Happy Birthday Leah!

This girl, let me tell you....this girl rocks my world.





And today she's TWO!!! I can't even believe how fast it's gone. But wow, I just love her so stinkin much. Every day, I'm surprised by my urge to smother her chubby cheeks and dimpled hands in kisses.

She has such an independent spirit. (Hello? Where did she get that from???) She is such a good little helper and always wants to be in on the action. But if she wants something, you will know about it. She is really good at telling us no. (A little defiance? Where did this come from?) She wants to do everything Bennett does and will often beat him up to prove the point. Just a little bit of a bully streak in her at times. (Hey, don't point at me!) She loves having her hair done. Every day she stands in front of the mirror and holds whatever bow she has picked out and hands it to me when I'm ready. And she doesn't like to leave the house without a bow in her hair. (Again, where did she get that from? No, seriously....I really don't get it.) She LOVES her daddy. When Keith gets home from work, she stands at the window and giggles then smothers him in hugs and kisses when he walks in the door. (Okay, I admit, I do the same thing....)

Such a sweet girl and an awesome little lady. Happy Birthday Leah!!

Hurt

This is not a fancy blog set to music, so play along with me and hum John Cash's version of the song Hurt to yourself while reading this.

Again it is about a trail run. Well, a trail run/wade. A trail run/wade/icebreak to be perfectly honest.

After my last effort I had to cross state lines to organize a trail run. 1800 miles away I found people who were willing to put up with my antics and go for a nice little run in central Utah. The trail is 16 miles long. It crosses the San Rafael river 16 times. Not a big deal right? The hurt started when we got out of Dave's truck with the thermometer pegged at 14. Fahrenheit.



The road ends where the river starts. Try that for a little morning wake up. Go from a warm heated truck to 32.01 degree water, Barefoot. Focus on the pain, it was real...



But running the 16 miles through my empire of dirt.. (and rock and water and ice) was well worth the pain.