Photo Shoot

Little kids always look so darn cute all dressed up for church so I decided to take a picture of Makelle in her nice clothes yesterday.



That turned into me wanting to take a picture of Corbin giving his little sister a kiss. Good idea... extremely poor execution.









Success!

Trip to Southern Utah

This past week Caleb used up the rest of his vacation days and we took a trip down to Southern Utah. We stayed with his family over the weekend and then drove up to my Grandparent's house in Hatch for a couple days as well. Here is a photo collage of our adventures. Enjoy!



Playing with Molly.


Corbin became Adam's shadow while we were there. Lucky Adam! :)





Corbin LOVED riding the 4-wheelers. And he looked pretty cute in his cool helmet.


For some odd reason Caleb got alittle nervous when I told Corbin to take his sister down the slide at the park.



Feeding the horses.



Precious.



Whenever Corbin visits my Grandpa Nash, he always likes to take his hat and wear it around. Cute kid.

Boys will be boys

Lately Corbin has been playing with his little friend Jayden a lot. We like it when Corbin plays with Jayden, because for some reason they get along really well. Which means that unlike some "play dates" (a.k.a. trading babysitting:) we arrange, it is quite peaceful and I can actually get more done, by having an extra child over, than I would have, had Corbin not had a buddy to entertain him.

The other day they were outside playing with matchbox cars while I was talking to his mom. We soon became aware that they were being a little too good and something must be up. So we peek around the corner and low and behold, they have abandoned their toy cars and found something much funner to do.



Normally I would have gotten upset with Corbin, especially considering we had somewhere to be shortly. However, perhaps it was the presence of my neighbor, or perhaps I am relaxing and learning to relinquish control as a mother, but whatever the reason I decided it was cute and took pictures instead. What a fun time!

He's a Genius!

Here is our little boy, not even 3 years old yet.


Seriously, I am amazed at how smart he is.

(Especially at knowing which direction the letters face :)

Solids

Now that Makelle has hit the 6 month mark we decided to brave starting her on solids. This is when the nightmare of emergency room trips began with Corbin, leading to his diagnosis with severe food allergies and food sensitivities, so we are understandably a little nervous to put anything in her mouth.


So far our one feeding went great! She loved her rice cereal and I would say at least 10% of it actually made it down her throat :) She still doesn't really understand the concept of opening your mouth so that the spoon can fit inside, and she pushes most of it out with her tongue when she tries to swallow, but she is learning. It is so fun to watch her grow up and tackle new things!

It's a Girl!

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not much of a girly-girl. Needless to say, I haven't actually bought Makelle any girl toys yet. So far she spent the last 6 months playing with blue rattles and tiny sports balls.

Recently Caleb's Aunt Mel sent the kids a little package with some small toys, including Makelle's first doll. So it is now official, she is a true girl with a little dolly.



I have to say, for a doll, it is pretty darn cute. I like that it is as little as she is. Corbin likes that you can push her tummy and make it laugh.

So far she seems to have really picked up on the caring aspect and seems to be properly enjoying it :)

InfoRipple

I just recently read an awesome blog, and then found out it's my cousin's!

It's here: www.inforipple.com

Legacy Half Marathon

For some stupid reason or another Caleb and I decided to sign up to run the Legacy Half Marathon less than 6 months after I gave birth. I seriously don't really know what I was thinking, for some reason I didn't think I had gotten that out of shape over the past year and I could just pick up fairly close to where I was over a year ago when I ran my last 13.1 miles. Not the case it turns out.

First off I have to say it was a much harder course. We didn't start (in August, mind you) until after 8 o'clock. We ran on Legacy Highway on the solid black asphalt--it was insanely hot. With nothing but dead weeds and roadkill as far as the eye could see. And a slightly industrial waste scent as far as the nose could smell.

Considering we skipped over half of our training schedule because things got so busy over the summer, Caleb did pretty well. It took him about 2 hours. I on the other hand ran a full 34 minutes slower than my time last summer. Not good. But even more than the time I felt like I was going to die on this run. I think I really did get heat stroke of some kind because I felt like I was going to pass out and I had this killer headache. But despite all the complaining and difficulties of the actual run, it was good. It is always good to get out and do something active that challenges you. So I am happy about that.