Update about life with team Fawson. Spring is here and it is bloomin' awesome. We are loving this fuzzy green stuff that is poking up all over our yard. We finally got the sprinkler system going and enough landscaping done to hydroseed last fall. Justin and the kids helped me get the garden started for mothers day. I have six raised bed garden boxes square foot style that have baby plants poking up. I can't help but smile every time I go out in our yard. It's a big change from a quarter acre of black weed barrier and bark. I guess the real test will come in August to see if walking out to my garden will still make me smile or if the weeds and trenches dug by the neighbor cats will elicit a different expression.

Our newest Spring addition - My sister Lindsay, her hubby Tyler and my sweet niece Kylee have moved in while they are building a house. It has been fun to have them close. Lindsay and Tyler are expecting a new bambino in December and are so excited. I'm excited for them too. I mean at 12 weeks pregnant Lindsay almost fits into my skinny pants what could be more exciting than that? Kylee goes to the same school as the boys and it makes it much easier to manage homework and carpools. The kids have fun playing together and are certainly close enough for some vigorous sibling rivalry. What kind of day would it be without "He's teasing me" , "She's using our stuff", "This is my part of the house" and our new favorite "Your not my Mom!" Oh the joy, and the hope of 5 kids home for the summer. Looking forward to all this healthy interaction makes me have fantasies of chore charts and summer camp.

Alayna and Anna have been playing hard and having a lot of fun. We meet a play group most Tuesdays at local parks. The other days we clean, do laundry, run errands and play in the yard on our own fuzzy green stuff. We signed Lani up for preschool this fall and she is already counting the days.

Annelise has definitely inherited a good amount from my brother Ben. The other day it was suspiciously quiet. I though "oh no where is she?" I fully expected to find her holed up somewhere with a marker drawing on her face, arms and legs. I looked for her in every room of the house and couldn't find her. I started to panic and got Justin, Lindsay and the kids on the hunt. After15 minutes or so Justin finally found her tucked behind several toys under Lani's bed asleep. The little stinker. Just like her uncle Ben asleep in a closet or at the neighbor's house.


Work, Work,Work. Justin is still plugging away at Marketstar. I started an new part time job in the Emergency Department at McKay Dee. Tyler manages Golds gym in Roy and just graduated from Fire Fighter school. Lindsay works in the Joint and Spine unit at McKay and graduated with her RN at the first of May. Scheduling is my personal adventure and some how we make things happen. It's a good thing I had all of those great childhood experiences having 3 hour family councils to solve world shattering problems like which room we all should sleep in. Now working out what's for dinner, who's fixing it and who will be driving the kids around only takes about 15 minutes each week.

Last Saturday I ran the 1/2 marathon. I registered for it several months ago anticipating that I would have plenty of time to train and get in some long runs. My running group meets most mornings at 0530 and that hasn't worked out real well with doing the night shift 2 or 3 times a week. I was going to bail out and not run. A couple of weeks ago I figured I'd just go for it anyway. I mean I paid for the shirt and why not enjoy the morning in Ogden Canyon with the road closed. It was super fun, and though I lost about 20 minutes on my time from last year and my recovery has been a little rough I don't regret it. There is something about doing something because you can. I don't run because I am fast. I run because I can. It makes me feel free and able. And even when my muscles are sore and my feet hurt it's still worth it. I may not be fast, but I'm faster than someone sitting on the couch. So today, a new start. Up with the running group at the crack of dawn, tonight the night shift but like Dad always says "Sleep when Your dead!"
God Speed, S