We went for a hike to Crystal lake with some friends.
We had a wonderful time.
Giving a thumbs up with his HUGE walking stick.
Eli picked a wildflower for me. I so love this little boy!
My cute little boy!
Eli and Emilia wanted to build a raft.
It was an easy hike and enjoyed lunch at the beautiful lake.
We had a fun time and will be back to hike a longer hike next year!
Third marathon of the year. The Georgetown to Idaho Spring marathon in Colorado.
When I signed up for this race, my sister said it was just like the Heber half. A fast race down hill in a beautiful canyon. Fantastic! I will do it. I need another 7 miles of easy running to help me get to the finish line 🙂
Again, it was an early start. We needed to get to the bus by 6am so they can get us up to the starting line by 7am. This race had a late start of 8am.
It’s an hour drive from my sisters house to the buses to bus us to to the starting line, so I arrived at her house at 4am. Look at the bunnies! Apparently, they are everywhere! I think they are cute, Ferelyn thinks they are annoying because they leave droppings and eat everything.
At the starting line.
This race was a beautiful race. It started at a lake and ran past an old mine.
I wore a running jacket because it was cold out, with a short sleeved shirt. I want to do this marathon again, so next time, I will drop my jacket and run in a short sleeved shirt at the start.
So this was NOTHING like the Heber half. First difference: The first 2 miles were UP HILL! I was dying. as you can see above.
Lots of entertainment during this race.
The river was beautiful.
Ferelyn: ” want a picture by the river?”
Me: “Yeah, I could use a break…er… I mean, yes, let’s take a picture :)”
I was dying! This race had more hills to run up than down. And we were supposedly dropping in elevation every mile we ran.
The lady on the right had to be in her 70’s and I couldn’t keep up with her! I had to print this picture and hang it in my kitchen as a reminder to get stronger!!!
Brutal.
Another band. I found out the high school seniors need 40 hours of volunteer hours to graduate. Apparently, this counts as their hours. They were enjoyable to listen to.
This the old mine. Georgetown and Idaho Springs are old mining towns.
We made it. Ferelyn couldn’t get a picture of us at the finish line. I needed food! I was already in line for my bagel and chocolate milks. Yes, I had several chocolate milks.
This race was very challenging for me. I want to run it again next year and I will be ready for it!
A week or two ago we added a frame to the big hive.
This frame. To see if the bees will take a “broken” frame and move the wax to another part of the hive to save energy instead of having to make all that wax.
Looks like the bees are not moving the wax and they are just adding on to the wax.
It was a good thought, but I’m sad to say the experiment failed.
I had to go into work today so we stopped for a few minutes and ate lunch.
I had to train my employees on how to make ice cream. Of course we had to try one out.
After lunch he helped me with a few things, like balance the till.
When we got home, I had to make cookies. I have been trying to duplicate Mrs. Bakers Bakery icing for the last couple of months.
I think I did it. They are delicious!
We start the day out running the lake.
My little coxswain to keep me moving.
He stopped for a rest 🙂
Then we stopped to play on the playground.
We end with feeding the ducks.
Feisty fellas.
Brutal run. This next marathon is going to kill me.
We drive to moms house to pick up mom and Aaron and head out for lunch. We go to the prison 🙂 a lot. Every once in a while we try something new. Today we went to Hires Big H. They have one of the best veggie burgers in the valley.
After lunch we go out and find a new dessert place to try. Today we tried Cinnaholic gourmet cinnamon rolls.
We tried the cookie monster. It was a warm cinnamon roll, with vanilla icing, topped with cookie dough crumbles and drizzled with chocolate.
Look at Eli’s face. It was delicious! This is one of the best desserts we have had. I will definitely be back.
On our drive back, it hit 104′
After lunch we head outside to play. Either playing in water or the sandbox. Since it was over 100′, Eli chose to play in the water.
That sums up every Monday. 🙂