Crazy May!

Well I never thought I would say this, but May brought on something I never thought I would do. Attempt to run in a 5K marathon. My girlfriends thought it would be fun to do the 5K together this year for the annual Fargo Marathon. I thought at first, hmm, 5K isn't so bad right. That was until I tried to run for the first time in my life. I have a new respect for anyone that runs! I thought I was going to pass out after 3 blocks!!

Kara and I before the race


But I stayed with it and kept running week after week. Finally the day of the race came and all that training was put to the test. It was an early start to the day as I picked up Stef at 7:15AM!! We watched as all the real runners take off at the start line to begin the start of 26 miles! Amazing thing to watch! Our race started at 8:15 and there were people everywhere, young and old! It was all an experience in itself!

Well I can finally say that that I ran a 5K marathon and check it off in my list of things to do. I exceeded my own expectations and was happy that all that huffing and puffing I did the first few weeks in the beginning paid off! It was so much fun and I am so proud of my girlfriends that ran with me!!! Love you girlies and can't wait to do it again next year!!!

And I can't believe I am going to say this either, but I have signed up for another one in September, double the 5K! What was I thinking???!?!?

Easter and Birthday Party for Grandma

The boys really enjoyed Easter this year, the older they get the more they get excited! They were able to color eggs at our home, and both grandparents' so they thought that was pretty exciting! We also made a trip out to Bismarck to celebrate Brad's grandma's 90th birthday and of course there was a hotel with a water slide involved!! They live to go to hotels with big pools and slides!! At least Grant loves the slides, Dylan isn't so sure about them just yet.


Here are the 3 great grandsons with Grandma Doris looking all springy!
Grant loved this waterslide! I think poor Brad went down it 100 times with him!

Here is a family picture, turned out okay, not too bad for 2 young boys!

Coloring easter eggs with dad! Grant did great but Dylan loved to color his hands just as much as the eggs! Oh well!

April Snow Storm

Well needless to say we have had an unusual spring this year. We started with a flood and then during that had a huge snowstorm that came. But after the snow, finally came some warmer weather. Brad took the boys outside to blow some of their energy off. Here are just a few snap shots of them having fun in the snow in April. They apparently thought they could hit snowballs with their shovels, Typical boys.

Vegas Baby!

Start of the race!













Below is all of us getting ready to head in for the race!















Here is Scott "Hottie" Speed! hahah. Brad just kidding!!!



Here is a few of us outside the gates enjoying the sunshine and some beer before going in!














This post is long overdue!!! There will be other posts coming but I have to start somewhere! I (Sara) head to Vegas every March for the NASCAR race with some of my favorite people in the world! My mom, Aunt Sharie, cousins Jodi, Julie, Jill and Jami. This is an annual trip we started about 7 years ago. I look forward to going with these ladies every year and hope it doesn't end anytime soon! Here are just a few of the many pictures and memories we will have.

I'm Hiding!!!

Dylan is famous for his I'm hiding from you, then when you ask him if is in the closet or behind a door he answers you Dylan is right here! Not very good at the game yet, but getting there. He sure does like to find new places to try though!

Here is one of the many places Dylan loves to hide, or thinks he is hiding from us!! He also likes to see just where he can fit his bendy little body into! I came upstairs one day to find him in our entertainment center behind the glass and he had shut himself in!

He was laughing just as hard as I was I think!

More Twinsfest

Proof god loves us and wants us to be happy.... he gives us a baseball festival underneath a teflon sky in downtown minneapolis smack dab in the middle of winter!!

We met up with Cousin Brady, Auntie Lisa and Uncle James, and we traveled there with Gram/Gramps Ouellette, Uncle Marc and Amanda, and Uncle Matt and Amber... dome dogs and baseball....mid-winter perfection.

After we managed to extricate the boys from the bounce houses, we checked out the new stadium plans, the seats for the new ballpark, TONS of baseball card vendors, Grant took BP off the Gopher baseball and softball players, and Dylan got within 6 feet of TC Bear for an autograph..... .didn't quite get any closer but did get his TC hat signed which he wears every day!!!

Twinsfest 09

Few things got the attention at Twinsfest like the jumbo obstacle course with the killer slide at the end, Dylan was a fan (above) so was cousin Brady (below).... don't belive me, keep watching it over, and over, and over.