5k fun

Sorry Britt, I had to steal your pictures, b/c silly me I never saved the ones that were taken on my phone. My friends and I ran in the Suwanee days 5k race. It was way fun, but it totally whipped my butt. I have been actually working out for the last month to be ready for this race. I have been pretty proud of myself because I have been getting up about six in the morning and exercising. At least 5 times in the week. This is not normal for me. I don't think I have ever done this in my lifetime. I felt pretty prepared about running this race, I figured that adrenaline would also kick in and it would be a smooth race. HAH! not. I was so dying. It didn't help that the race had some hills in it as well. I do not do well with hills. They are not my friend. I had a goal to finish in 30 min. or less. I finished (mind you that is a positive thing, many times I thought about jumping ship) the race in 33min. and 10sec. Definitely not the best time in the world, but hey not bad after just having a baby, and nearing the big 35. We are also talking about doing another race in October. Hopefully I can improve my time. So if I post about the next race, I guess you will know if I did better. If I don't post about it, you can probably assume I did worse than this time. It is all good, I really don't care about my time, I just enjoy the fact that I am exercising, and I am able to run a few races with some friends.

On the move again!

It's official. We are moving! Our new place to call home will be just south of Cleveland Ohio. We are still looking for a house, so I can't give exact details of where, but some of the areas that we are looking for a house is Twinsburg, Solon, and Hudson areas. Matt starts his new job on October 13th. We have put a lot of thought into this move, and it just seems to make sense. Matt and I have been feeling that we just want to live close to family. So that would mean either Utah or Ohio. Needless to say Ohio here we come. We will be about an hour from Matt's family. We are excited to be near them again. For all my loved ones in Utah, do not lose hope. We are certainly hoping that we will have the opportunity to move there again as well. We are tired of moving all around the country, and are hoping that this will be a stay for awhile (unless of course the opprotunity arises to move to Utah, because Utah trumps all). For those we have befriended here in Georgia, we will be very sad to leave you. It was certainly a hard decision for us, because we do like it here, but the chance to be near family could not be passed up. We feel so blessed to have the Lord in our lives, and for his direction. We are also very thankful to have the church, and it's instant family network. It truly makes moving a lot easier. We feel that the Lord has blessed us with dear friends, and we hope to keep those friendships throughout our lives. I will keep you posted on all of the moving front.

Animal fun

This weekend we went to the Yellow River game ranch with some of our close friends the Garfields. This was a first time experience for our family. We had a lot of fun. For those of you who do not know what this place is, let me explain. This place is kind of like a zoo, but they have animals you can pett, feed, and admire. They had deer, bunnies, buffalo, bears, squirrals, goats, sheep, ducks, and much more. The kids thought it was great. It was fun to be right up next to all the animals. Here are some pictures of all the fun.

This is Mckayla feeding a baby fawn!

Mckayla and Isaiah feeding the goats.

These bears were fun to see up close. They would all just sit around waiting to be fed by all the on lookers. While we were feeding them, some of them got into a little fight over the food.


This deer scared me to death. He came up behind me and started sniffing my arm. I had a hole stash of food on top of the stroller, and he came for a little snack. It was amazing to see some of these animals had no fear. We couldn't get rid of this deer. The kids had fun petting him and seeing him up close.

This squirral was quite comical. He would run ahead of us and the play like he was road kill or something. When we would throw him a peanut he would jump up and eat it. The squirral was cool, because you would throw him a peanut and he would tear open the shell and then eat up the nut. It was just fun watching him eat it.

This was a pot belly pig, and he was enormous. We were lucky to have a family shot with him. Our friends tried to get a family photo after us, and he started grunting and making all sorts of noises and then stood up as if he was not happy. We all just moved away quickly. Maybe he wasn't happy that he got his picture taken.

Check out this duck! He looked like he had a big pom pom stuck to his head. Talk about a bad hair day. I can relate.

I had to take this shot, the black sheep amongst all the white sheep!

Isn't this a great shot!! He is my little sweetheart. He was in the stroller for most of the afternoon, and was happy and content for the day.

our little chub, chub

Last week I took Seth in for his 6 month check up. Can you believe he is already at 6 months - Crazy!! His new weight is at a high of 18 pounds. He is closing in on his older brother's weight. I bet by the end of the year he will out weigh his brother Isaiah. He looks good, and as you can see growing like a weed. His head size was in the 95th percentile. Does anyone know what tortacollis is? Well our little Seth has been diagnosed with it. His muscles on his neck on the right side are tight which causes him to have a slight tilt of the head, and his range of motion is not quite equal with the other side. We were referred to a physical therapist, and have been given a couple of exercises to fix the problem. We have to go to physical therapy once a week, until he gets better. He is such a sweet baby, we love him very much!!

Feeling Ugly!!

Have you ever had those days where you just feel ugly!! This week so far has been that. Most of my life I have been plagued with cold sores. Lucky me one popped out this week. I could feel it coming on, and immediately starting applying the medicine, in hopes that it would not present itself. No such luck. Not only did it come out to say hello to all the world, but a second one presented itself as well. Now I have one on the right and left side of my mouth. It almost makes me want to stay inside the house and not go anywhere. I am applying medicine on them all day, because it soothes them, and hopefully it will help them to heal faster. As you can imagine two big white blotches on either side of my mouth, someone is bound to say something. Usually the comments go as follows "it looks like you have something on the side of your mouth", or "you got some mayo in the corner of your mouth". To say the least I always feel at my ugliest when they come to visit. So here's to those ugly days!! Hipp, hipp hur-ray!!! To look on the brighter side of things, at least they only last for a week to 10 days. After that I can look like my normal self.

"I am a child of God olympics"

Saturday the primary put on the "I am a child of God olympics". Mckayla is sporting her medal of silver. The kids all won gold, but their medals were silver, due to the fact that they were edible, and were wrapped in tin foil. It was a really fun activity, and I think all the kids enjoyed themselves. The 2nd picture is featuring Mckayla participating in the Sailing event. They had to blow their balls across the water. The last picture is her team or ctr 5 class. A couple of weeks ago they made a flag for their team. They are a fun group of kids, and Mckay loves being a part of their class. Mckay also got an award for reading her scriptures, and praying every night for the last month for training for the olympics.

Princess for a day!!!

This weekend we took a trip to Ohio, where we attended Matt's little sister Natalie's wedding reception. It was such a fun weekend. We enjoyed so much visiting with family and friends. It was a quick trip, but it was well worth it. Natalie and her new husband Chris are such a fabulous couple, and look so happy together. Natalie had all her little neices be little princess's for her reception. Grandma made the dresses, and all the little girls had so much fun, prancing around like they were all the bell of the ball. Grandma painted Mckayla's finger and toe nails to match her pink ribbon on her dress. Needless to say Mckay was on cloud nine. It seemed like a blink of an eye, and we were back on the road again to go home. It was fun while it lasted, and we wish the happy couple our very best wishes!!!