BUSY!!!!

Ok, so I'm already behind and I've only been a blogger for a little over a month! This post isn't even going to catch me up either but a little at a time and I'll get there! I have pics of Cade's first 4th of July but they might make it on the next post. I've been running a lot lately and been really liking it! A couple of the girls at work and I were talking about running the Bone and Back relay race and decided to put together a team and do it! I started training because 5 miles for me is a lot! It felt good to be running for a reason though, I loved having something to work towards. Our team was Team Carlisle: Beauty is our Specialty...not running! We made pink T-shirts for all the girls that had that printed on them. The girls were: Me, Emily Sargent (my sis-in-law), Melanie Furniss, Katelyn Messick, Lindsay Nulph, Annie Cooper and substituting for us at the last minute...seriously two days before, Kim Ence. It was sooooooooooooo much fun! I can't even write in words how much fun we all had! Bruce and Sherry Carlisle (and Carly) were our drivers, cheerleaders, waterers....what else? They were so awesome! Thanks guys! For those who may not know how the race works I'll try to sum it up. It's a 40 mile relay to Bone and Back (started at Mountain View Hospital) and each person runs 5 miles. Each team can have a team car that follows their runners and that's where the Carlisles came in. We all sat in the back of the truck and cheered our runners on til it was time to get the next girl ready. I know I'm going to leave something out I just don't want this to be too long. It was so much fun I will definetly do it again! I was having so much fun cheering everyone else on I only had a few minutes to get nervous and then I was off! I felt really good for the first 3.5 miles and then....the Hill!!! It was a beast! Really, I'm not just making it up, but I conquered it. It was cool because my brother Justin was running on another team and he ran leg 5 just opposite of mine so we passed each other and he gave me some encouragement (which almost made me emotional) but I pulled myself together and finished! I even met my goal of 60 minutes or less, right on the nose at 60 minutes! It was the best feeling to have accomplished something like that! Another thing that got me a little choked up is my little sister Jen came and rode in the back of the truck the whole day with us. That meant a lot to me because she's been so supportive of everything I do and she's my best friend and to have her there was awesome! And to top it off the Carlisle Beauties took...3rd place! (out of 13 women's teams) we were so proud of ourselves because to be honest we didn't even think we would come close to placing! It was a fun day. I also ran the Scenic River Classic 5K and will include some pictures from that too. It's been a fun summer of running and Cade has helped me train! He's a trooper and does so great in our running stroller. An update of the little man is coming soon too...we got his 9 month pictures back! Prepare yourself for some cute baby pics! p.s still a new blogger...thus the pics are in reverse order!