We Took a Little Trip

Let's just say that when many months ago I decided to go up to UT for the SLC Marathon I did not think it all the way through. First of all, I did not have time to train for the full 26.2 miles so ended up doing the half marathon instead. Second, my talk of travel arrangements with Rob went something like this Me: "I would really like you to drive with me because I don't know how I will manage both girls on an 11 hour drive by myself". Him: "I really don't want to go." Nice, I know. In the end my sister Jessica flew from SLC on a Tuesday and we packed the girls up the next day for what might be the longest day of our lives. Charlotte has never been a fan of the car and our traveling day was no exception. She cried almost the whole way and did not sleep for more than an hour. Add the fact that it snowed on an off from Flagstaff on up through all of UT and we thought it would never end. Jessica told me she would not ever volunteer to do that again but has since recanted, slightly. Anyway, we had fun staying with several different sisters, seeing family and of course running the 13.1 miles through my once home of Salt Lake. The run was not my fastest but probably the easiest run at that distance I have ever done. One neat thing was the man that won the men's marathon passed me at my mile 11 (crazy to think that he could run 24 miles in the time I ran 11, I know.) When he passed he was escorted by 2 police cars, 2 motorcycle officers and a military truck with a his time displayed. That is probably as close as I will ever get to a marathon winner so I tried to appreciate it. Anyway, these are a few pictures from our trip.

Megan, Jessica, Bridget and Charlotte. Charlotte is 3 weeks older than Bridget so as you can imagine the floor at my sister Kimberly's house was covered in toys.

Two cute girls!

The piano was definitely one of the favorite toys. Also, the loudest.

These two wasted no time at all getting into Megan's stuff while we stayed with her. Of course Megan thought that weekend would be a good one to move into a new apartment. I tried to stop these girls from unpacking everything that was ready to move.
My co captain for the drive home joined us from NYC. My friend Susan came to cheer on my 13 mile jog and was then forced to drive the 650 miles to Phoenix. Yes, that is the kind of friend I am. We decided that the ride home might go a bit more smoothly if we drove part of the way at the girl's bedtime. It helped but just made for 2 long days of driving. I don't know about the Phoenix-SLC road trip for a while.

We had a lot of fun with Susan. I don't know if she had fun with us but she was stuck for week and didn't complain out loud. Her number one goal while here was to leave with a little bit of a tan. That is not hard to accomplish in the springtime in AZ. We didn't do much but she made a very perfect comment about this. She said "I am used to just hanging out at your house not doing much." Considering we have been friends for 30 years and spent much time together from birth to 18 this is true.
My sister Emily came to spend a little time before Susan headed home and onto her next adventure. No picture would be complete at my house without Elaine acting up.