hooked

I'm a little behind, being half way around the world and all, but I finally read "Twilight". I started Tuesday night and finished this morning, it was so good. Although I'm a little tired today. After I put the kids to bed, I started reading and couldn't put it down till I forced myself to go to bed in the wee hours of the morning! If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. I'm jealous my friend Shauna went to a signing ;) I'm excited to read the next one but am going to give myself a couple days before I get emerged into another book. Maybe I should focus on the triathlon for now, oh, and Corine's baby shower!

Bowling

It's great, the kids are cheap, you only have to do one game to entertain them and when they get distracted you can always take one of their turns. Oh, and I should add, that's the only way they got strikes. booya!




she gets excited easily :)

It was so fun to watch them Cheer each other on

the kids loved watching the balls come out and I was just waiting for a pinched finger

I helped Abbey push her ball down the "ball slide" or it would never make it down the alley and the kids would stand around me holding me while they waited in suspense to see what would happen. I loved Abbey's little hands on my arm.

so cute!!

great flick!!!

and some good eye candy!

BOYS!!!!!

Saturday we went to play with cousins and early that day we had a wonderful August, Utah, rainstorm. When it let up, the kids went outside to play. A couple hours into it, Katelynn was making a big deal about the boys being gross. We went outside to find them covered in mud. By where the mud ended up, it looked like there was a mud fight, some rolling and some lathering of mud on their arms. And as punishment, Uncle Jeremy hosed them off.





and a little triathlon update, early that morning I went on a 8 mile bike ride then ran 3 miles to practice. I went with my bud Lindsay (who talked me into doing this tri) and she kicked my butt! It was freakin hard, what am I getting myself into? But it's gonna feel awesome when I cross that finish line. 5 more days!!!

a cool park

the other day we went to the park with some friends and all I was expecting was a playground. I'd seen the park before and assumed the fountains were just decoration but soon found out they are little wading pools. The kids loved them. First they started with their clothes on and were soon down to the bare necessities, which left them with cute little tan lines that evening. Then we went over to this cool swing contraption. It had six swings and they spun around like a carousel. It seemed really cool until us moms attempted to push the thing while our kids yelled "faster!!" The thing would barely move. But watching Addie and Abbey giggle with enjoyment was worth the effort. They swam some more until us mom's could not stand the sun any longer. It was a gorgeous park and good company.

not only does she hike!

my mom is an amazing seamstress, which i did NOT inherit, and she whipped up these aprons the other day. She's deciding on what to do with them and the money hungry girl that I am told her to sale them! Any one in the market for a good quality, reversible apron? $20 plus shipping :)
and they come in different prints

two thumbs up

to my mom! She hiked mount timpanogas last week! I have no desire to do it and don't think I ever will. I am very proud of her and wanted everyone to know. Yeah Nonna!

some great painting posts to come

Ryan left on Sunday to go to New York for a 3 week session at the Hudson River School of Art. If you know much about the art world then you will be impressed to know that it is being put on by Jacob Collins. I'm excited to hear how it goes. The whole thing has been quite unorganized but he's there and it looks gorgeous and if anything, he gets 3 weeks of uninterrupted time to paint!

So I just registered for a triathlon on the 25th of this month. Now I'm committed. No, I haven't trained and am not in tip top shape, don't you look at the pictures of me on the blog? Oh, wait, I don't post them for that exact reason. But I have been experiencing a bit of a chest cold that leaves me exhausted after running up the stairs so let's pray that goes away soon, like tomorrow. If you want to join me, it's in Orem and you register at active.com, they are actually a lot easier than they seem. And I have fun doing them. Hopefully an event post to follow of the big event :)

we came all the way from Italy for this!!!

This has been the highlight of our trip. My friend Liz recently started a photo business and I couldn't wait for her to shoot my kids! She has the cutest little studio and the kids loved it. here is a sample, you'll have to go to her site to see more. www.dillydallyart.blogspot.com and of course you can always contact her and get a booking ;)