Half-Marathon

On Saturday my sister Jen and I ran the SoJo (hip way of saying South Jordan) half-marathon. Unlike my other running experience I was very excited to run this race. I knew I could finish and was excited to be running it with someone. We started in Daybreak and ran a zigzagged but mostly flat course to Riverfront Parkway. Jen's pace was a little faster than mine but it was good for me to try and push it a little and I finished with a great time because of it. We finished at 2:22 which was a 10:51 average mile. Once again it was fun to see Brandon, Alex, my mom and sister Sarah waiting for us at the finish line. Overall it was a great experience and I am excited to do it again. I am sad that it will soon be too cold to run outside. Hopefully this great weather lasts a little longer.

Alex and Some Pumpkins

Alex is now 17 months old and we are on the countdown until he is 18 months old. Mostly because that means he will be able to attend nursery at church and we might be able to get through a whole 3 hour block of church without spending part of it chasing him in the hallway. This week we took Alex to a pumpkin patch. I followed Alex around with the camera while Brandon picked out the best pumpkins in the whole patch to take home to carve. We were successful on both accounts. Sorry for sooo many pictures, I just happen to think he is so cute!

Til We Meet Again

Sadly in Alex's short 17 months on this Earth he has attended 6 funerals, all for people on Brandon's side of the family. Granted he has a very big extended family but it is still sad to say goodbye to so many wonderful people. We attended two funerals in the last two weeks that were particularly hard. Last week Brandon's sweet 94 year old Grandma Gygi passed away. While her passing was thought to be a blessing I am sad that I wasn't able to know her better (she had some short term memory problems) and that Alex will not get to know her. Brandon and his family often tell stories of the incredible woman she was, raising 10 children while serving in the church, running a farm, and doing MANY other incredible things. She is a great example to us all.

Here is Fae on our wedding day.

We also mourned the passing of Kink, who is Brandon's great uncle but has always been a very close family member and friend to Brandon and his family. I was sad never to know his wife Shirley but know she was an incredible woman as well. We will very much miss Kink. He was often at Sunday dinners and never missed a birthday party or other family occasion. He was always quick to laugh, he told the best stories, and even gave the most inappropriate birthday cards. He did many incredible things in his life and was incredibly giving and charitable. He was also an incredible example for all of us.

Here is Kink undoubtedly sharing another funny story with his son Kevin and Gretchen and Cliff at Alex's first birthday party. It meant so much to us that he was there.

Fae Adamson Gygi

1917-2011

Robert Kingsley Clawson

July 2, 1927 - September 25, 2011

Throwing Alex

Our little daredevil!

The Fair

On Wednesday we took Alex to the State Fair. It is so fun to see everything through his eyes. He loved the animals and is not afraid to walk right up and touch them.

Petting the goats.

Don't worry, Brandon made sure we all put on hand sanitizer after leaving each barn.

My favorite were the bunnies of course.

The Sea Lion Show.

Alex watching the Sea Lion Show.

Sick Boy

Alex has had somewhat of a rough week. On Monday Brandon and I took Alex with us to run a few errands. We were having a great time pushing Alex around in his stroller while browsing at Hobby Lobby. Suddenly, Alex started to gag and the next thing we know he is throwing up all of himself and the stroller. I bent down to help him and saw what the problem was. He had the strap from his stroller deep in his throat and had gagged himself. We spent the next half an hour cleaning him and his stroller in the bathroom. Of course this was the one time I hadn't packed any extra clothes so we had to take Alex out to the car in just a diaper. We had planned to go other places but this was the end of our shopping trip.

Alex has also been teething for what seems like a few weeks now. Most of the time he is fine but sometimes he acts like they are really hurting him. This week he seemed to reach the peak of his pain. On Tuesday he had a temperature of 102 for the first half of the day. This made him very lethargic and sleepy. I was very sad he was sick but secretly loved the extra cuddle time.

He even laid on the couch most of the morning and watched cartoons. For a boy who never holds still this was pretty amazing.

Half asleep...

Luckily, this only lasted half the day and by the afternoon he was back to his old self.

A Trip to Logan

Brandon, Alex and I were excited to finally make a trip up to Logan to visit Nikole and Jordan at USU. Crazy enough this was Brandon's first trip to Logan and Nikole and Jordan showed us a great time. We got go bowling and play games at Jordan's work, we ate at the Firehouse Pizzeria (which we highly recommend), we stayed up way too late playing games, and we even snuck in a little shopping. We had so much fun and can't wait to do it again. (That was me inviting myself back up).

Alex in his bowling shoes.

Alex loved bowling. He wanted to take everyone's turns for them.

Playing in the jungle gym.

Trying some Ski Ball.