Koski Family Blog

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Summary of Trip

We are so thankful that Grandma and Grandpa Koski opened their home to us and Grandma was even kind enough to cook our meals. This trip was stressful though and we learned a lot.

Aunt Jenny shooting guns

you might be a Koski if...

Kais loves her dad

Isn't she the cutest?!?

Monday, June 18, 2012

Kaisley spent the morning with Grandma Koski while I ran and Kiley went to a gun show with Grandpa Koski. Kiley didn't know that it was an 1.5 hour drive to get there and had a hard time getting Grandpa to go home because Grandpa insisted they stop at all of the yard sales on the way. Once Kiley finally got back Aunt Susan, Uncle Jesse, and Lindsay came up for some birthday cake. Kaisley was more interested in playing with the cake than eating it so Grandma Koski got a spoon and fed Kaisley cake and ice cream.

Kais fell asleep like this on Grandma's lap

after the race

Kaisley's cake

Kais cuddling with Lindsey

Dad is finally home!!

so excited!

Kaisley and her newborn pic. She has grown so much!

Aunt Susan

She loves to put things over her head

Helvetia Half Marathon

On Kaisley's first birthday I ran my first Half Marathon with Aunt Jenny and Kiley's cousins Paula and Shawna. I had started to train for the race in April but did not run for three weeks prior to this day because I was sick. My goal was to keep Aunt Jenny and Paula in sight. I knew that Shawna would be impossible to catch :0) When Aunt Jenny and I got there we looked at the booths who gave free clif bars, power shots, and gel bars for energy. There were 5,000 people running the 10k and half marathon. When the race started I had ear warmers, three layers of shirts, gloves, and two layers of pants. Before I got to the first mile I had the ear warmers, gloves, and thick longsleve off. I regret wearing two layers on my legs because they were so tight that took a lot of effort to move them. I was surprised that my lungs weren't tired but my legs were. It was a beautiful run and the weather was great. They had people holding water and heed (an electrolyte drink) at every mile and clif power gel shots after mile 6. The farthest I had ran while training was 9 miles and at mile 10 I hit a wall. It was very hard not to just walk especially because my legs were hurting. Aunt Jenny and I finished together at 2 hours 34 minutes. I was pleased with this time for my first race and was proud of how far I had come from a year ago on that same day. I have lost 50lbs from my pregnancy weight and 20lbs down from my pre-pregnancy weight. Kaisley has inspired me to be the best role model that I can for her. This includes having a healthy and active lifestyle. Afterwards we had Helvetia burgers. I chose to have a garden burger and it was really good. Here are a few photos from the race:

waiting for the race to start

me sticking my cellphone in the air to try to take a picture of all of the people

so many people

slowed down to take a pic of the scenery. I wish I would have taken more because it was so beautiful. There were lots of hills we ran up and down.

after the race

Me and the birthday girl after we got back.

Oregon Zoo

Saturday we went to the Oregon Zoo in Portland with Aunt Jenny. It rained a little here and there but we were prepared so it was still so much fun.

Aunt Jenny thought she heard Kaisley say "Kohl" when she saw the black bears lol

She was pretty clingy to me most of the trip. When we finally got her into the stroller I had to sneak around because once she saw me she wanted out.

Kaisley in an eagle nest

I kept this one because when we first got to the zoo it was packed with school kids on a field trip. But once they left we had the zoo all to ourselves!