Our Life

Some days I don't know what to do with 3 little kids. Nicholas only goes to school 3 days a week for 2 hours. He is the only one in school right now. There are some times where they get so bored and that is when we start taking my camera and doing things like this:

Isn't it beautiful? Yes the Lund house can get pretty C-R-A-Z-Y!! Good times, Good times.

Go Me!

"Go Me! It's my Birthday, throw a party!" Okay so it's really not my birthday, but we do have something to celebrate. We sing that song in my family when something exciting happens(yes i know you are all jealous you aren't in my family).

I ran my first half marathon. It was awesome! I loved ALMOST every minute of it. My goal was to run the whole thing and not walk at all. I knew the only way to do this was to pace myself at the beginning. That's just what i did. Then at about mile 5 I put some music on and step it up a little. I was feeling good. I actually felt good until I hit mile 11. My aunt joined me at mile 11(she had just finished running her 20 miles for the day). She kept me going and gave me some pep talks. She knew I was fading. Was is really that obvious? Then we hit mile 12 and I wanted to be done. I only had 1.1 miles left. Too bad that last mile felt like eternity. The last .5 miles was absolute hell. It really was. They tricked you and made you think you were done. You had to run past the path to the finish line and make a loop and then come back. Also they failed to mention it was a little over 13.1, which doesn't sound like much but it is huge when you are about to faint. It was soooo mean. I really wanted to walk at that point but I had ran the whole thing so I just pushed myself to the end.

When I past the finish line I couldn't even acknowledge my family because I was so tired and almost in another world. After a couple minutes of walking around I finally was able to talk and see a little. Overall it was a great experience and I am already looking forward to the next one. I am not even close to doing a marathon and really have no desire right now. Maybe in a couple years.

There was one thing missing there. Emily!!! She was the one who talked me into it and she couldn't do it because of an injury. Thanks for getting my butt into gear and making me do this.

I finally got to see my real time. Here it is:

Chip time: 2:22
My avg. min per mile: 10:55

I think I did pretty good considering I only trained for 3 months and it was my first race ever.

Nicholas checking my metal out
My parents came to see me. Thank you Mom and Dad!

My family that supported me

Me, Rushelle(who is 6 months preggo and beat me), and Alicia.

Almost to the finish line

My aunt who ran the last 2 miles with me and who will have completed her 180Th marathon in a couple weeks. Can you say Crazy???

Where to begin?

Life has been crazy here. No time for blogging, emailing, or even sitting down. Well I guess I had time to watch a whole season of Gossip Girl (thanks a lot Amy). That's besides the point. We have been a very sick family lately. Basically I have pretty much been housebound. Remember what it was like when you only had one child? There were no other children there to get your kid sick. Nicholas didn't have to go to the Dr. for anything until he was 18 months old. It was awesome. It seems like the 3rd child throws everything for a loop including Dr. visits. The kids get sick more which means more trips to the Dr. Last week I took 3 separate trips to the Dr, and 3 different trips to the pharmacy. Please try not to be envious. I know everyone is jealous that I have to give 2 different kids breathing treatments 3 times a day and give a feisty 3 yr old nose spray and eye drops. Believe it or not Parker has been the best one at this. I put on his favorite DVD and he hold the mask himself. To top it all off we had a wedding that Sammy was in. She was not feeling well at all and so that made it even harder. Right now things are looking better. I am hoping we can join civilization by Friday.

Sammy in her new dance leotard

This was at the wedding. This was on of her finer moments. Earlier in the day her eyes were all puffy and watery and her nose was running like a faucet.

We love Primary!

Today was a happy day in the Lund household. Sammy no longer has to go to Nursery because she is a sunbeam!!! We have been waiting for this to happen for a long time. About 6 months ago Sammy started hating nursery. She cried everytime, and we just pushed her through the door. I hated doing it. I didn't get to see her in class because i was home with Parker who has RSV. Luke said she loved it. I think she just loves doing music and being her big brother. Can you I tell you something else that is making me happy?? For the last 2 hours of church I have NO KIDS!!! This has not happened to me in 4 years. Everytime one of the kids goes to nursery I pop another one out. Not this time baby! Life is good.......

Sammy cheesing up the camera

My CTR 5 and Sunbeam