We did it!

I go walking several times a week with a few friends and in the Spring time Amber and I decided that we wanted to walk a half marathon. There were a couple things that triggered the idea: 1. Biggest Loser: we were so impressed by the fact that the people on the show could do a marathon. If they can do a marathon we could definitely walk a half marathon. 2. Brooks: Brooks is running a crazy amount of miles each week and every month he does a half marathon. We didn't want to register with a real race so we just set a time on a Saturday morning and made sure the guys could watch the kids. We got going and about mile 3 we wondered what we had got ourselves into, but we finished 13.1 miles. It felt so good to finish. We were very sore by the end, but what do you expect when you go from 4 miles a day to 13 in one shot.

Home Sweet Home

So I'd have to say that one of the things I miss most about Utah are the mountains. Last week I went up to girls camp for a few days. They took their hike up by the lake just a little bit up from our campsite. We hiked up the road and around the bend and this is what we found.

It looked just like the Unitas. It was beautiful. I miss the beauty of the mountains. Don't get me wrong there are several things here that I love that you would never see in Utah, but I still miss the mountains. As we continued the hike we came across the area where the tornado hit last year. We were camping in Little Sioux which is the camp where a couple scouts were killed last year because of the tornado. They've cleaned up a lot of the rubbish, but the whole side of this hill was taken out pretty much. As for the rest of camp, it was sooo fun! I loved it! Partly becuase I was excited to be camping and partly because it was girls camp! It was quite a different experience from the girls camp I am used to - no camps songs :( - but it was still just as much fun and I wish I could have been there the whole time.

Railroad Days

A few weeks ago several venues in Omaha put on Railroad Days. It was a great chance to go to several things we've been wanting to visit. First we went to Lauritzen Gardens. They had some very beautiful gardens, but we both agreed that the best part of the whole thing was the train village they have. It was pretty amazing! After we saw the gardens we went to the Durham Museum. I didn't realize this before we went, but the Durham Museum used to be the old Union Pacific train station for passenger trains back in the day. So the first floor looks very similar to Union Pacific station at Gateway in Salt Lake. We got to walk through some old passenger trains. I think it would be more fun to travel in one of those than in a plane, but it wouldn't be much fun to travel several days to get somewhere. These trains are huge! If you can see the picture of Brooks and Spencer standing in front of one, the wheels are taller than Brooks. They also had some fun and games that Brooks and Spencer had a ton of fun with. After the museum we went to General Dodges house. He was a general in the Civil War and they've restored his house to close the original. Over all it was a very fun and educating day!