Race Day

My sister and I ran a 10k race Saturday morning at Sugarhouse Park. We actually had a good time! I have to say running has never been my thing. I have always wanted to be a good runner, but never have been. I'm not saying I'm good at it now, but I'm better than I ever have been. I love the motivation of training for a race. It gives running a purpose and it's always a challenge. This was only my second race and it was Kambria's first race. I'm hoping she catches the addiction running my first race gave me and that she'll do lots more with me (I'm hoping to do a 1/2 marathon in August)!

This is the before the race picture- And this is after We even had enough energy after to the race to get some shopping in (maybe we should have run a little harder)!

Swimming Lessons

Ashlyn had her first day of swimming lessons today. She was so excited, she couldn't sleep last night. She kept coming downstairs after we put her to bed to ask me question after question about the lessons. She did such a great job. I think she was the only kid that didn't cry!

She got home and was so excited to call her dad to tell him how brave she was and all the things she did... too bad he didn't answer his phone :(

Summer= Friends, Fun and Popsicles

Tanner and his cousin Isaac

Ashlyn, Sam and Afton

Bye Bye Binkie

So the time has come to say goodbye to the binkie. Can you believe my baby is 15 months old? Not really a baby anymore! Sunday afternoon I just decided it was time to be done with the binkie. I cut the top off the binkie and gave it to Tanner. He looked at it for a minute, put it in his mouth for 2 seconds and then just handed it back to me and wouldn't touch it after that... how easy was that! He actually did really well without it. He only cried for about 30 min. Sunday night when we put him to bed and then Monday for his nap he cried maybe 3 min. Now it is like he never had it in the first place. Hallelujah!! He also had his 15 month well-baby-check yesterday. Believe it or not this kid is only in the 4oth percentile for weight, weighing in at 23.5 lbs. Everyone thinks he's a tank, but more than anything he is just tall (31.74 inches, 80th percentile). He is a healthy kid, thankfully no ear infections this time! He is still not walking though (I really wish he would), and he's not talking much, but we're working on that. I can't believe how different boys are from girls! We watched home videos the other night of when Ashlyn was his age and they are night and day different!

A night at the Farm

FINALLY summer weather! After spending Wednesday and Thursday at the cabin where it was 40 degrees and snowing, we were excited to have some warmer weather Friday night. We took the kids to Wheeler Farm. We had a fun picnic. Ashlyn loved not having to stay in her chair while she was eating, and was running everywhere (every picture I have of her is blurry because she was always moving). Tanner didn't venture more than 1 foot from the pizza box the entire time- he knew what he wanted!Ashlyn loves feeding the ducks and geese. This year she could tell the difference between the two and really wanted the bread to get to the ducks and the not the mean geese. She would throw the bread extra far to the smaller ducks and get mad when the bigger geese got it.
Tanner caught on really fast to feeding the ducks. I would give him a little piece of bread and he would drop it and giggle when he saw the duck eat it. About every third piece of bread I gave him made it to the ducks though, the rest went right to his mouth! 2 for me... 1 for you!
The kids loved the goats and would have stayed with them all night. They were really cute and actually interested in the kids. Tanner was so excited that I let him get out of the stroller.This kid has no fear though. He just stuck his hand right in. Ashlyn built up enough courage to feed the goats. She thought it was the greatest thing that they would eat out of her hand (that is when she actually picked up straw and not rocks). This was her thumbs up to let us know the goat ate her food!
Tanner fed the pig rocks... and the pig ate them!

Ashlyn had to walk through the little stream.

By the end of the night they were tuckered out!

2nd Sunday Chaos

Every 2nd Sunday of the month my family gets together for dinner (usually at my parents house), but this month we hosted the dinner to celebrate my dad and Tina's birthday.

The birthday card my sister Kambria and her girls made my dad was the best....Can you read it? (Dad/Grandpa- You've had another "nutrageous" year! A few "payday's" have been lost along the way, but we're glad you didn't "rolover". Many "good and plenty" years are yet to come. So "Take 5" from your "whatamacalit" projects and take your "kissable" wife to Hawaii for "mounds" of fun!)

My dad is amazing! I don't remember a time in my life where I have ever not "liked" my dad. Even as a teenager I remember not wanting to do anything that would disappoint him because I respected him so much. He was always the cool dad that took us toilet papering and was diving in the bushes hiding from cars like the rest of us. I've always had a good time with my dad, but I've also learned a lot from him. He is such a great example to me of trusting in the Lord and knowing that the Lord will always take care of you if you are doing what is right. Even when life doesn't seem fair I never hear my dad question his faith, and he has had his fair share of trials. I love you Pops!

A few pictures from the night....Our backyard is finally coming together, and it was fun to have everyone over. Brad only had a heart attack once when the kids got into a rubber war (that rubber is awesome, but kind of a pain to keep in the playground area- kids love to throw it on the grass).

I couldn't resist posting this picture of Tanner. Tanner had a rough night (seems to be happening a lot lately). Sundays are hard days regardless, but 1:00 church makes them almost unbearable; then add hitting your head twice with the swing and having 30 people invade your house and space... he was less than happy. If I was not holding him he was crying, and if I was ever out of his sight he LOST it! In this picture my sister had just tried to hold him (I was sitting on the couch next to her). As you can see it didn't go over all that well with him!

Where have I been?

Reading this.... I came down with the stomach flu and started into another book- so life stayed on hold even when the flu was gone I was still checked out! Overall I thought this book was pretty good- not as good as Twilight, but it kept my attention (it did take until about 1/2 way through to grip me though).