Happy Birthday Corbin!

Today is Corbin's 8th birthday. It's hard for me to believe that my "little" kid is 8. He will be getting baptized this Saturday. It's one of those things that is good and bad at the same time. I love seeing my kids grow up and learn new things. I love each phase. But I also just want to make time stop sometimes. Everyday we creep closer to that day in the future when they will move on. I know I will always be their mom but I have to admit, I like feeling like they need me. It's a hard thing. But a good thing too. I am so grateful to be their mom. Here's a few Corbin facts:
-goes by the nickname Bill.
-is currently eating me out of house and home.
-loves Pirates of the Carribbean.
-loves to ride his bike, rollerblade, play in the dirt, anything boys like to do.
-loves his brothers and his mom and dad.
-befriends anyone and everyone.

I can't imagine my life without this kid! Happy Birthday Bill! I love you!

The FIRST Woman Biggest Loser

Have I ever mentioned how obsessed I am with the television show "The Biggest Loser"? I think it is one of the most inspiring shows I have ever watched. It definitely gets me up and moving. I swear it is impossible to be lazy while watching this show.
For the first time in the history of the show, a woman won. Her name is Ali and she is freakin' amazing. She looks like a rock star. I seriously want her arms.
One of the coolest things about Ali, besides the fact that she worked her butt off, is her visualization, intention, belief, whatever you want to call it. From the start, she said she was the biggest loser, even when she initially got voted off. She saw herself standing there, with the confetti and everything, winning. She never lost sight of it. She knew with her whole heart and soul that she could do it. So she did. She moved mountains simply because she believed she could.
She is an inspiring example of "If you believe it, you will achieve it."

Enough Already!!!!

I have to say that I am so tired of our crappy weather! For like the last 2 weeks it seems that we wake up to it being overcast and then it will snow. The other day Ross dropped me off 5 miles from home on his way out of town so I could run home. 1 mile into it, it started to snow. By the time I got home, I was freezing because I was so wet. (BTW, I did that run in 50 minutes.) Anyway, I just want it to sunshine and warm up a little so I can run outside every day. As beautiful as it is, I am sick of staring out the window from my treadmill for an hour.
Sorry about the vent session here.

Conference Weekend!

It is General Conference time again! I love conference. It totally renews my spirit and breathes new life into me.

Today was totally cool. There was a solemn assembly to sustain the new prophet, Thomas S. Monson. I have never had the opportunity to witness this before. It was so amazing. I felt the spirit so strong. I always knew that President Monson was a true prophet, but today the spirit witnessed it to me so strongly that I was crying a little.

We are so blessed to live in this time when we have prophets of God on the earth to lead us and guide us. It is so exciting to me. It just makes me feel like I can do anything and accomplish everything with the Lord on my side.

Anxiety

Ross and I just got to talk to a good friend of ours that we haven't talked to for a while. She is having some troubles with her teenage son that also happens to be a good friend. It totally kills me when I see great people make choices that are going to inevitably cause them heartbreak. I know we all do it. It's part of the plan. It just makes me so anxious.
I know that nothing is a coincidence. I just have to ask myself in these situations, "Do I know why I/they are going through this?" And hopefully my answer to myself is, "No, but your Father does." And even more hopefully, trust that I/they are learning and becoming......more.

SCARY!!!!

Today I officially registered for the Saint George Marathon. It is on a lottery process because of how many people enter every year. They only accept 7000 runners. If I get drawn out, this is the real deal. 26.2 miles of, well, probably hell. I am insanely excited, terrified, etc. etc.
Here are a few bits of great news though. Since January, I have lost almost 20 pounds. Mind you, during our whole home building process, I gained 10, but none-the-less, I am down almost 20. Yay me! The next cool thing is this: I have asthma and so running has been a really big challenge for me even though I have been doing it for so long. I thought it would get easier for my lungs over time, but alas, it has not. So I finally jumped on the internet last week and started researching breathing techniques. I came across one that I decided to try out, not really having a lot of hope that it would work for me. Imagine my delight when I found that it does indeed work for me! It has taken my running experience to a whole new level for me and I am so empowered. I keep thinking I could go on forever instead of wondering when it is going to end so I can sit down!
Good things are happening people. Who said 34 was old?