Long time away..

MAN... I have a LOT of catch up to do!

Where do I start?  I will go back to 2 weeks ago and start with the baby shower I hosted and Fathers Day. 

On June 18th, I hosted a baby shower at my house for my friend Martie who is having a baby the end of July.  It will be here first and we are very excited for her!  She is having a little boy. 

 Gracelyn, Sheri, and myself

 Kayla and Rylee-- she was my partner in crime in planning the shower.  I love this girl!!

 Whitney, Kara, Martie, Kelsey, and Anna

 Most of the gang.. don't they look like a great group to hang out with :)

 waiting to open presents.  She will be such a great mom!

These were the awesome cupcakes Kayla hooked us up with for dessert.  They were gourmet and man they were the best cupcakes I have EVER eaten!

We had a great afternoon eating, opening presents, and just hanging out.  It was a wonderful afternoon.

After the shower, Sean and Tayler went to the Real Salt Lake game and the rest of us did some last minute Fathers Day preparations. They had a great time together.  Soccer is definitely their thing!

I am sad that I don't have any pictures from Fathers Day.  I woke up with the WORST sore throat so I called someone to help out in the sunbeam class and we all stayed home from Church (Jackson was still really sick too).   I made breakfast and then we opened presents.  I had each of the kids write their own card and then think of a gift that they wanted to buy for their dad that was specific to them.  It turned out so cute!

Jackson picked out this cool wet vac/vac for his car.  It is an awesome little gadget. He didn't really have a say.

Jayson and Sean's saying is "you got Jimmered" so we found a #32 BYU shirt for him. Jayson was so excited for him to wear it!

Rylee is into his cooking so she picked out a new griddle.

Tayler loves to read and listen to music with Sean so she gave him a gift card to Barnes & Noble and i Tunes.

I tried to make it all about the kids and their dad.  I think he was happy! At least I hope so. I spent a great part of the day thinking about my dad and what a wonderful example he was to me, but I really think about him often, not just Fathers Day. 

The next night we took Sean's dad out to dinner.  He is a wonderful man.  He shaved his head and beard.  It was fun to see him and have an evening to be with him as well.

After we went to dinner I went to the InstaCare because I was still so sick and my trip to Seattle was quickly approaching and my half marathon was looming in the back of my mind.  I was wondering how I was going to run 13.1 miles not being able to breathe.  Thankfully the Dr. put me on an antibiotic for my sinus infection and gave me a decongestant so I had a chance of breathing.  I started feeling better Tuesday night and then Wednesday morning got hit with a bad case of the stomach flu.  I really thought all the cards were against me going to Seattle, but I did go and I even finished my Half Marathon (miracle).  I will blog about my trip tomorrow.  It was wonderful.