Our little baby is growing up!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Fun Family Times
This was Dallin's cute trick for a few days, now he is starting to use his hands to carry things and so close to walking.
Cute baby, he would really prefer to be outside all the time. When I put him in the swing, I know I'm in for at least 30 minutes if I don't want a fight to get him out.
How cute is that! Grant love to follow his Daddy around when he mows ... he just walks and walks and walks.
Look real close and you will find a smiley face. REAL CLOSE. The fun of mowing. It turns out that when you mow around a trampoline, the long part in the circle provides endless entertainment.
We had so much fun when my sister Sara came to visit. Apparently, so much fun that I didn't have time to take pictures - this one of the very few I took. I still miss that cute little Ava. She is bursting with personality. I love her "day-too's" (thank-you), like 50 times a day, and she loves to clean up. My kiddo's really loved her and when we were shopping she always kept track of us and made sure we stayed close by. She will be such a great big sister. We are already planning a trip to come see again her sometime this summer.
Friday, May 9, 2008
The 'mini' Marathon
This was taken just before we lined up to run. (It was in our fancy hotel that had a huge flat-screen in the bedroom and a smaller one in the bathroom - it also had a nice steam room and a big jacuzzi that we used after our run.)
This is a piture of me on the run
This is another picture of me - you know - running
And this is how I looked when it was finally finished!!!
I can't believe it has already been a whole week. I started training in November. Every Saturday for the last 4 months I have dedicated time to a 'long run'. Tomorrow is Saturday and it feels very strange to not have to run. The marathon was great for the first 5 miles and sort of went down hill from there. Let's just say, I spent a good amount of time in the 'pit area' (which actually confused me on the race - I kept seeing signs for 'pitarea'. Originally I read it like pi ter ea). I honestly passed the same 'walkers' 4 different times. By the end, I had cramps in my back from holding back diarrhea, cramps in my stomach from drinking and eating 'shot-blocks', shin spints and hurt knees in both legs. I only walked 3 miles and I gave it my ALL. (However, by looking at my time - I really could have walked the entire thing and came out the same. 3 hours and 16 minutes = 15 minute miles.) Interestingly, after the race, I kept thinking about all the things I would do differently if I were to run another one. I might just be crazy. Before training for this, I had only run up to 3 miles at one time. I remember feeling daunted at the thought of running 5 miles. By the end, 5 miles seemed very short. It feels good to physically achieve something I had never done before especially because I really doubted my ability. I sort of feel like I can do anything I set my mind to (if I properly train and take some Imodium AD before the race).
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Ella-'leena' Ballerina
Ella loves to dance and practice's her ballet all the time. On one occasion, we went shopping and found this cute swim suit and dance shoes (from H&M). She also found a fairie-like tu-tu and clear sparkly shoes. The shoes were the wrong size and I convinced her that we would buy a tu-tu when she started Ballet. This swim suit became her new dance outfit- you know, because it's so cute and it has a skirt. Notice the curtsy at the end!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Dallin getting around
Dallin loves pulling himself up on everything and can't wait until he is walking like the rest of his family.
Rub-dub-dub three kids in the tub
My kids love the bath. This probably wasn't the cutest shot, but definately the most modest. Apparently, daddy was only looking at the cute faces in all the other shots he took.
I decided that I'd better capture the moment of painting because I almost never let my kids paint and they always want to. It always seems like a huge time drainer - set up, clean up, keeping the paint stocked. They did make me a picture with their hand prints (which was cute). And almost made me a picture with their 'feet' prints (which I vetoed for fear of feet prints from the table to the sink).
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