Race for the Cure and Neptune Park :)

This past Saturday was so much fun for me!!! I had a blast and here is why...It started off with me waking up 20 minutes before my alarm sounded (5:40am)! I then jumped out of bed and got ready...got ready for what you ask so early on a Saturday morning?! It was for the Race for the Cure in downtown SLC and I was doing it with my mom! I was beyond excited (I guess it hadn't even crossed my mind that I hadn't even ran since the fall...wait, yes, it did! BUT. I didn't seem to care! This girl was excited!) I used the rumble roller on these legs, had my Shakeology and I was off!!

This is my beautiful mom and I right before the race! Can you tell we are excited? It was so much fun! There were so many people there and we loved it!  Right after this picture was taken, the gun sounded and we were off! There were so many people there that we had to make our way to the sidewalk to even run...crazy fun!!!

This is the finish line...usually it is the best thing to see, but not this time. I felt like I could have ran forever...I repeat...forever! My mom is the best running partner! We have the same speed and it makes it so much fun. Plus. it felt like we were in a parade the whole time. There were so many people on the side watching and cheering. This is such an amazing cause. I cannot wait to do it next year!

This picture was not taken while I was actually running. I just have to get that off my chest...whew! Okay, my mom and I were waiting for the crew at the finish line and then after awhile started heading back to see if we could see them. Once we saw them, I tried to encourage them to run to the finish line. After, the deathly grins or the plain ignoring me, I took off running and when Camille threatened me with picture taking, I began running like Phoebe...from Friends! She says she runs like Phoebe and I'm like Monica...anyway, inside joke! Sorry, long story, but I had to tell it even though this running form is probably better than the original :)

And then she had to get a close up...seriously!!!

Don't ask me what Camille is doing :) Her and I have offices across from each other and we have some fun...that's all I'm saying...

This is after the race after everyone crossed the finish line! This is some of my amazing staff I work with at the Hospital! We all had so much fun participating in this together! It was a blast! I think we have committed to doing more of these together this summer.

Don't ask me what Norbis is doing...we must be a close bunch!!!

This is our whole crew that participated in the race! What a fun day!! Side note: We all missed Spencer A TON! He would have done awesome in this race! He seriously would have been one of the first ones to finish if not the first...anyway, he was working on a side job.

After the race, my two nieces, Elle and Abby, wanted to spend the day with me! What better way to play than to play at a park! This is a fun park right by my house! We love it and now so do my nieces!!

 This thing is huge! I believe it is 40 feet tall?! My nieces are the two girls at the bottom left. I had to hurry and take a pic before they got too high

 This is a fun swing and man, can you get some air! The girls loved it!

Here is Elle getting ready to make Abby spin fast in circles!

 Here is another thing that uses your body weight to turn in circles!

Here is a fun thing to climb on. These girls are good!

 I then joined them up top for a picture. This picture makes me laugh and smile. It was windy or maybe a new hairstyle is in store?!

Then we had fun on the good ol' fashion swings!

I must tell a babysitting story...I brought these girls home right after the race, so I asked them to watch the dogs while I got in the shower. When I came out, poor Kyndal was soaking wet and shivering on the couch. A dog toy had been chewed up and shredded all over the living room. When I came out and saw poor Kyndal and the mess, I asked Elle and Abby what was going on and well, they couldn't tell me cuz their eyes were glued to the Disney Channel...gotta love those girls!!!