My first (real) 5k...

The time chip..

Showing off our consecutive numbers...

Waiting for the race to start...

This is what we looked like the whole 3.1 miles!

Us at the finish line... a little pinker in the face...

Final times:
Amy and Mark: 32 min 40 sec
Catherine: 33 min 11 sec
( ok that is what we saw as we crossed the line)

on the website the official* times were
Mark 32 min 41 sec ( 10 min 30 sec mile pace)
Amy 32 min 42 sec ( 10 min 31 sec mile pace)
Catherine 33 min 16 sec (10 min 42 sec mile pace)

Spanish fork 5k
September 5, 2009 7:30 am

Happy Birthday Kevin!

So it has been 6 months since I did this last, so in honor of his birthday today.. I thought we would update...

Age: 4 years

Nicknames: the big one, Bubba or brother

Favorite Activities: Playing with his dinosaurs, Running, jumping, climbing

Favorite Foods: PIZZA- pepperoni pizza to be exact, chicken nuggets, cereal, dragon berries (dried cranberries),water

Least Favorite Foods: if you call in breakfast, lunch or dinner, he doesn't want it.. you must say tacos or grilled cheese sandwich, not dinner or lunch.

Favorite Music: the music on his night time thing, music from the movie CARS, and the dinosaur king song, He sings the ABC and his numbers.

Favorite Toy: any of his T-Rex toys...plus the car dinosaur track he got for his birthday.

Favorite Book: dinosaur books, he is collecting the "how do dinosaurs..." book series

Favorite piece of clothing: he would rather run around naked

What Makes Him Happy: going to the park, eating, reading, his dinosaurs, his Dad

What Makes Him Sad: loosing his dinosaurs, having to stop playing outside

Funny Words or Phrases: "oh, nevermind!" "you don't need the calories" "of course"

As a side note we had his pictures taken this morning... I am very excited... I can't wait to see them!

Pictures!

The boys had their Wardle family Birthday this past weekend...

Kevin and his "Terry the T-Rex Cake".. My first attempt at shaping a cake...

Cameron and his "dirt cake" he kept eating the gummy worms, frogs and bugs off the top...!

This is what we find every night since we changed the crib into a toddler bed

Cherry tomatoes out of the garden...



Our first watermelon out of the garden!

Ta Da!

Peppers and onions out of the garden!

My hair..

On a good hair day....lol

Kevin waiting to jump off the diving board at swim lessons...

Cameron holding on for dear life!...


Use your arms! Swim lessons are so much fun with Dad around!

Tyler's new toy...

Tyler is now teaching technology and this has sparked his interest in software like crazy, he is enjoying Photoshop.. he did the photo in my header and he did this one... what do you think? It is our wedding picture, in front of our temple and our anniversary pictures ever since... I LOVE IT!

A Summers worth of Pictures

Proof that my husband is a Grilled-cheese-a-holic... he actually made it on the waffle maker!

Some of our tomato plants, Roma's and Cherry's

My jalapeño plants.


My Orange pepper plant, (they are actually turning Orange now!) and my Green pepper plants!


My Squash plant and my two watermelons!


Our cantaloupe plants and our (eight ball) Zucchini plant


Our Corn. (yes some of it is short this year, I had two many rows to get between them and pick weeds so it stunted them.. but the ears themselves are still full size!)

Tyler took the boys to the dinosaur museum while I was at my 6 month apt! They loved it and still talk of "fossils"!



I soaked Tyler's feet before I took a razor to them, the boys wanted to get in on the warm water.. I however did not give them a pedicure! and Mommy's first pedicure (Wardle Reunion) the boys still talk about "mommy's blue toes"

The boys in their helmets and knee and elbow pads.. they love riding their bikes. and Kevin's helmet had been used extensively!

At the Hogle zoo on the Wardle reunion.

Driving plains and cars at Lagoon on the Wardle Reunion.

With Mommy on the laggon train, and on the octopus at Lagoon

Kevin Jumping off the diving board on the Wardle Reunion, and Cameron and Daddy enjoying the motorboats at Boondocks on the Wardle Reunion

Us trying to get a family 4th of July Photo. Proved to be impossible!


The boys making pudding at Grandmas house and Cameron's first (and hopefully only) stitches.

I love summer!

Woohoo for being cancer free for 6 months...
Woohoo for being without kids for almost 48 hours...
Woohoo for shopping without my kids... in stores I never shop in... or have access to...
Woohoo for buying something...
Woohoo for coming back to my boys!...
Woohoo for Cameron getting a sense of humor, I asked him to come here and he laid down on the floor and pretended to snore...
Woohoo for the whole family partaking in swim lessons...
Woohoo for coming home to fresh tomatoes, peppers, onions, corn, etc...
Woohoo for having Tyler home...
Woohoo for decorating the house...
Woohoo for the whole "how do dinosours..." series of books.. (SEE HERE)
Woohoo for 25th birthdays...

Woohoo for Kevin's sense of humor... (on the way home for swim lessons)
Dad: So Kevin why did you have to have timeout? did you not listen to you teacher?
Kevin: I was standing up because my tail was hurting
Dad: You were supposed to be sitting on the step, why didn't you sit on the step?
Kevin: My tail was hurting...
Dad: Kevin you don't have a tail...
Kevin: I'm a DINOSAUR Dad! Some dinosaurs have tails, Dad.
Dad: (trying to hide his laughter) Kevin, you need to listen to your teacher and stay on the step when they ask you too...(more laughing)

Boo for freaky plane trips, where I almost pee my pants because I thought the bottom of the plane fell off when the landing gear came out... has no one heard of WD-40? (what do you mean they don't use WD-40 on planes?... it was loud and freaky, and sounded like the landing gear fell off the plane.. OK?)
but that is besides the point!.. I LOVE SUMMER!
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*Kevin's new phrase of choice "you don't need the calories" stolen from Ice age 3.. always said at the most inopportune times!

More Randomness

• We went to swimming lessons as a family tonight, Tyler and I was with Cameron in the "mommy, daddy and me class" while Kevin went to his big boy class.
  
• Tyler had the great idea of taking Kevin's diapers away at night, so that he would stop being lazy and be potty trained at night too, last night we had to change the sheets, tonight Kevin came out and went big boy potty and was so proud of himself, he went back to bed chanting to himself "I went poopoo in the potty"
• The garden is keeping us busy!
• We finally fixed our bicycles and have been going for family bike rides, Kevin on his "big boy bike" (with training wheels) and Cameron on the back of Tyler's bike
• Kevin went too fast around a corner to fast and did a forward roll of his bike, thank goodness for helmets and knee and elbow pads, Kevin stood up and yelled at his bike, He said "my bike hurt me" then got back on and rode his bike the rest of the way home...we got Cameron his own set of helmet and pads after seeing how they saved Kevin.
  

Garden update...

Things are going great in the garden! We have jalapeños coming out of our ears, ears of corn growing like crazy (hope the earwigs aren't eating them before we can) we cut back the pumpkins so the watermelon and cantaloupe could grow, (good news! we have two baby watermelon-that we can see at least!) I have no idea if we will get any cantaloupe or squash- they seem to only grow when it is above 90 degrees) the zucchini has been a lot of fun, onions, carrots and green beans (*next year we are going back to bush beans, the pole beans aren't doing very well) the tomatoes are so much fun! we have enough for the kids to eat them strait off the vine and then some (hoping to can some later in the season) *I like the little red cherry tomatoes best but Cameron eats the orange ones before they are even ready to eat. the peppers are growing reallly well. I have three jalapeno plants covered in peppers, and orange pepper plant with 6 huge peppers on it (if they will ever turn orange, I have no idea) and three green pepper plants that are coming along quiet nicely! plus a red cherry pepper plant that is doing well, but I have no idea what to do with those- do you? So to be honest the only thing I am missing is cucumbers... I killed them all! I like the layout of the garden this year, it is the best year so far, but I think we are gonna move the garden around next year. Corn on the north end, then vining plants in the middle (again) with all the other stuff at the other end, I think that will help shake things up a bit! this was the first year we actually staked the rows, and by far it musch more organized than years before... ( trying to talk myself into doing it again next year) the fence is a must have! it kept the dogs and kids out pretty good, plus kept (most) of the pumpkins inside the garden. All in all it was a great learning experince.. we have had more bugs in the garden this year than in the years past, but we have had more good bugs then ever too! We had frogs, praying mantis', lady bugs, and grasshoppers, but they all brought with them, earwigs.. darn it! oh and this year was the year of the field mouse, but we do live in the middle of a farm fields.. so what did I expect!?

We're back!

So we got back from 5 fun filled days in Utah! We hit Boondocks, Lagoon, the pool, the park, and I got my first pedicure, and we went out on our anniversary date and got to see Harry Potter 6! It was a blast! We got back last night, and this morning I jalked or wogged my first 5k... it was a blast! The timer broke so I have no idea how long it took (I do know it was less than 50 minutes!)But I started strong and I finished strong, there was a few issues in between but all is good, and now I am looking foward to my next one on Sept 5th. I will post pictures later of all of the above! I love family vacations!

Oh, and you should see my garden, I swear it grew 4 times the size it was while we were gone! even the watermelon started growing... Of course the pumpkins are doing their best to overtake everything they can, but it is gonna be a great harvest, I can feel it! Jen sure knows how to make a garden grow! Thanks Jen!

6 years and counting...

So this year a lot happened! When we were just getting ready to move this time last year, little did we know that after that move we had three more moves ahead of us! We didn't know we would go through cancer treatment, or live with both sides of the family. Basically, we had no clue! But I can tell you that our 6th anniversary is going as planned. We went early this morning to get pictures taken, went out to lunch, and then we enjoyed a family nap (yes all of us in the same bed). We seriously love cuddling with our boys! And next Wednesday me and Tyler get to go watch Harry Potter 6! We were supposed to go tonight but I will do anything for a free babysitter, so we are waiting. Anyway, without any more waiting, here are our family pictures!


These are two 20 x 20 pictures that we ordered. (buy one get one free) I love collages~

Here are pictures that are priceless because it shows my boys personalities, they were wrestling and giggling!

Here are two of the better family pictures that we got... even 4 smiles in one of them!


Here is probably one of my favorites and then another collage... love it!

Randomness

Things going on in our house lately:

• Cameron spent his first night away from us, he took his brother to Grandma and Grandpa Powers house for two nights, the 1-3rd
• Cameron made his first ER visit the night of the 1st, which was only over once he received 3 stitches in the middle of his forehead
• I fell apart once the kids drove away (what is a Stay at Home Mom supposed to do without kids?)
• We cleaned our carpets
• We went out to dinner, AND enjoyed it
• We rented a redbox and cuddled on the couch
• I slept in, and made myself go back to sleep when I woke up, just becuase I could.
  
• We spent the 4th of July in Washington on the Pasco side of the river, without Grandpa, he had his own ER visit, he popped out his knee.
• Cameron got his stitches out on the 6th
  
• All three of my boys got hair cuts tonight, there was quite a large pile of hair on the floor when we got done, in three very distinct colors, White blond, dark blond/brown, and black (with a hint of grey:)
• I got my hair trimmed up yesterday, it was beginning to be a mullet, why does that back of your hair grow faster than the top?
• I started walking a few months ago, an hour a night, a few weeks ago I decided to up the fat burning and add some jogging, I found out I love it, one problem, I am not loosing any weight!
• I found a 5k I am going to TRY to jog on the 25th.. excited!
• The garden is growing like crazy except one thing, the watermelon. It won't get any bigger. The rest of everything that seemed to be on hiatus has kicked into high gear since the temperature has risen.
• We are looking forward to the Wardle reunion , my 6 month cancer checkup, and Tyler and my 6th anniversary, oh and my 25th Birthday!
  

A new goal...

I am sooo excited! I am gonna jog a 5k!.. I have less than three weeks, its on the 25th!... Hope I can do it!

More adventures in couponing

So I have enjoyed the couponing thing, although I don't get the paper, I do the printables you can find on the Internet. My favorite so far were the .75 off gallon of milk, 1.00 off 2lb cheese, and 1.00 yogurt. ( you can print them off twice, so I stocked up!) Although I cleaned my carpet yesterday and was happy for the 1.00 off scotch gaurd coupon. This couponing thing really is helping me save my three month supply and making us more aware of prices. FUN! Anybody else had good luck with couponing?