(Pile of shirts waiting for hangers. Kids only. Less than a week's worth. I doubt they REALLY wear all of these).
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March 2009
Laundry:
Red Cliffs.
Last, last Saturday (2 Saturdays ago) we went to Red Cliffs to hike. I brought along my camera gear INCLUDING tripod. I was hoping to get some good landscapes to possibly blow up and mount on my wall.
The universe, however, had other plans. The entire population of Southern Utah, minus 100 people were hiking at Red Cliffs too.
Thus, it was extremely difficult to take the time to properly plan/set up for my landscapes. And it was near impossible to take a photo that didn't include random people.
Yet, I still tried.
And then I quit trying, and just took pictures of my kids.
And, yes. For those wondering... Tess walks. But that's another blog post entirely.
5K Number 2.
Kate and I ran our 2nd 5K race today.
And, like before... I was unlike other runners, in that I carried a Camelbak full of water, cell phone, keys, extra money, and a camera (although don't think I'm crazy enough to actually carry my professional camera. I just carried a Powershot). BUT unlike other runners, I had a 4 year old as my running partner. If I were running alone, I would of had none of those things. But anyone with kids knows... you always have to be prepared.
And, some of you may be wondering where Jocelyn is, since she ran the last 5K with us. She decided that 1 5K was enough for her, and her running carreer is over. Kate on the otherhand, has a couple of future races already planned.
Here is Kate stretching by the finish line before the race began.
By the time we had 1/4 mile left to go, she was pretty done. And it took us almost 20 minutes to complete that last 1.4 mile (approx the same amount of time it took the 1st finisher to finish the whole 3 miles). BUT, when she got in view of that finish line, adreline pumped... and she was OFF again.
By the time we got there (only 5 minutes behind the finisher in front of us by the way) everyone had moved from the finish line to where they were having drawings to those who entered into a raffle. Luckily (for the sake of Kate), some old neighbors of ours knew we were coming, and waited for us. This was exciting because Kate had a cheering section as she crossed the line. Definitely the most rewarding part of a race. The daughter of our neighbor even came down to run the rest of the way with Kate.
Kate's (and my) time:
Which isn't stellar, but it's a full 10 minutes faster than our last 5K.
Then, she got to Par-Tay... in the bounce house:
And ride a red-neck train...
Which, for the record... I would have LOVED to have riden in as a kid! (because I AM redneck I suppose)...
After that, I took her to buy a treat (gum at the gas station), and we went home. Where, Kate proceeded to rub all of her fun into Jocelyn's face. Who, in return pouted about how life wasn't fair.
Scrapbook Fairy?
Today I've been working on a project for a magazine. I don't have a scrapbook room anymore... and so I've been working out of my bedroom.
Jared came home from lunch and casually said:
"It looks like the Scrapbook Fairy took a dump on our bed..."
Night Golf.
Friday, Jared and I went to play night golf at Sand Hollow Resort.
Let me say, it was sooo much fun, and HILARIOUS!
And OH MY GOSH, it was DARK!!!
No lights anywhere except for the glow of our golf balls.
The balls were clear, and had a hole through the middle where you inserted a glow stick. I can't even describe how awesome these things looked flying through the air! You would have thought it would be hard to find your ball in the dark. But the opposite was true. No one lost a ball, even the people who hit their ball WAY into the rough.
We wrote our name on the balls so that it would be easy to figure out which one was ours because there were so many people playing. 20 to start maybe?
A lot of people dropped out after the first hole (or maybe 2), but Jared and I stuck with it for the full 4 holes we played.
4 holes may not sound like much, but it took us about 3 hours to play.
The game contained 2 very tricky elements.
1st, and most scary... were the "moving water hazards" we encountered.
Let me just say this...
Golf courses are watered at night.
Funny story: Jared parked the golf cart in what I assessed to be a not safe location. I could faintly see (and hear) a sprinkler, and although it was spraying in the opposite direction, I could tell it would be swinging around my way soon. Jared hopped out of the cart and took off to retrieve one of our golf balls. I sat in the passenger seat of the cart... hoping for him to return quickly. The sprinkler came closer and closer. I started to yell at Jared to HURRY... because the sprinkler was getting SUPER close now. Jared wasn't coming back. He yelled for me to slide over and move the cart. Let me preface by saying... IT WAS DARK, and I had never driven a golf cart in my life. I slid over... and couldn't find the "gas" pedal to LITERALLY save my life. IT WAS DARK. So, I blindly reached my hand down to the floor and started feeling around with my hands to locate the pedal. At about that time... I started to get pelted with COLD, COLD, very cold, golf course sprinkler water, in 40 something degree weather. I found the pedal I was looking for, and stomped on it. In the distance, Jared is laughing his pants off. But luckily he got slammed in the head by the sprinkler, so he was saved. I probably would have killed him otherwise.
This all happened on the 2nd hole.
But, despite being a little wet... we all felt good and adventurous... and we were making memories, so we kept playing.
On the 4th hole, I was teeing off... and smacked the ball so hard I busted the glow stick inside my ball, and sent a neon green spray shooting off the tee. I almost wished I would have had my camera with us so that I could have taken a picture of the cool looking CSI style splatter mark it left on the grass. But, on the other hand... we never knew when a sprinkler was going to nail us... so it was good in that respect that I left my camera in the car!
I'm looking forward to doing this again. Hopefully when the weather is warmer, and the "water hazzards" are more refreshing than terrifying.
And, Jared is already planning on some sort of light system for the carts other than someone attempting to drive and hold a flash light.
It really was a riot! ...and I'd do it again in a heart beat. (no lights and getting nailed with a sprinkler even)...
I can grow flowers anywhere...
Tulip on our lot today, Friday March 20th.
Golf Date.
Tonight Jared and I had his sis babysit while we went out on a day date. We went to the golf course at our new neighborhood to try out the driving range. We were invited to pretend we're swanky and popular... and play night golf (which I hear involves attempting to play golf in the dark with clear hollow golf balls containing small glow sticks), on Friday.
Jared thought I might need to go out and hit a few since I've never driven a golf ball a day in my life. He set something up with [friend/resort big wig] Bill for us to go out and "practice" for a date.
Bill gave us both instructions. My instructions included... "this is how you hit the ball." Kind of kidding, but NO, really... I learned how to hold the club properly, how to swing properly, and how to hold my posture. Butt out, head looking at the ball NOT MOVING.... arms are a pendulum, club and arm make an L. MAKE A "L"... MAKE A "L"... -why won't my arms make a stupid "L!!!"
I hit a few good ones, but basically topped them all. I hit a bunch into the rough. Definitely didn't take up enough grass, which I guess you're supposed to do...
Jared knew the basics, so he got some instruction on how to NOT try to kill the ball, and how to swing with rhythm (I think).
He's excited about the progress he made.
By the time we were done, we hit 3 buckets of balls + extras that were laying on the ground when we got there, some how ended up with 2 sets of rental clubs valued at over $1,000 each to practice with (even though we brought our own), and a golf cart (all of which we got to use as "trade" because Jared' did & will do a bunch of work for the resort).
Jared was so busy working on his game, he didn't think to take any pictures of me. That's okay, because he realized his mistake on the way to get a dinner of soft drinks and candy bars at a local gas station. And he apologized for not taking pictures of me, and felt bummed out. I told him he could try to take some of me when we play night golf Friday.
I don't know how many pictures I will be able to get... as it will be DARK! But, I'm envisioning a few creative shots of glowing golf balls whizzing through the air!
Think they'll let me bring my tripod?
Peek-a-boo?
My intent was to play peek-a-boo.
When I popped around the tree, this is what I saw instead:
De-shoeing herself.
Note: I don't know why Typepad is doing this... but ALL of the pictures I have been posting lately are coming out SUPER bright compared to the originals. I don't know if they are compressing more than they used to or what, but it's kind of annoying to constantly post super washed out pictures...
