Sunday, April 17, 2011

Salt Lake City Marathon (5K)

Call us crazy, but Aaron and I entered and finished our 2nd 5K.  We participated in the Salt Lake City Marathon 5K edition.  We had so much fun running with our friends Debbie and Shelly and Shelly's 2 daughters.  I say running with because we all started at the same time, but that was about the end of "running with" them.  We all had our own pace and finished at different times, but we were all there cheering each other on at the finish line.  It was a great day and a great accomplishment.  Although I still haven't met my goal of running the entire thing, I came a lot closer to it.  I only stopped and walked for 2 minutes and that was after running up a hill.  It was funny because as I was running down the hill I saw a lot of runners running up the same hill and I thought to myself, "Oh, that sucks that the marathon runners have to run up the hill."  Then I turned the corner and realized those "marathoners" were actually the 5K people.  "That sucks!"  But I kept running and made it all the way to the top.  After my short 2 min. walk, I made it back to the Gateway and crossed the finish line in 35 min. 47 secs.  Woohoo!  Here are the results for the race for Aaron and I:
NAME          TIME   PACE   AGE DIV  PLACE OVERALL      
Andrea Marshall 0:35:47 11:31  78/160     800/1574     
Aaron Marshall 0:33:15  10:42   42/66     621/1574   

I am so proud we did it.  Now I'm contemplating signing up for the race for the cure coming up on May 7th.  Who's in?


Friday, April 8, 2011

Freaky Friday

Tonight, Abbi and I were able to go on a "date" together for her Activity Days Mother/Daughter dinner.  The theme was "Freaky Friday" and we were supposed to dress up as each other.  Abbi was so excited about this because that meant that she got to wear fake nails.  As I was contemplating how I was going to dress us up, Aaron informed me that I already dress her like me.  I had to laugh because it is so true.  But, what can I say, she's my only daughter and looks just like me.

This afternoon, Abbi and I spent time getting ready.  I put the fake nails on her and painted her toes.  We went shopping and found me a ponytail extender so I could have long hair and we put on our green shirts so we could match.

At the dinner, they fed us some yummy sweet and sour chicken.  After dinner, we played games and had a nail painting party (hmmm, now they tell us).  One of the games was pretty funny.  It was a mother/daughter version of the Newlywed game.  The leaders asked the girls "What does your mom like to do in her spare time?"  Some of the answers were pretty humorous.  Watch TV, do the dishes, clean the house, and Abbi said, "Color."  Forget shopping, blogging, decorating the house.... Nope, I like to color.  We all got a good laugh.  Overall, it was a great night and I loved spending one-on-one time with Abbi - my little twin!

Friday, April 1, 2011

April Fools!

This is what a lot of our friends woke up to find in their yards this morning!  I had a good time last night, with the help of an accomplice who shall remain nameless, setting up for sale signs, for rent signs, and bank repo signs.  It was pretty funny!  
April Fools!