Women's Fitness Celebration

My second 5K!
I ran the whole thing...not fast mind you...but I didn't walk. That is always my goal. There was even a hill {that I didn't know about} and we made it! It is so fun to run with friends.

 Vickie, Lisa, Me, Tina

 Red faced and crossing the finish line!

 My biggest cheerleaders! I am so in love with all THREE!!

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Happy birthday Nan!

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Samuel the Lamanite puppet show...my own showing of it!

How Pinterest Fed My Family...

We ate some great new things this week...

Prepare eggs for Egg Sandwiches ahead of time. Oh this has been wonderful!!

Coconut Banana Bread. It was so good we just ate it for dinner!

Cheesy Chicken Rice Bake. So GOOD and very healthy. 

I cooked the chicken with taco seasoning and added chili powder and cumin to it for more flavor.

Cinnamon Popcorn. This is just addicting but it was fun for our movie night!

And an awesome tip I found was this: Add 1/2 tsp. of baking soda to the water when hard boiling eggs and the shell will come right off! It's true, it works!! I'm happy about it.  

Visit!!

We love visitors especially Nan's and Pa's. My parents came for Labor Day weekend and Doug's parents were able to pop by too!! We are so blessed to have family close enough to do these fun things! Thanks for the fun visit....we loved it!

Allie loves her bug book (thanks Amy) and had to show them all the cool bugs!

Katelyn with her best friend in the world...Pa G!

I love how this picture turned out of my moms and dad. Just wish that Larry had been in it now!

Allie and Nan C making a list!

Making a wish at Idaho Pizza Company

Play-doh with Pa C!

K & Mom

With Allie at preschool last week it gave me some awesome time with Katelyn. We had a good time and we need that! This little one is usually crying or screaming so giving her all my attention has been a plus. I'm glad we can have this time together...although we miss Allie A LOT!

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Preschool!!

Is this really happening? She is so ready...

To excited to normal smile...it's an all out smile today!

I'm excited to have some time with just Katelyn...although she is having mixed emotions about it right now.

We had a short meeting for the moms right when we dropped the kids off. Allie sitting next to me, leans over and whispers, "Mom, aren't you supposed to leave!?" That made me sad!

That's a good silly face!

 Allie with her friend Lincoln

 Getting ready to go upstairs to class!

 Her running to me yelling, "Mommy!" made my heart melt! There is Mrs. Heather her teacher. 

Her bag

Preschool friends

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Camping

Once upon a time we loved to camp and be outside all the time. We have a tiny little tent that fits us so nice and snuggly. Then we had children and never camped again! The end.

Until...the ward campouts came along. Last year we borrowed a HUGE tent from someone in the ward and we all stayed and the kids slept great but we didn't. This year we still have just our little tiny tent so I suggested that Doug and Allie have a camping date and Katelyn and I would go up for the night and go back home to sleep (hehehahaha). We had a great time...exploring, chatting, listening to great music, smores, stories, games...then Katelyn and I took off and Doug and Allie stayed.

It was COLD that night...very cold. Allie was so excited she would just pop up out of bed and look around every now and then. They didn't sleep but it's all about the experience right!?

Allie just poses like this at the site of a camera. Funny girl!!

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It's 11:17 P.M. on Friday, so I made it...barely!

August So Far...

August has been crazy. 

Ready for a whole lot of pictures!?

 First, Doug's Grandma Green came for a visit! It was so fun to see her and she looks as good as ever. The girls of course loved her right away!!

Doug had a birthday...31 to be exact.

 I took the girls to Park City to see my family and my grandma from Florida. My Grandma is so active and looks amazing. It was so great to see her. I was able to go to the temple with Lisa, we went to parks, the Alpine Slide, played games, and just enjoyed the company!

Katelyn ran back and forth on this bridge for a good 40 minutes (don't you think guys!?). It was too funny. The other girls loved it too!

I went to Girl's Camp with the young women from my ward.

We celebrated our 8th anniversary! We stayed in Boise while Doug's parents had a sleepover with the girls. They had fun, we had fun. Win, win!

 

And August isn't even over yet....