Let the marathon training begin! I am going to be posting my long training runs, just for my tracking sake, not that it interests anyone else, but it is a good way for me to be accountable. This is what I will be doing Memorial Day at sunrise...should be fun!
You know what is better than getting your kids a pet? Babysitting someone else's pets! My friend Mikelle has two bunnies Mr. Wilson and Lilypuff and Bennett has always loved them, so when they were going to be gone this week they asked if we would be able to watch the bunnies. I knew Bennett would be so thrilled, but actually Grayson may be even more excited. My kids can't get enough of these bunnies. Grayson just doesn't understand and he wants to get in their space, literally he tries to get in their cages and then Bennett is out there at 6:30 am making sure they are ok and doesn't give them a break all day (sorry Mikelle)! The best part is that after five days they will go home and my kids will have had a pet fix for a while. Thanks Mikelle for giving my kids a lot of smiles this week. Hope the bunnies make it til Friday!
If you are wondering why Bennett's eyes are not all the way awake it is because he pretty much wasn't. This was like 6:30 am, Bennett went out in the backyard first thing in the morning instead of coming in to find us. He wanted to let the bunnies out of their cages and let them run around, which really meant he wanted to bug them!
I wasn't kidding about Grayson, he loves these bunnies. It is really cute actually.
Last week there was a surf competition that Volcom was having and since my sister works there she was going to support the cause at lunch so me and the boys met her down there. They had a "muscle beach" theme going on and so they had muscle men walking around and they were passing out these 80's sunglasses and sweat bands. This is the first time Bennett has gotten something given to him and really taken it seriously like this. He is obsessed with it. He likes to wear them together and he is serious. We had a ward luau last week and on our way out the door he was like....."Where are my glasses and headband?" I told him we would have to find them later because we were late, funny kid!!!
HE DID IT! BENNETT GOT ENOUGH GOOD MARKS TO GO CAMPING. THE CHART REALLY DID WORK. WELL, SORT OF. NOT THAT HE WOKE UP AND WAS AN ANGEL EVERYDAY, BUT IT DEFINITELY HELPED HIM TO BE BETTER WHEN HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GO CAMPING. WE HAD A CLOSE CALL THOUGH, WADE WOKE UP FRIDAY SICK. HE WAS THROWING UP AND JUST DIDN'T FEEL WELL, BUT HE KNEW HE COULDN'T STAY HOME. BENNETT WAS PRACTICALLY STANDING AT THE DOOR ALL DAY WITH HIS BACKPACK WAITING FOR IT TO BE TIME TO GO. IT WOULD HAVE BROKEN HIS HEART IF THEY DIDN'T GO. SO WADE WAS A CHAMP AND TOOK ONE FOR THE TEAM!!! THEY ENDED UP HAVING A GOOD TIME. BENNETT WON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT, AND HOW HE CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR. ME NEITHER....GRAYSON CAN GO TOO NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!
I GUESS BENNETT WANTED TO PLAY IN THE TINY TENT THE WHOLE TIME, THAT IS WHAT HE THOUGHT IT MEANT TO CAMP!
THEY CAUGHT LOTS OF FROGS AND BENNETT THOUGHT THAT WAS THE COOLEST THING EVER! SO CUTE TO SEE THE BOYS HAVE FUN.
I'm embarrassed to even admit what happened to me today, but I can't stop thinking about it so I will share. I was at the gym this morning, it was 5 am, so i wasn't all there (i'm trying to make myself feel better). I started on the elliptical trainer which I usually do for about 10-15 minutes to warm up and then I run on the treadmill. I usually put my headphones on right away and BLAST my music just to stay awake and motivated, but I had noticed that my battery was low on my mp3 player so I chose to not use it until I ran. So I was starting my workout when I heard the most horrendous conversation going on in front of me. Right in front of the elliptical trainers are a row of stationary bikes. There were three wrinkly old women (ok that is harsh, but you will see why in a minute) riding the bikes at turtle speed and I hear one of the ladies talking about all of the polygamy stuff that is going on in the news. I sort of listen but I am still looking around the gym checking to see who else is crazy enough to be there at that hour when I hear the woman say..."I didn't know anything about mormons until all of this." Then my ears perked up. Then she proceeded to talk for ten minutes about mormons and what they are about. Her two friends just sat there lazily riding their bikes while this one woman said what she thought to be true about mormons. She said things like..."I can't believe these mormon women are getting married when they are 15 and 16 and having children" "They are forced into getting married and these girls are ruled by their husbands, they have no say in their own life" "there are women right here in our area in wards that live like this" "they have a beautiful church right here in aliso viejo that probably cost a lot of money" "do you know that the state of Utah has the highest rate of women on Prozac, they all get married and have children and then their lives are over at these young ages". I was freaking out. My heart was pumping so hard, and I really wanted to march over there and tell her she was crazy. But instead I continued to listen. She went on to say that she used to live in New York and that her husband is a doctor and he had a young "mormon" patient come in that had two kids and she needed medication because she couldn't handle her life with two children and she was only 23. I was sick, but I didn't know what to do. SO guess what I did? NOTHING. Can you believe it. I kept thinking over and over in my head what I would say, but I got scared. I didn't want it to turn out horrible and be a huge confrontation, but why? I am so ashamed at myself, that could have been a great opportunity to tell someone the truth. Why didn't i go on a mission, darn it? Oh yeah, i was a 21 year old who was forced into getting married!!!!!! Well I do see that lady at the gym quite often, maybe I will approach her next time and give her a piece of my mind.
