Another moment came after Tony came home and started mowing the lawn.
Could they be any cuter?
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| From May 2010 |
Friday, May 7, 2010
Total Contentment
Yesterday was such a gorgeous day with a light blue sky and big puffy white clouds. I had to take a break from working on the yard and cleaning the car to play with my cute boys. Ryan is starting to discover the outdoors and hopefully it's going to be dry enough for this to continue. At one point we laid down and looked up through the branches of the Speckled Alder and picked out cloud animals. So I lay there in the soft grass with Max next to me and Ryan laying with his back on my chest, just looking up at the sky. It was just one of those many moments that I felt the love of my Savior and pure contentment!
Another moment came after Tony came home and started mowing the lawn.
Could they be any cuter?
Tony is such a great dad!
Another moment came after Tony came home and started mowing the lawn.
Could they be any cuter?
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Hapyy Cinco de Mayo, Mom!
I turned 33 yesterday which means that 33 years ago on Cinco de Mayo, my mom brought me into this world. I love you too dad, but it's almost mother's day so here is something I want to say to my beautiful mom, Pearl Edna Heath Leach!
I now know what it's like to bring someone(s) into the world and all the sacrifices you made for us children. I now understand on a different level how awesome of a mother you were. You always listened to me and I always knew I could share anything with you. I talked your ear off most days and always wanted you to sit on my toes to keep them warm when I'm sure you would have been more comfortable on the couch with your own space. You let me be my own person and let me know that I was wonderful no matter what. You prayed for me to make righteous decisions and because of YOUR and DADs faith, I was able to be led to a school and to friends and experiences that helped me become who I needed to be. You listened to my stories of every single crush I ever had which was way too many. I saw you saying personal prayers in your bedroom and reading your scriptures. You've loved my husband from day one and we always feel your support! You're a loving grandmother to my sweet babies.
So, because you're the one who did something amazing on my "birth"day, I want to show you how much I appreciate you and love you! My birthday celebration isn't over as far as I understand anyway, so Happy Early Mother's Day and Happy Cinco de Mayo to my amazing mom! Je t'aime!
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| From 0921 |
I now know what it's like to bring someone(s) into the world and all the sacrifices you made for us children. I now understand on a different level how awesome of a mother you were. You always listened to me and I always knew I could share anything with you. I talked your ear off most days and always wanted you to sit on my toes to keep them warm when I'm sure you would have been more comfortable on the couch with your own space. You let me be my own person and let me know that I was wonderful no matter what. You prayed for me to make righteous decisions and because of YOUR and DADs faith, I was able to be led to a school and to friends and experiences that helped me become who I needed to be. You listened to my stories of every single crush I ever had which was way too many. I saw you saying personal prayers in your bedroom and reading your scriptures. You've loved my husband from day one and we always feel your support! You're a loving grandmother to my sweet babies.
So, because you're the one who did something amazing on my "birth"day, I want to show you how much I appreciate you and love you! My birthday celebration isn't over as far as I understand anyway, so Happy Early Mother's Day and Happy Cinco de Mayo to my amazing mom! Je t'aime!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Inspiration
Awhile back I learned about an LDS woman, Stephanie Nielson, and her husband who had been in a near-fatal airplane crash. I blogged about it here and her blog/story is here. I'm not one to look at blogs unless they're someone I know, or nutrition, crafts or food storage, but I follow her blog because she inspires me. Here's a video that talks about her, the crash and her faith.
Back to Running
I was becoming a faithful runner for awhile and then sickness invaded my family and Tony took several out-of-town work trips which made it harder for me to go at night with friends. I kind of fell off the bandwagon so to speak. I have a walking/running buddy now and we're going to do the couch-5K running program. I am committing myself to do the Sound to Narrows and the Pacifc Crest Half-Marathon. I won't be running the whole time but I will be doing my best. So if anyone wants to join me and/or offer tips on running/walking that kept them motivated through it all, let me know! :)
Monday, May 3, 2010
Girl's Trip
It's been a busy week and so I'm playing catch-up. Feel free to scroll down to the other updates!
This weekend, a couple of friends and I went to visit our dear friend who recently moved to Spokane. It was also a chance to go to Time Out for Women which is so amazing and a must for all women. I just feel rejuvenated and I learned so much.
This is us hitting the road (my boys were both at home which was good/hard)
We played games at Sarah's beautiful new home and ate some yummy food. I always have to get pictures of Sarah doing silly things. It's what I do best.
Your not going put a link to this in your blog now Sarah, are you? Come on, do it! :)
We stayed up late and my eyes started to gloss over!
But then we had to go play "Just Dance" on the Wii. It's amazing how free I feel putting pics of other's up but I'm anti shots of me mid-dancing. Yep, I'm a hypocrite! They're just so cute though! :)
We like to move it, move it!
Lunch at P.F. Changs during the conference and meeting some new friends. What a great weekend! Heather you're a rock star for driving us!
This weekend, a couple of friends and I went to visit our dear friend who recently moved to Spokane. It was also a chance to go to Time Out for Women which is so amazing and a must for all women. I just feel rejuvenated and I learned so much.
This is us hitting the road (my boys were both at home which was good/hard)
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We played games at Sarah's beautiful new home and ate some yummy food. I always have to get pictures of Sarah doing silly things. It's what I do best.
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| From April 2010 |
Your not going put a link to this in your blog now Sarah, are you? Come on, do it! :)
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| From April 2010 |
We stayed up late and my eyes started to gloss over!
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But then we had to go play "Just Dance" on the Wii. It's amazing how free I feel putting pics of other's up but I'm anti shots of me mid-dancing. Yep, I'm a hypocrite! They're just so cute though! :)
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| From April 2010 |
We like to move it, move it!
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| From April 2010 |
Lunch at P.F. Changs during the conference and meeting some new friends. What a great weekend! Heather you're a rock star for driving us!
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Max's First Sleepover and more Friend Fun
We got to have Max's buddy Hank spend the night while his mom was in Utah and dad was working. It was so fun! The boys all slept together and fell asleep just about an hour later than normal and woke up just 20 minutes earlier than normal. I was so worried that Hank (3) might wake up scared that I woke up several times to listen on the monitor but he was just fine! Phew! Then more friends came over to play and of course I took pics!
Painting "fire" for our pretend indoor camping
Just Ryan
Hank is so sweet to baby Ryan
I dubbed this "crazy hat" day
I couldn't convince Hank and Ryan that they wanted regular swings, oh and Max was introduced to a port-o-potty experience (that wasn't so fun for me trying to help them and not "touch" anything while holding Ryan so he wouldn't "touch" anything
The next day we bowled
The silly kids at lunch!
Painting "fire" for our pretend indoor camping
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Just Ryan
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Hank is so sweet to baby Ryan
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I dubbed this "crazy hat" day
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I couldn't convince Hank and Ryan that they wanted regular swings, oh and Max was introduced to a port-o-potty experience (that wasn't so fun for me trying to help them and not "touch" anything while holding Ryan so he wouldn't "touch" anything
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| From April 2010 |
The next day we bowled
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| From April 2010 |
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| From April 2010 |
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The silly kids at lunch!
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Ryan's Photo Shoot
Ryan is now 11 months old! He has 3 teeth and over the weekend went from army crawling and cruising on furniture to big boy crawling and cruising on furniture! He is such a sweet, easy-going baby. He got used to having mama around a lot in the midst of potty-training Max so he's just starting to get used to allowing others into his bubble! We love this boy to pieces. Check out our favorite photographer, Becky Jenson's blog here and her website here
We set up the date for the photo shoot and the night before Ryan came down with a bad cold and was miserable, but even with these less than ideal circumstances, Becky got some amazing photos of our tired sickie!
We set up the date for the photo shoot and the night before Ryan came down with a bad cold and was miserable, but even with these less than ideal circumstances, Becky got some amazing photos of our tired sickie!
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| From Because Life Should Never Be Ordinary |
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