Ragnar 2012

Dan ran the Ragnar again this year with a team from his work. He was awesome! His team came in 28th place out of 1100 teams! It's funny because before the race he said I think this may be the last time I do this, but after finding out where they came in...well he might just have to do it at least one more time :) Good job baby, I'm proud of you :)

Flamming Gorge

We took a trip with Jon & Melissa and their friends the Quilters. We went to the Vernal Dinosaur Museum and then camped up near Flamming Gorge and it was beautiful! I like to refer this trip as the "Bed Head is Forever" camping trip :)


Christian has wanted to go fishing for forever and to be honest me and Dan aren't really the fishing type. But when the opportunity came to go on this trip we borrowed some gear and gave it our best go for Christian's sake. We first tried fishing at the dam.


After about 5 minutes the boys got distracted by all the sticks and rocks and Dan was left to valiantly catch a fish for the boys.


Can't you see the excitement in his face?


Sadly we had no luck at the dam, but a local told use about Moose Pond where they keep the pond stocked and it's easy for kids to catch the fish. So we headed out to the pond. Evan was left to his own imagination and was having a great time. It was really windy the entire time we were there and so sadly we never caught a fish, but we did give it our best try. I think Dan may try another lake more local since we have a fishing license now, we'll see how it goes ;)


I remember coming to this dinosaur museum and thinking it was a lot bigger. It is short and sweet and just right for the kids, we had a great time.

The Evan Boy

The last couple of post have been about Christian so I need to show Evan some love for a minute, and what better way with a picture of Evan picking his nose! Ha ha, classic I had to post it. :)
Evan is the ultimate little brother, he loves Christian and it's rare to see them not playing together. But he also can keep himself entertained when Christian is not around, he also has a very wild imagination and uses it all day every day.


Evan refuses to takes naps these days, but sometimes church kills him off and he falls asleep eating popcorn. Too cute :)


And this my friends was a stupid mother moment. Always, Always, Always check the ingredients even if you think you've checked them previously. This is what happens to my little guy if milk gets into his system. We have been so cautious and haven't had a reaction for a long time that this one really shook me and Dan up and helped us remember that we need to always be diligent no matter what. Poor guy, thank goodness for Benadryll right?

Preschool Graduation

Christian has loved preschool and is sad to leave Miss Cathy but excited to move on to Kindergarten! His ceremony was short and simple and I loved every second of it.

The Water Main

Right before our Disneyland trip we received a letter form the City telling us that our water usage had gone up significantly and that they had sent a technician out to check the meter to see if there was a leak, and the technician confirmed and they suggested we call a plumber. Well long story short, we found out that we had a slow leak in our water main...oh don't we just love home ownership sometimes... After receiving an incredibly expensive quote from the plumber Dan started calling his family. All of the married couples except for us own multiple homes that they rent out. Lucky for us Jerry had to replace a main and new how to do it. I am lucky to be married to a guy who is not afraid to do his research and get his hands dirty, he saved us a pretty penny! We also lucked out because Norbert's cousin owns a trenching business and offered to do the trenching for free. Christian and Evan sat obediently on the steps to watch the trencher work it's magic and after he was finished and turned off the engine Christian stood up and declared, "That...was...AWESOME!"

Christian is 5!

I cannot believe Dan and I have a 5 year old, things are running at lightning speed it feels like some times. Anyway, this 5 year old was very excited for his birthday this year. On his actual birthday we opened presents and then after Dan got home from work we went to the Provo Beach Resort to let the kids play in the 4 story playground there, it's always a blast. Christian was very specific that he wanted a candled that was a number 5 and not just 5 candles. Later on we through Christian a super hero party which was very fun, my battery in the camera died, but Heidi did get some pics on her phone, so someday when I remember to get those from her I'll add those to this post. Christian is turning into such a sweet little boy who has a wild imagination and a thirst to know about everything and how it works. He has a little engineer brain, it will be interesting to see his interest take shape as he continues on in school. We sure love you little boy :)