Eleven Months

Wow our little Izze is almost a year old!!!  She is definitely developing her personality and cracks us up all the time.  Izze loves to have her blanket and snuggle on my shoulder at random times during the day, so fun.  She loves to torture Addie by stealing her toys or pulling her hair.  She loves to spit out her food and throw it on the floor, super fun. Izze pulls herself to standing on whatever she can find.  She loves to take a bath and splash in the water.

Summer Fun

We have been keeping super busy this summer and having so much fun. We bought a little pool for the girls to play in now that it is actually warm here! Izze loves the water, mostly to drink it and splash Addie.Addie and Izze love to play with each other, or should I say Addie loves to smother Izze, but Izze loves every minute of it.Izze's new fetish is putting her socks in her mouth and crawling all over the place. At her 9 month check-up she sat on the scale with a sock in her mouth like it was normal, it was hilarious.We have been to the zoo a few times, we took Grandma Karen with us one time and met up with some of Addie's cousins. We love going to see the baby elephant, being squirted by the pretend elephant, and going to the bird show.We have also enjoyed going to the farm at Thanksgiving Point a few times. Addie loves to ride the horse and look at the animals. Mostly she just loves hanging out with her cousins and is constantly asking when we will see them again. Izze also enjoys all of these activities from the comfort of her stroller, luckily she is content to hang out there for hours on end :)

Utah Valley Half Marathon

This morning I ran my first half marathon and loved it! We loaded the bus about 3:45 am and got to the starting point around 4:30 am. The race was to start at 5:30, but ended up starting at about 5:45 am. It was raining and quite chilly but once I started running it didn't seem to bother me as much. I still find it funny that I had to wear gloves and ear warmers in the middle of June! My sister ran it as well and we had a good time. At about mile 11 my knee started killing me, but I figured "no pain, no gain" so I pushed through and finished! I'm glad I took on this challenge and accomplished it ... I'm even considering doing another one but I'll think about that when I can actually walk up the stairs without squealing from pain :)

Camping

Last weekend we went to our ward camp out in Honeyville. We had a good time even though it rained on us Friday night. Izze loved playing in the tent and bouncing on the mattresses. Addie loved roasting marshmallows and starburst. On Saturday we went swimming at Crystal Hot Springs. Addie loved swimming and was brave enough to go in the cold pool and play. Even Izze loved the water, mostly to lick though. On our way home we stopped at Lagoon and had a lot of fun. We even ran into some of our friends who live in St. George, oh what a small world.

Family Reunion

On Memorial Day we went up to Hyrum for a reunion with Andrew's family. Luckily the weather was nicer this time (we went two years ago and froze!). Addie loved running around the park with her cousins. We enjoyed some good food, fun games, and a little family history.After the reunion we drove through Logan and reminisced our college days. We even tried to get Aggie ice cream but the line was long and so we ended up at A&W instead. You may wonder why A&W??? It is the only one we will go to, the food there is always good and never disappoints and of course it's a trip down memory lane. On the drive home we even said we wouldn't mind living in Logan again, and then we remembered the winter weather and quickly changed our minds.