Posting!

Turkish hats from Zach! Thank you, the winning team had to don the hats just to make it an emotionally fair game. At least the losers could get a good laugh in.

Archie wearing the hat Ben took from his dad at the top of the 'Y', we made it! Of course, Arch was carried the whole way and slept the entire length down, but he sure did enjoy it.

Ready for a 5k! It took us about 28 minutes. Archie is an amazing runner.

Hangin' out lookin' at something. This was not actually an exhibit, it was just a bit of forest, they loved it.

Rrraarrarararaarrr, tigers.
So much has happened and I haven't written about any of it, or shared pictures. I have been in kind of a funk lately when it comes to recording life happenings. I started a journal for Archie, basically it is just to write down one thing he did that day, and I have been keeping up on it, until I lost the journal! I swear, keeping a journal has been hard sometimes, but I've never not been able to write because I literally can't find it. Oh, well, I will just do my recording somewhere else, then transfer and Archie can sort it all out when he is my age.
So the highlights of the last few months are: I did a duathlon,5k run, 24mile bike, 5k run. Super hard. But I didn't collapse, I didn't stop running or biking or running, and I had my guys there cheering me on! It was great! However, I wasn't aware of the bike distance until after the race was over, I was operating under the knowledge that it was a 12 mile bike... during the race I thought to myself "this is taking a long time, I must be out of shape, but it feels like I am in shape..." when I talked to a few people afterwards my body and my brain clicked. We forgot the camera, we forgot the diaper bag, but we did remember our son, my bike and helmet. Who needs the little things... ( okay, sometimes you really do need the diaper bag).
So that was in St. George Ut, and it was in a beautiful red rock area, going through a national park, amazing.
So a couple of weeks ago Archie and I did a 5k, our first official one together. It was a bit of a cloudy cold day, but he just kicked his legs on the stroller, loving being outside.
Dad came to visit and that was so much fun! We hiked up to the 'Y', we played bags and ate lots of food. Oh and we watched the finale of the Bachelor and nearly gagged on all the drama.
Ben has been working hard on his thesis and other studies. Kristen and I and Kara too, are getting crafty with our etsy shop and having fun with that. We've sold to three different people!
We made a trip to the zoo for Alex's birthday, a really fun day. Archie and Alex had a lot of fun chasing each other around and seeing the different animals.

This boy can't get enough water. He LOVES to get wet, even in his church clothes...




Other Highlights:

Alex gets lost in her shirt, while Arch stands by watching.


Archie reads the paper.


Ben waits for me to get my hat too, so we can go to church...


Archie helps clean the potatoes for Sunday dinner...


And a beautiful piece of cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory, where Kristen, Kara, Alex, Archie and I enjoyed a lovely meal and delicious dessert.