Half Marathon, Full Man

When Lance told me his brother talked him into running a half marathon, I couldn't believe that he would actually go through with it. I still think he's crazy, but I sure am proud of him! With only five weeks of training behind him (normal is 12), he completed the American Fork Canyon Half Marathon in an impressive 1 hour and 37 minutes. Although it was difficult, it felt pretty awesome to get active again and achieve a goal, and Lance is finding that running can actually be quite addicting.  He and Stuart are already looking into running another Half before the season is over!  Way to go, Lance!

Waiting patiently for Daddy at the finish line.

He made it!!

Congratulatory hugs. I didn't realize it at the time, but you can tell from the picture that Lance is about to fall over. In retrospect, I guess handing over the kids after running 13.1 miles wasn't the best idea...

The Rees Family Runners! Lance and Stuart did the Half, and Jamie and Morgan ran the 5K.

Lance with some members of our ward who were also crazy enough to run 13.1 miles. Way to go!

Jonathan checking out Daddy's medal. Is this thing real?

In Lance's participant "goodie bag" he got a removable tattoo, which Andy now sports.

Andy showing off his muscles!

 In other news, it has now been two months since Jonathan started his helmet therapy. He had an appointment today, and in the hopes that we would be done with it, I took these "last" photos during breakfast. Turns out he'll still be wearing it at least another month, but the photos are definitely worth sharing. Such a cutie!

Mmm... raspberries!

Fun in the Sun

Time is running away with me! It seems like Memorial Day took forever to get here and now I can't believe it's already a few weeks gone. We had a good time at the annual Rees Family Reunion at the Ranch. The highlight of this year was the swimming pool.  Both boys loved it, but our Andy sure is a daredevil. It didn't take him long before he was going down the slide by himself and jumping off the diving board- with Daddy there to catch him, of course. You need your eyes on that boy every minute, because he decided to get one more jump in after he was all dry, towel and all, with no Daddy and no floaty (is that a word?). It's a good thing we were all close by! We had a wonderful time and the three-day weekend was definitely over too soon.

(For the life of me I cannot figure out how to turn this picture. Sorry.)

Andy's making a funny face, but Lance looks good :)

This week we decided to get a little pool of our own to splash in. Of course, since it's filled with hose water it was absolutely frigid. I put my swimsuit on, too, but there is no way you could talk me into sitting in it. Andy probably wouldn't care if it had ice chunks in it- he loves water! Jonathan enjoyed it, too, but I'm pretty sure his favorite part was eating the grass clippings off the lawn. 

Don't you love Jonathan's hair sticking out the top of his helmet? So cute!

Trying to share a popsicle.

Andy getting ready to plop in belly first. Brr!

Getting a break from the helmet and eating grass!

Here's to lots more fun in the sun as summer heats up!