Boogyin'

Brooklyn and Devin are dancing to the Dixie Chicks while I'm jamming out making dinner. Previous to this they were holding hands to form a circle and dancing, it was so funny. This one is pretty funny too though. You hear me in the middle of the recording telling them to do it again. I apologize for my voice. Do I really sound like that? A voice coach told me once that if I learned to speak correctly, the sound I hear in my head of my own voice when I speak would sound just like when I hear my recorded voice. Does that make sense? Basically we all need to speak more nasally if we want to speak "correctly."

Sunny Summer Days in The Northwest

It's Sunny! and Beautiful! Funny how quickly I forget the rain, and just relish how beautiful the Northwest is now that summer has finally arrived. We got out the kiddie pool this week and set it up on the back deck. I had to empty it and put it away the same day because Devin would jump in it every chance he got regardless of what he was wearing. They would want to come in, so I would bring them in, dry them off, and get them dressed; and the next time the screen door opened, Devin would run out and jump in the pool. We had a lot of wet clothes that day. :)

Yeah Me! I ran my first 10K!

My time was 56.42. That is less than 10 minute miles! Damon ran it in 48.16. He skunked me, but that meant he was free to take the pictures at the finish line. The real rockstar is my friend Heather, who I ran with most of the way. She is 12 weeks along, carrying her 5th baby, and she ran the 10K today. Hats off to her. Then we went home and took naps. :)

Actually today is the town's birthday celebration, "Maple Valley Days". Damon and I came home after the run, hurried and showered, and left again with the kids to catch the town parade. We just made it to the end of the parade, but we were on our bikes (Damon was pulling the kids in the bike trailor) and they let us ride our bikes up the length of the parade while it was still going on so the kids could see it. It's pretty cool living in a small town. There weren't any huge floats or anything, but there were horses, and the kids liked that.

Then we came home for lunch, Damon and I were both starving, and really tired. And everybody took a nap.

Our trip to Utah

My younger sister, Liz delivered a beautiful, little boy 6 weeks ago. We went to Utah two weeks ago to visit the little guy. He is tiny. I think he was 5.5 lbs when he was born, but now he weighs 7 lbs. We had a good time and enjoyed the sunshine. I was able to run the Provo river trail and go for a bike ride with my dad. The man is a machine. He is 71 years old and bikes around 100 miles a month. We got hit with a hail storm while we were riding, but we took refuge in a bread store. The hail and rain stopped after about 10 minutes, and we were able to continue. We also went bowling with the kids and some of their cousins, and to the Bean Museum on BYU campus with my mom. The last picture is Devin and Brooklyn in the car at the beginning of our trip home. It seemed like we were driving into the sunset for about 2 hours. We loved seeing Grandma Bethers, my folks, and all the cousins and aunts. Thanks for the good times guys!