Don't tell Daddy what we do while he's at work!

And a star is born!

Laugh Track

Every comedian needs someone to laugh at their jokes. Devin is that someone. His laugh is so boisterous and contagious, and he'll laugh so hardily at other kids, that they will be silly over and over trying to continue making him laugh, and he always pleases. I've enjoyed watching him do this since before he turned two.

And there were naps no longer, (sigh)

That's right, Devin has given up naps. I'm having an easier transition than I did with Brooklyn :). Here he is pictured sneaking out of his room in the evening because, "I don't want to go to sleep," and falling asleep at other random places in the house.

July 4, 2009

First of all, happy anniversary to me: we've lived in Washington for two years now. I drove out of Utah two years ago on July 5th. Time has flown by, I can't believe it.

Holding to tradition, we went camping with the Jensens for the 4th. I bought a "family friendly" misquito repellant, that didn't have deet. The little buggers didn't even care we were wearing it. We all got eaten alive. Brooklyn scratched one of her bites open and got a serious infection. So now she is on antibiotics. And I dressed Devin in the stylin' shirt pictured above for church. You can't see it in the picture, but the shirt also has a black hoodie. I couldn't help it. We went to the local church near the campsite, and it is a "come as you are" ward. A friend, who doesn't read this blog, gave me the shirt as a hand-me-down from her son. She was serious. I got a good laugh out of it. Now it goes in the Good Will pile.

13.1

I ran my half marathon on Saturday with my rock star sister, Hannah. She flew up with my parents from Utah. My time was 2:23. I'm still kind of amazed I could do it. A few years ago, all I could run was 3 miles. The training schedules really work. Our course ran next to Lake Washington for a few miles, and thenwe ran through the tunnels on the I-90 bridge, and came out in downtown Seattle. It was stuffy in the tunnels, but there was a nice breeze as I came out from them and the air smelled like Seattle. It was great. I ran my little heart out. Hannah and I wore feather boas around our waists, as it ws a "rock n roll" marathon. It got us a lot of attention. People on the sides would yell, "go, boa ladies!" Hannah said, "That is as good as someone calling my name." We made signs the night before with the kids, and they met us at the 6 mile marker and the finish line. You can see in the photos that they were prepped to cheer, but we must have taken longer than they thought we would to get there because by the time I ran by, the kids were sitting in laps, and just watched me run by with nary a wave. I accomplished my goal though, I ran the whole time, and didn't stop to walk! Yea me!

Father's Day 2009

Brooklyn's father's day gift to Damon: My dad is 5 ft. tall. He weighs 3 lbs. He has brown eyes. and black hair. He likes to eat eggs. My dad's favorite thing to do is go to work. I love my dad because he comes home from work.

PRICELESS!