Trey

Trey played flag football with his buddy Payton.
Trey finally let me cut his hair! Yeah, his hair isn't in his eyes, or hanging down the back of his collar.
He got new glasses--bifocals!! Hopefully he will be able to see now!

Lizzie

Lizzie turned five.
We went to Castlewood Canyon, it was so fun!!
Claire and Lizzie are still BBF!!
And, yes, she is still sucking her thumb and twisting her hair. Will it ever stop?
She wants to be a rock star when she grows up, but for now Queen Elizabeth will do just fine!

Little Mommy

So, Steve was in Phoenix, Lizzie wouldn't go to bed so she was in the family room playing. I look over at her and she is holding Trey's RC car and talking to it like a baby. She then tucks it in and reads it a story. It was so funny.

Ryan's Home

Ok, so he's been home for a month now...I'm just now getting the pictures put on. It was so great to see him. The kids were so excited to see Ryan again. We got to mom and dad's around 12:30 am, they were trying to jump out of the car before we even put it in park. They ran to the house and were so excited. Of course getting them to bed was a joke, but they finally setteled down around 1:30. 7 am they were awake wanting to wake Ryan up. We convinced them to wait until 9 to get Ryan. They did not want to be away from him the whole weekend. It was just like he had never left. They hung out in his room and wanted to ride everywhere with him. He took Sam and Trey to a movie. We went hiking with Michelle and Luke and we were there to celebrate Lukey's 1st birthday. What a little sweetie he is. I'm so glad we were able to be with them for a day. Ryan did a great job with his talk, too. He was the only speaker for sacrament meeting!! He did a fabulous job, it was fun to hear him speak Guarni and Spanish. He is so cute and I'm so proud of him. I'm so glad we live close enough that we were able to come see him.

I'm a slacker!

Seriously, you wouldn't think it would be that hard to keep up with this, but oh my word!! the sad thing is that my journal looks even worse than this. The kids have all gone back to school. Sam is totally loving Jr. High. She is playing the trumpet and taking a really cool class where she is learning about building houses, construction and stuff like that. It's really been fun for her. It's nice to have her home an hour before Trey so I can hear about her day and enjoy her for a while.
Her soccer team is really great. She has a great coach who was a track runner in college so he really believes in making the girls run. I love that! the only problem is having the games so far away. Driving three and a half hours to watch a game is a little annoying...
Trey is doing well in school. He started out in a third/fourth combined class. After the third week they decided they had too many students and they brought in a new teacher for the third grade class. Trey was really bummed because his best friend Peyton was in his class and after they split he wasn't anymore. He was pretty sad on the last day of their combined class. I think the new teacher will be great for Trey. She has been a reading specialist for years. That will be a blessing for Trey!! He starts football on Saturday and he is very excited. Peyton is on his team, so he feels a little bit better!!
Lizzie is so fun. I am starting to feel a little bit sad that this is her last year home. Today she was at school and I didn't run this morning, so I had two and a half hours to myself. Yea, you would have thought that would be good, but I was bored after an hour. When my kids were younger I really was excited about having time to myself, now...it's funny how your life changes so much!!
Lizzie is learning so much in school and she loves it. She is also doing a music class on Tuesday mornings that she absolutely loves!! They talk about a different composer every week and they listen to music from that composer. They learn about rhythm, Rondos, beats, feelings of music. It's really great.
I have had a really great month. I have finally rejoined the life of running. I am able to run my thirty mile weeks again, and hopefully I will be able to continue to gradually add more miles. My first ten mile run in over a year was so fabulous!! I am doing a 14 miler tomorrow and I must say I am a little nervous. I haven't run that far before..ever! I'm sure I will be able to do it, it just wont be pretty!!
Steve is still having fun with his dirt bike, he is going to Moab next month.
So, I have only been interrupted four times since I started this...hence the reason my posts are few and far between!

I forgot to add a major highlight to the day. Cindy and Christina driving an hour to come cheer us on. They made the cute necklaces that we all have on, they even made on for Sam and Abbie, too. It was so fun to have their support. We really have such amazing friends!!

Triathalon

I did my first triathalon on Saturday. It was so much fun! I was able to train with my friends and it was so fun to have them at the race and enjoy our families there, too!!
Sam and Abbie did the kids fun triathalon after the adult one and it was so great! They did a great job and I was so proud of her. When I was ten there would have been no way I would have done that. It was so fun to watch all of the kids go through the race. There were five year olds doing the race. It was very well organized, too. They had their own time chips and they had their numbers on their arms just like the adults did.
It was a fun day and I'm so glad I was able to share it with my family and friends.
I loved coming around from the bike and seeing my kids and Steve there yelling for me. The kids race over the finish line with me at the end. It was so great!!