Summer Fun

This Summer has been full of fun, family, and SUN!

This is Beck at RP pool.

 The boys at  the Amusement park in Idaho Falls, 

with their cousins.

Crosby spends most of his time eating. 

These 2 little monkeys are going to be BIG TROUBLE.

 Beckham wishing we had a swimming pool!

 Beck getting ready to go fishing with Grandpa!

 Crosby was not afraid of the FREEZING cold water

while we were camping. In fact, he LoVeD it.

 My Boy, eating!

 Beckham at his swim lessons with his cousin, Macie.

 These 2 are buddies. Poor, Poor swim teachers.

 Crosby at Swim Lessons... EATING!

This summer has been fun. It's been hot and full of swimming

and getting in the shade. This is one girl who will not complain

about being too hot, because I am not wishing it away. 

LET'S GO SWIMMING!

One year stats

I should have seen it coming. I should have known Crosby

was the BIG kid when the lady at the pool kept questioning

me about Crosby's age.

I wasn't paying for him, 1 and under... FREEE.

1-3 $1.85, I promise lady at RP pool

I wasn't trying to save the money, 

He wasn't ONE yet!!!!

Crosby weighs 28.4 pounds

and he is 32.5 inches.

Crosby is the best.

Calm and collected 90% of the time,

but when he wants something,

boy oh boy, he'll let you know!

He makes this face ALOT. It's him, saying "OUHHHH".

 He Loves playing in the water. Splashing, laying, water in the face,

crazy stuff, BRING IT ON. 

 He's been hittin' up all of Beck's hot spots, He loves hanging

by the window. He'll stand at the back door if Beck's out there

and watch him and laugh.

 In fact he always wants to be with Beck and doing

exactly what he's doing.

(FYI, those are PJ shorts on B)

 I Love my chunky baby. 

He is a handful and hard on my back

but he brings a lot of life and 

excitement to our house. 

We love you buddy!

1st of July, Aunt Mikkel STYLE

Every year since Beckham was born, Aunt Mikkel has put on 

a 4th of July firework show for him.

Every year, he cries.

This year he was excited. He kept asking when she was coming

and when we could start.

 He started out strong. He loved the sparklers. He loved the lighter!

 Crosby was loving the used fireworks on the ground.

 Once Mikkel pulled out the real fireworks, Beck buckled.

He covered his ears, wanted to be held, and he actually

got so scared, he peed his pants!

Poor little fella'.

 Crosby also got pretty scared. But Aaron, he L O V E D

every minute of it!

Aunt Mikkel once again wins BEST AUNT OF THE YEAR!

Thanks for our private firework show!

Happy Early Birthday Crosby!

I can't believe my baby boy is ONE (almost.. Saturday). 

Crosby is the sweetest little boy, with a short fuse. He will give the best smiles and loves

until he's had enough. Than you better watch out!! 

He always wants to play with Beck, which Beck hates.

Crosby loves to eat. I think he gets that from me!!

When he watches the other kids play, he wants to be part of the actions,

I know once this kid is walking he'll be a handful. 

For Crosby's birthday we did a baseball theme. It was fun. The little kids had a blast. 

Too bad I was busy hanging out to get pictures of everyone.

Here are a few Pre-party pictures.

 I was so out of control. I was making everyone use their hot dog holders.

They were the BOMB!

 The sign says WINDER FIELD and we had a tee set up

so the kids could play a little game. 

 After dinner we had everyone load up bags of candy.

I couldn't believe it at the end of the night, I was forcing everyone

to take MORE Candy. 

Come on people, load up the bags!!!

 The kids jumped on the tramp.

 Ate tons of Sugar cookies (looked like little baseballs), and candy!

This little girl is Macie, Beck's cousin. They're always hanging out.

She can put away the food! I Love it.

 Crosby slept right up to the point of Cake and Ice Cream.

He must of sensed he was needed, to shine.

I was a worried he would hate it as much as his Brother, but he made me proud.

 He dove right in and ate that cake, or should I say he sucked on the cake...

 This is his cousin Pyper. She was born 2 days before

Crosby.... She is tiny and light, she can hold her own though.

She had her own dive in cake but it was done, so she went after Crosby's!

The party was tons of fun and it was a blast having everyone over. 

I was Crosby and Beck would stop growing up soo fast. I love watching

them play and make memories with their cousins. It reminds me of my family 

growing up. Tons of time spent with cousins!

Best part of the party for me, Of course the hot dog holder with the Nathan's dog 

topped with SOUR KRAUT!!! 

YUMMY.

After Math

 I have come to realize that running is truly a love hate relationship for me. We have our Highest highs and our lowest lows together, sometimes this happens all at the same time.

These past few months Aaron has taken on training for a half marathon with me. 

He has been amazing. 

No whining, just plugging along putting in his time.

 Race day came and we were ready. 

We had prepared for this day and were taking it on!

We were flyin'. We reached mile 6 way before we thought we would and we were pumped, so pumped we stopped for a potty break! A potty break that took FOREVER!!! I honestly couldn't believe how long it took people to go... If you're stopping to go to the bathroom during a race, it shouldn't take you 5 minutes to get it out. Anyway, after we took off again, my legs were heavy which made my heart heavy. I had lost all motivation to keep going. My high turned into my low. My heavy legs wanted to rest and just like that I gave up. Hung my head and fought back the tears that were stinging my eyes.

Aaron was right there cheering me on. Helping get to that finish line. Plugging along side of me, with no complaints. He was AMAZING.  Once we had finished we came across our family and friends and were greeted with big hugs and smiles. I put on a brave face and pretended like I had a good time and that I was excited to have ran with Aaron, but the truth is I hated it. I hated every minute of those last few miles. More than anything, I hated the fact I quit on myself and I quit on Aaron.                                                             

After we started the long drive home, still fighting those tears that would creep in, Aaron started to rally the troops and pick up the pieces that crumbled apart during my storm. Just like in any natural disaster, he came to my aid to put me back together. 

So did all my peeps and all of my Peeps, peeps! The running world is amazing. Full of

LOVE and SUPPORT. 

Just what this little one needed. Her PEEPS!

 Thanks for all the amazing words of encouragement and putting me back together. 

My sun is starting to shine after the storm!

And my training starts next week for my next race, on my home turf, I will not lose to myself

 EVER AGAIN!

Perspective

I have been reading the BEST books lately. Both of the writers are ladies and they seem to really know themselves. The way they talk about who they are and how they see themselves is so interesting to me. I don't think I've ever really paid to much attention to how I am with other people or how I tackle things that come my way. So this past week, I paid attention. This is what I have come up with.

1. There is something about going to a movie by yourself. I LOVE it. I did not go by myself this week, but I met my little sister, who was running a bit late, so people looked at me when I said, "One, for The Lucky One".  And Slowly walked in, taking my time not to be rushed by little boys.

2. I feel guilty if the sun is shining and I'm inside. Like I'm cheating on the sun, with shade. For all those days of working a full time job and going to school and cursing out loud that I wanted to be enjoying the sun and not stuck inside. Now is my chance to soak up those rays. Maybe that's also why I love summer rain showers!

3. I LOVE watching people do things they're not suppose to do. Example, Last Sunday while my neighbors were at church, their 2 daughters, 18 and early 20 something, were outside jumping on the trampoline in their bras and short shorts, with the boyfriends, who were also rockin' their underwear. I couldn't stop myself from staring. Aaron kept telling me to stop but honestly I thought it was hilarious and I was concerned or anxiously waiting for their parents to come home!!

That's all I have for right now, but I am trying to pay attention to how I take on things to see my strengths and weaknesses. I want to improve on my short comings and be a better person. But like I said it's only week one and my list is still a little short!

The unthinkable

I am doing it! I am ditching my run. I had full intention to run 4 miles today, I might even say I was looking forward to the run, until I wasn't!

I took Beck to the park and he fell asleep on the way home. This kid has been anti- sleep for the past couple of weeks. His famous line has been, "No sleep, Suns up!". Well, bad news for me is just like Beck, the sun is up before 7am everyday now... And it stays up past 8 pm... just like Beck.

So after unloading the boys and laying them down I hurried and changed into my running gear and jumped on the treadmill. 1 mile into the run, I was thinking. I could be watching t.v. and NOT Kick Buttowski either!

So just as quick as I jumped on the treadmill(which I hate) I jumped off. I am going to skip my run and enjoy some much needed down time, by MYSELF. Heck, I might even close my eyes for a quick snooze. Just as I typed that I realized my house could use a little TLC as well... HUMMMM I'll have to see how motivated I get in the next hour! For now... QUIET TIME!

I hope these 2 cowboys sleep for a long time.