Each Day Is a Gift

Skiing at Snowbird.  Hubby did great skiing with me on Big Emma.  Feel so blessed to see him doing what he loves.  The rest of the clan and family skied all over the mountains.  We did get to ski with Natzume, Jordan and their two little kids for one short run.  As tradition, we all met at Chuck-a-Rama for dinner.  There were so many of us that we took up an entire room! :)  So fun to catch up with families who come from all over.

Another ski day at Snowbird.  It was very very cold!  With wind chill probably sub-zero.  So the families with little kids didn't ski, but went bowling, and other activities in the church.  But the young married and singles and our boys went and us went.  My fingers and toes were so cold, I stopped after one run and went to the lodge to thaw them out.  Hubby bought hands and toe warmers for me.  I was toasty after that.  Hubby skied the best today after two previous days.  He had a brief episode of muscle cramps but otherwise no problem.  We did 10 runs on Big Emma with lots of rest breaks.  Feel so very blessed for another ski day.  I'm not crazy about skiing, I'd rather run...but I do it because of hubby! 

As tradition, we reserved a room at Asian Buffet for dinner. 
 

As family tradition, we all went to the temple today.  Emily has 200-300 family names for us to perform sealings for.  It was so very special to gather around the holy alter and perform this sacred and crowning ordinance for our kindred dead.  The Spirit was sweet and peaceful.  Cannot think of a better thing to do on the last day of 2014 then joining eternal families.

We all gathered at Jared's house at 5pm for New Year's Eve dinner, party and program.  This year we did a "sing off".  Every family in the clan performed either life or via pre-ordered video.  They are SO funny and SO creative!  Melissa and her family skyped while we watched their music video from New Zealand.  We brought in the New Year toasting with Martinelli at 8:30pm! I LOVE our families! :) :) :)
 

We stayed up so late that I slept in so no time for a run cause we needed to pick up grandma and drive to Spanish Fork where the families gathered for New Year celebration.  The women in the clan prepared and made traditional Japanese NY food...lotsa food...each has a symbolic meaning for health, strength, wealth, properity, etc.  FUN time!  We ate SO well! :)
 

I've been BAD eating like no tomorrow over the holidays!  I don't want to get on the scale to see the damage...I feel like a beached whale last night watching the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl and stuffing my face with chocolates, chips, cookies, sweets galore!!!

SO, I texted my friends to see who would join me this morning for a repentance run! Ha!!! Karen's skiing at Solitude!  Luckily Wendy and Leslie were game!  Sky was sunny blue, no wind, temp was a toasty 7F.  I bundled up good, too good as I got quite warm! :) We ran on the MCT west to the bathroom where the water line was shut off but we did get some tp to blow our noses.  Other than a few patches of ice, the road and trail was clear and dry.  Felt so good to run outside.  Hope I can run longer tomorrow!  Only 8 weeks before the Woodlands Marathon! yikes!

19F cloudy calm.  It's been over 2 weeks since I ran long.  Didn't get much sleep last night and had no breakfast,  just drank some OJ.  So very good of Karen to keep me company the first 7 miles.  I miss her so much.  We ran east to top of Dry Creek turned west to freeway then ran to her house where I gu'ed and drank.  After a brief visit with her sister, I headed back out in the cold for a second round.  Ran west to the freeway then east to 1200 E where I got off the MCT and ran on the SR92 trail (which was snow packed) to get to Burger King for a bathroom stop.  There were lots of traffic in the area so I ran across the Smith Supermarket parking lot and ran on the back road to 3200 N and home.  My legs were super tired and I was femished.  Man, I don't know how I'm gonna run a marathon in 8 weeks!!!