Performances

This is Kendall with one of our neighbors. He was in the school choir and even had a solo part. He really impressed me with his voice.

The girls have been doing dance and just had their recital. Amy did hip hop (but decided she's done) and Summer did a combo class that did a little of everything. Aren't they so beautiful?

I have been a terrible blogger. The only thing I can blame it on is my camera. It takes such high resolution pictures that it takes forever to download them. I'll try better.

Amy is the bubble blowing champ.

Max is showing off his BIG BOY underwear. Yes, he's potty training and he has not been the easiest child to train. In fact he may even be worse than Amy. He will be great one day and I think he's got it, then the next day he'll pee his pants 4 times. He won't poop on the toilet and when he poops in his pants he pulls them down and manages to smear the poop on the floor. Not sure how he does this because he goes in the bathroom and sneaks because he knows I want him to poop in the toilet. I'm at my wits end with this one.

This is the mountain of Nutella banana crepes we made - YUM - O!

Okay, so my kids like a good snack and who doesn't right? This was Max's first time (that he can remember) with fondue and he thought it was the best 'chocolate dip' ever.

We're nearing the end of baseball season. Dale has helped with coaching and the boys have been playing really well.

Moab Half Marathon

Last November my neighbor asked if I wanted to do a half marathon in Moabwith some other people in the neighborhood. I was very reluctant, but thought it would be a good motivator to run more.

After 12 weeks of training the day finally came - the first day of spring.

These two fun women ran the race - this is us afterward.
The kids greeted me at the end. We had to camp because all the hotels were full AND it was pretty cold.

Here I am just passed mile 11, passing our campground. When I saw Dale there it made me want to sprint to the finish - of course it was still 2 miles away. The course followed the Colorado River down the canyon and was beautiful. More up hill than I had thought though. My time was 2 hours 15 minutes and 38 seconds.

This is just before the race. It was pretty cold and we had to be shuttled up the canyon. They let us bundle up then send our warm clothes down in these purple bags to be picked up later. I was surprised how many people just threw their clothes on the side of the road when they got hot. AND how many people peed on the side of the road. All in all it was a good run and
I DID IT!

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Winter Fun

Kendall went skiing for the first time with the scouts - he loved it! His good buddy from Florida came to ski in Park City and we met up with them - we're still missing Florida a bit, but at least the weather is starting to warm up.
These are the Ice cream sundaes we got at Leatherby's - YUM!

DARE

Kendall was chosen to read his essay he wrote about the DARE program at the DARE graduation.

Christmas

Max loved his binki - in fact he insisted on sleeping with two. He would suck on one and rub the other one on his forehead. I guess he got tired of holding on to it and just left it there - ha ha.
The kids are patiently awaiting their grandparents so they could eat breakfast and then open presents.

New PJs (except for the boys ratty shirts that they insist on wearing to bed)

Pre-Christmas

I often find Shelby cuddled up to this bear on the girl's bed.
The girls had a dance recital - it was so fun to watch them perform.