The Wedding

 The Bride: Lynsey Carpenter and her new hubby Sam Christensen...more details to follow, when I have more time. :) her are a few I took...

Father's Day

Randy had to work but my mom and her husband Ron were in town. We were still able to enjoy Father's day and eat a yummy dinner..honoring all Fathers :)

Par Tay

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Happy Birthday Jensen and Cortland!

Hated it. A lot.

Utah Valley Half Marathon

 I don't know if I can even get into everything that went on this day. But, I must write it down so I remember to NEVER do it again.

That morning we got up at 2:30am. Randy and I both got to bed late and had a pretty crappy nights sleep. From the moment I woke up I felt sick. Not even nervous sick, just literally so nauseous. I downed some Pepto and hoped for the best. We picked up Kevin and then headed to Provo Town Center where we met the buses to take us up the canyon. We were the first ones on our bus with no wait. The ride up was killing me because of all the curves in the canyon. Randy tried to snuggle me and offer support and I gave him the "Don't touch me unless you want vomit all over you" looks. I was better once we were off the buses. We waited it out until the start time standing by these little campfires that were warm but super smoky. The smoke burned our eyes and throats, but we didn't have to endure it too long. (Is it sounding fun yet?)

Once the race started I felt OK. My stomach issues kinda faded and I just started to jog it out. Mentally I was not there. I didn't want to be there and the fear of not being able to finish was creeping in. I really started to worry when on mile TWO my knees (IT Bands) stared giving me issues. I was pissed/frustrated/upset. I thought maybe if I stopped to stretch it out even more it might help, but no. Then I just started to doubt all together. Myself, my knees, my back, my mind.  I have no idea why it was triggered so fast. I can only blame it on the down hill slope. Normally I don't really have pain until mile 3-4 so I am stumped. I then thought if I walked some maybe it would go away and I could just start again fresh...who was I kidding?  I felt even more awful that Randy and Kevin were running with me and had to deal with my turtles pace accompanied by too much walking. Randy and I figured we probably walked about 3 of the 13 miles..off and on. Randy kept trying to get me to eat different things at the pit stops but everything sounded disgusting. Normally I don't ever eat or drink anything when I run. I had no energy, my knees hurt my back was tight and I was not having fun. Randy would say "Ok, lets run to that tree or that sign." I just closed my eyes and ran and he would tell me when we got there. I felt light headed and way off balance. Rans and Kev did an awesome job of staying by my side, encouraging me and herding me along. The best part of that whole morning was crossing the finish line. I honestly don't know my for sure finish time but it was 2 hours and 50 something awful. About the same time I did it 2 years ago being super injured. And yes, I cried at mile 11. Thanks.
* The difference between it being awesome last time and horrible this time was the mental prep. Last time I knew going in I was injured and wouldn't do very well, this time I thought I would shave at least 20 min off my time. Especially since I had no pain when I did my TRI.


As soon as we crossed the finish line I threw my arms around Randy's shoulders and he took me to the medical tent where they rubbed some icy hot all over my knees. It felt so awesome. We sat down for a min. took some pictures and got ready to head back. My amazing sis in law Jessie took these photos of us crossing the finish line and after. About 20 min. after we crossed the finish line I got super nauseous again. I felt on the verge of death. We had to stop twice on the way home and I hung my head out the window the whole way. Randy emptied his drop bag for me to throw up in. When we got home I think I laid on the bathroom floor for 3 hours. I was so miserable and dehydrated and miserable and miserable. Randy gave me an IV and I felt a million times better. I was so sore I could barely move, but better. Now three days later the sharp stabbing pain is gone from my knees and I am just regular sore.

I have taken a vow to never run more then 6 miles again. It is just not in the cards for me or my broken body. But that is OK because I will be happy to stand in the crowd and cheer for anyone willing to do it!

*Also side note, did it have to be so annoying that the run was SO beyond easy for Randy and Kevin. It was like they were out for a Sunday drive. Ugh.

Hiking the Y

For Cort's actual bday we decided to hike the Y as a family. It was the first time we did it with all the kids. Cort loved it, Jay wanted a drink every 5 min and Jenny wanted to either run or be carried. Randy, at one point, had Jenny on his shoulders plus Cort. I tried to carry Jents for part of it but Randy kept reminding me about my back and I really appreciated it. That is the LAST thing I need going out on me now. We had a great time minus a few crying tantrums by Randy Jensen.

Dance Festival

Jay's dance was so awesome this year. They did a hip hopish number to a Humpty Dumpty song. Jay has been practicing the moves for weeks, especially one called the coffee grinder. I had to hold my camera high above my head to get the pics and video so it is not very good but you get the point.

Jenny and Lex had a fun time together

5K

Jay's school had there annual 5K run. Jay decided he wanted to run with his friends because he wanted to try and get the first place trophy. As he started I saw him sprint as fast as he could racing his friends and I knew he wouldn't make it too long with out dying. He ended walking a lot of it...dream crushed. I was SOOO proud of Jensen. She refused to sit in the stroller and was so excited about getting to run. She ran the ENIRE first mile while holding my hand and I was slowly jogging with the stroller. We did the first mile in 12 min. and I seriously could not believe how fast her little legs were moving and how much she loved it. at 1.5 miles I made her sit in the stroller and take a drink, but that just put her in complete melt down mode. After that I couldn't consul her and we were only able to do one loop. We went a lot farther then I thought we would make it though. Cort was a little trooper. I love that the school raises money this way.