Thumbs, Run, and Mud!

If I don't feed Brielle right away or get her up from her nap as soon as she is awake, I usually find her in this position...I hope it doesn't last.




On Saturday, two of my sisters and I ran a 10k. We all did well. I averaged an 8 minute mile pace, much faster than I expected at this point in the game. It feels good to be getting back to normal.

Rain or shine Brian and Nathan were determined to hit some mountain trails with their four wheelers. As we entered the canyon it started to rain. The girls stayed in the vehicles with the babies while the guys set up camp. Fortunately Brian's mom sent us with these garbage bags...the perfect rain gear.



Sara and I watched the dudes at work, first they got the kids in their rain gear, then made a blazing fire, then climbed the trees and hung up a tarp for some shelter. We ate lunch and relaxed by the fire without getting wet. After lunch, the rain and snow stopped and the boys went out four wheeling. We ended up with mud everywhere! In the end we were all tired, muddy and happy for the good times.

Is it December?

I took this picture yesterday afternoon. This is what it looked like out our front window. When I took this picture it was starting to snow again. Brian gets so excited EVERY time it snows. Me on the other hand not so much. I thought by the time I made it to April I wouldn't have to go running in the snow. I guess I was wrong. At least I haven't fallen this year. My knees are still recovering. Oh well it has to end sometime right?

Easter

Easter was really fun this year, because Tanner was old enough to get all excited about Easter egg hunts, coloring eggs, waiting for the Easter Bunny and of course eating tons of candy. Here are a couple of pictures I managed to get.



This was taken minutes before going to church it was the best we could do with minimal time and a boy that was all sugared up!



Brielle and the Easter basket Grandma Sorensen sent us.


Tanner and Brielle with the basket, notice the chocolate mustache Tanner is sporting. I let him fill a small cup with candy and put the rest away. He seriously ate candy for a half hour straight... NICE



Coloring eggs was really fun this year. After we colored the eggs we had several Easter egg hunts with them. Brian doesn't understand the joy of finding a hard boiled egg (why would you look for it if it wasn't filled with candy?) I loved it as a kid and Tanner has really loved it. We are having another Easter egg hunt this morning. Apparently it is my turn to find them so I better go!

March Madness

In an effort to survive the NCAA tournament (you know 32 games in two days and you HAVE to watch each one of them not to mention more games on the day after..)I set up a competition with Brian. So far in the past two years my bracket has stomped the crap out of Brian's. The rivalry is in full throttle this year. After the first round Brian is one point ahead of me. He was all kinds of talk and pride until he lost one of his final four teams last night. Mine are all still alive and kicking! Good luck to all of you and may the best woman win!

Holy Crap!

Okay so I know that many of my post have to deal with potty traing and poo and whatnot. Let's face it, it is a big part of my life. Last week Brielle went through 80 diaphers in 6 days, 90% of them were at least partially loaded and others were fully. She has slowed the flow now and saves them up for one giagantic mess. Today it happened to Brian at lunch just before he had to get back to the office. Yep through the diapher, onesie, pants, blanket, her sock, and his clothes. He didn't appreciate her big happy smile as he changed to get back to work.


This is Brielle today.
We had her 2 month appointment on Monday and she weighs 10lbs 1once!


I just had to add another picture of the smile.

Our Babies

I am finally getting around to posting some new pictures of the kids... I thought I would also add a picture of Brian's new baby. I can't believe Brielle is already six weeks old. All I can say now is I am ready for a run!

These first three pictures were taken on February 10th.







This is one of the most recent pictures we have of Brielle taken on February 23rd.

This is B's new baby. He NEEDED it to clear snow at the office. It will be nice not to pay someone to clear the snow, but I have a feeling it will be headed up the mountain as soon as the snow melts.

The Best Ever

I feel so lucky right now! I have the best mom and sister there ever was. They took Tanner for me all last week. After spending time the past couple of days with two kids by myself I have realized that they really did save my life. I am so thankful for their thoughtfulness.

I also have the best newborn baby ever.(I really think that God wants me to have more kids so he is making this newborn thing easy on me). Brielle is never fussy and so far has SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT 5 DAYS IN A ROW. Yep that is right I am talking 11:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. I hope we can keep this up.