Memorial Day and Grandma Jackie's grave.

Grandma Jackie's grave is in the Mt. Pleasant cemetary so on Memorial Day we drove down and it was beautiful they place flags all over the cemetary and there are flowers everywhere. Kai was so cute too and it was good for JR to see that. Kai leaned over and talked to her and kissed her without being told to I thought that was amazing but it just reminded me that children are so much closer to the spirit world than we realize it was a touching experience and for JR it was exactly what he needed.

4 Wheel'n at five mile...

Ok so I kind of did the pictures in the wrong order cause this is Kai so tired after a long day 4 wheeling and playing in the dirt. JR's cousins invited us to go 4 wheeling on Saturday and we had alot of fun even if there were a million other people there that day too. P.S. we are big nerds in the pics ;)

JR's Birthday

It was JR's birthday last Thursday and his cousins and their wife's/girlfriend and JR's friend Wes came to dinner with us at Tucanos. The next day we had cake at the house with my mom and Jess since they weren't able to come to dinner. Happy Birthday JR I love you hope you had a great day!

A day at the Park.

So the weather has slowly been getting nicer and nicer the last couple weeks and Kai is thrilled. I too am happy about it because no more tv he loves movies and asks for them all day long but as soon as I suggest to go outside his mind is off the movie and out the door. We went to provo last Monday to visit Linley and Kylie Mills, Linley had back surgery and can't even pick Kylie up to put her in the car to go anywhere. That would be so hard... and it was a great excuse to go kidnap them and play at the park. So we did and the two little stinks loved it Kylie would slide and slide all day if you let her and she was too cute running around jibber jabbering to me and Kai he could slide all day too but he doesn't like the "normal" way he goes on his tummy every time. They had fun on the swings but I know would have been happier running around I just got tired of lifting them onto the slides and lifting them onto the slides and lifting them (you get it). It is always good to catch up with Linley she is such an easy person to be around love ya girl! I think this week we will go finger paint with pudding at their house (outside of course) but I think Kai would love that.

Moab, Montana and Easter!

So it's never too late to post some cute pictures and give a long update. As you all know I was not able to run the half marathon but Brooke did so we still got to go to Moab for the weekend and we had so much fun. Kai and Eli are really fun to watch Kai doesn't have a ton of child interaction so he was showing off and I think might have been a little much for Eli at times but Eli was a good sport. We had a lot of fun with Brooke and Brady in town and the weather in Moab could not have been better I am with Brooke when she said she misses it, I love it there. Montana trip was just two weeks later, we started our drive in between Saturday conference session and managed to listen to the full afternoon session before we totally lost radio signal. My moms brother lives in Philipsburg, MT. It is a beautiful place to visit and live. Honestly if I could convince JR to become a rancher I would move there. The scenery is beautiful, life seems simple, although I know that is not the case all the time, it is hard work but man the surroundings are well worth it I think. We went snowmobiling on their property so not a sole in sight, we hung out at the house with all the animals Kai took particular interest in their indoor cat and now all he can say when he sees an animal is "kitty". I think he really missed that cat cause the first morning home I went to get him out of bed and he looked past me and kept say "kitty, kitty". My uncle Clark and his wife Nancy have two kids that we LOVE and were so good with Kai. Brian is almost 6 and Rachel turned 4 while we were there so we got to celebrate with her. We also went to a hot springs pool with all of them the last night we were there even my uncle made time to come and that I know was a sacrifice for him and Nancy's sister that helps out at the ranch so thank you for that it was nice to have Clark there. I miss P-town more than Moab it was one of the best vacations I have had in a long time. Now to Easter I don't have much to say about it Kai had fun eating candy and opening eggs, we went to JR's Aunts house for dinner and had the best bbq chicken I have had in a long time, then after some of the family had a foam gun war that I stayed away from (his family is sooooo competitive) I would just rather cheer them on, although I know some of them probably think I am lame for not wanting to take part. Anyways sorry such a long post just wanted to get everything I remember down, which reminds me when we try to get Kai to say I love you he says bokey whatever that is but he says it every night when we tell him to tell Grandma he loves her and goodnight he just says bokey it really is cute I just don't want to forget it. Hope everyone's lifes are going well love ya all.

Moab Half Happy!

Ok so the half marathon is this weekend and I know that all of you would be expecting pictures and times and blah blah but there will be no news to tell except sad news. I will be ok but I am just a little sad right now I have been training since December and have had pain in my right knee when I ran but not bad enough that I had to stop running for longer than a few minutes then I could push through a few more miles and walk five minutes again....so long story short I was running on Monday and something happened and couldn't even walk it out it hurt so bad. So we scheduled me to have an MRI and Tuesday and Wednesday and today my knee has felt fine but we still did the MRI and I just got the results... I have a stress fracture and "severe edema" (tissue swelling) inside the knee. I can't run for four months and have to start a physical therapy program next week but the good news is I haven't damaged it enough to never run again so my plan is to run this same half marathon next March. Hope everyone is doing better than I am, I am sure the hardest day will be the day of the race then I will get over it, but for now I will wallow in my own self pitty!

Just a quick update

So we have been busy but I feel like I have nothing to say so I decided to think of at least ten things so here they are...

10. Because of the great weather we have been walking to the park alot lately and Kai is no longer deathly afraid of the slide in fact it is quite opposite he goes down on his stomache and it scares me to death.
9. I am the newest young women "athletic director" (coach) in my ward yipee! (one problem softball starts next and I can't play)
8. JR's basketball games started so we have been busy with those (I just wish the games started earlier so Kai could go to them) oh well it still has been fun especially for JR.
7. I quit my job I started in December and yes this is a good thing.
6. We have been lucky to hang out with JR during the week because they keep calling him off so good we get to see him bad we don't have any money when he doesn't work.
5. I learned how to make the best pizza in the world and it is easy.
4. Training is still coming along for the marathon and it is only two weekends away (thanks Tiff for running with me :))
3. I am applying for hair school this month still haven't decided between Paul Mitchell and Evans but I have wanted to do this for a long time so why not now. (any advice on the schools please tell me).
2. We got passes to Seven Peaks for $41.00 each, so now we have something to do that is already paid for, by they way passes are $49.95 until the end of March if anyone wants to come play with me all summer!!
1. JR, Jess, Kai and I went to the Draper Temple open house and then had lunch at the pink shop with my mom after (she wasn't able to come with us cause of work). The Temple was beautiful I love where they built it.

Well as usual I have no updated photos to post, Kai is growing up and learning alot he is 18 months old now and loving nursery. I will try to get some good photos of him for my next post.