Wow a couple of people read my blog!

Two people posted a comment on my last entry. So that was really exciting. I can't believe that anything I have to say would catch your interest. I am glad, however, for the opportunity to stay in touch with people so I am sitting down to write yet another entry.
So I survived my 3rd marathon. Park City Utah on August 23rd. It was a great experience. I felt like I really had the energy to make it through. We were running Park City as a training run for the Logan marathon and it really was a good idea to go into it feeling like I really didn't care about the time! I was less stressed and I enjoyed it more. It was a very difficult, hilly marathon and if you ever run it just go and enjoy the beauty and plan on it being really really long. I wish everyone could experience the feeling of finishing a marathon. It is really something to conquer that distance. We are running the Swiss Days 10k this weekend in Midway UT. This will be my third time to run this run. It is one of my favorite because afterward we get to browse the booths and eat a delicious giant scone.
Abby is leaving for Hawaii in less than two days. I feel a little blue that I will not be there for her first Hawaii adventure. I do feel like it is a special opportunity to spend special time with her grandparents, uncle Jeff, aunt Michelle and cousin Gabe. I can't wait to hear of all her exciting adventures. Megan is still cutting four teeth! When will it end? What is it about this age (15 months) I feel like I can't take her another minute and then she does something absolutely adorable. She has started dancing in the car to certain songs. She really does have some great moves. She also dances to the Psych theme song when it comes on. I just wish she would sit for at least five minutes for Sesame Street, stop yelling in high pitches when something isn't just perfect, and take an afternoon nap. I don't think #3 is in the cards. She seems bound and determined to stay up with the rest of us until 7-8ish. At least she takes a morning nap pretty regularly. Well nothing to0 exciting. I tried to get help with the pictures and still can't figure it out! I will keep trying. I will end with a quote from Abby. She was talking to her Aunt Katie Lila and said, "I think Grandma waits to take you to Hawaii until you are old enough to like coconut. I used to hate coconut but have decide that I like it now so it shows I am old enough to go to Hawaii!" My other kids don't like it. Caleb will probably never like it! Good luck Caleb, looks like he may never go to Hawaii. Well that is all for now!
-Lori

School is In!

Does anyone else feel like when school starts you start back to school? I almost expect to have those back to school nightmares where you don't remember what class you have next and you don't know if an assignment is due. I am feeling a little crazy this week with three kids now staring school. At least Abby is self motivated and stays on top of her homework etc. I did feel better about my life after I visited my dear friend Beth Walburger's Web-site (Walburger.com). She is an amazing mother of not one but two babies that where born with medical problems that have kept her in and out of hospitals for the past two years! Not only that, she is the mother of 5 total kids. I am so inspired by her ability to see the joy in life and to just take one day at a time.She put this quote in one of her entries. "Heard a fabulous quote from Elder Ballard at church. Speaking to mothers of young children, he said "Enjoy the doing more, and the getting it done less." He reminded us to enjoy the moments. I decided I was going to live by that motto." Thanks Beth, if I could I would lift some of your burden for you.
On a totally different note we are finishing our backyard and that has been a little stressfull this past couple of weeks. Not only is it expensive and with each big delivery dump truck I see rumbling down the road I see my dream of a new mini-van getting further and further away. Brandon is not home every day to see the progress so I have to keep him posted and be the in-between girl. We haven't had many issues but I still feel an ulcer coming on. One of our main problems is where we live. Why is living in Suncrest so difficult. Why must the city as well as the homeowner's association have it out for us? You can't get a straight answer from anyone around here and it makes you feel pretty powerless. So we are going ahead with a project that we are a little uncertain about. On the positive side it is really exciting and beautiful! I will post a picture of the finished product as soon as I figure out how! Somebody wrote that I have to blog often or readers will lose interest. I decided that this is okay because I am really doing this for myself. Maybe I will write something down and actually remember it! Brandon, Caleb, Abby and I ran this really fun run last Friday. It was the Sandy City Moonlight Midnight run. I thought we were a little crazy going into it (Brandon and I ran an 18.5 training run that morning) so as you can imagine driving down the hill to run another 5k at midnite did not seem like fun at the time. It turned out to be really fun. Caleb ran with me and completed it in 34 minutes and Abby ran with Brandon and finished in 38 minutes. Suprisingly, there were actually a lot of kids who ran it.I think we are going to try and make it a tradition every year if we can keep the kids running. Two weeks ago I ran the Provo River 1/2 and actually made it in 1 hr 58 minutes. I feel like I am finally getting just a little bit faster. It was a fun race and I felt so encouraged that I made it in my goal time of 2 hrs. We are running the Park City Marathon this saturday. Brandon thought it would be fun to use the marathon as part of our training for the Top of Utah on September 19th. It seemed like a good idea a month ago. I hope I live to tell you about it. Run Lori Run. Julie Garbutt (I have read your blog), when are you free to teach me a few things about blogging? I guess that is all for now! Megan passses on a eskimo kiss that she is getting rather good at giving. She is a sweet little maniac.

The last weeks of summer!

So I started my blog back in July and this is the first time I have written since. So why, you may ask, haven't we heard from Lori? I really couldn't remember how to sign on to my blog and like always I haven't had time! Brandon always says that it is a falsehood that I don't have time. He says I don't have time for things I don't want to do. I protest! I really do want to scrapbook, blog, call my friends, etc. But my time is taken up with things like cleaning the toilet, doing the dishes, changing diapers and answering the hundredth question of the day. Abby, today, pulled a typical Abby she said, "Mom", and I answered curtly, "What Abby?" She answered, " I love you!" She is a little twerp. I know she decided on the I love you last minute. But what do you say to that? Of course you answer, "I love you too!" This saturday is the Provo River 1/2 Marathon. It is crazy that now a 1/2 marathon seems short. I ran a 16 miler last thursday and next weekend we have to run 18. We are training for th Top of Utah Marathon in Logan. I am excited and glad that I have a goal and it has kept my summer excersize on target. I just wish I had a better body to show for it. Brandon tells me I am not that careful with my eating so what do I expect? I don't know I guess I expect a miracle. I don't want to be a crazy person worrying about everything I eat. I know I would look better but is it worth it? Not yet! I will just go along being average me because I can't commit to another eating plan. Abby, Brandon and I have sworn off treats Monday-Friday. If you let Brandon he would bake something every night. He loves to bake! Thank you Brandon for at least coupling the love for baking with the love for running or we would both be larger than we would like.