Day 96: Swan Lake

Today was the day of Lucy's ballet, Swan Lake. The production was huge and it went really well. Lucy was ADORABLE if I do say so myself. My only complaint is that Lucy wasn't in it near enough for all the time we put into it. We do 3 days of rehearsals and spend hours driving across town and Lucy's part is literally no longer than 2 minutes. It's something that has annoyed me a little every performance we have had. Lucy loves it though, and we are actually going to try out another dance option for the summer I think and we'll see which we like best.

Aside from Swan Lake which consumed our entire day, we actually had a crazy busy morning. We woke up bright and early and headed to the Neilsen Challenge. The Neilsen Challenge is a 2 mile run that they do here in Colorado Springs the first Saturday of every month. Two months ago I ran it, last month Shawn ran it, and this month we had high hopes to both run it. Unfortunately our ward members that usually show up to support a spouse didn't come today, so Shawn had to sit this one out to watch the kids. As we were driving Shawn asked me what my goal was. Last time I ran it in 18:56 or there abouts. Keep in mind that it was my first run since Alivia was born, so the time met my goal of under 20. Today I wanted to run it in 16 something since I haven't been as on top of my training as I had hoped I'd be. I ran it in 15:55, and I actually come in 3rd for the girls. That isn't saying much since the competition isn't all that competitive, but there were two girls that were pretty good, and they beat me. Next month I hope to do it in 14 something, and I hope Shawn can run it with me.

After the race we had to hurry home because Shawn had to do baptisms for the dead with the youth today. He was really sad because he was probably going to miss Lucy's dance, but it ended up that he made it in time. By the time we came home the kids were are MESS! There was screaming and crying from Jack for more than an hour straight. I got to the point that I totally tuned him out as he sat wailing on the couch of a good 30 minutes, then I took him up to his room until he was done. Poor little guy didn't get a nap today and it was not a pretty picture. Alivia also had her sleep schedule messed up by this ballet so she spent a fair share of that hour sobbing too. Both kids were inconsolable, so I just did the best I could thinking of Wendy Mack often. I love my kids, and today they truly put that love to the test between the hours of 4 and 6.