Green beans

Luke's first time eating green beans.


His reaction was priceless.










Not a huge fan.

How can you not love Gardner Village?

It's a family tradition to go to Gardner Village every fall and look at the witches. How can you not love it?

Claire liked sitting on the hay, but kept calling it "scratchy".


Luke being his usual happy self.


"How old are you?"


I love these two. Claire is always asking to hold him.


She actually requested a picture of "just the beautiful girls."


Then she asked to have one of "just the handsome boys."


Once Claire was SURE that the witch wasn't real, she would sit by it.


Nate actually set up and took this shot! I may finally be rubbing off on him! :)


Claire showing the witches her dance moves (which actually resemble karate moves a lot closer).


Self-time shot of the night!

The Drewbie

We were so depressed when my sister announced to us that they were moving to Houston Texas. Claire and Drew have been best buddies since they were born. One of the nights before they left, Drew had a sleepover at our house.




I even got out the self-timer for the event.


Eating breakfast...this is what I get when I ask them to smile.




On their way to preschool. They held hands the whole way.


The decided to dance for some reason.




After school, playing in the rock pile they have to play in every day.


We'll miss you buddy! So glad you visit a lot!

Luke is 5 months!

I can't believe Luke is 5 months.


At 5 months:

*is the happiest babe on the planet.
*eye contact and he smiles at you.
*rolls all over the place.
*eats rice cereal like a champ.
*almost stting up.
*babbles all day long - usually da da, da da, da da. Still waiting for the appearance of mama.
*laughs more easily at his sister than anyone.

We love you Luke!

26.2

On October 2, 2010 Nate accomplished a feat few people have accomplished. A feat that I truly have no desire to accomplish. :) He ran the St George Marathon. I cannot express to you how proud I was of him. I was bawling all weekend. He had a knee injury 2 months before the race and therefore, was only able to train for 5 weeks. He did one, yes one, long run (20 miles) in preparation. And he seriously rocked it. I was so proud.

He ran with some friends and we made a full weekend getaway out of it. The Luke-ster got to accompany us too, and thanks to my sister and mom for watching Claire.

Here he is getting his race packet...


We got to see him once during the race and then again at the finish line. Here is Luke waiting to see his daddy.


And here are the ladies, supporting our men! My shirt says, "My husband runs faster than your husband." :)


Nate at Mile 16. He stopped for about 30 seconds and talked to us and when I asked him how he was feeling he said, "Good." Good? Good?! You've just run 16 miles and have 10 more to go! I'd be asking for a ride home! :)


Right before the finish line...still smiling...


And there he is crossing the finish line. So. Dang. Proud.


Luke's onesie said "Daddy's Future Running Buddy".


Here's a shot of all the men after the race.


All of us together. What an unforgettable experience!


Way to go babe! We love ya!


Now we just need to talk him into doing it again next year... ;)

The girl likes soccer.

And I'm happy about it. I played soccer for 13 years while growing up and couldn't wait to get Claire signed up for her first season. It was so fun to watch these kids play. They don't really have any rules besides 1-you can't pick up the ball, and 2-don't kick it out of bounds. Other than that the kids run around the ball like a herd. Here's the play by play:

Warming up with Coach Brian and Chase.


Practicing drop kicks (her favorite thing).


The starting team...and Claire dancing to the whistle.


She was so into it!


Claire's turn on the bench (she literally sat on the cone the whole time she was out).


Back in the game (can you see her behind Chase?).


The game is over! Cheering for the other team, who won. The score was something like 15 to 8.


Giving high fives to the other team.


And finally, the real reason she wanted to play...treats after the game.


Family shot...Nate had just run 20 miles in preparation for the St. George Marathon coming up in 3 weeks.


She loved the first game and ended up scoring four goals! With two of them being in the correct goal, one of them for the other team, and the last one was in the goal of the team playing on the field next to us. :) We had to explain the rules to her after, but she didn't care. She went around telling everyone that she scored four goals in her soccer game. :)

State Fair

We try to make it to the Fair every year, and this year was no exception. Here are the kids all lined up to see the pigs. Claire was a little unsure.


Some of the kids outside the cow building...Carter, Claire, Addy and Isaac.


Nate took Claire down the giant yellow slide. She screamed the whole way down, can you see her?


She was bawling after and ran up to me and said, "Daddy didn't hold me tight enough!"


For the record, I took her after that and she got off the ride laughing. Ha.

Family pic.


We love the Fair!