Fiesta

My sweet baby Liv turned 2 and we celebrated with a Fiesta.

So many family and friends celebrated with us."I MADE IT! I MADE IT!" My very first Pinata.Makes me happy to know that Liv loved her Pinata.Total triumph!

Full nacho bar and hot dogs, of course.

Anna mad this special centerpiece for the party.

We are enjoying every minute of this little girl.
Mom's favorite things about her:
How well she sleeps. Put her in her crib and she lays down and waits for the covers.
Her laugh, its so raspy and low.
Toes, toes, toes. They are fat and stumpy and she always wants them painted.
All attitude! Watch out this girl will put you in check. She is queen of the palace.
Anna:
She's cute.
The way she talks.
Her voice.
When she says my name.
Luke:
Her smile. it's so cute.
When Livie says "Ahhh! Ahhh!"

Happy Birthday to my Livie!

Happy 50th!

Happy Birthday to Tia Charo!Mexicans getting crazy in the front yard.Party planners.
Teenagers.Love my family and Chris needs new socks!

Just Keep Running

After a full year of planning the weekend finally came. Ragnar Wastach Back 2011.

So the weekend went like this:
10 hour drive to Utah on Thursday for a 6pm team dinner. After dinner made the hour drive to Brigham City to try and sleep. Except that's kinda hard when the hotel is way gross. Did our best to get 4 hours of sleep. 4am wake up call and we headed to Logan for a 5:45am start time. That was way to early and of course we were running late.Barbara all lit up and ready to run.Liz and I all smiles at 6am. Can't believe we've been friends since Kindergarten.
Best Part...running this race with my mom! She amazes me and she can totally hang with my friends.Our team "iron-women" Shirley. This 61 year old can make grown men cry! 3 marathons this year already.
This run was bananas! and YES that is a banana and not something else!Van 2, so cute. Kendall our only guy joined just 4 days before the race. Melanie (int the blue) was always the calm voice in my head. It's my blog so I can say "I am so proud of myself!"Ashley loved every minute of the race. I loved her positive attitude. There were times I really needed it.Even got to hang out with my brother. Maybe some day I'll be invited to be on his COOL team. I won't hold my breath!The End!Napa Valley here we come!!!

"Best Teacher" Ribbon

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week. I'm having so much fun working on a few projects for Anna's teacher. Here's the 1st.

It's a little big, but so cute!Some ribbon, fabric and glitter and that's it!

Easter 2011

The kids woke up to a combo Easter basket. Lazy Easter bunny! I'll have to have a talk with that bunny:) It may have been a combo but it was loaded! Candy and gamesAnna can't believe the Easter bunny brought her underwear!

Our Easter bunny is awesome, he brought the kids and iPod.

Dinner with the family was low key and so good.I always look so tired. My sleeping habits need to seriously change. That would mean giving up my nightly shows, that's never going to happen!

Did NOT want to participate in the annual Easter egg hunt!Happy to participate in the Easter egg hunt.

Broken

I never thought it would happen. My kids are cautious and careful. How could it happen? Well it did! Baby Liv fell of the bed and fractured her arm. The initial fall caused many tears, but I was surprised at how quickly Liv was back to her happy self. She knows she has a broken arm and the cast doesn't seem to bother her. Good thing is she only has to keep it on for three weeks.