Running Update

Tonight i was running my first seven mile run this year (also part of Hal's training program). The run was great, it was late in the evening but I felt safe the whole way. The best part was after I finished because the song that came on my iPod was the MoTab, singing All Creatures of Our God and King. I thought how perfect a way to end, thanking my Heavenly Father for all my many blessings and singing Halleujah. So I just sang with the choir all the while staring up into the beautiful stary sky.

Indy Twins

So my sister beat me to it but click on the title to view her blog with pics of the two of us. In case any one didn't know I have an identical twin sister and we look a like. Kind of. :)

Bubble Bath Time

Ahh fun times!

Train Show & Running Update

So I was out and about today and decided to take the kids to the park after I ran some errands. I had Windy and Matt's kids with us because we had a sleepover Friday night. Well we passed the trains and then I thought well instead of the park we could go look at the Trains at Union Station. I had no idea that the train show was this weekend but it was cool any way. Right when we got there we saw they had a little train shuttle bus. It was cute and so we hopped on and we rode it around to the various parking spots in Ogden. The kids loved it and it was a great little break. Too bad the place was packed otherwise we probably could have seen more actual trains but I would suggest going later this afternoon, not now. :)

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After the train ride and lunch for the kids, Windy and Matt came up and we got to run again. In the training schedule for the 1/2 Marathon this was an easy run day, only a 5k. I was way excited to because I got my Garmin on Monday and this was the first time I was going to be able to use it out of doors while running. It took a bit to get it ready to go but we were off and it was working for a minute. Then it got confused with Matt's Heart Rate Monitor so it stopped tracking my heart rate but I was OK with that since I was more interested in my pace and distance.

Running was a little more difficult for Windy today because she wasn't feeling well so she told Matt and I to go ahead. I hate doing that because I don't want her to give up so I HOPE SHE WON'T GIVE UP!!

When we got back to Adams (our street) Matt said he wanted to race. I know he runs faster then me but I am too competitive to say no so we raced. No big surprise but he beat me but at one point we were running a 7:30 minute pace. It was cool. About half way into racing with Matt I fixed my heart rate monitor (Hey! That is probably why I lost.) and it said my heart rate was too high. Alarms were going off every minute. It was annoying so I need to adjust that. All in all it was a good easy run, up until Matt wanted to race then it was even more fun.

Windy don't freak out but there are 42 days until race day!!

Get Out And Live!!!

1/2 Marathon and Running Update

Tonight was a special treat. Well kind of. We didn't run last night because we ran out of day and then Windy had to work so we pushed off yesterday what we could do today. Steve was gracious enough to offer to watch ALL the children so that Matt could join Windy and I for the run. All three of us are going to run it together along with my oldest niece (if she is up to it after spending the week before in Cancun). So it was a good chance for us to get together and see how each of us runs. The reason I say it was a special treat because it was Windy and Matt's first chance to run together in years. And the reason I say kind of is because he was a real pest. He kept bumping into Windy and just being a real pain. In the end though he did run ahead (the guy is 6'4" and has freaky long legs) and we finally got to run in peace. We finished slower than we wanted but it was a good pace for us. We hadn't run that far in a long time so it was nice to finish about 13 minute miles. ;)

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Then we all came back to our house where I had meatballs roasting in a crock pot and we had a great dinner of spaghetti and meat balls. Well I had rice with meatballs but it was still really good. Everyone raved about the meatballs and I have to give credit where it is due. I first made these when we went to Texas, I needed something that would feed a lot and in a hurry my friend from work Alicia gave me her recipe. It was really nice to see the same reaction here that my family had down there. Only this time I used plain oats instead of Maple and Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal (that's a story for another time). Here is the recipe (in case you want to try it):

Meatballs:
2 lbs of ground beef
2 eggs
seasoning (we used Montreal Steak because we love it)
1 cup of Oats
Roll into balls (about an inch in diameter, smaller if you want)

Sauce:
In your crock pot put in a big bottle (2 lbs) of Spaghetti Sauce (we use Ragu because I can eat it)
Add 2 cans of diced tomato's
and 2 cans of tomato paste

Throw in meat balls and put the lid on. Let sit in the crock pot on high without stirring for about two hours then stir a little over time until meatballs are done (I usually cook them for a total of 4-5 hours)

You can do this over the stove and it works just the same only put it on medium so it doesn't boil over.

Add noodles (or rice in my case) and you are good to go. Very yummy!

Thanks Anderson's for joining us and for letting me share in your quirky moment!