Feliz Navidad

Merry Christmas! My niece has got some killer dance moves and my boy has got a smile that will melt your heart.

Future Blackmail

We told our daughter that the outfit she was wearing when we were leaving the house wasn’t really a good one to wear out in public.  But she didn’t care.   She still wore it.  Someday she will see this picture and go “Why did you let me leave the house in that?!?”  We will really tried to convince you sweetie not to wear it but you didn’t care.

Photo Shoot

We had a family photo shoot by this photographer and we loved how they turned out. Here are a few of our favorites.  Don’t worry, Mom, I’ll make you some prints if you tell me which ones are your favorites.

Grrrrrr!

Mischief

Someone found the Vaseline while watching a movie. That must feel good to squish your hands in that.

I love his curiosity.

NewsFlash

He's finally WALKING. And doing a little bit of dancing too.

LotoJa 2009

 

Jeff rode his bike in the LotoJa race on Saturday, September 12.  It starts in Logan, Utah and goes to Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  That is 206 miles to be exact.  All in one day.  Crazy, huh?

For the longest time I remember my mom getting so excited when she would see road bikers along the road when we were driving in a car.  I could tell she wanted to yell out the window “Way to go!”  So after a while I would feel myself get so excited to see road bikers too.  Like mother, like daughter.  I thought the bikers were kind of sexy too.  Then I married a road biker who happens to be very sexy.

So here are the events of our day.

Jeff’s start time was 6:55 a.m.  Jeff’s parents, Ben and I all went to the start line.

All the competitors had to get their leg stamped with this cool biker stamp.

Jeff lined up with all of the people in his category. 

He is right there in the middle at the front of the start line.   It was still a little dark so it was hard to get a good picture.

It is 6:55a.m. exactly and here goes his group.  He is on the right side of the picture.

Here are his dedicated fans.

Jeff’s parents, Karen and Brian, drove his support vehicle.  They would meet him along the course and replenish his supply of food and drink.  Brian is getting our Rav4 ready for the day. 

Ben and I drove to Rexburg and saw my two brothers, sister-in-law, 3 nephews and 2 nieces.  It was nice to be with them. After visiting I drove to Jackson Hole to get to the finish line. 

I gave my camera to Karen and Brian to take some pictures along the way.

Looks like they did a little sight seeing.

So Jeff made it to the finish line at 6:30 p.m.  It took him 11 and a half hours.  Amazing.  I got a video of him after he passed over the finish line.

Jeff is walking to the car talking to his brother, Rob on the phone. 

I couldn’t resist taking this picture.  Nice.  He had a little weed stuck to his bum.

Ben and Grandma walking back to the car.

We stayed the night in Jackson.  Then drove home on Sunday.  Ben and I were in the back seat together so I could keep him entertained.  He was reaching his limits of car travel and getting a little annoyed.  And I was feeling a little delirious from the ride as well.  We ended up getting really silly.

 

Even Sillier

Hey Mom!  You are making me look goofy!!

It was a good weekend and we were glad to make it home.   Way to go, Jeff!!

11 months

Ben is 11 months old now. He finally is getting a little picky with who holds him lately. For the longest time, he would go to anyone. But he seems to mostly only want his mommy or daddy to hold him these days. He is not really a big fan of eating. I think he thinks there are much more interesting things to do than eating so sometimes we have to give him something to hold and play with to distract him while I feed him with the spoon. Other days he will gobble his food up with passion. He is making lots of different sounds but we really can't count any of them as his first word yet. He is a total boy and is fascinated with balls and wheels. He loves other babies and children. His face will light up when he sees another baby and he has to get up in his or her face and smile really big for them. He loves riding in the stroller and gets so serious when he is riding. I can't get him to crack a smile in the middle of his ride because he is so into it. Ben is so fascinated with the video camera. I can't get natural shots of him because once he sees the video camera he totally has to check it out. Like this video below:

It might be a couple of months before he starts to walk but he just started doing this last week. Pushing a chair around our kitchen. It is so cute but once he saw the camera he had to rush over to it.

No more mullet

Ben was growing a mullet and his daddy wouldn’t allow it.

Although my parents didn’t seem to mind my mullet in the 70’s as you can see below.

 

So Ben got his first haircut.

He sat really still and was very good for his haircut.

The next morning for breakfast, I remembered I needed to take a picture of the new haircut.  Ben is such a poser.  These were the shots I got with no problem.  I didn’t even have to make lots of noises and dance around.

What a cheesy boy!

Crunchies

Josh’s Wedding Day

My cousin, Josh, got married on Tuesday, June 9 and my sister, Anna, couldn’t make it to the wedding festivities. and she told us to take lots of pictures for her. So, Anna, I took a bunch just for you. Here they are.

Waiting for the bride and groom after the ceremony

Here they are!

Ben got pretty tired and took a nap while we walk in the art museum of the conference center.

This is where the wedding luncheon took place.

Josh sang a love song to Kim.

The Father of the groom at the reception.

For their refreshments at the reception, they had ice cream from Scoopology. Wow, it was so good. What a clever idea.

Ben wanted some ice cream so bad. Look at him eyeing John’s.

The reception place was in a greenhouse. It had plants and flowers everywhere. The colors and decorations were so unique. It was so cool.

I was trying to get a picture with Ben and Dad because everyone keeps saying how much they look alike. But dad has trouble taking a good picture without blinking as you can see from below.

This one makes me laugh because dad was trying so hard to keep his eyes opened.

While dad had his eyes closed, Ben took the opportunity to do what he had wanted to do since he saw John’s ice cream.

Then Jeff showed up with his hair all spiky and stylish! (He missed out on all of the day’s events and came to the reception.) He made quite the entrance because Mom and Leah made such a big deal about his hair.

So there you have it….Josh and Kim’s wedding day through my eyes.