You should see the other guy.

Max received a black eye thanks to a wicked game of frisbee with his Uncle Steve.  While Max wasn't excited about it at the moment, it quickly turned into a daily "how purple is it today?" contest as soon as he would wake up.  

On Sunday I told Max that when his Sunday school teacher asked what happened he needed to reply with, "You should see the other guy."  To which Max replied, "Mom, I'm not going to lie, I'm going to tell the truth, my Uncle hit me with a frisbee."  I felt a little sheepish until later on in the day when David (who was out of town) called.  I heard this half of the conversation from Max while on the phone with his dad:

Max says:  "Dad my eye is even more purple today"

pause

Max says:  "Mom told me to say the same thing!"

pause

Max says:  "But Dad, I'm not going to LIE!"

They say it's important to make sure that both parents are on the same side while teaching children......however, I think David and I are both on the wrong side.

Baby Steps

This photo kind of says it all about Max and Jane.  One of our kids is a little bit more adventurous than their sibling.  

Every year we have gone to the American Fork Steel Days we try to get the kids to go on the kiddie roller coaster.  I was SHOCKED that Max agreed to go on the ride this year.  He actually survived and while he didn't want to go on it again, he told me it was fun (somehow the look on his face kind of contradicts that sentiment, but they were his words).

And just to give you a little comparison shot.  This is Max when he was 3 and went on the ride for the very first time.  I still can't stop myself from laughing out loud when I see this photo.  I know, I'm a mean mom (but admit it, you chuckled too).

Captain Flamingo

Yesterday while cleaning up Jane's room we had a little fun with Blake and some dress ups. Max decided that we should give Blake the nick-name of "Captain Flamingo."

He had so much fun dressed up that he stayed that way for at least an hour.  

Below is one of Blake's "tricks."  When you ask him a question that begins with a very loud and drawn out "WHOOOOO" he raises his hand to reply--"me!"

In this question David asked Blake "WHOOO loves being Captain Flamingo?"

Tour de Donut

The Tour de Donut was today.  I'd been contemplating doing this race for a while, but then found out I was pregnant and kind of wondered how I'd be feeling 9 weeks into growing the little spud.  Turns out I felt great and had a wonderful time.  I wasn't in the race to win (I ever so graciously left that spot for my friend Jen Moore--I'm sure she'll write about the race in her blog), but I wanted to do something to feel proud of myself and my recent weight loss accomplishments before I start seeing the scale creep up again due to baby #4.

The premise of the race is to do three 7 mile laps stopping twice to eat as many donuts as you want.  For each donut you eat you get 3 minutes erased from your total race time.  The option was given not to eat a single donut, and that was the route I took.  I actually thought about it during lap #2...."do I want to eat a donut?  does it even sound good?  nope, it doesn't."  
David came to take photos of the event and the kids enjoyed it as well.  They were cheering me on and it was fun to see them each time I lapped around. As you can tell it wasn't a very serious race for me as I stopped to actually talk to my kids and fix the song selection on my ipod.
Above is my favorite photo of the day.  I actually look like I might know what I'm doing.  And below is me pedaling into the finish line.  I did 21 miles in 1 hour and 15 minutes.  Not exactly speedy, but then again I finished 112 out of 240....so at least I wasn't last, although that kid with training wheels was giving me a ride for my money!  I love how in the photo you can see the bikes from other bikers who are already done and have put their bikes up.
It was a fun day and I'm glad I did it.  

Rubert Reunion 2008

This past 4th of July weekend we spent with David's family camping at a beautiful spot up Ogden Canyon.  All my fears were for naught as we had No mosquitoes and had wonderful cloud cover which brought the temperatures down to a reasonable level.  

The kids had a great time playing put-put on the large lawn.

There was plenty of card playing with Grandma.
But I think the grand hit of the weekend was the marshmallow war that took place in the lodge.

Hot Air Balloons

We have started a fun tradition in our family of going to Provo to watch the Hot Air Balloons during the Freedom Festival.  It's crazy waking the kids up at 5:30 in the morning, and they are always cranky until we get to Bulldog Field where the fun starts.  

Blake thoroughly enjoyed the balloons.  He was mesmorized for a good hour watching the balloons fill up and take off.

Once Max and Jane woke up and the sun came out, they got a little goofy.  They have loved these mornings!
Waiting for the balloons to come back for the target game (the balloons try to throw out a bean bag from their baskets to hit a target in the middle of the field).  This year only one balloon made it back because of the air currents, but it was the Bank of American Fork balloon so our kids were excited.
The whole family getting into the action.
The first year we went (2006)
The second year (2007)
This year (2008)