Hiding and added height

A new way to grow a foot or two... or a new way to build Uncle Jared's bicep?

Janette helped with Ethan's first attempt at hide-and-seek.  Can you find him?

Big Sister, Little Brother

I'm learning very quickly that it's about as easy to take pictures of my two kids together as it is to keep water in a strainer.  I love the challenge.  :)  Granted, I took some of these pictures right before nap time, but Katelyn's hair was so cute and still combed that I decided to take the risk.  Ethan has turned into an adorable little smiler, but again, it was right before nap time so I'll have to wait for his cute little smile.   Here are a few of our out-takes.

Attempt #1 (In the morning)

I thought I was going to have the cutest picture.   She sat down on the blanket for me, let me lay Ethan in her lap, and then before the two seconds that it took me to grab the camera...

And again... (about 5 times)

Attempt #2 (Same day in the afternoon)

She wouldn't sit by him because she must know that boys have cooties. :)  I asked her to stand behind him and this is what I got.  She wouldn't relinquish the blankie, even for a promised cookie.

What do you do with baby wipes?  Yep.  Put them on your baby brother's head.

Attempt #3 (A new day and with the help of Dave)

Katelyn, come give Ethan a hug...

Show dad your teeth...  (cheese!!)

What funny kids.  Yes, I get a little frazzled as I try to take a perfectly good shot with both of them smiling and acting like they love each other, but I'll have to wait for that one be content with real life for now. :)  Those are the best anyway.

Ohhhh...

Katelyn is the official binkie handler.

Her favorite things... being outside, her blankie, her bow and a cracker... heaven.

My brother the CHAMPION

My brother, Shawn, just finished running the Wasatch Back on Saturday. Not only did he run it, but he ran the HARDEST leg of the race. Ragnar. In 4 miles, you run up a mean dirt road with an elevation gain of 1678 ft. He ran it in the rain and mud and never stopped. He's my hero. Just to give you an idea, he ran the first mile of his first leg (you run three legs of the race in this relay) in 6 min 4 sec. Yeah, he's a speed demon. So his goal for Ragnar was to not stop and to run an 11 minute mile. (I think I would have been in the range of a 30 minute mile up that hill!) AND... not only did he do it, but he ran it faster and with an inch of mud on his shoes. What a guy! And here he is, sitting to Dave's left (with all the great men in my family).












For any of you wanting to run a race like the Wasatch Back, I would say DO IT! :) It's so fun! I did it three times before our kids were born and loved it. You don't get any sleep, run about 15 miles in 24 hours and hang out with 6 other sweaty runners in your van. What could be better? Maybe, hopefully, Dave and I can do it next year. Anyone want to join?

Ethan's blessing

We blessed our sweet little Ethan in church a couple weeks ago. It was a wonderful day and since we're here with our family, we were surrounded by our family, which we just loved. Ethan was such a sweetheart the whole day and we just can't be more excited to have him in our family.

Here are a few pictures of our sweetie.












My sister Shannon helped me sew his cute little outfit. It turned out so good, thanks to my very talented and extra patient sister.












Dave's sister-in-law Tami gave Ethan these adorable little shoes for the special day. I just love them and think Ethan did too.












Here we are with our parents.

Cousins and friends

Within a couple months, we've added three new babies to our family and all of their names start with an "E". Isn't that cute? Here they are enjoying each others company for the first time. We actually took the pictures at a Burger King. Great place for a photo shoot! Ethan was getting a little bored with all the picture taking as you can see in the second picture. It's tough to be so cute.

















This is one of Katelyn's good friends, Austin. They have so much fun and it's so much fun to watch them explore the world together since they're the same age.

I'm trying to put this slideshow on the side of my blog, but it's too big so it only shows half of the picture. Does anyone know a better way to do it?? Thanks!!


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