My foot after the marathon!
Two of my favorite boys and Beth. Halfway through the marathon (2 hours into it), physically and mentally it became a huge struggle. I made them get Isaac out of his comfy stroller and into the rain because I did this race for him and Dave. (Beth just happened to slip into the photo, sneaky girl.) It sounds real BARFUL but Isaac was going to the hospital during the week and I wanted to stay positive for it. Dave believed in me and Isaac needed me to believe in him! This was an emotiional photo for me. I look just a little happy!!!!
Wahhhhhooooooooooo!!!! We did it!!!
Voluntary torture is over!!
Voluntary torture is over!!
Diana Smith Woodruff and Essy. (She is connected to both sides of great prophets, amazing huh?!) The St George temple is right across the road from us.
We stayed at the Stouts house for 2 nights. One of the highligts for the children was making homemade donuts. Yummy.
The children were in heaven playing out the back. A monster sandpit, with tunnels, water, pipes.
We stayed up talking long into the night, after the marathon and listened to all the stories (again) of Stuart and Dave's mission. We felt really sick from eating so many donuts and sore from laughing so hard at all the dumb practical jokes the men were recalling.
Heidi and Stuart Stout, Dave and Essy.
The MARATHON is on a lottery system and it is hard to get into. Diana (my gorgeous running friend) had an injured cousin who couln't run in the race, so Esther ran as "Greg". I was stoked. 6500 people participated. It started at 6:45am in the dark and rain. It was amazing driving for over 25 minutes up the canyon in the dark, thinking we have to run all the way back! There were more than 100 porta-loo's in a row and over a thousand lining up in the dark, cold rain before the race. (Very humourous:) There were many helicopters hovering, police blocking roads and ambulances. The funnniest/most shocking experience for me of the whole event was all these people darting off the road and into trees to.......... relieve themselves. I could not believe 3 men who did not even dart far, but just did it right on the side of the road and you could see the water fountain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I guess they wanted to make good time:)
