YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its the start of Landon's week off and we are all so excited. Landon ran in the Red Mountain Dirty Hurty Half Marathon race. He did really well with how crazy the elevation gain was. Jaxson let us know he gets to run the next race. We spent Friday evening and Saturday with Landon's parents. It was so nice of them to come and see Landon run. We love them! I love how much my boys adore them and want to be with them every second. I spent this last week preparing for our little vacation. I think anticipating vacation is almost, almost as fun as the actual vacation. So I enjoyed this week full of anticipation. Ty went three days without a nap and by today he was a mess. Ask the sister missionaries at the St. George temple. So we are currently doing nap time in the hotel. Ty and Landon are out cold. Jax read for an hour and now is playing on the iPad. I'm blogging. Happy moments. Life is always, always, ALWAYS better when we are all together!!!!
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| Kids Yoga when its cold outside is a real winner! |
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| The celebration of a single catch in our home feels like someone just won the super bowl. |
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| I had a really REALLY hard night one night. I didn't sleep at all. At about 7:15 I pulled out my phone and realized it was National Pancake Day. I needed something to jump start our morning other than the usual routine. So we decided to bundle up and walk to the iHop for free pancakes. Jax had no problem being a little late to school! |
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| One night I told the boys they could either clean up or go to their room and go to bed. This is how I found them 5 minutes later. It was 5:15. They stayed there til 5:40 and then decided they didn't want to go to bed so they came out and cleaned. Win win win for me. I prepared dinner in peace and still got a clean house. Bam! |
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| This picture reminded me of the picture right below. Ty is only going to be my baby for 7 more weeks. My heart can't handle that realization sometimes. But it helped too look back at the picture below that I took of me and Jax and realize that I still love Jax just as much and Ty only brought more love into my heart and our home. Baby #3 will only do the same. |
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| My brothers. There are 4 TVs there. They all flew to Chicago to spend the weekend playing Halo and eating food. Bunch of idiots ;). I rolled my eyes so much when Gary and I were facetiming. I love that they love to be together and sometimes I wonder how in the world I grew up in a home full of boys, nintendo, sports and sooooo much food(my poor grocery shopping mom). Okay, okay, that actually doesn't sound bad at all. Boys are the best! |
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I didn't feel any pain on this run which felt so happy. But some runs are brutal. My doctor just said that sometimes the babys position can make for some real discomfort running. I'm so looking forward to running without a 10+ lb basketball baby strapped to me. But I also have really loved the simplicity of pregnancy running. Oh and for those of you who don't think I have a stomach, here is proof. I can hide things for a while because of my height, but eventually everything evens out ;). |
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| Jax looks like he's modeling here, but mostly he's just mad that I got hair all over his neck. |
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| My last step before I start packing is washing/folding every dirty piece of laundry we have. Then once that is done (and the house is all clean).... I can get everything set. I love packing! I never feel more like a mom than A) when my kids are sick and its my job to comfort and take care of them and B) when i'm packing up the entire family for a trip. I was all finished packing by about 1:30am. Thats okay, Landon was on call anyway and I never get great sleep when he's gone. At least I was awake doing something I love |
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| We grabbed a quick bite to eat before hitting the road. The beginning of vacation feels so happy and freeing! |
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| Stopped at the Topaz Museum in Delta, Utah. |
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| "What do you think the meaning of this painting is?" Landon asked. I just busted up laughing. |
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| Felt pretty great about our hotel night time set up! |
