Larry Evans

I probably haven't mentioned how much I love this man. Larry and I have been running together since 2003 and we've run 6 marathons together. He's the most dedicated runner I've ever met. Larry runs 6 days a week and is in phenomenal shape. He just celebrated his 60th birthday. Infact, the first picture below is when Em and I took him on a birthday run and had gifts and signs for him along the way. He is a wonderful friend and running buddy. We've had a lot of people join and drop out of our running group, but it's always me and him.

Nov 2012

St George 2009

About 4-5 years ago Larry donated one of his kidneys to a complete stranger. He said he didn't need it and somebody else did. How awesome is he? Earlier this month when I was having kidney problems from my exercise induced rhabdo, I jokingly texted him and told him I was going to need his other kidney. He wrote back and said, "there are only a few people I would give my other kidney to, and you're one of them." I just love him. We ran St George together this last October and we were at mile 7 and both feeling good and I looked over at him and thought....here we are again. There isn't anybody I'd rather be running with.

Emmett

Emmett is such an obedient and loving kid. Rather then bursting into tears everytime he doesn't get his way, I can see his eyes fill up with tears and he fights his emotions and tries not to cry. It is absolutely adorable and makes me smile each time he does it. He usually does what I ask him to do (after the 3rd time asking). He's always willing to hug and kiss me, and he tells me all the time that he loves me. Emmett idolizes his dad and wants to be just like him. I love this little boy!

 Emmett 3 months

Adah Marie

Adah has started talking so much. She tries to say anything we ask her to say. It's adorable and we love her so much. She's a very happy baby, but does get frustrated when she can't communicate with us or doesn't get what she wants. We've already had some pretty bad tantrums. Adah runs on her tip toes and we smile every time we see her running. I love her size and her little body. I catch myself staring at her and can't get over how beautiful she is, and how much I love her. These pics were taken by Cortney Boice a couple months ago. She's 18 months in these pics.

This pic of Adah looks a lot like my baby pics.

Rhabdomyolysis

My friend invited me to try out crossfit. It was guest week and they put us in groups of 4 and our group had to complete 300 pull ups, 400 push ups, 500 sit ups, and 600 squats. I feel like I'm in pretty good shape and felt somewhat confident in the workout. I knew my arms would be my weakest area. I ended up doing 70 pull ups (which is more pull ups then I've ever done in my lifetime...ever). The push ups were hard also because my arms felt so weak from the pull ups. I did great on the sit ups and squats. After I finished I felt really shaky and felt like I had no control over my arms. It was a weird feeling. The next day was Friday and I was sore but nothing too beyond normal. Saturday morning I woke up and my biceps were very swollen and I couldn't bend or extend my arms. I started researching my symptons and decided to go to the walk in clinic at my doctors office. I was in a lot of pain and she tested me for rhabdomyolysis and gave me a really strong anti-inflammatory. We went to Minersville that weekend for Bret's family Christmas party. Bret had to help me blow dry my hair and he took care of the kids for me. Saturday and Sunday were miserable and my urine turned a brownish color. I knew I was in bad shape, and I spent all day drinking water. Dr. Taylor called me on Monday and said to come back in to get more tests done becuase my CK level was at 10,000 when it should be at 100-300. I was feeling much better on Monday night. Tuesday I went back in and my levels were up to 64,000. He said if I were elderly, I'd be in the hospital with kidney failure. Anyways, he tested my kidneys and liver 4 times total and finally gave me the okay to start exercising/running again after two weeks.

I had no idea I could do that much damage by pushing myself physically. I will be much more careful in the future, and I definately want to go back to crossfit but take it slower. It sucks that this happened to me, but I'm glad I'm aware of it and will take better care of myself in the future.

Also, yes my team won that night and we finished first at 31 minutes. (it wasn't worth it)

Adah 18 Months

Adah is 18 months old

22.2 lbs 17%

33" tall 83%

I love this baby girl so much. She is so busy and very smart. She gets into everything, and I spend most of my days following her around and picking up her messes. She's still a very light sleeper but yet a good sleeper. She goes to bed at 8:00pm and sleeps until 8:00am. She wakes up about half the nights for a bottle and diaper change around 5-6am and goes back to sleep. She also takes a 2 hour nap around noon. She always wakes up happy and  ready to go! I love that about her. Her favorite foods are: bananas, peaches n cream oatmeal, toast, pears, pancakes with strawberry jam, cheese, tortilla and cheese, marshmallows, and gold fish crackers. She has 3 bottles a day about 8oz each time. She knows how to sign: please, drink, more, baby, and book. She can say the following words: mommy, daddy, doggie, cat, cow, ball, shoe, nose, please, thank you, uh-oh, bunny, pooh-bear, drink, cheese, baba, binky, baby, book, blanket. She knows where her ears, nose, feet, hands, bum, eyes, mouth, and hair are. Her and Emmett like to run around while I vacuum and they are playing really well together. She loves to look at books, push her baby in her stroller, and help mom with house chores. She loves to dance with her dad in the kitchen.  She has little to no interest in tv. She runs on her tippy toes and it's the cutest thing! She looks like she might tip over at any minute, but gets around pretty quick. She loves her blankets and binky. She always is asking for them and carrys a blanket everywhere she goes. She also loves stuffed animals!

I love to shop for Adah and dressing her is my hobby. You practice your whole kid life dressing your dolls and being a pretend mom, and she's my real doll. I love being a mom. My life revolves around my kids and I eat up everything they do.  Bret loves them as much as I do and we could talk about our kids for hours.

Dad & Adah Oct 2012

I was getting ready to put Adah down for a nap and Ememtt asked to hold her, which he never does and she would normally never let him do. He was watching a tv show and I got the two of them comfortable and he held her until she feel asleep. Adah still likes to rub her blanket on her nose, and then she'll rub her blanket on your nose. That's what she's trying to do to Emmett in this picture. I love seeing my kids play together.  

Adah had to get her ear tubes put in again. One fell out and I wanted to get them fixed before the end of the year since we'd already met our deductible for her. She has had 6 ear infections since Jan, poor baby. 4 of those were before she got tubes put in last April. I just love these pictures of her in her hospital gown. We had to wait about 2 hours before Dr. Parsons was ready for her 15 min surgery. We walked the halls most of the time and there wasn't one person that didn't walk past her and smile, or say how cute she looked. She was the cutest little patient.

St George Marathon & Halloween & Ear Tubes

I ran the Top of Utah marathon and the St George marathon this year. They were 3 weeks apart so I ran the TOU very slow and careful as I wanted to do good in St. George. They were both great races but I have a deep love for St George. Our family friend Kurt Evan was going to run St George with me and died in a car accident two weeks before the race. We're are all so heart broken about this. He's been a part of our family and we love him so much. My heart goes out to his kids and family. Kurt was a fantastic person and father. I called the race director and they let me run with Kurt's number. After the race I gave his bib and medal to his wife. Kurt ran his first marathon with me in 2009 and has run several since. While I was running people people behind me would yell, " go Kurt". It was really special for me to run for him. Bret's brother Blair also ran this first marathon this year. He did great and trained and worked really hard. He told Bret that it was the hardest thing he's ever done, physically or mentally. I was happy to have him tell Bret because then he hears it from somebody besides myself. Marathons are never easy, I'd quit doing them if they became easy. I finished St George at 4:01:00. Pretty average time. Larry and I had a great pace most of the race. We had a bathroom stop, band aid/blister stop, and talked to the family too long at snow canyon, which hurt our time a little but we ran well. I sure love running with Larry. He turned 60 on Nov 1st and still kicks my butt. He's in awesome shape.

Picking Pumpkins

Oct 2012

Halloween 2012

My little lady bug

Emmett insisted he was a bull not just a cow.

Adah had to get ear tubes put in again. One fell out and with the upcoming cold season and already meeting our insurance deductible we decided to have them put in again. She caused a big scene at the hospital anytime a nurse even looked at her. The doctor was running a little behind and we had to wait an extra 2 hours before her 15 min surgery. She had to fast and that made me really fussy. We walked the halls for about an hour and she looked so cute in her gown. She waved at almost everybody that walked past her and people couldn't

help but smile. She slept a lot that day, which was nice for me and she's been happy since.

September 2012

Check out my little cowboy. He's so awesome. I love everything about Emmett. He's become so independent lately. It's been nice, but I love to baby him. Mostly because he lets me baby him. Adah at times wants nothing to do with me, and she's pretty sure she can survive on this planet without my help. Emmett loves to hug and kiss me and I just eat it up. My kids are awesome!

Coed Softball. Nate brought us candy necklaces on his treat day but didn't tell us we had to string our own necklaces. We were the league champs this year and we took 2nd in tournament. I tried to upload our team picture but my phone is being gay. (no offense to any gays) ;) We had the greatest team this year and we made some awesome friends. I'm so sad it's over!

Oh my goodness. They're cute!

Adah bugs

She is so in love with her dad. They're dancing again to her favorite song. "Springsteen" by eric church

I was going through old pictures tonight and found this one of Emmett. I miss all that red hair.  He's almost a year in this picture.

Adah 2 months old. She loved her dad then too.