Life Lately

It's Friday, so let's just let the pictures do all the of the talking today.

Tie Dye......again

I got a huge kit of tie dye from the kiddos and the wifey for Father's Day and we finally used it last weekend.  We made some t-shirts for toddler T and some other little friends.  We had a lot of color options and he sure did soak them up with color.  Our hands were all tie dyed too, ha!  We had a fun time doing it and will probably do it again soon.  We love tie dye and it feels a little more appropriate now that we live in the Pacific Northwest. 

Men's style, or lack therof

I do not think I am that stylish.  I do however occasionally watch Project Runway and Fashion Police with the wifey.  I notice style and fashion it and like it, but let's be honest I love to wear my tie dye shirts and I cut off all of my pants and make them into shorts every year, ha!  So, a couple weeks ago I was at church in Priesthood meeting.  One of the High Priests sat next to me and we started chatting for a bit.  Just normal talk here and once the meeting started we listened and soon began to sing the opening Hymn.  Halfway through the first verse on the song, he leans over to me and says, "looks like we have the same sense of style, we have on the exact same shoes."  I just smiled, laughed a little and told him that he obviously has a great sense of style.

Now here are the shoes that I was wearing:

The wifey actually bought these shoes for me while she was in Reno this summer.  She texted me pictures of 3 different pairs and these were my favorites, so I told her to get these.  They have those cool tassels on them and I love them, even if they are 'old man high priest ' shoes.  I have another old pair similar to these, but the sole has completely worn away.  I can't throw them out though, I like them and they are so comfortable.  I need to have the sole replaced so I can keep wearing them, but that probably costs more than the new pair does.  Oh well, until then I will keep wearing my old man church shoes and looking for my next tie dye adventure. 

the salt lake city marathon 2011

Hurry!  If you want to sign up for the race, go HERE and do it!  You can do the full marathon (26.2 miles) or the half (13.1 miles), or maybe just walk the 5K.  You know I will be there running in my tie dye again.  I am not as prepared as I would like to be, but hey, I will still have a good time out there.  The weather is looking nice, it should be close to 60 degrees.

Below is the route of the race in case you live anywhere close to it, come on out and cheer on the runners:

boulder, co

we took a little road trip up north to boulder today.  we spent the day there are really enjoyed it.  we went to the farmer's market in the morning, shopped around pearl street and enjoyed some street entertainment and a nice pizza lunch.  we picked up a new toy for turner, and he chowed down on another sucker.  it was a sticky mess. 

it was a nice town, with lots of character and lots of hippies.  ha!  don't worry, i wore my tie die of course.  it was an excellent day. 

on another note, tonight was my 10 year high school reunion from east high school.  10 years!  can you believe it?  the time has gone by fast. 

the salt lake city half marathon

it was the perfect day for the race!  the weather was nice and our energy levels were up there too.  there were over 13,000 participants this year.  jeff, nat and i all finished the race and had a great time.  thanks to those who came and watched us.  our tie dye shirts were awesome and we got tons of people cheering for the 'tie dyes.' 

pre-race shot

starting line - thousands of people in front of us and thousands behind us.

 

running and running - running up state street on the last incline before the home stretch and mile 8, still feeling good!

some fans -

finished -

can't wait til the next race. 

tie dye running adventures

last night we jumped on another opportunity to tie dye shirts.  we decided to wear them for the half marathon this weekend, so watch out!  we will probably stick out while running the streets of salt lake city.  come and cheer us on too!  we start at the legacy bridge at the university of utah and end at the gateway mall downtown.  wish us luck.

random baby faces

we can't believe how big he is getting. here is a 'mosaic' of turner making some funny faces over the last couple of weeks. he sure does look good in his tie die too! and he has tons of shoes, i mean a basket full of them so he will start wearing them now when we go out.