10K- well on our way!

My friend and I are training for a Memorial Day 10K (6.2 miles). We ran the (very hilly) course at 5:00am this morning in 1 hour and 3 minutes. Our goal is to complete it in less than an hour. 3 days till the race!!

Growing up

My little brother (well, not so little since he's 6'2") is graduating from high school tonight. I can't believe that it's been 6 years since I graduated! Where did the time go?? (Oh yeah, I moved to VA, finished college, got married, bought a house, started a job and had a baby) Steven has grown into a great leader and a man of integrity. He has won several awards for volleyball, accumulated over 20 hours of college credit, taken honors courses and been on several missions trips. It make me sad that I missed all of it!

He had a graduation party this past weekend with several of his friends. They had over 250 people come to the open house.



Steven’s graduation party 5.16.09

Pictures from the Laws

Eden’s visit April 2009

Eden's Vacation

Our daycare provider is taking two weeks off, so Eden is spending the time with her grandparents. This week she is in Phoenix with my parents and next week she’ll be in San Diego with Brock’s parents. Talk about spoiled!

We drove her down to Raleigh, NC, to meet my parents this past weekend. They flew her back to AZ. Here are some pictures of the fun so far:

Fun at the mall in Raleigh:



Trip to the park in Raleigh:


Airplane ride to Phoenix:


Day 1 at Grandma and Grandpas:

Easter!

We went to church and then took Eden swimming in Nana's pool at the Wingate. It was so much fun!

A busy month

We've been busy. Thus, the lack of blog posts. Over the past few weeks:

1. Eden started potty training.



2. Our downstairs room flooded, which Brock had to gut to the studs. (and move everything into our dining room!)



3. We determined that water is coming in from outside. We had to dig a new trench and create a new drainage system.



4. Eden had her first fiasco. She fell in the weight room at LCA and cut her lip. She had to get two stitches :(



5. I'm currently enrolled in 3 grad school courses.

6. Brock is 3 weeks away from getting his MEd!

7. I started training for a 10K on Memorial Day.

8. Eden's favorite words are "mine" and "up pweez."

9. I converted to re-usable grocery bags. No more "paper or plastic" decisions.

12 inches of SNOW!!!

We got a foot of snow on Sunday night. This is what it looked like when we got up this morning: (I also posted a new video on the left)

The yard:

The back deck:

The front porch:

Rookie says "this is the best day of my life!"

He put his paws on the railing to look out: