The Cabin

My Aunt and Uncle have graciously once again invited us to spend a weekend at their cabin in the Flaming Gorge Utah area.

We love going there! It is a beautiful, restful place.

Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate so we did not get to take two person kayaks down the river as planned but Cassy and I did do a lot of puzzles. And some fishing happened when the rain cleared up.

Royal Arch Hike

Cassy, Callie (not Cami, she was in school and I must not have been thinking straight!) and I went hiking with the Relief Society ladies up to the Royal Arch. We had a beautiful day to enjoy the trail. We past a lot of other hikes who were equally excited to be out hiking along the Boulder Foothills. What a fabulous place to live!

Four down, two to go!

Cassy graduated! Yea!!! Way to go Cassy!

She has a bachelor degree in Exercise Science from Brigham Young University.

She is following in the footsteps of her older sisters, Dad, Grandpa Ernie, Grandma Verna, and Great grandfather, LeRoy Bunnell. What a legacy.


I hope I am the next college graduate in the family. I have my sights set for April 2010

Learning to Walk

Aiden started practicing walking between us yesterday. I loved it! What a fun time in his life! He is very proud of himself! He can take 5-6 steps before losing his balance.

Great Aunt Cindy took this picture.

Lost Tooth Club!

Caylee made it! She gets to join the club! After a lot of wiggling and worrying, Caylee lost her tooth.


Here is the story in her own words: "So what Daddy did is he was wiggling my tooth and he put his nail right at the back of my tooth and the front and then he holded it on his hand and I was looking around like why am I still here and I looked down and saw my tooth! Then I walked over to you and said Mother, mom! and showed you my tooth and you went UHHH! Then I showed it to everybody else and Celeste got me a napkin so my mouth would stop bleeding. I put it in a little plastic bag and Daddy held on to it so I wouldn't lose it. Then I put it under my pillow and I woke up the next morning, very early before Mom and Dad were awake. Before I went to Mom and Dad's room, I looked under my pillow and said "Ohh a quarter" and then I showed it to Mom and she said "that's not a quarter it is a golden dollar". Then I showed it to Callie and she helped me look for my tooth incase the tooth fairy didn't take it. Then I found my tooth but there was a hole in the bag and I lost it in my carpet. I found it again and I put it in a safer box."

Spiders, Butterflies and Grandsons

Caylee, Brandon, Aiden and I headed out for the Butterfly Pavillion last week. In the insect room we saw the tarantula tower (creepy!), cockroaches, walking sticks and honey bees.

Caylee held Rosie the resident tarantula. Brandon and I did not take advantage of that opportunity. We found Nemo and Dorrie in the fish tanks.

There were butterflies everywhere in the dome. They had just releashed some. I had one land on me. Caylee coached a few onto her hand. We found five turtles hanging out around the pond. Aiden laughed and flapped.

Later we went into the garden where we were "shrunk" and played on the bee hive and spider web. It was a great way to spend a hot day together.

My Marathon!!

Well, I just went out and ran my marathon! On Saturday July 26th, I was running my 20 mile training run. I started off a little before 6 am. I ran past Tucker Lake, around Arvada Reservoir and ended up at the Ralston Creek Trail. I ran down that trail for over 6 miles then turned around to head back for the last 7 miles or so of my 20 miles run. RT meet me on his bike to give me company on my last four miles. When I had three left to go, so 17 under my belt, I decided I would just "go for it!". So my sweetie rode home, for the car. He grabbed Cami and Caylee, some water, chocolate milk, two ice bags, the camera and headed out to map out the rest of the run for me.

They parked at the end of "the race" and cheered me in. RT ran the last 100 yards or so with me! I finished in 6 hours and 9 minutes. I felt good. I never hit "the wall". I never hurt or felt like I just couldn't go on. I just kept going until it was done. Whahoo!! I told RT it was my first and last marathon but by the next day, I was ready to set a new goal and try again next summer. I want to run it faster. I want to be able to run comfortably at a 10 minute mile pace so I can run the marathon at a 12 minute mile pace instead of a 14 minute mile pace. So, now I am running my 6 mile loop three times a week and trying to pick up the pace for each mile.

I know it is crazy but I sure enjoy running. I think about it during the day and mentally prepare for the next run and genuinely look forward to each one!