Wasatch Back 2009

My sister in law Krisi signed up for the Wasatch Back for next year. She is hoping to put together a family team. I just told my brother Kevin that I would be on the relay team. So far,my sister Jenni, brother Kevin, sis-in-law Kristi, Aunt Pauline and maybe my sis Hollie and I are doing it. I told Kev I dubbs the #7 spot. It's a total of 12 miles. For those that don't know what this is, it a race from Logan to Park City done in relay with 12 people over a 24 hr period. The total mileage is 178 with each person running 3 legs of the race anywhere from about 3.9 miles up to 9'ish miles. I really need to get it out there that I AM doing this. So there-everyone knows, now I must train. Kevin did it this year and said it was really great, but he's a total triathlete so I don't know how much I trust his take on ease-of-race. Any other takers in the family?????

baby names and chores according to Peyton

Peyton is soooooo excited to have a new baby in our family. For his sake, I hope it doesn't take too long. Yesterday he asked me to list some things he could do to help me with the baby when it comes. (don't freak out just yet, we haven't been picked, we're just talking about the future) I told him he could make a list of what he thought he could help with. Here is a list of what he wants to help out with: changing diapers (yahoo-he can have all the dirty ones), feeding the baby a bottle, bathing in the kitchen sink (too funny), burping the baby, tell the baby how to talk, play with the baby, get the baby to sleep (he can have the 3am time slot!)

After he was done making the list of chores he came up with his own list of names.
Boys: Rex, Indyana, Brant, Cory (the last two are names of boys in Peyton's class at school). Girls: Trixi, Savana, Vicy, Haley, Maria.

These are spelled according to his "list". He said the funniest thing about Vicy-it's "V" with and "icy" on the end. Oh my-where oh where do they get this stuff. I'm sure it's more me than anyone, but my kids crack me up! Lovin' the names Peyton!

Just call me Spiderman

Connor has been loving his Spiderman costume lately and puts it on most days to wear for awhile. When he puts it on he tell me "Mom, you call me Spiderman." I love his imagination and love that he is getting so into characters like Peyton. It's fun to see Peyton and Connor play so cute with each other and be intrested in the same things. Connor put on his costume the other day and sat down to watch Spiderman on TV. It was around 4:00-4:30ish when I came back into the family room to find Spidey sound asleep in the big chair. So cute! And by the way-no Spidey costume is complete without green gloves...where do they get this stuff??

summer fun in the backyard

who needs to go to the pool when you have so much fun in your own backyard? This week Peyton and Connor had a fun day in the backyard with our blow-up pool and a picnic on their playset. It was so impromptu and yet so much fun. They were bored so I got the pool out for them and made them a picnic. They ended up playing outside from 11-5 that day! They were so tired and ready for bed early. I didn't take any pictures of the pool (I don't know why) but here are a couple of the picnic. Ahh I love summer!!!

Baseball 2008-Detroit Tigers

Peyton finshed his 3rd year of baseball recently. This was his first year of machine pitch baseball. He is a great player! He has really improved his baseball skills this year and really enjoys playing. He was the only "lefty" on his team. We got some great pictures from a professional photographer that comes to one game each year and takes about 5-10 pictures of each player for you to buy. Peyton was so photogenic and had so many great poses that we ended up with 15 5x7 pictures for only $35! I can see a collage on baseball pictures in his room in the near future. Here are some of the pictures I took throughout the season.

Rise Award/Attendance Award

Congratulations goes to Peyton! This past week I got to go to an assembly at his school where he was awarded the Rise Award for Academic Excellence. It is an award that is voluntary. The kids have to complete 8 of 12 possible goals throughout the year at home to achieve this award. Some of the goals he accomplished are: read 100 books, 1000 minutes of exercise, recite 3 poems to his class, get 100% on 10 or more spelling tests, write his name phone number and address from memory, draw color and label a detailed map of his room with using a compass for directions. Anyway he did a great job, way to go Peyton! The other award he got was an Attendance Award for missing less than 3 days of school all year! Way to go little buddy! He is a trooper when he comes to school. He loves it! He loves learning and is a great reader. We have loved his teacher, Miss Green. She has been so loving and kind and a great teacher. Watch out 2nd grade...Peyton is ready!

what's up

so what is up with shirts getting holes in the stomach? You know the kind I mean....cotton shirts that get tiny little holes right on your lower tummy. What's up with that? Does anyone know the cause? I can't tell you how many shirts that I have had to get rid of because of this. I just got a new cute shirt from Anchor Blue and after one wear...a hole. Arghhhhhh. Please, please tell me if you know why this happens and how to prevent. Oh how I hate the holes!!!!

baby????

As many of you know we are trying to adopt our 3rd child. We've had such great experiences with our other two adoptions and can't wait for a sweet new baby to be added to our family. Our social worker has told us that word of mouth is the best way to find our birth mom, or rather, help her find our family. I put directions on my sidebar on how to look at our profile. If you know anyone who is considering placing a baby for adoption, let them know about us! We just ask that you keep our last name private until we are ready to let them know that information. Thanks everyone for being sensitive to our situation and for keeping us in your prayers!

new season.....new purse

ok so if you know anything about me, you know that I have a ridiculous love of purses and let me tell ya, once you start into the expensive realm, it's hard to go back. It's a sickness really, but one that I whole-heartily embrace. So my friend Ashley has the cutest purses you have EVER seen. It seems like every time I see her at our son(s) baseball and soccer games she has a new fab purse. I spotted a really cute cream purse on her about 2 months ago and fell in love. I of course asked her where she scored such a cute thing and she told me Dillards. I promptly went to the mall only to find out it was a Kate Landry and it was $229. Holy cow! I wasn't expecting that price tag. I sadly said goodbye to that purse and have been on the search for a new summer purse ever since. I did purchase a cute canvas with white patent leather (fake) purse from Target that is white, black and purple that I have been carrying around since April. I really have loved it, but it still wasn't fulfilling my Kate Landry dreams. I wanted something a solid color that had a bit of an edge to it, but was still classy. I have looked and looked and just couldn't find what I was looking for (I wanted the Kate Landry cream patent purse)! So fast forward to today when I went to the mall to help my little sis, Hollie get pictures of my new niece, Aleah. I had about 15 mins to spare so I thought I would stop by Dillards and see if I could see a cute purse. What??? I found the Kate Landry purse on sale for $114! 50% off! I was so excited so I put it on hold so I could call Shane to make sure I could spend that much on a purse and I wanted Hollie's opinion. My Mom showed up at the mall(shocking, I know) and she loved the purse too, and offered to give me my b-day money early (way early-my b-day isn't until aug). So with my Mom subsidizing, I got my purse. Isn't it cute? Don't you love the lining? Thanks Mom and Shane!! It's big, it's chunky, and I love it!!

summertime

can you feel it? it's offically June! Oh-I love summer! We've been working in our yard, getting our annuals and pots planted. Peyton has one more week of school and then we are in offical sleep-in mode! Yeah! I am so excited for swimsuits, sunscreen, days by the pool, PB&J picnics in the backyard, 4th of July in Moroni, camping trips, roasting hot dogs, making smores, dutch ovens (peach cobbler dutch oven), fireworks, late nights with no curfew, grilling, walks around in the neighborhood, swim lessons, summer music, shorts, flip flops, tan legs, cool mornings, running through the sprinklers, oh I could go on. Here's a fun pictures that make me love and laugh about summer. What do you do in summertime?