Week 4 of 2012

Mon. Jan. 23rd 

It rained today.

The clouds were beautiful.

They were so thick the mountains disappeared!

Family Scripture time!

It's fun to listen to the boys while they read

the word of God.

Tues. Jan. 24th

This girl likes her boots on backwards.

She rocks them every time!!

Not everyone can do that.

Happy in the dirt:)

Wed. Jan. 25th

When the boys were younger, we had park day EVERY Wednesday.

Since they have gone off to school, we hardly go anymore.

Now, on half  school days, most of our ward family gets together at the park.

LOTS of kids.

They are all super close and I hope they never forget the moments they

have shared together!!

Here's Soph and MY Best friend's daughter Audrey. 

Soph thinks Audrey is P.R.E.T.T.Y cool and calls Audrey HER "bes fwen"!

The boys enjoyed an endless game of football.

Here's Mannie and his Best buddie Caden.

 Jace has his little crew too.

A set of twin brothers and then another set of brothers who aren't twins.

They've know each other their WHOLE life :)

Ty and his best bud Matthew.

Guess what they like to play???

After park we rushed home to get Mannie's snack ready for Webelos.

It was his turn to make a healthy snack to share.

He wanted to bring baked tortilla chips and salsa.

He chopped away!!!

 And stirred...and stirrred...and stirred!!

Ugh...Mann, you can stop now :)

His snack was a hit!!!

They only have three boys and they ate the WHOLE bowl.

GO MAN!!

Thursday Jan. 26th

Grandma Linda and Papi came up for a visit.

Grandma Linda got her cast off today

(she broke her ankle before Christmas)

She was in GREAT need of a pedicure.

Soph and I went and got our nails painted while Papi and Grandma

got their feet done.

YES, you heard me right,

Papi LOVED IT!!

Soph found the most sparklie purple for her nails.

She wouldn't move her fingers for the next hour.

We can't mess up our nails :))

After his refreshing pedi,

Papi helped tighten up the training wheels on Jace's bike and 

 helped Linc put a annoying cute bell on his bike too.

BRRRRING....BRRRIINNNGG!!

If the bell goes missing we all know what happened to it!

Fri. Jan. 27th 

It's been 8 days today.

Ughh...let me whine for a minute.

 No high impact exercise for 8 days!!!

EEEKKKK!

I was trying hard to up my mileage so I could be on track for my half marathon in July.

I really injured myself.  

MAJOR shin splints.  

I've never had them so bad.

I usually just work through them,

 it got to point where I couldn't even lift my foot to walk.

Fear of stress fractures was enough to make me stop. 

 No running, no Insanity Workouts, Turbo Fire or Volleyball!! 

It's been a sad week.

  I NEED to move and jump.

I realize just how lucky I am to be able to exercise and push my body to do great things.

I will let my poor legs rest and heal up.

I still have so many more great things to accomplish!!

This WILL NOT stop me :)

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Sat. Jan. 28th

Linc took the boys over to the High School Rugby game.

I think any game is good if you have your bag of Taki's chips to munch on!

Lick them fingers Ty!

Momma stayed home and painted her life away...

ahhhhh...I LOVE freshly painted furniture.