all Competition, Judgement, and Expectations of ourselves and others and just be Present in the Moment!" How beautiful is that? Come to find out that's the Essence of YoaFit and we talked about that over and over and over again.

How Empowering is that? Think about it for a minute. Let's break it down. Listen to your body and let go of any competition you feel with you neighbor, sister, mother, magazine model etc. We don't have to be anything for anybody but ourselves, we're perfect just the way we are. Nobody can do you better than you can!

Next, Listen to you body and let go of competition. Life is not a Desination...it's a Journey! What are we racing for? Who are we racing? Let go...and LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT! There's NO greater gift you can give yourself!

And last, Listen to your body and let go of Expectations. Live based on how you feel right here and now! Don't expect yourself to do EVERYTHING ALL OF THE TIME! Allow yourself to be human and recognize those moments. Those moments are part of who we are. Learning to listen and live in the Present Moment allows you to live minute by minute and take things as they come and appreciate them for what they are...part of your journey!

Now I could go on, and on, and on, and ON about all of this and not even come close to what I learned about in 2 short days! All of these things and more are pulled from the Workbook, from my own personal experience and from what was shared in class by the other amazing women (and Mark, the Token Guy), I shared that opportunity with!

I hope to take these things to heart and apply them, not only on my yoga mat, but in my life. I'm excited and eager to start teaching these concepts with others and I hope to continue my education of Yoga to the next level!

Hugs, Love <3 and Peace!
Jennie Carlson YogaFit Level 1 Instructor (almost!) :-)