Wow! I did it!

I trained for the Whiskey Row 10k (6.2 miles) race in Prescott for about a month and all the training paid off! I ran it in 1 hour and 6 minutes! I was hoping to beat my time from my London's Run I did back in January (1 hour 2 min.). DARN! I am still very proud of my accomplishment of just doing it, the altitude and all the hills are enough to kill you. The first 1/2 mile into the race all that was running through my head was, "What the heck did I get myself into? I'm NEVER gonna be able to finish this." My lungs were burning so bad from the altitude, but I ran through it and finished! The hills were intense but the scenery was AMAZING! I would not mind one bit if we had to move there!

Clayton's dad and sister (Rashel) were crazy enough to run the 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles) and they did AWESOME -- someday I'll try it, but for now 6 miles is plenty for me! The amazing thing is that Clayton's dad just started running in January!! And to complete a 1/2 marathon is OUTSTANDING! Great job grandpa!

(Before the race!)

We have no idea what we are about to endure! O.K. Rashel does - she did it last year!

Me..Home stretch!

Rashel

Grandpa!

After the race! We are all proud of what we just accomplished.

A Big thanks to all the family that traveled to come support us! We love you.

The Mowers in April

Wow! I can't believe April is almost over! We had a few fun and not so fun things happen in April.

The not so fun, was McKenzie woke up in the middle of the night one night with croup. She gets croup with EVERY runny nose she gets, but this time was bad! (At least I thought) She was scaring me and everything I tried didn't make it any better, so we loaded up and headed to the ER. And of coarse, by the time we got there she was much better. The doctor said the cold night air was good for her. She did start getting bad again while we were there, so at least the doctors didn't think I was fibbing and just wanted to venture out in the middle of the night. They had to give her an oral steroid to help open up her airways, and then put her on a humidifier for 45 min. and then we were good to go.

(Lucky for her, I carry my camera in my purse!)

One of the really fun things was..... I was able to have a GIRLS NIGHT OUT!! We have the best neighbors EVER, and all of us moms are good friends. We always talk about having girls night out, but it seems to never workout. This time we made it a priority and we are sure glad we did, it was a blast! It was fun to get away from the kids, and not have to yell "CAR" in the middle of every conversation. (All the kids gather in the street to play everyday -- 22 kids if we are all out at the same time!)

We call ourselves "The Street Moms"

(We missed you Alli, and Anna - we will do it again!)

(I look like a dork, they had me cracking up.)

Clayton took me on a date to the Suns game! We had awesome seats - we were able to see some good friends while we were there too! (They just happen to be sitting a few rows down from us!)

(Can you find the "Waldo's" in this picture?)

Some random cuteness went on in April too! McKenzie and Makayla saw these sunglasses at the mall and had to have them!

(future Rock Stars!)

We were able to take the kids to the Monster Trucks! We had an awesome time with lots of cousins! The kids LOVED the show.

We ended our April with a "BANG!"

Doing this post made me realize two things.....

1. I can't smile and keep my eyes open at the same time.

2. I wear black A LOT! (I really don't, I promise)

Easter happenings!

We had Easter fun for 3 days straight! Friday we went to Golfland because we heard on the radio that they were having a FREE Easter egg hunt for the kids. I guess everyone and their dog heard the word "FREE" and went. We stood in a line that was wrapped around the whole parking lot. It actually went pretty fast and we finally got in. The kids had a good time, but were bummed none of their eggs held the golden ticket. (Free Sunsplash season passes) Okay I was the one bummed, I have four kids to buy passes for. After the lame time at Golfland we headed to Amazing Jake's for lunch and lots of fun! We rarely go to that place, you have to take out a loan just to pay to get in and then you have to beg the kids to eat cause they are in a hurry to play all the games and ride the rides.

Saturday we had Easter with my side of the family (Welker's) at my moms house. It's always a good, fun, loud party with 10 adults and 15 kids (oldest is 8) !! The kids hunted for eggs filled with lots of candy and money thanks to Uncle Eric!! London was the biggest winner her lucky egg contained 10 bucks! Then my mom played a game with the kids called "I Spy". The kids had to tape their mouths shut and find lots of dollar store toys hidden around the room without saying anything... it was a hit with the kids! (And the parents, we had silence for about 2 minutes!)

Sunday we got together with Clayton's family at his sisters house. We had lots of Yummy food and the kids just entertained themselves all night in the backyard. I love those rare moments! I'm lame and didn't take any pictures.

Ready for church!

Makayla was to grouchy to let us take her picture by herself!

Funny McKenzie

McKenzie got hold of my camera while I was napping... I mean cleaning. (I don't sleep while my children are unsupervised..never!) This picture she took of herself makes me laugh every time I see it.

Another one of her that makes me laugh... She had hot curlers in her hair and was watching her dad work on the computer and this is how she fell asleep.

Baseball

Cody is LOVING baseball! He is on a really good team, lots of good little hitters. Clayton is the coach and is really enjoying it. I wasn't able to make one of the games because Makayla was sick and Clayton came home smiling ear to ear. He told me that while Cody was playing short stop someone hit a ball over his head and Cody jumped as high as he could and caught it!! Clayton kept saying, "it was the coolest thing ever!"


































Clayton is also on a softball team, he plays on a city league with my brother Jeff and a bunch of guys from his work. His games are on Thursday nights and are usually pretty late, but with the kids having no school of Good Friday we were able to go watch him play. I was pretty impressed how good he still is in his old age.