We Put The F In Awesome: April 2010

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Moab Half Marathon 2010!

We had a really fun time this year doing the Moab Canyonlands Half Marathon last March. My friend Colleen did it with me too. It was a very cold morning because the sun wasn't in the canyon yet. We had to wait up the canyon for about an hour an a half before it started so the first mile or so felt wierd because our toes were numb. but then it warmed up and we took off. It took John 2 hours because he took his time and just had fun. Colleen and I came in at about 2 hours and 13 minutes. We didn't push ourselves and just had a fun time. Most of it was an easy gradual decline but there were some hills. It was fun to run in a place that was unfamiliar. I think that is why the race felt like it flew by. My bro Sam let me use his camera so I could take pics along the way. It was a gorgeous canyon with red rock and the Colorado river. John and I figured it was a bit expensive though because the race itself was $80 each, then with food, gas, and a hotel we ended up spending around $400!!! Next year I'm thinking of running it with a bunch of my girlfriends so we can share everything and cut the costs. Thanks to Sam also for watching all my kids when we were away, very fun for him I'm sure! Running is great and I'm really starting to take to these half marathons!!

Introducing our new Tortoise!

Here is our newest addition! Sawyer James Ford Fossum- a Russian desert tortoise. We bought him from Petsmart last February and since we were in a Lost watching frenzy, decided to name him Sawyer. He sleeps in a huge 52 gallon aquarium in Enoch and Isaac's room. I didn't know what it takes to keep this pet alive but I learned that he needs two kinds of lighting... uva and uvb. But he eats lettuce, some spinach, apples and pears. He really is a good little pet and very very low maintanance. Hopefully we will be able to keep him alive since I have killed fish and hamsters. Yesterday Enoch helped John build a big cage for him to be in the backyard during the Summer. It has to be at least 70 degrees outside. Welcome to our family Sawyer, we hope you will outlive at least me!

favorite sayings of our boys

After graduating from preschool, the boys and I were walking to the car. Ben was a little sad and said, "I kind of don't want to go to Kindergarten, because most of the kids there are Chinese." (What?)
Isaac: I think Michael Jackson should be on American Idol. He would smoke everyone!
Ben: I know why it rains. Because Jesus is sad that everyone is evil so he is crying.
The twins call adults "humans". So Ben was talking to Jake saying, "When you grow up you get to be a human."
Jake's new thing is to call girl's "ladies". We were at Costa Vida and Jacob came out of the play area and said, "That lady in there is being mean." He then pointed to a little girl. The next day he woke up and said, "I had a dream that I kissed a lady."
The boys were talking about going to Cabella's. Ben said, "Is she going to be there?" John said, "What?" Ben replied, "Cabella. Is she going to be there?"
John was explaining the Law of Consecration and how we will put everything in a big pile and each take out what we need(an easy explanation). Isaac said, "Are there going to be kids in the pile? You can throw me in there!"
Ben's favorite Super Hero is now Joseph Smith. He said, "I'm going to fight all of you! Cuz I'm Joseph Smith!"
The other morning Ben was checking out my pudgy post pregnancy arms and while grabbing them he said, "You look like the Hulk!" I guess that's better than calling me fat!
The twins don't have very many friends. They are perfectly content with eachother. Ben came up to me while I was cooking dinner and said, "Can my friend eat over?" I said, "who?" he then pointed to Jake. Then he told me that Jake is his friend that wants to eat over and he will go home after dinner. I thought it was halarious. Then a couple days ago they went running through the kitchen to go play outside and one of them was calling the other "Uncle."
I always laugh at the misinterpreted words Enoch says. The other night at the dinner table he was trying to get the twins to eat by saying, "You better eat. There are starving children in Australia." I think he meant Ethiopia. John told Enoch we were going to take the newly found turtle to the pound if we couldn't find it's owner. A couple hours later Enoch says,"I don't want to take the turtle to the hound."
Ben asked,"Mommy, how come you know everything in the whole wide world? Did Jesus teach you that?" I didn't know I was so smart!
Jacob likes to bless the food at almost every meal. Lately he has been saying,"Bless mama and her baby and help her baby to get taken out." I think we are all anxious!
Upon sleeping in a tent with Grandpa Fossum and Enoch, Isaac was asked how well he slept. He said, "Not very well. Grandpa started snoring really really loud, and then Enoch started snoring and then he kicked me off the mattress. So I didn't sleep very well at all." Isaac has a sweet voice and doesn't pronounce his r's correctly yet, so you can imagine how cute that sounded!
I was talking to Enoch about the difference between girls and boys and he said,"Boys work really hard when they are young and then they grow up and buy their own car, but girls just say,'Daddy, I want a new car!"
Jake and Ben learned about Jesus healing the 10 lepers in Primary. Their teacher asked the class,"What did Jesus do to the 10 lepers?" Ben said,"He killed them!" I think he's getting confused with killed and healed!
Uncle Jacob and Ben had this conversation: Ben:Is everything alive, and does it talk? Jacob: probably we just don't understand them. Ben: Can trees talk? Jacob: maybe, we just don't know their language.Ben: a tree talked to me. .It said,'who's bike is that?' and I said, "it's mine."
Enoch says, "I need to start wearing boxers instead of tighty whities. I'm becoming a man. b-e-c-o-m-i-n-g becoming a man!"
I let Enoch watch Michael Jackson's "Bad" video. Later that night he came and told me that he got some spray paint and sprayed the word "Bad" on his wall! Woops, I guess he shouldn't have watched that one!
Ben was looking at his cousin's picture and said,"Peter is funny." I said, "yeah he's cool huh?" Ben replied,"Peter isn't black. Only black guys are cool."
Ben and I were making John a Father's day breakfast to eat in bed early in the morning. Ben saw how much attention Father's get on this day and said, "Mommy, when's Kid's day?"
I was breaking out on my face and Isaac says," Mom, why do you have all those nipples on your face?" I said, "they're not nipples, they're pimples!"
Enoch says, "I'm sick of this weather. It's always raining." Ben goes, "Yeah, my tummy feels rainsick."

We Put The F In Awesome

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Moab Half Marathon 2010!

Introducing our new Tortoise!

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