Joanna like Hannah...

More pics for the previous POST

Nephi's Mom and Dad and brother Spencer, and a bunch of other friends came out to support him. We had donuts and chips and fresh salsa afterwords for a snack.

This picture to the left doesn't go along I know, but Jos sure looks cute. :)

There was a man in a wheelchair that finished the marathon, his arms looked pretty tired there at the end! What a goal! He did awesome! An example to us all that we can do HARD THINGS! :)

Nephi's Marathon!

Well, the time finally came! Nephi left here about five oclock to head up to the mountain to start his race. He was pretty anxious the night before. We had been carbo loading the days leading up--which was good for him, but probably not too good for me. ;)

The anticipation I felt walking up to the finish line to watch Nephi come in was so exciting! I love going to Marathon's. It's so inspiring, and fun to watch people come in. Daddy's goal was to come in at about 3 hours and 45 minutes...but he came in just after 3 hours and 30 minutes! Yay Dad! (Name that movie?) :) We are so proud of our Nephi! He is so wonderful, and works so hard in the things he aspires to do! He said he was blessed in that his knees didn't give him too much trouble, and he didn't have to go to the bathroom. That's always a blessing! The weather was beautiful, and he is feeling less sore today! :) The only mishap was that Jos got lost at the park....but after a quick little jaunt over to the "park" within the park, I soon found her. Good thing she loves parks, and didn't end up in the water...Angels really watch out for and help our little family all the time!

From the time we got home from the race...it was one of "those days" We were all really really tired, and Jos threw up later...but thankfully after that she felt better. An answer to prayer! One of the bright spots of the afternoon was that Joanna's glasses arrived in the mail! It was so fun to try them on her, and see her cuteness. She notices a difference I think, but doesn't really like having them on her face all the time. She looked SUPER cute at church yesterday...but alas I didn't get any pictures. Just of the other crazy night. But she still looks cute. :) We are striving to all endure well, and love one another and we are excited for this little brother to arrive in less than a month! :)