7 years ago yesterday (April 21st) my 18 year old sister Julie died in a car accident. I miss her so much. She would be 25 now. There are so many things I wish I could share with her....I wish she could be a part of my kids' lives and not just in stories I tell them about her. I wish she could cheer me on when I run in the 1/2 marathon. I wish she could be there when Molly has her Kindergarten graduation. Man....it just sucks to have birthdays for the kids and not have her there. Sunday was tough having Megan's 2nd birthday without her auntie Julie. Life really hurts sometimes......

Wow...I pretty much suck at blogging lately. Molly turned 6 on the 1st of April. Wow. SIX!!!! Just crazy! Megan is going to be 2 on Sunday. It just boggles the mind that I have a 6 year old, 4 year old and a (almost) 2 year old. Just crazy......

I'll be running this race on October 4th. How fun!!!! I'll be running the 1/2 marathon for sure. I'm 2 weeks into my training. For the next 6 weeks the training for 1/2 marathon and full marathon is exactly the same, so, at that time, I'll switch to the full marathon training. IF I can do it without killing myself, I'll be running the full marathon. I'll be registering for the 1/2 next week. I can change the registration to the full within 3 weeks of the race without penalty, so, I'll be fine either way. As a family we'll be doing a family vacation at the same time. I still have to reserve the hotel room, but, it's off-season in the Black Hills during the race, so, we should have no problem making the reservations.