Indoor activity #35: Play date with cousins.
Indoor Activity #49: Trip to the mall.
Cute Valentine's dress from her favorite Auntie! Her smiles are priceless.
Don't you just want to squeeze these cheeks?
2.13.2013
Fruit Loops
Indoor activity #27: cereal necklaces
Indoor activity #35: Play date with cousins.
Indoor Activity #49: Trip to the mall.
Cute Valentine's dress from her favorite Auntie! Her smiles are priceless.
Don't you just want to squeeze these cheeks?
Indoor activity #35: Play date with cousins.
Indoor Activity #49: Trip to the mall.
Cute Valentine's dress from her favorite Auntie! Her smiles are priceless.
Don't you just want to squeeze these cheeks?
2.11.2013
Kaden
Kaden is 7 months old. There is just so much to love about this little guy! He is so easy going and content. I'm always amazed at his calmness. He goes to bed around 8:00 and then wakes up around 7:30 and coos and giggles in his bed until I get him up around 8:00.
He is always entertained by James and Lynnlee. Sometimes he doesn't want to eat his veggies so I get James and Lynnlee to make him smile so I can sneak in some bites.
He is always entertained by James and Lynnlee. Sometimes he doesn't want to eat his veggies so I get James and Lynnlee to make him smile so I can sneak in some bites.
Winter Training Part 2
(Another boring post on running)
Today's long run went much better than last week. Even though I was running further it was 10 degrees warmer which made a huge difference and I didn't have to wear as many layers. I felt better overall and made sure to drink more water. Thank goodness my water bottles didn't freeze this time.
So a question I ask myself everytime I run outside is, Why don't cars get over for runners? Is it really that hard to cross the yellow line when there aren't any other cars coming? What's worse, crossing a yellow line or hitting a pedestrian? So frustrating sometimes!
It was a beautiful morning. The clouds were clearing from the storm. You could see a pink sky through some of the clouds. It is such a rush and a high to run early in the morning. Also nice to be done first thing in the morning and then spend the rest of the day with my fam.
Today's long run went much better than last week. Even though I was running further it was 10 degrees warmer which made a huge difference and I didn't have to wear as many layers. I felt better overall and made sure to drink more water. Thank goodness my water bottles didn't freeze this time.
So a question I ask myself everytime I run outside is, Why don't cars get over for runners? Is it really that hard to cross the yellow line when there aren't any other cars coming? What's worse, crossing a yellow line or hitting a pedestrian? So frustrating sometimes!
It was a beautiful morning. The clouds were clearing from the storm. You could see a pink sky through some of the clouds. It is such a rush and a high to run early in the morning. Also nice to be done first thing in the morning and then spend the rest of the day with my fam.
2.06.2013
Stuck
We've been stuck inside the last week due to illness. The same old activities are no longer fun when you do them multiple times a day every day. It's forced us to be creative. Our store bought playdoh is dried out. James got a recipe for playdoh from preschool. So we made it. It was super easy and was a fun color from the Kool-aid.
Then we made a train/bus. We had two conductors with awesome blue steering wheels.
That wasn't good enough after awhile and so we covered the train/bus so it would no longer be a convertible. They put passengers in the back which were their favorite stuffed animals. Then we dug some train hats out of a box that they got in a kids meal awhile back. They were happy and played for awhile.
What do you get if you add together two kids playing with each other all day? You get tired and fighting kids. The solution is time out on the couch holding hands. They weren't happy about it as you can see but it works.
Then we made a train/bus. We had two conductors with awesome blue steering wheels.
That wasn't good enough after awhile and so we covered the train/bus so it would no longer be a convertible. They put passengers in the back which were their favorite stuffed animals. Then we dug some train hats out of a box that they got in a kids meal awhile back. They were happy and played for awhile.
What do you get if you add together two kids playing with each other all day? You get tired and fighting kids. The solution is time out on the couch holding hands. They weren't happy about it as you can see but it works.
2.03.2013
Ski Buddies
Yesterday Marshall took James skiing to the free rope tow lift at Sundance. It is so nice that they have that! James has a bad cold so he probably shouldn't have gone but we couldn't pass up on a warm, sunny day. James had fun and did pretty good considering. He was completely worn out after and was asleep in bed by 6:30.
2.02.2013
Warmth
The family room is my favorite room in our house. The sun shines in the window all day. It warms the room significantly. January has been so cold that I have really loved the warmth in this room. Where we used to live the sun only came in the at the end of the day. Sometimes it felt like a cave, even with all of the blinds open and some light getting in.
Winter Training
(This is running related and would be boring for most so please enjoy the pictures and then feel free to skip this post)
This is my second time doing winter training for a race. The first time we lived in Bountiful and it was a piece of cake. It was a mild winter and I never had to layer up. This winter is completely opposite. I've run outside once since the beginning of December. Treadmill it is which isn't so bad watching show on Netflix. I enjoyed it until my long runs days went more than 10 miles. Last week I thought I was going to go crazy by the last mile. It was warmer last Saturday so I was hoping to go outside but the fog was so thick I knew it wasn't safe.
So I had to go running outside no matter what today. I drove to American Fork to run my familiar route. The car said 17 degrees. I know lots of people go running outside at this temperature but this was new to me. I had no idea how many layers to wear. I thought about skiing and kind of based my decisions on that. I started at 6:35. It was still dark so I had a head lamp on and reflective vest for safety. There was so much extra weight with all the layers and my water belt. It felt weird. So different from my treadmill runs!
Once I got going the cold didn't bother me and I felt just right. I think you have to be a runner to appreciate port-a-potties. (Must have been the temperature but I needed one by mile 3) Luckily there was one by a construction site. I was so happy to see it! After that I kept chugging along and enjoyed seeing the sky light up. I took a few pictures along the way. At one point my vision seemed blurry but I realized it was moisture forming on my eye lashes.
My body hated me by mile 9. There were spots where it was colder and it was hard to keep my face warm. My water bottles froze. Thank goodness I found a church that was open so I could thaw the water bottles and refill them. Luckily the last 3 miles were downhill. I finished and felt so tired. I felt like I had never run a day in my life and then just all of a sudden ran 14 miles. I blame that on the treadmill. I'm so glad Phil said we will have an early spring. Although after reading a little about Groundhog's Day I realized that it's only 39% accurate. Here's to an early spring so I can do more runs outside! I'm not so sure about this winter training. 10 more weeks until the Salt Lake Marathon!
So I had to go running outside no matter what today. I drove to American Fork to run my familiar route. The car said 17 degrees. I know lots of people go running outside at this temperature but this was new to me. I had no idea how many layers to wear. I thought about skiing and kind of based my decisions on that. I started at 6:35. It was still dark so I had a head lamp on and reflective vest for safety. There was so much extra weight with all the layers and my water belt. It felt weird. So different from my treadmill runs!
Once I got going the cold didn't bother me and I felt just right. I think you have to be a runner to appreciate port-a-potties. (Must have been the temperature but I needed one by mile 3) Luckily there was one by a construction site. I was so happy to see it! After that I kept chugging along and enjoyed seeing the sky light up. I took a few pictures along the way. At one point my vision seemed blurry but I realized it was moisture forming on my eye lashes.
My body hated me by mile 9. There were spots where it was colder and it was hard to keep my face warm. My water bottles froze. Thank goodness I found a church that was open so I could thaw the water bottles and refill them. Luckily the last 3 miles were downhill. I finished and felt so tired. I felt like I had never run a day in my life and then just all of a sudden ran 14 miles. I blame that on the treadmill. I'm so glad Phil said we will have an early spring. Although after reading a little about Groundhog's Day I realized that it's only 39% accurate. Here's to an early spring so I can do more runs outside! I'm not so sure about this winter training. 10 more weeks until the Salt Lake Marathon!
2.01.2013
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