Diet Coke and Life Lately

I have to admit I have been a lover of Diet Coke for a long time. I have decided to lower how much I drink of it. An awesome fact for you Jason hasn't had soda pop in 11 years. I don't want to go to that extreme but I want to lower how much of it I do drink. My problem is my work has free soda fountains and it has been addicting. A few weeks ago I started lowering the amount to 1 a day at work then last Wednesday I have gone down to none at work. The only soda I had was 1 can at my mother-in-law's I couldn't resist the "brown and fizzy" as my friend Angie calls it.

Other things going on:

I have been slacking at running I haven't run in 2 weeks and I am supposed to run a half marathon on October 30th. I am planning on going tonight or at least go walking.


My brother's little boys had a sleep over Friday. They were such good little boys for the sleep over. I added a picture to make the post more exciting. The older little boy didn't want to wear his PJ shirt that was packed for him so he is wearing my Red Rock Relay shirt that will never fit me or Jason.
Christian told me that Jason is his best friend. He is so cute he loves his uncle Jason.
I have been crocheting this month with a friend. It has been fun to find someone that lives really close that likes to crochet. We hang out and Crochet Jason goes to their house with me and plays Halo with her husband. I have made 4 blankets the past few months and started knitting a baby hat.

The fertility drugs aren't working so far. My hormone level should be at 4 and the first month it was .5 and this month it was .6 so I am not close to the level I should be at. The Doctor has doubled the Clomid (fertility drug) this month. I have PCOS so I also am taking glucophage, a medication that makes cells more sensitive to insulin, it has been shown to make ovulation normal. I think it is crazy because glucophage is usually for diabetes.

My friend that I crochet with also has PCOS she is the one that told me I should try fertility drugs again because it worked for her when taking the glucophage with Clomid. We went to her little boy’s 2 year old party today and she is pregnant so I hope I have results like her. Fertility drugs this time hasn't been as emotional for me as last time. I think it is because I am planning on the worst (not pregnant) and hoping for the best.

Red Rock Relay

This past weekend Jason and I ran the Red Rock Relay with 3 people from our ward and 4 people I know from the running community/ran Ragnar with and 3 strangers. I ran a total of 13.5 miles and Jason ran 17 miles.





We camped the night before in Cedar City at one of the runner's home. It was a cold night outside it was around 35 degrees. the nice thing about it is we got to know all the runners from camping and driving down together. At Ragnar we didn't get to know the other van because you only see them at the exchange for 10-20 minutes.






Jason ran the relay and had only run 1 time in the past 6 weeks and it was about 5 miles. I was worried he would get hurt and I would have to run his last leg but he did great.






One of my legs was on a dirt road that was really dusty and I get a little asthma sometimes when running around smoke/dust. Jason was worried about me so he made me trade him legs. It was so nice of him I would of been coughing for a few days if I had run on the dirt road.

Here is our team at the start at Brian Head Resort

I was the first runner and I started at the top of the ski slope. The team took the ski lift up with me and while I ran down the rode down lift. This is my favorite picture from the weekend.

Tyler, Dane, Jason waiting for the relay to start
Me finishing my first leg of 3 miles with a 1,100 foot drop. I almost slipped a few times.
Waiting to start my last leg

Jason finishing up his last leg

Jason finishing his last leg and me waiting starting my last leg
Below is the finish line right outside of Zion National Park

Our team at the finish

If you want to run a relay I would recommend Ragnar over Red Rock is better organized. Also try to get in van 1 you run the legs at better time of the day.

It was a fun race and great to make friends with our team. I would have to say after running 2 relays I rather run a marathon than a relay.

Hello

Yes I am alive and the summer has been fun and busy and I am too lazy/don't have Internet at home anymore to blog. Last week we went to my grandpa's 94th birthday.

Here are some fun pictures from the party.

Grandpa surrounded by great grand kids he had 3 cakes to feed all the people


My Grandma and Grandpa with one of my cute nephews. Watch out girls this boy has hair and eyes to die for.

Jason playing crack the egg with the little kids.

If you know who Grace is you can see her in the picture smiling/looking at Jason they are each other's favorites. She asked him when she was 3 if she could marry Jason.

I don't ever talk about this on my blog only with close friends and my direct family but I started fertility drugs last month. I am hoping for the best but planning on it not working. It didn't work when I took them 4 years ago or last month but the doctor is more optimistic this time because he is having me take another medication with it to help with my fertility problem (PCOS).

I have decided I don't like training for marathon's in the summer it is to dang hot. My running has been minimal. But Jason and I are running Red Rock Relay next weekend after the last relay I ran I am surprised I committed to another one.