Mini Vacation

We had a great little trip down to St. George last week. We were able to see Robert's youngest sister graduate from SUU.


Some girls enjoyed the pool more than others. Poor Char Char had an awful cold so she had an excuse.






Always a nice get away!

Mother's Day

Salt Lake Marathon & Half

April 16 Robert ran the marathon and survived! I was so impressed how he trained all winter long, all on his own. When we ran the St. George marathon we could keep each other on track.

I ran the half (13.1 miles). The race was great, I want to be it a yearly thing.

This picture was taken when I got home from the race. We were running too late that morning to get any pics together :(

Easter 2011

Neighborhood Easter egg hunt at the park

Brooklyn with her little buddy Samantha Barlow (not just a buddy but a BOSOM BUDDY)

Posing in Easter dresses

7 Month Comparison

B&A

I have been working hard painting and rearranging in Charlotte's room. Happy. I spent $103 total (paint, the vinyl forest behind her crib, and a few bucks for the birdhouses on the display wall). I didn't have enough energy to think about it when I was pregnant but eventually it got cute.

My Chitlins

Recently Mackenzie and Charlotte went to see Dr. Cramer for their 5 year and 6 month well child check ups.

At 5 years M is 45" tall and 43lbs. Lately M likes to pretend. I don't know how many times per day she tells me "Pretend you say_____ and the I say_____" And then I have to repeat it verbatim. Yesterday Mackenzie and Brooklyn were pretending to be Chinese girls and they were eating their goldfish with 2 dry spaghetti noodles which were the chopsticks. I had bunco at my house last week and Mackenzie was saying Mom you know how you go to bunco or book club and you say Mackenzie says this and the other moms tell funny things about their kids? And she wanted to hear a funny story another mom told about their kids. I was amazed that she picks up on the fact that when moms get together we talk about our kids. If you think you are going to get something past this 5 year old THINK AGAIN :)

Charlotte was 26" tall and 17lbs. She rolls all over the floor, but prefers to be upright either in her bouncer or bumbo. Although I think her very favorite place to be is in mom's arms; second place is her high chair with cheerios in front of her. This is where her sisters on each side begin an ultra competitive round of Who Can Get Char's Attention slash Who Does the Baby Like More! I GUARANTEE if this baby ever smiles at you, you will not be able to resist smiling back!

Brooklyn is a joyful little girl. Our hardest time of day with her is getting dressed time. She has about 3 favorite outfits. It has been months since she wore anything other than a dress or skirt. She has firm ideas about what are "boy clothes" and she will not touch them. The ultimate put-down between Mackenzie and Brooklyn is telling the other they have something boyish..."you have a boy plate, you look like a boy, you have on a boy color, etc". I have no idea where this came from. Right now she is obsessed with cinnamon toast-breakfast,lunch,dinner, snack- it's her request.

Each girl so UNIQUE and WONDERFUL!!