Ummm...Update, I guess?

So the last few weeks have been kinda busy for us. Dan has been gone alot for work and his calling with the young men. I have been keeping myself busy with play dates and activities with the kids and in my "spare time" doing some graphic design and getting ready for a marathon. And while all these activities have been fun, they have also seemed to come one on top of the other, so none have really gotten posted. :( We took a trip to the zoo, we have had friends over to visit, and had fun at the park. Beside all this, school has started back up for Dan, Eileen is getting ready to start preshool next week, and Aaron is getting more and more mobile.
Dan made a big decision to start his Masters this year. He has found an all-online Masters program that will be starting in October. So he needs to take his GRE this September. It's funny to be because this decision seemed to come so fast, but since it's an online program, our life isn't going to change as much as Dan's brother Steve who is also starting his Masters program this fall and who sold his house and moved his whole family out to Utah to do it. Life will be a little busier, but for the most part, our daily lives won't be that different.
This morning I added a mile to my distance run. I ran 7 miles this morning and can still walk...sorta... :P Anyway, I figure I'm getting there slowly but surely.
Now for the fun part! This morning (yes after I ran 7 miles) we went out on the boat with our friends the Hatches. We had a blast and spent the morning on clear water under a clear sky. We brought the tube along with us and the kids all took a turn being pulled (at idle speed) in the tube with a parent. By the time we got home we were all exhaused!! You would think that we would then all take nice naps...no such luck. The kids slept just enough on the way home to not want to sleep for naps, so of course mommy and daddy didn't get much sleep either :( Oh well, we should all sleep well tonight. And speaking of which...I'm off to bed...it's late. :)

Am I Crazy?!?!?!?

Yes, I am... Let me explain. I have recently signed up for a half marathon. Having never run more than 3 consecutive miles before, I decided that this was a better idea than a full marathon. Why does this make me crazy, after all people run marathons and half marathons all the time? Well for starters, you have this whole not having run anything longer than a 5k before. Next you have the fact that this will be run less than a year after the birth of Aaron. Finally, there's that minor point...I'm not a runner!!!! So here I am attempting to make a good, if exhausting start to the new year. Dan has also signed up, but for the full marathon, and my sister Sandi and her husband Jon are also doing the marathon. My dad is going to walk the half. So this has become a family affair, and really I'm looking forward to the challenge. I went out last weekend for my first "long distance" (for me anyway) training run of 6 miles and the only part of me that died were my feet (courtesy of the quarter sized blister) So I'm feeling optimistic about this whole thing, but really when all is said and done, I can't help but wonder... Am I Crazy!!!!

Primary Fun!!

So Eileen got to go to a Primary activity today. They had a water balloon Olympics! Eileen was so excited to go, but when she found out that Anna was staying home since she isn't in primary yet, she got very sad and told us (in her best pouty voice and face) that she was going to miss her. :( It was soo sweet! This didn't prevent her from having a blast there. Daddy dropped her off and then mommy came early to pick her up and get a few pictures of our little Olympic athlete! Here she is in her water balloon spoon carry! She almost made it without dropping it! (Can you tell that I had as much fun cheering her on as she had doing it!) The last event for her group was the balloon circle toss (pass-it's not like 4 year olds can throw and catch balloons!) Anyway, she did great, and had a great time. It was so funny to watch her just enjoy being part of the action. Finally the games ended and all the kids gathered and got York Peppermint Patty Medals for all their hard work. After the medals were given, a closing prayer was said, and the Bishop was pelted with water balloons. The kids got otter pops and went home sticky, wet, tired and happy!!

Turkey Cheeses

Today we went up to Witicha Falls, TX to meet my sister and her husband to celebrate his, and my dad's birthdays. We drove up and met there around 2:30 at Chuck E. Cheese for pizza, cake, presents, and games, games games. Eileen was very confused as to where we were going. She couldn't understand the idea of meeting in the middle. She thought if we were going to see Sandi, then we must be going to Sandi's house. We finally got her to understand that we were just going to meet her at Chuck E. Cheese. She promptly told us "Oh I like turkey cheeses!!" With Anna emphatically nodding her agreement. So we went and had a grand old time! It was packed, but since the kids hardly cared what they did, we never really had to wait for anything. Really, when you are 2 and 3 years old, how much better can life get than this day. She got pizza at Chuck E Cheese for lunch surrounded by Grandma and Grandpa, and Aunt Sandi and Uncle Jon. She got to play games, cheat at skee ball, pick a rubber snake prize, watch movies in the car, listen to music, eat cake, take home a balloon, and had Macaroni and Cheese for dinner (all we had in the fridge...) Some highlights were when Dan taught Eileen how to cheat at Skee Ball, she LOVED this game until mommy told her she should probably not do that anymore because it was cheating....I know I'm so mean :( Anna's was in heaven. She loved everything and wanted to keep doing it over and over. But one of her favorites was a (fake) pony ride, where you pretend to ride a pony in a race. Kinda like a car racing game, but on a horse. She rode it over and over. All in all it was an enjoyable day, even for the adults. No kids hurt of maimed, no parents lost it. And the car ride, wasn't bad. We might even do a car trip again some day...maybe... :) Of course a favorite for both was the Bob the builder ride. I think that was partially because it played the song too, not that you could really hear it over the background noise.

Teeth... Lots of Teeth...

So one might be inclined to wonder if this post (like the other posts that have talked about teeth recently) is about Aaron getting MORE teeth. Well while it's true that Aaron is now up to a grand total of 4 teeth, that he likes to chew on everything with, this post is about different teeth. This post is about Eileen and Anna's teeth. The teeth in these pictures belong to two sweet little accident prone girls. You will notice that Eileen's two front teeth are dead that the one on the right is chipped. This was the result of an accident when she was about 18 months old. She tried to jump out of a kiddie swing before I was ready to catch her. She did a face plant and chipped her tooth on the rock gravel. Anna recently decided on a trip to Walmart that, like with everything else, she had to be just like her sister. So while running around Walmart, yelling and getting out energy, she slipped, fell and did a face plant chipping the front tooth on the left. She cried for a minute or two and spit out a bit of her tooth for mommy, then went on her way. The only problem now will be when she realizes that she messed up and didn't chip the same tooth as Eileen. But then again, maybe she won't realize it, since it's a mirror image. :) I sure hope Aaron doesn't follow suit, it would be nice to have one child make it through their childhood with their teeth in tact...

Aaron Crawling

Yep the title is right, Aaron has started crawling. It's still not a very efficient way for him to get around, but he does use it when he sees something that he wants to get. He also had his 4th tooth pop through his poor little gums on Sunday. I can't believe how fast he's growing! It's funny because you can hear Eileen in the background telling us to take his picture, not realizing that we were filming him all along. She is so intent on making sure Mommy and Daddy do everything right!

6 wonderful years

Yesterday was our anniversary. Thursday night Dan asked me if we were doing anything on Saturday. I said that I didn't think so. A couple minutes later he says "We'd better be doing something on Saturday" and I said why?...oh my goodness, is it August already!!!! So somewhat belatedly we excitedly got ready for our anniversary. We got a sitter (my mom) and made plans, and found gifts. So the day of, Dan and the kids made me homemade biscuits for breakfast and Eileen kept asking what a "versery" was. While the kids napped Dan made a much needed quick run to the grocery store and came back 2 1/2 hours later and locked me in the computer room. I hear pounding and banging for awhile and (with a suspicion of what he was doing) sat patiently. The kids got up from naps and told Daddy that all his banging had woken them up. :) So I was finally released to see my gift. Dan had taken the most recent pictures of our kids and framed them for our wall, and hung them! He knew I had been wanting to do that for awhile but just hadn't gotten to it, so he went and picked out the frames (and did a beautiful job of it) and did it for me! My sweet thoughtful husband can even pull it off with only 2 days notice. That night, we went and got pedicures and then to the Studio Movie Grill and saw "Dark Knight" So here we are, 6 years, 3 kids, and countless happy memories later. And I wouldn't trade any of it for anything.