Almost Made the Boston Marathon

A year ago last October, Meagan, Harris and I went down to St. George to visit Uncle Val and so Meags could run in the St George Marathon. She had trained faithfully and was in good shape for it. The plan was she had missed the deadline for using her time to qualify for last years Boston Marathon but she could use her time to qualify for the following year. She ran well and then hit a wall at about mile 21...big time!!!  She could not figure it out...No Good Reason!!! She was incredibly disappointed she had missed her qualifying time....no Boston Marathon 2013.

Yesterday watching the news she realized running her time she would have been crossing the finish line just about the time the bombs went off. Cory, Geof. Darla, and probably Cole, Dayne, and June would have been in the stands.

We appreciate God's hand in our lives and pray for those who mourn!!!

LOve,
Le Anne

Dish duty

Cole cleaned the entire kitchen tonight. It was the first time that he had to scrub every pan, dry them and put them away, load the dishwasher, wipe the counters, and even clean the sink out at the very end.

Let me tell you how thrilled he was to do it....

It's moments like these in parenting, where you have the remember that even though you can do it so much faster (and better, ahem..), and without the whining and fits that accompany this "teaching moment", that it'll all pay off in the end.

Am I right? Anyone?


Our Dayne lost her 2nd tooth in a week and a half! She lost the first while I was in CA at my cousin's wedding (absolutely wonderfully perfect trip, by the way). That made me a little sad-especially since losing your two front teeth change a child's appearance so much. And then tonight after dinner Geof put his finger in there to "inspect" and popped it out. Same way he did with the other one, apparently. Our little Dayners is no longer so little.

Junie got a hair cut-not her idea, but it was time. June looks so cute with short hair. Adorable. She was pretty devastated by it at first, because short hair does not equate to the princess look. I think she's coming around to the idea though, with all the compliments she's received.

And we went from winter to summer here-no Spring! No like.

Easter&Rugby

Poor Sierra got Strep throat two days before Easter. I know if this girl says she has a sore throat, it is no lie and I better take her in. 3 cases of strep in the last 2.5 years, not enough for the Dr. to call her a "strep carrier" tho.  The only reason I'm making time to blog right now is cause I'm in bed with a sore throat hoping it will miraculously go away so I don't have to visit the Dr. tomorrow.

Here are our friends all ready for the egg hunt at our house. Adam has been gone the past two Easters and I haven't wanted to take 4 kids to an egg hunt on my own, so I've talked a few families into joining me at my house for a EZ hunt.

The giant stuffed animals were hand-me-downs from a neighbor. Tristan was truly sad that Ruby was given the big bunny and not him. Sigh.

We have an insanely generous neighbor (besides Gram and Pop), who spoils the kids with treats every holiday. These are gift bags from Betsy with custom made name tags.

We went to my parent's ward at the Boulder Stake center on Easter Sunday. I was trying for a photo opp.

We call this "pulling a Grandma Judy" (when my brother was blessed as a baby, Grandma Judy took lots of pics during sacrament), but I was sneaky about it. My kids were able to join in the primary choir. I was trying to get a pic of the girl on the front row's head band, but she turned her head. Seriously the flowers and feathers were as big as a bowling ball, maybe bigger. I couldn't look at anything else.

My siblings are now raising ducks and chicks to sell the eggs. Cute little things.

Rugby has begun! The first practice was 37* and raining, so miserable. The next practice (two days later) was 70* and perfect...except Sierra got tackled by this kid and thinks she broke her wrist.

Sierra's first major dental work experience. She had a second row of "shark teeth" coming in and had to get a stubborn baby tooth out of the way. I should have called this post "Sierra is sure costing her dad a lot of money this week".