Old Bones...

Halloween is coming and to get into the spirit, my mom bought Jack a scary Halloween book. The book has no point (in fact it is a little disturbing, but funny nonetheless) and scared Jack so bad that he wouldn't look at it for awhile, but after a bit he came around (I made him kiss all the monsters so that he knew they were nice). In the book, they say something about, "My old bones are creaking..." and then you pull a door open and there is a skeleton in the closet... so now the book is called "Old Bones." As well as all my Halloween decorations.... When I was out of town this weekend, Jason bought Jack Old Bones riding a bike. It is fun to see Jack get excited about holidays! (The other picture is such a cheeser face that I had to document it!)

Curious George and The Man in The Yellow Hat...

Jack loves Curious George. He loves him. I'm not talking about, "Oh Jack could watch George if there is nothing else on..." I'm talking L. O. V. E. !!!This boy could watch George for H.O.U.R.S.
He would rather watch George than do anything else and we often have to pry him away from the TV. His nightly ritual consists of a bath, a story, milk, prayers, and two episodes of Curious George. If you try to sneak and only show him one before bed, he freaks. If you show him two then he goes to bed without any problems. It is cute to see him develop this little personality with his own likes and dislikes. George is a pretty good show and Jack does learn a lot.

A few weekends ago, we saw in the paper that George was going to be at the KUED Health and Safety Fair at the U this weekend so, of course, we had to take Jack up to see it. We took him up this afternoon and he had a blast. He had his hand painted, got balloons, popcicles, fake tatoos and above all he got to meet his hero in person (all for free). George is much more popular than I gave him credit for and the line to see him was huge! I stood in line while Jack and Jason saw the sights and luckily for us, by the time I got to the front, a worker came out and said that I was going to be the last person allowed inside the tent for pictures with George. Talk about peeved... as in the people in the HUGE line behind me, as for me I was thrilled! I rushed over to get my boys and we took our magical pictures. It was such a fun day as a family. We will have to find stuff like this more often. (We found the sleeper at Costco and HELLO... is anything more perfect for him?)

On a side note, my sis went to London on Friday for a semester abroad. I am jealous and very sad to see her go. I won't see her until December 16th, so Lu, these pics are for you!

Best Friends!

It is so fun to watch Jack grow and develop everyday in everything, but I think the most fun thing in the world is watching him interact with other kids. He is really starting to have a lot of friends (from the gym, neighborhood and Mommy's friends kids), but his best and favorite friend is Coleman. I am good friends with Coleman's mom and he comes to the gym with Jack almost everyday. We have had a lot of fun with them this summer... swimming, Park City, the zoo, the park and picnics/jumping on the tramp at Coleman's house. A few weeks ago, we took the kids to Raging Waters for one last summer blowout. It was a lot of fun, although Jack is a bit too little for such a big park. His favorite part was jumping up and down on the tubes with Coleman.

Here's to many more years of friendship for these boys!

All Is Right With The World....

(For those of you who don't know who this is... shame on you. But it is Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. The couple from "The Notebook," dating in REAL LIFE!! I'm happy.)

A Night at the Airport

When Jason and I were dating we used to love to go to the airport and watch the planes come in. That was back in the day before 911 and we could literally sit right under the planes as they came in. It was a really fun thing to do.
We haven't been out there since 911 (or shortly after) and so we decided to go the other night with Jack. We were sad to see that they have demolished our old viewing area and even have the parking lot locked up, but we were able to find a nice spot of grass at the golf course and we still had a pretty good view. Jack loved it! We will have to go back again soon.

Park City

We have had a fun week, this past week. My friend Kari invited us to come and enjoy her timeshare in Park City with her family. We went up last Sunday and stayed until Thursday. Jason took Monday off, but commuted the rest of the week. We had a great time swimming, running, shopping and eating out. Jack loved being around the other kids. It is so fun to watch him develop socially. We took him on the Alpine slide and he loved it. We had a barbeque and had many hours of fun at the pool. I read two books, one being "Breaking Dawn," which was great!
It was a much needed break. Thanks to the Slade's for allowing us to join in!

PS: The pic of Jack in his slippers is just a random one but so cute I had to include it.

Lu's First Half Marathon!

I know that all you guys are probably sick of hearing me talk about running... (what can I say? I love love love it!). Anyway, this post is not about me, but about my wonderful sister Lu (Lauren). She is not a runner by any stretch of the imagination and she has always watched me and Kris compete with no real desire to ever join in. About a month ago, she changed her mind and so we all made the goal to run the Provo Half Marathon yesterday. She trained pretty well, but still didn't have a lot of time to train so we weren't sure how she would feel come race day. I promised to run with her and give her a push if needed. She did awesome!! I couldn't have been more proud of her. The last three miles were tough... as she said..."Satan entered my very soul... I felt like I was being sent down to hell..." among other things. The runners around us were probably very entertained listening to her rant and to me urging her along. We crossed the line in 2hrs 25min, not bad at all. I'm so very proud of her! I love my Lu.

PS: Kristin also did great. She was a bit ahead of us the whole way and came in at 2hr 12min. I love both my sisters!