Last Minute Half

The night before the Ogden Half Marathon my friend called me and said her running partner for the race was sick and she offered me her bib. I actually made a promise to myself that I was not going to run any races again because I get too nervous and they aren't fun for me. BUT, this particular race is kind of hard to get a bib for and I heard it was a fun race. It was fun. It was by far the easiest half I've run and it was beautiful. I don't know if it was easy because I told myself not to worry about time or if it was because of the perfect weather or if it was because it was all down hill OR all of the above but I'm so glad I got to run it.

Crossing the finish line. My actual time was 1:46:06, my fastest half so far. Maybe not training is the trick for me.


People kept calling me Nicole. I felt like I was living a lie. It was kind of exciting.

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Our Garden

We planted a garden this year. It hasn't done as well as we had hoped but there is also hope that we'll keep learning and getting better

Jared worked really hard to put the garden box in. We've slowly been weeding and getting our lawn and things fixed up. We've come a long way from where it started but we still have a little work to do.


About 5 minutes after planting the last seed it hailed on our garden.


About 5 seconds after it hailed it was sunny again.



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Easter 2011

I have so many pictures from Easter but this is just a tid bit.

Kids definitely MAKE holidays for us! They are so much fun.


Annie LOVED her first Easter. She was equally surprised and equally excited with every egg she found like it was the first egg she found.

Shanthony

Jared's younger sister (the 2nd youngest sister 3rd youngest child) got married this year. She married Anthony Ford who is probably the only guy in the world we all deemed worthy of Shanna Banana.





Just a cutie pie I found in the mix of people.

Hey friends,

Our good friend and neighbor Todd White was just diagnosed with colon cancer just a couple of days after his wife Cassie delivered their 4th child. The surgeons removed a grapefruit sized tumor from his colon and he is at home now after a week long hospital stay. They are an amazing family who so many people admire and love. They are always so willing to help others and are so generous with their time and friendship so we want to be able to help them in any way possible. Right now their medical bills are through the roof already and he still has a long road to recovery. If anyone is willing to help out, even just a dollar, it would help them so much! Thanks!!

Love,

The Weavers

I'm Sooo behind!!

I just realized that I've missed 8, EIGHT posts that I need to catch up on!! Oh boy.

Alpine Wyoming!

Last year our friends from dental school Andy and Brooklyn invited us up to his parent's cabin up in Alpine Wyoming with our friends Ryan and Brinley. We were happy when they invited us again this year because we were hoping this would turn into an annual tradition! Andy happens to be a long lost cousin of mine. His mom is an Astle (I'm an Astle). This is probably why he is so like-able. Hee hee. Andy's parents co-own a ski resort in Idaho, not too far from the cabin, so he was able to get tickets for everyone to go skiing for free. I didn't get many pictures of all of us at the cabin but I got a couple of the boys and their first time skiing. They LOVED it!! Jared had fun too seeing the boys enjoy themselves but apparently teaching two kids how to ski isn't so easy.



This is mostly why it isn't so easy. I HATE the tow rope!!!! Glad I was cozy up in a cabin with Annie.



I'm so mad at myself because somehow I missed taking pictures of Jackson. Back at the cabin he spent an entire day outside sledding down the road. He had so much fun.


I thought Annie would cry being all squished up like this but she thought it was really funny. She also went sledding for the first time here.


Jared and the big boys also spent a lot of time snow mobiling and I also did a little snow mobiling by myself for the first time. We all loved the whole trip.