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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 02, 1999

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I ran the Top of Utah Marathon in 4:43 after having my third child the year before. 5 K in 24:19, 10 K in 53 minutes pregnant. Survived personal training from my lovable but slightly overbearing husband Sasha for more than 8 years!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 23:45 in the 5k.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay thin and full of energy.

Not be an embarassment to my family full of world class athletes.

Personal:

Madly in love with Sasha. We have been married since 1996 and have been blessed with seven of the most adorable and talented children : Benjamin, Jennifer, Julia, and Joseph, Jacob, William and Stephen.

All of our children have run in at least one race, including Jacob and William who did it inside the womb. I enjoy various non-running activities such as: baking, sewing, playing organ, piano and flute, painting, and playing with our  vivacious children.

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We ran the 5 in 49 something today...just about right. I like breaking 50 minutes. That's about what my body can handle but it doesn't seem too slow. 

I am working on a texture quilt...crumpy on the blog gave me the idea. It's usually for babies. But I needed a new comforter on my bed so I decided to make myself one. It's going to be so cool. I have almost 80 different types of fabric on it. Crazy thing is that I am having so much fun doing it that I keep dreaming about it..going to the fabric store picking out fabric...etc. Then my little Julia wakes up this morning and tells me that she dreamt about my quilt too. I'll have to call it the dream quilt.

Anyone still reading...I like to make up stories for my kids. I've made up a whole series based on trees that talk and kids that travel the world hearing the stories the trees tell.

Started out that I wanted it to be purely educational...teaching them values, geography.

Unfortunately(or maybe not) it's turned into a wonderland of creativity where we explore worlds that don't exist....Yesterday's story was  Queen Rainbow. Cheesy story but my kids...and even Sasha ate it up. It's about a place where a king has lost his wife and decrees that everything must be frozen all winter long...even the people and the trees....he wants no color at all. The heroes of the story sing him a rainbow song...(without knowing his wife's name) and it reminds him of his wife...Queen Rainbow...of course it ends happily ever after where his cold heart melts and color is allowed back in his kingdom.

My kids are probably learning to be silly and make up dumb stories from things like this but maybe they are also picking up things about plot and general story themes.

Okay..i'm done. :) 

Comments
From Michelle on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 15:15:55

Maybe you should write your stories down, maybe other kids would enjoy them too... They sound very creative and entertaining!! You seem just the type of mom to write childrens lit!

What is a texture quilt? I make quilts too (not a lot, hope to get better) but I don't know what a texture one is, lets hope it always brings you great dreams once you start using it!

From josse on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 16:11:14

I'll have to come check out the quilt, it sounds cool. I just used my friends quilting machine it was awsome. It would have taken me hours to quilt it on my sewing machine but it only took my about an 1 and a half. I want one so bad, better start saving my money.

From Bethany on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 16:12:02

Dream quilt, I like it. That is cute your kids get into what you are doing too. I am impressed by the stories you make up, great idea. My grandma made up a story for us kids when we were little and one of her kids recently "published" it with illustrations and binding and everything. Now it can be passed on to everyone. Not a bad idea for you! You have to be pretty creative to come up with that stuff.

From Shauna on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 16:59:51

Cute stories! The Queen Rainbow story reminds me a little of the Chronicles of Narnia. My grandpa used to tell me stories when I was little about two bears who would always go looking for adventure, get into trouble with monsters, scary caves, witches, etc., and have to be rescued by a falcon. It would always rain at the end, making the flowers bloom and the animals happy. Oh, the memories!

From Kim on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 17:07:51

My dad was the story teller. His were more fantasies about himself. Do you know how long I believed that he shot one bullet that went in the eye of a bear, swung around inside the bear's head and came out the other eye, went over into a deer's ear, coming out the other ear as it knocked the antlers into the sky and pierced 12 geese flying overhead. So with one bullet he went home with a deer, a bear and 12 geese! OK, so I was a little gullible for a long time...crazy as it seems, I loved those stories my dad told!

From sarah on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 19:23:01

It was so fun to hear from all of you.....My Dad made up stories and all sorts of stuff for us too...that's probably where I got it from and I think it is a great way to help kids have a fun childhood. I should write them down...I make them up as I go along so sometimes they are hard to remember. My kids remember them though so maybe they'll be the ones to write them down.

A texture quilt is a quilt made for babies usually because it is good for their development to touch things with different textures. So a quilt with smooth squares, rough squares, fuzzy squares, etc...is good for a baby to touch and play with. I'll have to let the local ladies know when I'm quilting...if any of you want to come over and help I'd love the company. I'm going to hand quilt it because I find it therapeutic and really enjoy the whole process.

I really do enjoy running but sometimes I have to post about the other things in my life because they are really my true love and the reason I run...so I'll have the energy to do the things I really love.

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