Haunted Half Marathon

I haven't run since the marathon, but I had a 1/2 marathon already scheduled for today  (probably should have run).  I was doing this half with my brother Cole, and then last minute my friend Erin and Cole's friend John signed up so we had company.  The race was a lot of fun.  We didn't dress up (we were totally in the minority).  There was so great costumes, but the thought of running 13.1 in a costume just didn't appeal to me.  But I love to people watch and I could get away with it since people in costume wanted you to check them out.
The race didn't start till 9AM and you started up Emigration Canyon.  We ran down and ended up in Memory Grove right below the Capital Building.  I was shooting for 2 hours, but a cupcake I ate at mile 6 haunted me at mile 12 and I had to stop to use the "Scary Potty" and finished in 2 hour 5 min.  I will take it! Its 2 min off my Park City Half from a few months ago.  Plus Stu, Hannah and Blue were at the end waiting for me (along with Erin and Cole). Over all, super fun race and one I would do again.


Erin and Sarah at the starting line


Cole and Sarah at the starting line

Misc Pictures

As I continue with my picture a day for the year 2012 (which is so much harder then I thought it would be)- Here a few random pictures I have taken for October.


Daddy did the hair and we caught her at just the right time!  This picture cracks me up every time I see it.


Hannah LOVES to pull the toilet paper of the roll.  I was in the computer room and she came to show me what she did.  As I followed her to take her picture she went right back into the bathroom since she knows that is where it goes.


Hannah LOVES her big brother and best friend...Blue.  She will cuddle with him on his bed.  This day I happen to catch her reading him stories.


Hannah holding onto her daddy's hand in Costco.  It so cute to see this from my angle.  It just melts my heart.

14 Months Old

I kept looking at these birthdays and thinking back to last year when Hannah was just 2 months old instead of now 14 months old.  

Here are some things we learned about Hannah:

*She is pretty good at walking between out stretched hands
*She is cutting her 4 molars (might as well have them all at the same time)
*Can sign "more" and "done".
*Is a big help feeding Blue.  She thinks it is her job to help him eat his food and she will hand feed him
*Loves to get her teeth brushed, she will come up to me and open her mouth when I am brushing my teeth
*Giggles when you giggle
*Does a fake cough when you cough and has started to cover her mouth.  (I hope that lasts)
*Says "I love you" by patting you
*When you ask Hannah what Blue says she will "whoo whoo".  Sounds likes an owl but its so cute.  Kitty's say the same thing.
*Started to really walk by the end of the month.  Now she is unstoppable!!

Nickname:
Pumpkin




She liked the wood chips at the playground






Hannah walking

Marathon Time

Marathon Time!  All the training came down to one race..Saturday October 6th.  Coleman, Stu and I ran the St. George. This would be my 4th time and the 2nd for Stu and Cole.


Stu, Sarah and Coleman at the Expo the day before the race


Sarah and Stu getting ready to pick up their packets


We all got 'bandaged' up before the race with this KT tape.  I was having some IT problems so I was hoping it would help make it feel better.  Not sure if it really did, but the tape on my foot did help my Planters Fasciitis.


5AM Saturday morning.. Starting line for the St. George Marathon.  The starting line is pretty cool, with music playing and about 8,000 of your closest running buddies.  What more could you want?


Here we are waiting for the start.  There was a crazy wind blowing so it made it cold.  They had fires going and we huddled up to one, but it was sooo smokey with wind that we had to keep our distance.  We actually started 10 min after the start of the marathon, BUT your race doesn't start till you cross the starting line.


Stu took this on the race.  The sun is just starting to come up.


Stu coming up to the finish line


Just passed the Royall family (who took our pictures).  I was looking for my little girl, but I found out later she was past the finish line in the shade, it was just too hot for her.


Our support group at the finish line


Our cute family at the finish line


So the final time for everyone was:  Coleman 4 h 29 min.  Stu 4 h 30 min.  Sarah 4 h 32 min.  I was shooting for a goal of 4 h 30 min but my legs just gave out at the end.  If I would have known Stu and Cole were only minutes ahead of me, I would have tried to dig deep and find some gas.  So proud of these boys.  We all beat our previous marathon record so we have nothing to complain about. 


And finally the group of runners.  Everyone (with the exception of Coleman) did the St. George Runner's Series to get into the marathon.  Which means we had to run 2 St. George races to quality for the marathon. All the Royall's plus Stu and I did that and here we are at the end of the road!

1st time for everything

We had the opportunity to go back to Virgina for a few days and visit my family back there.  It was so fun to see Mimi, Papa and Aunt Lana again.  This is Hannah's 2nd time flying, and the 1st time she was only 2 months old.  Now she is 13 months, we knew that it would not be as easy. She did pretty good on the flight out there, but the flight back was rough.  We had weather problems that delayed the flights and mechanical issues that caused us to almost miss our connecting flight and then sitting on an airplane for over an hour before we took off (the flight was 3 1/2 hours so we were on the airplane for almost 5 hours).  It was rough, but we made it!
While we were in Virgina Hannah had 2 first.  She went on her first boat ride and also got to meet and pet a horse for the first time. 

The boat ride.  She was not a fan of the life vest..AT ALL.  She was not a fan of the rushing wind either, but when we came back from our destination she seems to do better.

Cool dudette

I know that it doesn't do much good to have the life vest un-zipped, but we did what we had to to avoid a screaming baby at the time.

The horse, we visited a horse farm based on this You Tube video about the Griffin Sport Horses.  It was just a short 30 min away from the Lake House so we went to check out these beautiful Gypsy Horses.


Hannah got to pet this horse and it also took her (and dad & mom) on a ride when he pulled us in a carriage.

The family at the horse farm

Everyone with the beautiful horse-El Divo

13 months old

So I decided that since I only have one child right now...and I CAN...I would keep taking monthly pictures of Hannah.  It was so fun to go back after the 1st year and see how she has changed so I wanted to keep doing it.

So here is Hannah at 13 months and here are a few things we learned about her from her 1st birthday:

*Mastered going up the stairs
*Sign's "Milk" and is getting better at "More"
*Caught her trying to stand unassisted
*Helps mom get dressed by putting her arms through the arm holes
*Learned to blow kisses (but doesn't always 'release' the kiss)
*Had her first taste of sugar at her birthday and is a big fan of it now
*Towards the end of the month is getting better at standing unassisted and holding objects while standing
*Became terrified of going down the stairs on her stomach.  I think it stemed from one day when she got going to fast and went down faster then she thought and it scared her
*Says "okay" and "hhhhhhooooootttt" (HOT).  its said all drawn out
*Took her first steps on the 9th of September, just shy of her 13th month birthday


*Note the new "monthly" counter in the background.  I have laminated it for more durability

So big...standing all by herself.  Blue in the background


Where did the last year go?  

1st Hair Cut

Hannah's is notorious for pulling out her bows, clips or rubber bands from her hair. Her bangs have gotten so long, that I always pull them back to keep them out of her eyes, and she will just pull out whatever is holding them. I was done playing this game, so Hannah's Aunt Karly cut her bangs today. I guess you can say it was her "1st hair cut".

Before


After