Our kids

Sophie decided in March to get up on her knees and start rocking back and forth. She would fall into a army crawl, but after a couple weeks of the army crawl she took off crawling at full speed. Could someone please stop time and let her just be little forever! Warner has gotten such a personality. He seems to be growing more and more into a character each day. I love when you tease him he'll put his hands up to his face and just tell me no, no, no.
Abbi...need I say more! This girl is a girl at heart and a tom boy in the making! She just cracks me right up! She loves wearing "Arner's" boots. And isn't her top so stinking cute! Her grandma made it for her. You just wait till we get a picture of her with the hat. Yum!

St. Patty's day

Over the week of St. Patricks day we were able to have our cousin Syd come and stay with us. The kids loved every minute of it. They especially loved getting their new sandbox. We have planned on building them one for a couple of years now. When I found this one I figured it would do the job! Here's Warner sporting his green and playing away in his sand box. It was a pretty chilly day, but it didn't stop them!Syd on St. Patricks day. This is as good as it got.....green eggs and milk.
Abbi sporting her green and loving the sand box.


Syd and Warner after a week of hard playing. It's tough to be a kid!

My Cousin

If there is anyone out there that still reads my blog......then please check this outhttp://hopeforsarah.blogspot.com/. My cousin Sarah has cancer and her family is trying to raise money to help ease the burden of their medical costs. Sarah's good friend and amazing photographer is booking photo sessions where all the money raised will be donated to Sarah. If your interested you can go here http://canlasphotography.blogspot.com

Sarah's story alone gives me hope. I love this girl!!

Look who turned TWO!

On March 21st Abbi turned two years old. Can she really be two? Seems just like yesterday she was born. For her birthday we had family over for a hamburger fry. Abbi got lots of presents from her Grandma and Grandpa Roberts she got dress up clothes (which she is loving them), she got money from her Grandpa Warner, clothes from great Grandma Hone and Aunt Jeannie. Shopping cart full of groceries, Elmo doll, tinker bell toy and so much more. She was spoiled. As you can see she adores Elmo. I put my cake decorating skills to the test and this is what I came up with. It was fun and she loved it!
Check her out in one of her new dress up outfits. She is such a hoot! We love this little girl.

I just want to remember a few things about Abbi at this age:

• She loves to watch Doo (scooby doo)
• Abbi loves playing house with her brother and cousin Syd.
• Her favorite word is YEP!
• She is ultra sensitive and I love it.
• She points her finger and stomps her foot when she's mad. (pretty sure we know where she gets that)
• She is starting to talk so much and actually make sense.
• When you say it's time to eat, Abbi's the first one at the table.
• She likes to go potty on the toilet and when she's finished she says good job! If she catches anyone else on the toilet she tells them good job too!
  
  We love you Abbi Rae!!

13.1

That's right 13.1 and I couldn't be more proud. On Saturday Ryan, Myself, my sister Kristie and Friend Ashlie ran the Moab half marathon. Ryan gets us going on these things! This is my first half marathon since I've been married, so that makes it over 5 years. I was so nervous, but felt more prepared than when I ran it the first time. While training for this run Ryan gave me the idea to dedicate each mile to someone or something and think about that person or thing while running that mile. The first two miles I ran with Kristie and we talked about our kids and giving birth to them. After that I couldn't keep Kristie's pace, so I let her run ahead. I kept going with this little game for awhile. About mile nine my knee was giving me so much grief. I didn't want to give up with the big hill approaching me!! So I ran up the hill and then ended up walking the last three miles. I was bummed that I couldn't finish strong, but I was glad that I finished. It was so enjoyable getting to reflect on so many different things. I dedicated the last 13.1 mile to my mom. She always believed that I could do hard things, and she endured many hard things, so I gave her that mile. Needless to say I cried myself to the finish line partly because I was in pain, and mostly because I thought about my mom. Thanks Ryan for planning and organizing and keeping me motivated. I'm looking forward to our next big run together! It's been fun making this part of our lives.

Cousin LOVE!

This is Abbi's cousin Easton. I stole these pictures from my sister in law's blog. They were just to cute. We met up in Salt Lake for dinner and when Abbi and Easton saw each other they embraced each other with a hug. Then they held hands as they walked to the table. So cute!

Markers?

Abbi is so proud of her master piece. I'm wondering if we give up marker time for something else???