My baby is one!!

Wow where has this year gone?!?! I still feel like it was yesterday when I found out that I was
pregnant with Dru, now my youngest baby just turned one years old!! Dru has been the biggest blessing (as are all of my children) in my life and I honestly can't imagine my life without him. He has always been such a happy boy and has added so much joy and happinesss into our family. I thought it would be fun to take a trip down memory lane so here it goes!
All 3 of my pregnancys before Dru have been different. I went a week over mydue date with Brooklyn before they started me, Austin came SUPER fast the day before I was scheduled to be induced, they induced me a week early with Talon, and Dru came 2 weeks early. Ben found out a few months before I had Dru that he was going to have to go to California for 1 week 2 days after my due date, come home for 1 day and then leave for Singapore for 3 weeks. I was super nervous I wasn't going to have Dru by then so 2 weeks before my duedate, explained our dilema, so the doc decided to strip my membranes and see if that would do anything. Everyone I talked to said it didn't do much for them and it was super painful so at first I wasn't going to do it but then decided it wasn't going to hurt anything to try so we did it! (it wasn't really that painful by the way) I don't think Ben has called me more in his life during that time. "Are you ok?" "Any change?" "How are you feeling?" But nothing had changed by the next day so we were a little discouraged. The second day after having had them stripped I woke up in the night having lots of contractions but they kept going away so I kind of ignored them. Ben had a metting that night that he really didn't want to go to so called me around noon that day and said he was coming home and we were going into the doc just to see what the doc said and it would give him an excuse to get out of his meeting..ha ha! ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL, I started having pretty hard contractions. Once I got into the doc I was at a 4 and the nurse admitted me in...good thing Ben jusd "decided" that we were going in or it could have been another "Austin Birth." They gave me my epidural and after they did that everything kind of stopped. I went HOURS of having no contractions and being so done with the whole waiting game. I know that is SOO normal for most girls having their babies, but the longest birth I have ever had was Brooklyn and it was only 4 hours..and this was my FOURTH!! By 8pm that night they decided to break my water and see what happened...sure enough right after they did that it was go time!! Something I have never had happen happened though and I had the WORST labor shakes ever. I guess it's when your body is in shock and i just started shaking like a leaf! They put blankets on me to see if the warmth would help but nothing worked. My teether were chattering, my hands, legs, whole body was shaking like crazy..so weird. I don't know if it was because I had never had that happened or what but I got super nervous/scared and wanted my mom!!! haha! My parents were out of town during this time (which they were super upset about) but Ben parents were on their way from Idaho so I told them to come on up and I wanted them there!! I'm really close to Ben's family, and even though some thought it was weird, Ben's mom was the best comfort during that time (besides my husband of course!!) and having a mom there with me was so nice! Right as they got there i started pushing and here he came!! The doc made me super nervous because I guess the cord was wrapped around his little neck and his heart rate started going up like crazy, so snip snip and out came my baby boy...BRIGHT BLUE!! Oh my goodnes it scared me to death when I first saw him. I kid you not my first reaction was pure panic, I had NEVER seen a baby look like that and he wasn't making any noises. After a few rub downs and patting and flipping over a few times I finally heard the best sound in the world...my little man's first cry! I only got to hold him for a few short seconds and then they rushed him off to get him some oxygen. Of course that worried me and I made Ben go with them so he wasn't alone and would know what was going on. About a half an hour later they brought him back good as new..I was the happiest mommy in the world. He was perfect. TONS of black curly hair!! None of my babies had hair so this was new for me and I was so excited!! 6lbs 14 ounces 19 in. long, so my smallest baby as well! He was adorable and I cannot put into words the joy of holding the newest member of your family and how much happiness I had with just me, Ben and our new little Dru during that moment. This is FOR SURE something I will soooo miss about having babies. The hospital experience is my fav for sure. The other kids of course loved him and LOVED having a new brother in the fam.
You would think after having 4 kids I would have the whole "baby thing" down pat...wrong. I kid you not, it is like starting over all over again with every single one. Up all nights trying to figure out why they don't sleep, trying every bottle in the box along with 5 different binkies, nights and days mixed up, pure panic going out in public for the first few months, a few panic attachks here and there etc...I don't know if it's because I knew this could possibly be our last baby, but I did have a lot more patience and was able to get through the rough nights/days alot better this go around. I actually even enjoyed that time most nights to be honest. After a few months he started to get the hang of it and we worked it out!! And NOW..he's ONE!!
For Dru's birthday we just did the simple cake and ice cream, a few gifts and called it a night! It was pretty funny actually because I was trying to get him to rip the presents open and instead all he wanted to do was crawl away and attack my bows I had just made for Brooklyn. He's walking all over the place now, getting into EVERYTHING, and is quite the little destoryer. BUT, he takes 2 AWESOME naps a day, hardly ever wakes up at night, laughs and smiles constantly, and loves his food so he has been tons of fun.
Thank you for being such a good boy Dru, mommy and daddy love you more then you can EVER imagine. You make my mornings the brightest with that huge smile and jumping up and down in the crib as soon as you see me. You make daddy's night every night when he comes in that back door from work and you speed crawl while laughing hysterically until you get to him because you are SO excited to see him. And you make Brooklyn's day EVERY DAY when you let her cart you around like her little doll and chase your brothers around grabbing at their heels while they laugh cosntatnly. You have made our family complete and we love you so so much!!!

Me and ma-ma Fullmer with Talon
















Here he is!


















Look at those little feet...not so little anymore!

















A few newborn pics

First day home from the hospital TRYING to wake up

Talon, "Mom, when is this baby going back to
the hosptial?"..we did deal with a little sibling

jelousy with Talon but he did pretty good.

Brooklyn helping Dru open a present

Dru's first haircut!! Grandma McSpadden dida great job!

Mom was sad to see his curly locks

go, but he looks like such a big boy now!

Ben and Dru..daddy loves this kid, and LOVES

that he's a daddy boy...for now!

Mommy helping me after having demolished my

birthday cake!

Dru LOVES my cell phone. Every chance he gets

he holds it up to his ear and just yells at the top

of his lungs, it's pretty cute.

Yum!!! So I mad this cake for Dru that was

just one of those cheap box cakes because

our family isn't a huge cake fan and I knew it

would just go to waste. Well while I wasn't looking,

after I gave him a piece on his tray, he grabbed

the WHOLE pan and started going to town. I

took it away from him because I thought he

was going to make himself sick. Oh boy...

screams and tears like you have never heard

or seen before!!!

Did I mention he gets into EVERYTHING. In

this pic he managed to pull out the broom, dump

out a whole sack of Swedish fish, eat some, and

look cute doing it.

My little sister the state champ!!!!!!

So I know this is old news to alot of you, but I never was able to post on my blog about it so wanted to make sure I did real fast!
Yes, that is right, my amazing little sister is officially a state champ!!! Kyli May McSpadden placed first in THREE events during state track this year! The 100, the 4x1 relay, and the 4x4 relay. Not to mention she placed 2nd in the 200m!! She's seriously amazing and it blows my mind how athletic this girl is!! I think my biggest dilemma this year was having to miss state and was not able to watch these races live. I had previously signed up for a marathon that was the SAME weekend as state track this year. If I hadn't been training all year long then I would have just dropped it and went to state instead. I even had plans to still go to state because it was Thursday/Friday and my race wasn't until Saturday. The problem was getting back in time to check in for the race Friday night, not getting into Utah until around 1 or 2 am and having to wake up at 4am to catch the shuttle for my race up the canyon. I actually was going to do that and then came the back problems. 3 weeks before my race I was in the midst of switching out winter/summer clothes for my kids and pulling bins out of the garage. While my kids were watching a movie I went out in the garage to get some bins, bent over to lift one and had the SHARPEST pain radiate through my entire back like I have never felt before. I couldn't stand up, I couldn't sit down, I couldn't move!! Brooklyn walked up right after it happened and went and grabbed the phone for me. I called Ben and just started bawling that I was seriously hurt, and I don't know if was so much the pain or knowing I had a marathon in 3 weeks and had been training forever for it and now might not be able to run it that made me so emotional. He called my friend Jilll and told her to run over until he could get home, and during that time my other neighbor called to ask me a question and all I could do was cry so she ran over. Along with my neighbor across the street seeing all of this happen she ran over as well, so I had 3 wonderful women helping me until Ben got home. ( i know, I have the best friends/neighbors in the world!) I just sat on the end of my couch and could not believe how bad I hurt. During this time Jill decided to call one of our paramedic friends for advice who lived just a few houses down and he ran over to check it out. I WAS SO LUCKY HE WAS THERE!!! He showed up just a few minutes before Ben and was describing what it could be and what he suggested I should do. Right as he was doing that Ben walked in and knew I was in bad shape. As soon as he walked up to me I started feeling super light headed and dizzy, said so, and the next thing I knew I was waking up to Ryan and Ben leaning over me in my living room trying to wake me up. I started panicking and hyperventilating, couldn't breathe, started shaking like crazy, and my hands started doing this weird thing where i had no control over them and they were cramping up. (guess that's what happens when you're body isn't getting enough oxygen.) I then heard Ryan yelling to Jill to call 911 and before I knew it I was being injected with Morphine, and being carried out onto a stretcher. The guy in the ambulance was super nice, gave me some oxygen and calmed me down to where I was somewhat coherent. He started talking to me about my kids, Ben, my life out in Saratoga...but after a few minutes I started thinking about my marathon, who had my kids while this was all going on, what if this happened or that happened, etc...and I started hyperventilating again. The ambulance guy gave me some more oxygen, calmed me down and all was good again. So weird.
So off to the hospital we went. I was hooked up and given all sorts of weird drugs which I HATE! The feeling of not having control over my own body is the worst to me and to tell you the honest truth, the only thing I really remember about the hospital was the nurse asking me if I could be pregnant, me freaking out and saying, "I better not be!" Crying to my Dad about what was going on with him trying to calm me down on the phone, and Ben and Jill visiting with me until I passed out from all of the drugs. The next few days were a blurr. My mom came and stayed with me but I can't remember most of it. I was brought dinner every night by some wonderful friends, but still wouldn't be able to tell you who brought what or when then came, etc..I guess I pretty much just slept and stared at people with a blanke look for 3 days, ha ha.
Anyways, I ended up going to a spinal doctor who said I have something super common which is called degenerative disc disease? I guess a ton of people have it that don't even know they have it and it doesn't even affect most. It's when the spaces between your vertebra's are to spaced out so it causes back pain and some back spasms. He told me I probably wasn't going to be able to run and of course I cried like a baby the whole way home.
The next morning I went to the physical therapist and he was my saving grace. He had me lay down on my back and put both of my legs out to where my toes meet...wow, my right leg was like 5 inches longer then my left. He had me do a few stretches, pushed and pulled on me here and there and before I know it I heard the LOUDEST pop I have ever heard in my life. Yes it killed, but it was like INSTANT relief all of the sudden. Come to find out I had a SI joint come out and along with the disc disease, the joint that popped out had caused me to have a hard core back spasm. He told me to come in every day that week and we would see if he could get me running by the end of the week. The thing I liked about this guy is he is a huge marathon runner so he totally knew where I was coming from so said, "I'm not going to tell you not to run anymore, that would be like telling you not to be happy anymore." I knew right then and there he understood and I had hope. By the end of the week it was like night and day difference and I attempted running. Funny thing, but it actually helped my back to loosen up and it felt great! I got alot of bad looks and some not very nice comments from people seeing me attempt to still do this after having been taken out on a stretcher..especially my family. My Dad made it very clear that if he got another phone call like that again he was going to be super upset, haha. But I survived and did it anyways!! If you're not a runner and didn't train for something for a year then you won't get it! I did it and was very happy I did it, I would have so regretted it if I didn't.

Anyways, back to my little sister, wow sorry for that tangent! Because of the whole back issue, I was nervous what my body would do on such little sleep with this now back problem I have to deal with so I made up my mind not to go. Let me tell you, I love my sisters more then anything in this world and knew before state even occurred that Kyli would probably win it all, so this was a big big deal that I wasn't able to go watch. Kyli has all of my old high school coaches and everything and I was so sad I wasn't going to make it. You can ask my parents, that phone call telling them I wasn't going to make it was pretty dramatic. I'm a pretty calm person until I hear either my dad's or Ben's voice...then it's all over if I'm upset about something. I couldn't even talk I was crying so hard. Kyli totally understood of course, but i was heartbroken!
The nice thing is i was still able to watch her run live online through idahosports.com, so I still got to see her kick everyones trash!! I don't think I have ever been so neverous for any races in my entire life, counting all of my high school and college races!! She did so awesome and I was the proudest sister in the world. Good thing she still has a year in high school so I can come watch her take home 4 golds next year!! She already has college scouts all over her and I love even more that they are all right now from Utah so I can come watch!
So So proud of you little sister, you truly are amazing!!

Here is Klyi recieveing her first gold metal and getting her picture taken by the Idaho Sportsman. They even had a reporter come and interview her after and posted a pretty sweet artcile in the paper about her. I could on and on about this girl!!

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."

Family Time!!!

The past couple of weeks have been full of some fun family time so I thought we would share! The pics aren't really in the order of the events but oh well!
Ben's brother Tregan and his cute high school sweetheart Allison were married in the Rexburg Temple last Friday. Of course Ben and I were there with the kids and spent some Fullmer family fun at his parents new house playing with cousins, game nights with brothers and sisters, and of course the yearly Easter egg hunt Ben's mom sends us on all around town which happened to be at the BYU-I center (which is AMAZING now by the way!! Wow, it doesn't even look like the same college anymore, it's HUGE!) So that was fun to go tour that and spend some time with family. Of course wedding weekends are always crazy buys with pics, lunch ins, receptions, etc.. but I have to say that is was once classy wedding and it was so much fun. I loved hearing all of the speakers at their lunch in and the cute stories of Treagan and Allison and how head over hills in love with each other they are. Those two have been through alot to get to where they are today and we are so happy for them. Allison was of course the most beautiful bride ever and Treag was one handsome groom! Ben's mom worked so hard on the ADORABLE skirts and bow ties she made for the nieces and nephews, and I have to say my husband wears a tux very well! Their reception was beautiful and the food was to die for! The yummiest desserts that my kids helped themselves to ALL NIGHT LONG, and if you know the Fullmers....THE LINE WENT ON AND ON AND ON AND ON..We all know that whenever you marry any of the Fullmers just plan on the reception going at least an hour over because of all of the people that come through. Holly Cow!!
From there Ben had to fly to Singapore for work for a bit so I decided that I would head to Boise for the week and spend some time with my family since it happened to be there spring break anyways! My family was actually in Rexburg that same weekend as us because my little sister Taucia and her husband Ryan blessed their little boy Heath that Sunday. (it was a beautiful baby blessing by the way!) so it worked out great because this time I didn't have to go there alone this time! My little sister Kyli hopped in the car with me and we followed my Dad all the way home. I have to tell you, having Kyli in the car made a WORLD of difference. Maybe because I do that trip so much by myself anyways that I don't know the difference, but we just talked and talked and talked and it FLEW BY!
Being home was so nice. Alot of the time when I go there it can be a little overwhelming with 4 kids and just me, even as much as my family helps! For some reason they get to Grandma and Grandpa's house and are on a constant "let's be out of control mode!" Maybe it's because of the dang candy dish my mom fills up about 20 times while we are there, or maybe it's because of the late schedule they are on even though I HAVE THEM IN BED on time but Grandpa decides it's playtime instead and he usually wins! This time that all happened of course, but things were just alot more layed back and I was able to REALLY spend time with my family instead of just chasing my kids around all weekend. Kyli had 2 track meets, Friday and Saturday; the Bandanna meet which qualifies you for State and is really big. So i was super excited to go watch her. I haven't been able to all year so it was so fun. Kind of funny but Kyli has the same track coaches as I did in high school so a couple of the days that week I just went and hung out in the bleachers and watched her run and visited with them off and on. Jossis (the head coach) asked me to help do times Friday night which was so fun but FREEZING, and then Saturday was in the high 60s and was almost hot! Kyli did AMAZING in her races of course! She got 2nd in the 100m but have to say, the first place girl got 12.78 and Kyli got 12.79 haha! Oh and she has beat the first place girl numerous times so we aren't worried about it, LOL. She got 1st in the 200m by A LONG SHOT, she was WAY ahead! She then runs 2 relays which they both won as well. Her 4x1 team set a new high school record, and her 4x4 team took first by aways too. SO SO SO fun to watch. Like I said, I ran track in high school as well and went onto college to run for a while so track is a passion we both share together and something we LOVE. I have to say that I get WAY MORE nervous for her races then I think I EVER did for my own LOL! Right now she is placed 1st for state as a junior in a 5A school for all of her races...WOW, she's seriously amazing.
Anyways, I could go on and on and on about how much i love this girl. I always tell Ben I might just move to Boise just during basketball and track season just so I can watch her..I then realized that would be all year long and probably isn't very reasonable for my family life. HAHA! It's not just sports that I could talk about this girl that she's amazing in. She's seriously such a good girl. I love just sitting back and watching her in her life right now. Maybe it's because I still feel like it was yesterday when I was in her shoes and love watching her mature and handle all of the fun things life throws your way at that age. Being a teenager is not easy, and right now she's the only child at home which I think would also be kind of hard. It was so fun being able to just spend some time with her, talk about her and her cute boyfriend whom I love haha!, watch her dominate in all of her races, going so far as to even taking an ice bath with her!!, and then the last night there going prom dress shopping with her and my other sister. (she's one gorgeous girl by the way and found the most BEAUTIFUL dress, yea!!) Anyways, it was so much fun and having to leave was so much harder this time for some reason. I love my family and have been super homesick lately so it was so fun being there, laughing til I cried with them, and then crying because I didn't want to leave. My kids had a blast! They swam in the hot tub which my Dad cooled down for them, jumped on the tramp pretty much all day, played with the dogs ; running them around on the leashes as much as they could, and loved watching Kyli win her races. They are STILL asking when we get to back to Grandma's.
My friends Steve and Kami were nice enough to keep me company Thursday while my mom was doing hair (thanks again guys, it was so fun getting caught up and coming and seeing you and your cute kids..oh and kitchen, LOVED it!) I did the unthinkable and ran my dreaded 20 mile run on my lonesome Friday morning. For those that don't know I'm training for a marathon in a few weeks so my mom was nice enough to help me out with my kids that day while I started the run from their house, all the way down to the mall, then turned around and came back. WOW, but I did it and it actually wasn't that bad!
Anyways, LOVE LOVE LOVE you family and can't wait to see in a few weeks for state track even though it will just be me this time and no kiddos. ( I'm seriously not going to even know what to do with myself without kids for 2 whole days!) Thank you Fullmer Family for being so loving and taking such good care of me and the kids. The wedding was beautiful and we are so excited to have another sweet girl into the family. Love you all and thanks again!

The girls team actually took 1st place at the meet
as a whole so this was their team pic at the end of
the meet. My cute little sis is the hot blonde one
one kneeling on the bottom row next to the girl
kneeling sideways.














Victory Lap!!

Smile kids!!

Getting ready to run the 4x4, she was the

first leg...no pressure

The 100m..I know I was trying to scream for her

and take pictures so they are pretty far away. If

you can't tell though...she's the one in front

winning haha!

Picture time handsome boy!!

Love you and your hot tux!













Grandma Konda playing with Dru B!

This is Summer, the last girl to be added to

the Fullmer Family in July!! Jake and her just

got engaged a few weeks ago and we couldn't

be happier! We LOVE LOVE LOVE her!! She

got stuck watching the kids alot that weekend

since it was in the temple..so sorry Summer!

But we love you and it was much appreciated!

Grandpa Fullmer and Dru

The Bride and me!! (yes horrible posture i

know LOL)













Ben and Treag!

Ben and Jake!

My sweet girl! Look at those

ADORABLE skirts Konda made!

She is one talented lady!

Me and my baby!

The husband and I

Daddy's boy

Hey cutie..you're a handful but mommy loves

you!

Brooklyn and her favorite cousin Hallie.

These two played and played all weekend,

they had a blast!

Bride and Groom with all of the nieces and

nephews.