26.2 BABY!!

Yea I finally get to post about my FIRST EVER FULL MARATHON!! I First have to tell you that I have the most amazing husband that during all of this was so supportive and I could not have trained for this if it wasn't for his love and support. For those of you that don't know, training for a full marathon is SUPER time consuming. Towards the end of the training, Saturday runs took almost 4 hours. I tried to run as early as I could so I wouldn't take up all of our day but sometimes with this years crazy weather, kids' sports activities and husband's meetings and stuff, it was hard so I'm very grateful for all of that.
Ok, now one more thank you! To the amazing girl that talked me into running this that stuck by me this whole year while training! Without Jill Riley, I would have not have been running at 5 am in the freezing cold winter storms, rain or shine, sometimes so foggy we couldn't even see each other! Through IT band issues, back spasms that were so bad that even one time an ambulance had to come to my house and rush me away...crazy stuff. I have learned that I LOVED accomplishing such a big goal for myself and proving to myself that I was able to finish such something I thought was completely out of my reach. BUT, I also learned that training for a marathon is SUPER SUPER time consuming like I said earlier, so I think I'm going to stick to the half marathons...for now anyways! It's alot of wear and tear on your body running any farther then that and I definitely felt the results of that every weekend on our long runs. I would be so sore sometimes it would take me FOREVER to walk down my stairs. And come Sundays all I wanted to do was sleep the day away because I was physically so so drained!
Now for race day. Kind of frustrating because after all of that training, it actually wasn't my best race day. I didn't feel good from the start thanks to mother nature deciding to visit me a few minutes before, felt like I had no energy from the get go, and pulled a hamstring with about 5 miles still to go which is STILL affecting me. That's the thing about running though, you can train for something forever, but you never know what race day is going to bring..kind of annoying. Jill and I saw Ben and John and right before mile 7 where we were walking for a few to drink some water and take our first energy block. As we walked up to them my sweet husband says, "You're already walking? Are you going to make it?" He seriously thought we were supposed to run the ENTIRE thing and not walk. Seriously?!?! It just cracked me up because sometimes I feel like he doesn't even know me!! I have ran my whole life, but for those of you that don't know Ben, he HATES running!! Not once since we have been together has he ever gone running with me, and this was the FIRST race he has ever come to, so he couldn't understand why we were walking and drinking water..I still laugh when I think about it. And then to top it all off, my sweet Austin says to me, "Um mom...you're not winning." with the most confused look on his face. (p.s. there were over 2,000 runners JUST doing the marathon, let alone a half, a 10k and a 5k. So A TON OF PEOPLE!) Well thank you to the men in my life for having these huge expectations of me not stopping for 26.2 miles and winning the whole marathon....but not happening!! ha ha!
Anyways, as we ran though the Ogden Canyon it was GORGEOUS! It was actually a really beautiful run and I enjoyed that part a ton! By the last few miles Jill and I were both spent and pretty much talking each other through the rest of the race. And I have a few choice words for those who cheer people on during races. For those of you that don't know, during a race, when the runners have already ran 23 miles and you yell,"You're almost there! You only have a 5k left!"...worst thing you could ever say!! If I could have mustered together some energy during that part to talk during that time...I would have yelled at you all to stop saying that! 3 more miles is A LOT MORE when you have already gone that far! So as we turned down main street in Ogden, we were able to see the finish line which was a pretty sweet feeling. But, looking at my watch I knew it was still a whole mile away. LONGEST MILE OF MY LIFE!!! Thanks to Chanudi (who rocked this marathon by the way and even qualified for the Boston in it!) and her husband Scott, they were waiting at the mile marker to cheer me on. I was so thankful for that extra boost and was able finish strong. I was greeted at the finish with my sweet daughter running with me and my family at the end. I can't even tell you how much I love my in-laws by the way. My sister in-law Brittney and her little family live in Ogden so they came to watch, along with my mother in-law, and my brother in-law Jake with his fiance (now wife!! yea!) Summer. They were all so sweet congratulating me and making a big deal out of it. I love them all so much and was so grateful they were able to be there for me.
Sooo, that's it! Since then I have ran here and there, trying not to loose my mileage but at the same time I am a little burnt out running and still trying to stay motivated for my Red Rock Relay race I'm doing in September! Anyways, way happy I did it but way happy it's over!! 26.2!!!!


Thanks husband for all of the love and support!













Me and my side kick! She was seriously the best
person to have ran this with and we became such
good friends through the whole process. Thank
you so much Jill, I could not have done this
without you!













mile 7 looking for my extra energy blocks














Yea we did it!...and you can by the way I look

in these pics!!

Am I done yet??

The supportive fam

Here we come!

Me and Britt...thanks again so much!!

I heart you!!

 

Update!

So here are just a few random pics from forever ago that I have meaning to put on here. Austin played spring soccer for the first time and absolutely loved it! If any of you know Austin, you know he's full of fire! So soccer was a perfect sport of him to go run around and burn off some of that energy. He actually was pretty good at it and scored at least once, sometimes 3 or 4 times during each game. He of course had to yell across the field every time, "Hey mom!! Did you see me score that goal?" and do a little dance after each one, but I thought it was pretty cute! I feel like we didn't really get a spring this year so it was freezing, but he loved it so that's all that matters. NEXT, T BALL! Brooklyn and Austin are both signed up so that means a fun filled Saturday for the Fullmers going to T-Ball games this summer...better get used to it guess, this is probably only the beginning of what yet is to come!


Here is one of my favorite pictures of Austin and Talon. These 2 are 19 months apart, but sometimes if you didn't know, you would think Talon was older. HE IS HUGE! Just a big boned boy! Him and Austin can now wear the same size shoes, shirts, pants, etc..it's kind of nice! Anyways, these boys have become bestest friends and it warms my heart to see my boys get along so well, best feeling in the world. I hope they always look out for each other as the years go by.














So just like his Dad, Austin is OBSESSED with Sports. Basketball is his absolute favorite and already tells everyone he wants to be just like Kobe someday...WOW! Ya, perfect role model you're probably thinking right? haha, Well his Dad will defend Kobe on any subject, any game, any day...it's quite the Lake fetish in this household and it has for sure rubbed off on my boys already. Anyways, Austin used to have a basketball hoop to play with awhile ago but it broke, so a few weeks ago mom felt so bad watching Austin "pretend" to shoot and dunk the ball everywhere he would go all day, she decided to make him a homemade one out of poster board. Don't laugh...he thought I was the coolest Mom EVER for doing that! That night dad pushed mom right out the cool zone when he brought him home a brand new basketball hoop...oh well, loved it while it lasted!

I meant to put this little pic on the post below but forgot so here ya go! This is Brooklyn on her graduation day from Kindergarten. She got to stand on this little stool while everyone clapped and while mom cried and got a few pics. She was super embarrassed but was a cute sport about it and loved all eyes on her haha

Me and my soon to be 1st grader..wow I'm getting old!

This is pretty much what you can find Brooklyn doing ALL DAY LONG. Carting Dru around like a little doll. He loves it so I guess it's ok, but poor kid will never walk because she LOVES carrying him around. I sometimes complain about only having one girl, but I am glad I had my girl first for this reason, she is quite the little mommy and helper around here whenever I need it...which is ALOT these days!

Always a mess...no joke, ALWAYS!! We are in the stage of eating weird things and kind of baby food but not really anymore? So he just plays with food pretty much and sees how much he can destroy whatever outfit was on for that hour!

Here's Austin in his first soccer game!

This is the, "And that's how you do it my friends," after he scored his first goal

Daddy and Dru! All of my kids have been HUGE mommy's boys and Dru FOR SURE loves me to pieces. But nothing beats playing with Daddy. If Ben is around, Dru wants Dad and wants to play. It's so funny, he will just start batting at his face and pulling on his hair immediately. Big cheesy smiles and laughs that just make me never want this stage to end...agh, that's a whole different story in itself! So sad my baby is almost one!!

Daddy and his Princess...she adores her Daddy as well. I'm pretty sure she has him wrapped around her little finger and being the ony girl, is going to get whatever she wants whenever she wants it through him!

Baby blues you do have my litle one! Mommy loves you and wants to cry almost every day right now because you're getting so so big. Trying to walk, copying the noises we make, sleeping and eating all on your own. Daddy wants me to cut those long locks but I think the shag look is adorable on you and we're running with it! You have been the biggest blessing in our little family and we love you to pieces Dru B!

So funny how little boys are born with the knowledge and love for sports. Dru's favorite thing in the world is any ball you will give him, ALL THE TIME!

Hey mom! Here's my super soccer pose for you!

My Little Graduates!

That's right! Two of my beautiful babies have graduated from school this year!! Brooklyn from Kindergarten and Austin from 3 year old preschool. I can't even tell you how much Brooklyn LOVED Kindergarten. Oh my gosh it has been the highlight of her little life. She has made some wonderful friends, loved her teacher, has learned so so so much and has become quite the little smarty pants around here. Kindergarten is a great way to start out "real" school because it kind of eases them into it. They are separated from the rest of the school kids so they have their own little gated area with a playground that they go into and their classroom doors are right inside of their so it makes it way easy for them. And on top of that it's only a half of a day so from 12:10 from 3:30pm..which is nice but kind of a pain because it's right in the middle of the day and gives me no time to go run errands in the morning or afternoon. That was a little tricky to figure it out but we worked it out. Anyways, 1st grade here we come! All day long, big kid entrance, and bus rides with the big kids. I'm a little nervous about it but at the same time I have such good friends around here that have kids a little older then Brooklyn that already look out for her so much so that makes me feel so much better. She's super excited and already asks every day when school starts.
My little Austin man LOVED pre-school. If any of you know him, you know he's full of fire and one busy boy so this was perfect for him. I had just had Dru before school started so it was SO SO good for him to have something just for him and him only. To get praised for things that he did and someone focusing just on him. We have the BEST pre school teacher in the world and Austin LOVES her. Ms. Kelly has been a good friend for a long time so that helped, but honestly she is such a good teacher and I am so grateful for all she did for my little boy this past year. We had been in the same ward for a long time, when I was doing daycare, it was her cute kids that I watched. Austin became bestest buddies with her little boy and it was kind of funny because they were the ONLY little boys in the whole 3 yr. old class and loved it! Austin is a smart kido and knows all of this letters, sounds, colors, numbers and is already noticing words that are short and have just a few letters. He learned LOTS of new songs, one of which we sing every night before bed. " Hannah had the Hiccups." Preschool has been awesome for him and we can't wait for 4 yr. old preschool to start next fall!
Being a teacher is A TON of work and I am so super grateful to all of those hard working teachers who put so much time into their job to help my kids learn and enjoy their education process. I have come to learn while my kids are getting older how much I want them to excel in school and learn as much as they possibly can, and it's because of those awesome teachers they have done so well so far. Watching your kindergartner read a book to you for the first time is an amazing thing..amazing.
My babies are growing up! I can't believe I have a kid in grade school...wow! Keep it up kidos, Mom and Dad are so proud of you!!


Brooklyn's class had the cutest little graduation
program where they sang these adorable songs
and at the end threw their hats in the air just like
we did in high school, it was so cute.




































Austin and Ms. Kelly. LOVE HER!

The 3 and 4 yr. old class singing "Hanna

had the Hiccups."