It's a Family Affair!

We all signed up for "signs on the trail" 5k, It was Erin's, Gretchen's and My girls first 5k! It was alot of fun to share this with them, they all did great including my girls! They messed up the route and we ended up going 4 miles instead of 3 but everyone hung in there and it was a party! BUT, I KNOW YOUR ALL WONDERING ...WHO IS THE MOUNTAIN MAN STANDING IN OUR PICTURE??? One of these things doesnt belong here. Thats Troy, and his idea of what to wear to a 5k. Dont let him scare you, he only looks like a creepy psycho, really he's harmless.

Erin, Gretchen, and I did the "Heart of Holladay" 5k today!! It was also a blast. The weather was perfect and so was the company. I ran my fastest time ever and I was really happy about that. I want to do this one for sure next year also. Good route, good t-shirts, good times.

We're too sexy for our shirts, too sexy for our shirts, so sexy it hurts.. We're too sexy for our bodies, too sexy for our bodies, too sexy..... We are models, you know what I mean, and we do our little dance on the catwalk.. ya on the catwalk...

SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER!!

We had to celebrate our last day of Kindergarten, our last day of 4th grade and our last day of 5th grade by having our own little campout in the back yard. {minus mom and dad, we would rather have our bed it its really an option.} But I dont think the kids wanted us there anyway, this way they got to think that we could'nt hear the giggles coming from out there until 11:00 at night. They think they're so sneaky... I love it.

Ants in his pants!

Soyer cant ever sit still. And I mean NEVER!!! So on sunday he was running around, bouncing on the couch and jumping off the table. I was really trying to just chill and relax. He was not making this easy. So finally after the 10th time of telling him to settle down, i made him run around the trampoline, then the playset, then the tent that was set up in the backyard about 5 times. He came back in and I said, "Soyer, did it work? did you get the wiggles out?" And he said "let me see...." he sat down on the couch and then looked at me and whispered under his breath, "Dangit!" So of course I just started to laugh. That kid keeps me young, he's good for the soul.

Singing in the rain!!

I LOVE a good summer rainstorm! I know the pictures dont do it justice but it was AWESOME!

You cant tell in this pic, but the dots are actually hail, I couldnt get the boys to leave the porch with me to dance in it!


But once the hail stopped, they had no problem leaving the porch to jump in the puddles flowing down the street!


It's good to be a kid in the rain.

We have a park down the street from our house and one night about a year ago there was a storm like this one. The kids were in bed and Scott and I snuck out of the house to go on a little drive and check it out. We went to the park and realized it had turned into its own mini lake! So this time, we loaded the kids in the car and went to check it out, sure enough there it was!! The kids loved it! Who would'nt! I kept thinking about how i hope this is one of those moments from their childhood they never forget. These are the memories most fondly looked upon when your an adult.

For a minute there, it looked like we lived in the Himalaya's! {I apologize about the blurry pictures, one of these days I will get a better camera, hopefully it doesnt hurt your eyes too badly.}

Libraries and stomache aches

I consider myself kind of smart. I know im blonde and i have my blonde moments, but overall, i think im pretty smart. Ive always had a gift to get around anyones mood. I can usually be-friend anyone and be wise about who i want to get close to and who i dont. Im not a total dummy, I even like to read if someone gives me a good book. But for some reason when i walk into a library, without fail i get a stomach ache. I hate the rows of books, the overwhelming choices, the closed in aisles. I feel a bit claustrophobic and then when i ask for help, the ladies all seem annoyed that i dont know my way around. As if i am the idiot of the earth. Maybe its stems back to elementary school and library day. I didnt know how to use the dumb card catalogs, and I used to have mini panic attacks even then. Maybe its my community service hours I had to put in at the library back when some choices i made wont be discussed further on this blog. But for whatever reason, the library gives me a stomach ache.
Being the "good" mom I am, I decided to take my kids there today and let them choose some books to get started on summer reading. It seemed like a good idea. When we walked through the door, we walked strait to the "Information desk" I was determined to make this as painless as possible. I tried to joke with the lady about how I dont know my way around and she just scoffed and gave me a fake smile. Already the panic was settling in. We were led to the narrow aisles and had to look up and down at the endless possibilites, and the panic was increasing. Then of course Soyer had to find a book on dinosaur bones. So i started pulling every dinosaur book off the shelf I could find, hoping that one of them would be good enough, but of course it wasnt. So we went to "information desk #2" {maybe she would be nicer} And nicer, she was. But so incredibly SSSLLLLLOOOWWWWW!! I was about to FREAK OUT at this point! We finally found the aisle they were on and I grabbed about 10 and said "pick 2, and we are getting out of here!" My kids looked at me like I was psycho, So I was trying desperately to hold back my anxiety. Well, we finally all had our books chosen and we went to check out. "Do you have a library card mamn?" No, I need to get one. "Does your drivers license have your current address on it?" No. {i should've lied but my kids were present} "Well, then you cant check anything out, bc we need proof of your current address like a bank statement or a utility bill." I must have given her a look to kill bc she just looked down and said.."we will do it this time, make sure you bring it with you next time." I smiled and said thank you in the nicest voice i could muster up at the time, I grabbed our books, quietly yelled to the kids "lets go!" and walked very QUICKLY toward the exit. When I found myself finally outside, i took a deep breath and vowed to myself to never go back in there again. So needless to say, next time my kids need to go the library, im paying auntie Erin to go for me. It will be worth every penny.