BIRTHDAY BOY!

Our "big" little boy has unbelievably turned 5.  I can't believe it myself.  I almost don't like to admit it.  CC has been a great kid and I am ever thankful that he joined our family.  It just wouldn't be the same without his wisdom and kindness around the house.  CC is constantly reminding us the rules of the house and keeping Liz and I in check on everything.  I dread everyday I don't get to spend with my little boy.  

He is a great big brother and son!  

Alyson Ann Lange

Little Trip to St. George

A few weeks before Alyson was born (that is the official name of our new daughter) we took a little family trip to St. George for a few days.  We knew getting away after the baby was born was going to be tough so we drove through the night in a spring snow storm and enjoyed the southern Utah sun.  Most of our time was spent just being lazy.  Here are some pictures from our little get away.

New Arrival.

Just a quick note that our family has increased by one. Liz and the new little one are doing great. We had a little girl that measured 20 inches and weighed in at 6 pounds 13 ounces.

This baby was definately ready to come. We checked in at the desk and 21 minutes later had a little girl screaming. Good thing I didn't stop for anything or try to catch any of the Jazz game before getting to the hospital. We are still at L.D.S. Hospital and both baby and mom are resting.

I will try to post more later.

April Fooled me.

The first day of April has all but come and gone.  Aside from a few tricks from CC about spiders in my hair the only fooling I got today was from weather.  What a weird day!  I drove up to work in a snow storm and came home 2 hours later in bright and sunny skies.  At one point the sun was blazing and flakes were coming down.  The day ended very nice so all ended well.  

I recall once while living in Florida I got a phone call at 2 a.m..  I was asleep and out of it when I picked up the phone.  I was greeted with, "Will you take a collect call from....?"  I don't rememeber what I said, but then Mom said, "April Fools!"  I was confused and lost.  She informed me she wanted to be the first to get me on April fools.  I assured her she was definintely the only one and we talked briefly before I hung up and went back to bed.  One thing about her you never knew what you were going to get.  I think about her quite a bit.  Every April fools day since I remember that call and laugh at the craziness.  

I am a lazy bum!

For months now I have been trying to motivate myself into shape by suggestion.  This has not worked and I am now decided that I may actually have to put forth some effort to get into shape.  Granted I haven't been able to do much of anything the past two years that involved running so staying in shape has been a little difficult from that.  I can remember a younger me that could run for days and play ball until the gym was empty.  There is a part of me that misses that and then there is more of me that loves to be lazy.  Because of this laziness there is now more of me too.  

Liz and I have been talking for months about getting into shape and have always found some reason to put it off.  Most recently she has been trying to pull the pregnancy card on me.  Sheesh.. lame.  I on the other hand have a very valid excuse and until it is fixed I will remain seated firmly on my sofa.  You see, if I'm going to be running so much when I get around to it I'm going to need new running shoes first.  Until then don't get on me.

Yesterday I was at the first annual running of the leopards and met a guy at the starting line which I talked briefly with before the race.  We talked a little about the usual guy small talk stuff, which I can't say here as there may be women that read this and I can't let out the seceret of what guy small talk consists of.  This guy is my same age and gives me no excuse.  (After I get my shoes that is.)  Turns out that this guy ran 52 marathons in 2006.  He ran an official marathon every weekend the entire year! Talking with him and seeing so many others even much older than me staying fit has really motivated me.  In the near future I am going to be adding something to my blog to track my progress.  I urge anyone else to rise to the challenge with me and pursue a healthier you.  I don't know how we should do this but I don't want to be alone.  Even if you just walk a little every week lets do it.  I'd like to hear your ideas.

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p.s. For motivation here is a link to this guys blog that I was talking to.  You should check it out as it has a nice little mention of the t-shirts I made for the race yesterday.  Cick on the part on top about want Dane at your next event to read what this guy has done. 

Pictures from San Francisco.