"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

Didn't run this day.  I woke up feeling supper tired and with a little bit of a sore throat. 

I rode my bike to the cemetery with my husband and kids.  It wasn't raining when we left, but we sure got got in a storm on the way home, pelted with rain and hail. 

We visited my dad's grave and I told the kids the stom was just what we needed to remember the trip.  My dad always said, "If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."  I think that saying is very applicable to marathon running.  No one forgets the most painful miles.

I woke up feeling a lot better this morning.  Ran 10 miles with my 5 year old daughter in the running stroller.  Avg 7:48 pace.  We headed up Provo Canyon but turned around early and headed back the other way on the trail when we encountered an animal.  At first I thought it might be a small bear on the path ahead of us.  Of course a baby bear is usually accompanied by a mother bear so I stopped.  After a few seconds I realized it was not a bear, but a dog, that looked a lot like a baby bear from my distance and angle.  My daughter said, "Can we turn around?"  So we turned around.  We spent a mile talking about the dog, then 5 miles later she said, "Are you still thinking about the dog?"  Apparently she was.

10 miles up/down Provo Canyon with my daughter in the stroller. We didn't see any animals this time, and made it all the way to the water fall. I was thinking about only going 8, but my daughter wanted to see Bridal Vail Falls and that is a 10 mile run. Nice weather today. Avg 7:52 pace.

Didn't run on Friday. I started feeling a litte sick again. Nothing too terrible, but my throat hurt, so I slept as long as I could, which still wasn't long enough.This was the last day of school and the kids only went for 1 hr 45 min.  How rediculous is that!  I hurried to the grocery store while they were gone. 

The afternoon was crazy!  Our cul-de-sac was full of kids all day, in and out of the house, coming and going etc.  About 15 kids at all times.  And they were supper hyped up because school was out.  Had to take my son to two parties.  Napping was not possible.  I think I will make a sign to put on my door to keep people out when I want to take a nap in the summer.

10 miles up/down Provo Canyon with my husband.  I woke up at 5:00 a.m. because I had a dream that my mom was telling me I should have another baby, that I was going to be one of those people who have a kid 10 years younger than the others etc.  That's always been a fear of mine.  I laid in bed thinking about that for over an hour before getting up at 6:15 a.m.  I have 4 sisters/sister-in-laws that are pregnant, one's having twins.  I had difficult pregnancies, throw-up/dry-heave the whole 9 months etc.  I still think I'm done having kids. 

In the afternoon we had an awesome party for my son's 8th birthday. We borrowed a big blow-up water slide and made a huge slip'n slide out of tarps.  The chocolate cake I made from scratch was sooo yumy!  It was 2 hours of preparation and clean up for a two hour party though. 

In the evening my husband and I went to the temple to do sealings.  Sitting in the sealing room I realized how tired I was and wished I could go to a room in the temple to take a nap.  Wouldn't that be nice?