Colorado Springs 2009

So I started the weekend off with a very fun group of girls running a 10K. Most had never ran a 10K and Kris and I were the only ones who had ran this race before. It was super inspiring to watch all these amazing women work so hard and achieve huge success in their own personal goals. There were 11 of us total and everyone did a fantastic job. I of course did not get my personal best time, but I use having a baby 3 months ago as my accuse. I have only been back running for a little under 2 months. I hope that next years race will be my best time!!

Kris talked her friend Ali into coming out from Nebraska to run with us- talk about a super neat person!!! It was so fun having Ali with us. She is such a delightful person and she came up with the funnest thing to do. Since there are many women that didn't know each other very well, Ali suggested that we do a bag of 5 of our favorite things. Then the night before the race we all exchanged them and talked about why each item was our favorite. It was a really fun way to get to know each other a little better.

Here is Kris, Ali and I just before we started the race.

After I got done running the race Jamey came down and met me to spend 2 more nights celebrating our 9th anniversary. My mom so graciously kept the older two boys, but I kept Everett. I just didn't think I could go 3 whole days without him!! I really am not a clingy mom, but he is just too little still. Plus he is such a good baby now, that I don't mind him tagging along. We stayed at a very nice- but interesting- Bed and Breakfast. Jamey told them that it was our anniversary, so when we walked into the room there was a dozen of yellow roses and a plate of chocolate covered strawberries. This is the view from the B&B. Isn't it a gorgeous picture of Pikes Peak?!

We rode the Cog Rail to the summit with our little Everett. It was so foggy and about 40 degrees. Bummer that we couldn't see the top of Pikes Peak very well, but the journey up was so beautiful. We saw some Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep on our way up and on our way down. That was pretty darn cool.
Speaking of our little Everett- he turned 3 months just before the weekend. Oh how time is flying by!! He is such a sweet little boy. We cannot get enough of his smiles. Spencer and Jamison love doing things to get him to smile. The interaction between these little brothers is just precious. Everett is doing some 'talking' every now and again. This really makes Jamison laugh. Especially when I mimic the sounds Everett makes so he continues. We still have no idea what color Everett's eyes are going to be. They are dark, but a charcoal color. Around the outside a dark blue. Maybe he will have hazel eyes. These boys couldn't be more different!! We are just enjoying our little Everett so much!!