Back to Reality

This week was a short school week for Keira since she had off for President's Day.  I hit my training hard this week, after last week's ski trip kept me away from running for most days.

Monday was a pretty busy day for us.  Since Keira had off, I took both kids to the gym today for a long swim.  We did a few errands while we were out.  Today kicked off my "get my eating under control for Boston" diet, so we needed a lot of food.  I also started working with some girls in our neighborhood today, taking through the Couch to 5K training program.  After that, it was time to get Keira to ballet.  Her instructor opted to still have class even though it was a school holiday, and I was pleased with that.  It would have been a long break from ballet from Keira otherwise.

 

Tuesday was Keira's first day back to school.  She was pretty tired in the morning, but excited to be back in the routine.

I took Soren to the gym and then to storytime.  Amy read Llama Llama, Red Pajama.  I think that story sounds so much sweeter with a souther accent! 

He really enjoys playing with the trains afterwards.

Keira was very excited to bring home all her valentines from school that she received while she was gone.  She spent a lot of time opening them and reading them.

On Wednesday, Keira headed off to school and I took Soren out for a stroller run outside before my swim.  He complained a little bit.  The mileage for even the shorter runs is getting up there, so he just got a bit bored.

It was an early release day, so Keira was home early.  She made unicorn masks for herself and her tiger. 

Then, she went over to Gracie's house while I coached the girls. 

On Thursday, we had interesting weather.  It started out rather dreary, and I sort of overdressed Keira for school. 

We went to the gym today, because I was worried about the weather, but I watched it get nice out as I ran on the treadmill.  Once Keira came home, she quickly changed and spent a lot of time outside.  Soren really enjoyed having Colton over, and then later riding his mini 4 wheeler.

That evening, I had my first swimming lesson as an adult.  It went pretty well.  I am doing lots of things wrong, which I guess is good because it means if I can make changes, I should see a lot of improvements.

With my swimming lessons last night, Soren and I had an easy morning after getting Keira off to school.  We went to the library storytime.  He seems to just want to do the craft, and doesn't get as into the stories as he used to at the Novi library.  Hopefully he will acclimated to this storytime soon, since it is a lot more involved than the one at the mall.

Saturday was a busy day.  I woke up really early (for me) to attend a 7am group run from VO2 Multisport.  It was scheduled to be 17 miles, and I needed to do 20.  This was my first 20 miler of this training cycle, so I was a little anxious about it.  We had cold weather, but it went well.  It got cut short, so I had 5 miles on my own.  I got back and Ryan got started on the trainer, only to be called into work.  It was our weekend to clean the church building, so I hung out with the kids at home until cleaning time.  They entertained themselves by playing in the pantry.  I couldn't believe that they could fit!

We completed our church cleaning with one of my visiting teachers.  It went a lot quicker than I expected.  We did bathrooms because Soren became fickle with the vacuum cleaners, and decided he was terrified of them again.  Ryan came home from work, and we had dinner at Moe's before putting the kids to bed.  Ryan was able to do a bit more on the trainer, but didn't really get the workout he wanted.  It was an interesting day to say the least.  I crashed out early.

Sunday was a busy busy day!  We went to church and stayed for the linger longer.  After that, Ryan headed out to do home teaching, and we had the missionaries over for dinner.  Keira and Soren were very excited to eat in the dining room.  We had an enjoyable dinner with them.  The kids got a bit wild towards the end, but enjoyed having them over.  As they were leaving, we had a visit from our home teachers.  It was a long but fullfilling day!

Ski Utah! 2012

We were able to spend a short week in Utah skiing and seeing family.  We were able to get better deal on flights if we went Monday through Saturday.

Monday was a long day!  Keira had a full day of school, and I cranked out my last run for over a week.  Ryan came home from work shortly after Keira came home, and we were off!  It has been a while since we flew, so Keira and Soren were very excited about getting on an airplane!  It was a long day, but we made it to SLC and then met up with my parents who followed us down to Payson, where we stayed.

Tuesday was an early morning.  It was valentine's day, and Keira was very excited about it. 

We met up with Tyler and Chase to put the kids in ski school at Brighton.  Keira was very excited.  Soren was excited initially, but got frustrated at the difficulty of skiing and that he wasn't progressing instantly. 

Ryan, Tyler, and I spent the morning skiing together and my mom and dad skied together.  We got all the kids at lunch.  Keira and Chase went back into ski school, and Ryan took Soren out with the harness, and he did a lot better. He didn't want to go, but Ryan got him out there.  He really enjoyed having Tyler ski backwards in front of them.

 

Wednesday was a ski-hard day at Snowbird for Ryan and I.  Keira and Soren stayed home with my parents while we hit the slopes with Tyler.  We spent the morning with the three of us, and then Minde, her dad, and some of her brothers met up with us after lunch.  We had a blast skiing the Little Cloud lift and in Mineral Basin.

When we got back, we went out to dinner with my parents and the kids, and then went over to visit Ryan's grandmother Gene.  She had her sister, Jane, over.  We had a nice visit over there.

Thursday was a day off off of skiing for us.  We had a visit with Ryan's other grandparents, Lynn and Maureen.  It was good to see them. 

We went into Provo to do a bit of shopping.  We had lunch at In N Out Burger, our first time there.  Soren and I loved it.  We went to Stan's afterwards for milkshakes.

We met up with my parents, who went to ski a half day at Sundance.

Then, we went up to Park City for dinner at Main Street Pizza and Noodle. 

We finished up the evening in Salt Lake with a visit to Temple Square. 

Friday morning was another very early morning. We put Keira and Chase in ski school again, and they needed to be checked in by 9:15.  Kris and Linda flew in last night, so we skied with them today too. We are thankful for my mom who watched Soren for us in the morning so that we could ski in Catherine's Area.  The snow wasn't quite as good as Snowbird, but it was another great day skiing. 

For lunch, we got Keira and Chase from school, and skied them up to Alf's.   We had a good lunch, and then spent most of the rest of the afternoon with Keira and Soren.  It was amazing to see Keira progress.  She is doing so well!  I even took her down a hill that was a bit steeper, and instead of being afraid, she giggled as we struggled to make it down slowly.

Right as Soren was finishing up, Arthur and Astrid came to ski for a bit.  We kept him out for a few more runs, did a few runs without the kids, and then finished up the day with Keira.

We stopped at Arthur and Jasmine's after skiing for a quick visit.  It was great to see them.

We finished up our trip with a dinner with my parents, Tyler, Minde, Chase, Reese (Riley stayed home), and Kris and Linda.  It was such a whirlwind busy trip!  We got back and packed up. 

Saturday was pretty much spent traveling.  We were able to get home without any issues.  We did stop through Detroit on our way, so it was a bit strange to not be home and have to get on another plane. 

Sunday was our usual Sunday.  We had two birthdays in my class today, so I brought them a treat that I made last night.  We had a relaxing afternoon and evening at home.