My Own Kind of "Super Saturdays"

Did I mention that I love being active and constantly busy?!? The more that I've got going on, the better and happier that I am. I've ALWAYS been like that! Especially when it's for a GREAT cause... My friend Sara invited a bunch of us to walk with her in the M.S. Walk of Utah up at The Gateway. It was awesome to see so many people come out and participate. Sara's mom has M.S., Trevor's mom has M.S., and one of my best friends back in Toronto has M.S. so it's something that I know affects so many people!

I met one of Sara's neighbors who has also been through alot! We "swapped" stories, chatted the whole walk, and I gained some new ideas about who and how people are affected by different tragedies.

I left the walk and headed straight up to Snowbird for an afternoon of skiing. I was so excited that it was not snowing since I had heard that it was going to....

....Uh. Not so much but I had the BEST EVER EXPERIENCE that I can not even truly describe in words. This has only happened once to me before while skiing in Quebec when I was 12 but it was NOTHING like this day.

As I was skiing it began to snow...ALOT! Then they shut down the lift because they had seen lightning so I was waiting it out on the mountain since they give it like a 20 minute window. As I was sitting there in the snow, I saw the lightning and heard the thunder...like 20 feet away or at least that is what it felt like! It gave me the chills and I can not even describe how AWESOME it was! I love thunder so to be at the top of the mountain and to hear it was the BEST ever! Plus I skied by myself which made it even better! The freedom of knowing that I can do it alone puts me on a high that only I can understand...

(Don't worry. I pulled out my cracked and waterproof camera, stuck it in my pocket so that I could get some pictures while in action, and had some random take a picture!)

Last weekend was the Salt Lake City Marathon so we woke up at 4:30 and headed up to the Olympic bridge which was the starting line. I am so lucky that Trevor and my kids are so supportive of my racing. They get so excited to see me and I love knowing that they are there, supporting me 100%! "You're going to win Mom. I know it!" is what Carter was saying the whole ride up. So funny!

I only did the Half Marathon this year because my shoulder has been bothering me. I didn't want to push it and hurt it any further since I pretty much need my shoulder to get around...hehehe! :)

It is so GREAT to hear your name being yelled as you cross the finish line! Thanks to those who could make it up and support me! It was so fun to also have all of my family there to see me...except for Lyssa :(

I finished 1st so that just added to the excitement! As competitive as I am, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't care about winning, but really really it is more about just DOING it, being an EXAMPLE, making MEMORIES, creating AWARENESS, and SUPPORTING the program and the team...PROMISE!!!

I am so excited for the true Summer to come because that just means more things that we will able to do and be involved in. We love being out, out, out in the sunshine and I love going, going, going!