Fun Runs and a MorningStar Farms HouseParty

Brian and I ran in the City's 5K in June. Our time was 29 minutes.

We ran in the City's 10K in July. Our time was 1 hour 3 minutes...a lot of uphill. Yuck!!

It's always fun for us to run together, though!!
We are doing the City fun run on August 10th...everyone should come run with us!!

 

I got selected to host a "HouseParty" for MorningStar Farms. They make veggie burgers, veggie corndogs, veggie chicken nuggets, veggie sausage patties, etc.

I did not do a super good job at hosting this party...I ended up taking some of the burgers to a ward bbq and trying to get a few people to try them. But, I did give away the sweet reuseable grocery bags that HouseParty sent for me to give to my party guests!!!

The veggie burger I had wasn't too bad...not the same as a greasy burger, but I would eat one again!

 Eva opened our Party Pack!

 Brian cooked up the burgers, and was a good sport to let me take his picture. :)

My neighbor...she didn't want to try a burger, but was willing to let me take her picture and post it.

 

If you haven't heard of HouseParty, you should check it out. I have been selected to host quite a few parties for really great products. http://houseparty.com/

Anderson Reunion

Last month we had the Arthur Anderson reunion in Grace. It was lots of fun!

Brian & Lindsay

 Mike & Marcy

 Boe & Grandma

 Ely

 Eva

Eva, Ely, and Boe just hanging out at home.

 Boe's new favorite thing...chewing on his toes!!

 He's such a happy boy!!

Three beautiful kids...

What do you think? Do they look alike?? It doesn't matter...they are all adorable and I love them to death!!!

Eva - 4.5 months old

 Ely - 4 months old

 Boe - 4.5 months old

I should find some baby pictures of Brian and I and see if they look like us!

Memorial Weekend

This was the morning of my first day back to work. I really enjoed my maternity leave. I feel so lucky that I was able to have 12 weeks off. It was so fun!!!

For Memorial Day weekend we went camping at Diamondfield Jack. It was tons of fun! Boe and I were very grateful that Marcy and Mike let us have a bed in the camper.

Brian and Ely

Brian and Eva

Brian and Boe

I don't know that Marcy should be playing with fire....................

McKenzie and Zach cooked up some yummy hamburgers and fries for dinner Friday night.

We celebrated Mom and Dad's 40th wedding anniversary. Isn't that awesome?!!!!! I'm so glad they are my parents. Us 7 kids are pretty blessed!! I love you Mom & Dad. Thank you for all you do for us!

Paisley, Eva, and Sophie

Ely, Grandpa, and McKenzie

Happy Birthday McKinze!!

Happy Birthday Zach!!

Ely spent a lot of time on the fourwheelers that weekend.

Ely and Grandpa are pretty close pals when they are together. Grandpa can't hardly get away from Ely!!

Ely and Eva

Lindsay and Boe...Brian, Eva, and Ely are fishing in the background.

We stopped on our way down from the mountain on Monday to see if we could catch a fish.

Me, Brian, Boe, Eva, and Isabel went for a hike on Saturday. It was so pretty there and the girls had a great time exploring. I carried Boe in the baby carrier and he slept the whole time.

This is a pretty place we drove to on Sunday. We had so much fun with everybody!! Mom was there too, but of course she was taking the pictures. :)

Boe's Blessing

Boe was blessed on Sunday, April 14th. We were so grateful for all the support from everybody on his special day. He wore the same outfit Brian and Ely wore when they were blessed. Grandma Anderson made his blessing blanket, which turned out great!

I'm so thankful for the priesthood!

Not the greatest picture...but here is our family.

Boe in his blessing outfit and blanket.

Eva was really excited the first time I let her feed Boe from a bottle. She kept asking me when I was going to leave so she could feed him!

I just think thse pictures are so cute!

My kids sure love their dad!

The girls.

Eva just finished up spring soccer. She seemed to really like it. She had a lot of fun and even scored a few goals!!

Family Pictures

These pictures are a month old now, but we basically all look the same still!

 

Boe is two months old now. He is still a great baby. He is still in the stage of eat, poop, sleep, repeat. He loves to smile when people talk to him and will talk back to you with his little coos. Eva and Ely still love him to death! He is very tolerant of them getting right in his face to talk to him. Brian is excited to be finishing up this semester of school (even though he has to go to summer school). I am loving being home on my maternity leave. It is so much fun being with my kids!! I am going to be so sad when I go back to work in 4 weeks (even though I love my job!). I have been so blessed to be able to have so much time off. It's been nice to be home and see Brian more. I've gotten to visit family a lot while I've been off and even got to work on the farm with my Dad!!