Zoo Fun

Friday, my cousins invited me and the kids to join them and their kids at the zoo.  Steven was so excited, and Lillie ended up loving it too. Although, things started a little rough when I lost a fight with a dinosaur…

 

But somehow I survived.  After that, my kids told me I needed to stay away from them.  I still took pictures :)

 

This was Lillie getting so excited to see the Geese

 

Steven and Meghan measuring up to their inner-orangutan

Steven’s Favorite Animal was the Elephant at the zoo.  As always. And baby Zuri is pretty cute.

  

We ended our trip with a ride on the train. So fun!  Thanks Maria and Rachel! Can’t wait to get together again!

  

Photo Fun

I’ve had some fun with my camera this week.  First, I attempted taking pictures of my new niece, Briella.  She didn’t like me though…

So to make myself feel better (;)) I took pictures of my kids.  And surprisingly they were actually really good! It was fun.

 

Fathers Day and Cousin Week

It was exciting to see both of our dads and my grandpa the day before Fathers Day, and then we had a lot of family time on Sunday!  We love our Daddy around these parts! He’s a wonderful husband and father, and he’s the best!!

 

 

Monday-Wednesday the kids and I headed to Nephi for Cousin Week with the Rowley cousins.  It was a lot of fun, despite one nephew, Colton, deciding to get a fabulous head wound on Tuesday.  The kids had fun though, especially Steven.  Thanks Jen for planning a great event!

A Baby Shower! :)

Last weekend a few of my high school buddies got together to shower our friend, Jamie, with a party to celebrate her baby boy!  It was fun to get together, eat some yummy food (particularly some AMAZING brownies) and celebrate babies! Hooray! 

 

We have cute Brandon here playing…

 

And cute Kate

 

 

And Jamie practicing for her modeling career

 

Kate telling a story…

 

Christie and Reese

 

 

Love the happiness on Jamie’s face here :)

 

All of us

 

And the cute pregnants :)

 

The Weekend Review

Darrell’s brother, Casey, and his wife Rachel had a beautiful baby girl, Briella Ann, on Wednesday.  My sister was awesome and watched the kids on Thursday during her lunch break so I could go meet the little munchkin.  All 9 lbs, 15 oz of her.  And it’s all adorable cuteness, don’t you worry. :)

We went to visit my grandparents after, and Lillie thought she was hilarious pretending to talk on the phone

 

 

Saturday was our annual neighborhood party – Hawkslandapalooza!!  This really is a great event for our community, and it was a blast.  In the morning, they had a kids run and a 5K.  Steven was SO excited that he got to come do the kids run.  Here we are just before his race

 

And here he is lined up at the starting line

And finishing the race.  I love that you can see the sheer joy on his face!

 

Here are Steven and Lillie waiting for Mommy to finish her 5K

 

Finishing!  This was seriously the toughest 5K I have ever done, but it was a blast! My good friend, Nicole, ran most of of it with me, and it was nice to have someone to talk to to distract me from the dyingness that happens when running up killer hills.  As I crossed the finish line, I was SHOCKED, yet extremely happy to hear my time: 27:25.  That is exactly 5 minutes and 5 seconds faster than my 5K a month ago.  Funny what staying on a consistent training schedule will do to you!

I was trying so hard not to look near death in this picture

 

Me and Nicole after surviving the race!

 

In the afternoon the neighborhood had a free barbecue, free fun for the kids (i.e. rock and face painting, bounce house, live entertainment) and we also had a neighborhood market.  I was able to sell some of my homemade bows and flowers, which was a lot of fun. Although due to my lack of sunscreen I now resemble a lobster :)