Key West Ragnar

After the new year I ran my first Ragnar, the Key West Ragnar! It was honestly so much FUN! Way back in April a group of my friends here in Florida were trying to get a team together to run the ragnar. I knew Jenni had run a couple so I called her to see if she thought I should do it. She immediately told me I totally should, and wouldn't regret it! She also said she would totally do it if she had the opportunity! Well I ended up committing to it and found out our team needed one more runner. I mentioned this to Jenni, thinking it would be so fun to have her come out and run it with me, but knowing there was no way it would ever work out. Her response, I totally want to do this, lets make it happen!!! Fast forward to January, and it totally happened! I am SO glad she got to come out and we were able to do this together! Such a great experience!
So the race started on Friday, Jan 4 (which happened to be Drews birthday, nothing like see ya later hun, you have fun with 4 boys (Jenni was able to bring Parker) while I leave you for the weekend, and oh ya, have a happy birthday)! We were in van 2 so we headed to the first exchange around 10:00 that morning.

Here is a map of the course...

 McKenzie started off our van with the first leg. Here she is exchanging with Matt.

 Next Jenni exchanged with McKenzie

Jenni and I before Jenni's first leg

Coming in after my first run.

Our van finished our first legs around 10:00 pm. We got something to eat, then headed to the next major exchange point to get some rest. We slept (or at least tried to rest) until about 2:00am, when we started our 2nd legs.

 Night run

 McKenzie and Jenni

Getting set for my last run!

Luke was the last runner. The whole team met him just before the finish line and we all ran in together. He we are as we just crossed! We finished on Saturday Evening around 6pm.

(Jenni, Me, Tyler Rhodes, Brittany Rhodes, Stewart Heaton, Rachel Heaton, Matt May, Scott Terry, Luke Wendt, McKenzie Wendt, Kathy Jollimore, Amie Terry)

Team TBD

 Jenni and I at the finish line in Key West

I am so glad I got to do this! During my second leg, I was able to run at sunrise. I was running somewhere along the keys, with ocean on either side of me as the sun was coming up. It was beautiful. I tried snapping a picture as I ran, this is what I got, ha! It really was so neat though and something I won't forget!

Easter Festivities

Easter morning the boys got their Easter baskets and had a little egg hunt around the house. So Excited about those little carton of gum ball eggs! Ahh the little things that make them happy!It took Tanner a bit to warm up, then he was all about finding the eggs!We enjoyed watching conference. Our cable company was suppose to air conference, but didn't so we had to watch it on the computer. Drew had set his computer up on the stool for us to watch then left the room, when he came back in the boys had set themselves up some chairs and were ready to watch conference!Easter afternoon we had dinner and an egg hunt at the park with friends. It was a beautiful day, with awesome weather!

I ran the big race the Saturday before Easter! It started out as a beautiful day, but during the race it totally started raining. It really wasn't to bad and actually felt good. I was happy with my time and beat my goal. I am just glad I did it, it was very rewarding. I definitely want to do more! Janae and Sarah both made it to, so we are officially Triple Crown Runners! Long story about Janae not being in the picture, but she did run and did awesome! My family came and supported me at every race. It was so fun to see them at the finish line pushing me along! Thanks Boys!!

A couple days before Easter we got together with some friends and dyed Easter Eggs.
Lots of fun and a few spills later...Ta da, colorful eggs!
(a great idea we found in the Family Fun magazine was to put the eggs in wire wisks so it is easier for little hands to handle. Worked like a charm!)The week before Easter we got to go to Masons friend, Conner's, school for a big Easter Extravaganza complete with the Easter bunny, an egg hunt, crafts, and Chick-fi-la. The boys had a blast!

10K

Two races down, one more to go. This was at the 10K a week ago. The 10 miler is this coming weekend!

5 K

Saturday I ran in a 5k. If you remember, I did the same race last year. But this year I decided to run all three races (The triple crown). So in two weeks I will be running a 10K and 2 weeks after that a 10 miler. Two of my good friends (Sarah and Janae) are also doing it. The race was a lot of fun on Saturday, a bit cold, but not to bad.