LOVE YOU!!

Bode is learning his numbers. One, two, four, five six. One, two, four, five, six.. We cannot get him to say THREE... Bode...two, four, five, six. He is very good at it. So I ask, why will you not say THREE.. " Three is naughty!"

When he is in trouble or has done something wrong we give him till the count of THREE to make it right, and then he is headed to time out.. So One, two, four, five, six... nobody likes THREE at our house.

Big, Stronger and Almost 1!!

Ryder turns one next week. 3 weeks ago he did this crawl like a lizard. He was fast and efficient at it. His knees would not touch the ground, allowing him to move faster and not touch the lawn with his legs.

Last week we walked efficiently. 11 1/2 months walking. People kept saying, oh no he is about to walk. The real problem is he is learning to use his legs. I often walk in the room and he is now on the hearth, on Bode's stool in the bathroom with the sink on soaking wet, almost in the toilet, on the kitchen table, on the bench in the front yard with no idea how to get down, up the slide in the backyard and now stuck at the top, scared to come back down the slide. He loves to twist his little head the side and point at something for you to look at. He loves playing cars, you push the car to him, he brings it back to you. He loves being kissed lots of times in a row on the face or neck. If you do it once, he will lean in for more and more. He is very independent and almost always wearing a smile. He follows his brother around and tries to keep up, always sacrificing whatever toy he brought to his brother. He loves the turtle... when the turtle sees him coming you should see it move.

Happy Birthday Ryder. What a blessing you have been to us! We love you forever!

Tri..Tri..Tri

Marta invited us to do a Triathlon. So Katie, Keri & Heidi all made a team and went for it. We did the Park City Triathlon. We have wanted to do this for years. We rock the house.. We did not train, Katie is 6 1/2 months pregnant with Mindy. Not to brag, but we have some mad athletic skill.
So the swam began, Katie's doctor was a little worried about the cold water on "Mindy" so she wasn't standing down in the water.. She was up chit, chatting. The whistle goes off and she continues to stand their.. waiting for the crowd to clear.. Final she gets in the water.. I do the bike next, so I don't expect her for some time.. Well the 1st girl comes out of the water, and to the transition area and I look down the ramp, here comes "Mindy". Katie killed everyone.. Yes she did take state in high school. So I rush off on the bike. Now I am really sick, I have a really sore throat and cannot talk.. It doesn't matter. Heidi ran track in high school. Lets just say this.. We won! Yea, we rock the house! We are so excited maybe next time we will think about training! Or maybe not!
How fun to see our family along the way! Dad riding his bike and Mom swimming. Chandler... I beat you. Yes, Katie swam faster, I rode faster... our runner well maybe she should train.... Thanks Marta for such a fun memory!

Cousin Camp

Last week was Cousin Camp. Bode and Ryder joined 14 of their cousins in heber for fun. With lots of preparation from many the kids learned about being a warrior and putting on the whole armor of God. I don't think Bode got it, but it was really cool for the older kids. Bode favorite part was Jacob got Bode a Turtle.... He brought it over to the house on Thursday morning before camp. Jake put it on the floor and ran outside to get his own new turtle... I told Bode to pick up his turtle... Bode got down on all fours and growled at the turtle, like it was a tiger. We are getting braver. Now we touch it with one finger and sometimes we will even lift it up for just a min. It was fun to see Bode, Jake, Chase and Brycen run around in the fields chasing and playing with each other. The four of them basically slept on top of each other totally entangled. Thanks for the memories and all the hard work put into the camp.