Overwhelmed...

I am one of those people who like to procrastinate. Usually I can handle it, what I leave for myself to do....later. But with blogging, it's just so much time and effort waiting for pics to upload, I find myself leaving way to much stuff to blog about, and if you know me at all, you know how MANY pictures I take, and so I am left feeling oVerWHelmEd. But here goes nothin... one pic at a time right... a little variation on my mom's favorite line "One day at a time."
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Yeehaw! We are now no longer Ragnar Virgins! Go Wasatch Back! We had tried to get our own team together this year, but didn't sign up in time before it sold out, LUCKILY, James' work has a team, so we joined it, and came to find out, it was sponsored, so it was such a blessing in disguise that we couldn't sign up ourselves!We got to do Ragnar with James' work, L3, hence the name of our team, Livin Life Large, he he! But even though I understood why the 3 L's, I kinda felt like we should be a team of bigger people...

My first exchange...yay! I was so stinkin nervous, I had to stop at the port o' potty's before every exchange! Ha!

Yes. That is my hubby. Lovin this pic...he is SOOOO hot! This is just before the most brutal leg of the race, okay, the 3rd most brutal...and he's just a beginner! He was AMAZING!

ALL DONE!!! This is after my final leg...good 8 miler after 2 hours of sleep...yeah, I was extremely happy to be done!!!

All of us all done! Our rockin Van 1 team!

The whole crew...that we only saw once during the whole race! Weird huh, you're on the same team, and yet never see each other!
This was such a fabulous weekend for us, we had a blast together!!! I'm so happy we got to do it together and experience it for the first time at the same time...I was worried we were wasting an overnight babysitter to go torture ourselves, but we had so much fun, it was so worth it, this can totally count as our couple vacation for the year!!! :)

Oh, and you can't tell very well in the above pics, but James had a rockin mohawk just for Wasatch Back! Yeehaw!!! :)

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Princess Tea Party: Super fun, not really, cute, yeah. Will I do it again? Probably not...we'll see.

A gold coin to go with pretend tea inside...hmmm...

Luckily, that gold coin bought them a t-shirt, and they got real tea ("strawberry tea" to Kaylie) and a rockin cupcake outside...

And they made these fun little crowns... All in all, I think she had some fun...Kaylie and Addy. True princesses! :)

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Kimi Graduated! Woot woot! Way to go my lil Kimbo... We're so proud of you and excited for all your new adventures to come...

Oh my memories! I have to tell you, I was reminiscing like crazy...and yes, to my lil bro's dismay, I was even singing along with all the school songs...he he he! I will never get over how frickin' awesome the bagpipes are....yeeeahh! With the sistas:With her bro's:

The siblings:and the momma:

The whole fam damily... it was such a party!!! We stayed out til midnight, which is big for me! :)

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Our new pool! Somehow every year our plastic pools get ruined...so this is the 2010 model:

James, being the rockin cool dad that he is suped up our pool by moving it under the swingset and blasting the water, making it soooo much more fun!Um, yeah. Monkey see, monkey do. Story of our daily lives!

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KAYLIE IS 4~!!!!
Don't mind the hoses in the background...slight oversight on that one...her party was supposed to be at a park, and the weather forecast seemed great, UNTIL the day of, so it called for some last minute planning and mad dash cleaning and re-planning...so sorry if I forgot to move the hose...OKAY! Ha!
The presents from Mom, Dad, and Joshy...she is one spoiled little girl! I mean big girl, (sorry Kaylie), and really, we limited the list from what she really wanted!!! Sheesh!

Grandma Evans reading the book she got for Kaylie, Gma and Gpa Evans give books for every birthday and Christmas, what a great tradition!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jaxon's Bowling Birthday party!

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Memorial Day Weekend:

At Great Grandpa and Grandma Evans graves:

These girlies were inseparable...and after about 15 mins of switching carseats around, we were able to make it possible for them to all be together to ride to dinner! This pic made all the effort worth it!
With the Kercher cousins visiting Great Grandma Day and Grandpa Kercher's graves:

My mom with her newest grandson, Tyler. She is the best with babies, and kids too... She's just the best... :)

Our own little family celebrated by going on a 6 mile run, ending at the park with a picnic...the kiddos were surprisingly cooperative...seeing as they both slept most of it...yay! And then we all had tons of fun running on the grass barefoot and chasing up and down the hill! It was the perfect way to spend a holiday in my book!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kaylie has succeeded once again... she has been going to sleep at the same time as Joshy, AND staying in her own bed ALL night long!
So, we went to Jungle Jims to celebrate her chart being FULL!!!

Christian and Joshy, pimpin in the jeep!

Kaylie and Emily. Best friends, and cousins...great combo!

Daredevils, these 2! I LOVE it! And I didn't put the pic, but Josh went on this one too...I won't even go...yeah. It's super fast!

Okay, does Kaylie have the cutest cousins or what? They just get along so well... I couldn't be happier that we live so close to almost all of them, and that there are so many around her age!

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Last day of Preschool! What??? Funny that it's summer, and you can still see all that snow on the mountains in the background! I thought this was so picturesque! Kaylie has ABSOLUTELY ADORED preschool, Miss Wendy is great, and Kaylie loves being with her friends! Funny to contrast with her momma, who went to preschool for 1 whole day, and hated it, so never went back... ha!
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Random park days: We go to lots of parks, a lot. :) Here are just a few shots from all the fun!
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And then of course, following with tradition now, our random goings and comings:

A little plug for Zoomania, my mom and her friend's company...they usually do school assemblies, but this summer they have been participating in the summer reading program at the libraries...this was just one of the shows... and of course, my kiddos get special one on one attn from the animals after the shows! Yay!

Yes, that is a real snake...can't you tell by her face!?! Ha!

A chinchila...not sure how to spell that one, this is a baby...sooooo soft.

"Pretty bird, pretty bird." (Name that movie!)

So once the poor little guy gave up trying to stop Kaylie from picking him up...now he goes up to her and grabs on, arms and legs, and forces her to hold him! I think it's hysterical and precious all at the same time! But he should really be careful, a couple of times he has caught her off guard, and he only weighs about 7 lbs less than her, so he has ended up on the floor...

We were filling up the bath, the doorbell rang, we all went in to see our friends, except Josh. This is where we found him...funny and scary...luckily he got in ok, and not head first!

Joshy's mega ouchie... Fell off the playground at the park...still not sure how... He has never cried so hard. I'm so glad it didn't need stitches, but it was pretty brutal, and he couldn't eat that day, or brush his teeth for a few days (which you know drove me crazy!)

And of course, I'm fascinated by how it looked inside! My poor baby! Don't worry, he is now fully recovered!

P.S. This blog took me 2 days to post!

May days

Woah. Only one more week of May... Here's what we've done with our sporatically warm May days:

Woot, woot! L3 Spring Fling Champs!!! That's right, that's my man! I couldn't believe they actually won! Out of 60 teams of 4 players...#1! :)
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Race for the Cure 2010:
I think that may be the last time I run this race though...it is just getting way too crazy...too many people, and not enough organization. Maybe next year we can "sleep in for the cure." Even though this used to be my favorite race... :(
But on a brighter note, I never thought I'd see the day when James and I would run a race together, and we did! It was really fun having him experience all the joys of races, getting up early, waiting around, and fighting to get through the crowd at the beginning...followed of course by the endorphins, and free food and water! :)
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How my kids fight now:

Kaylie did this (see right cheek below, nice little tattoo of teeth, you will notice how both maxillary and mandibular are both represented well...)

Because he did this (see right arm, again, both arches well seen...)

At the point when these both happened, both kids were crying and so I saw no need to discipline either one, so other than telling them both no, all I could do was hold them both, and hope they taught each other a very valuable lesson. But, to my dismay, they both still try to bite, but not nearly as much, I think...
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Womens' Conference at BYU. This is the first time I have ever gone. I met up with James' mom and sisters. It actually pained me to write a check to the Y, but it was worth it, the classes were amazing!!! (Side note, this is the family I joined...can we say intimidating!?! They look this fabulous ALL of the time!!!)

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James' sister Maureen was in town, (for Womens Conference), so we went to Red Iguana for dinner, but seeing as both locations had an hour wait, we headed over to Blue Iguana, who had no wait. And we discovered this, the below pictured "Burrito Grande." If you finish it, you get free desert. The picture doesn't even do it justice...it was the size of a newborn child! Here's the proud, full-stomached man I love. Yup, he finished it, and ate the whole dessert too! "Now you know how big my stomach is babe." to which I say "You must constantly be in a state of starvation then!"
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Mothers' Day Program at Preschool. Look at my sweet little flower! Love her!

My "forever flower." I really will try to keep it forever!

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Emily's Shower!!!!!!!! Yay yay yay! I'm so stoked for her! (and Mike!) It is so fun to see such good friends! I'm not the best at keeping in touch, but I love how when we get together, it's like no time has passed at all (and Em even said the same thing...)!
K, Awesome little side story from the shower: Emily's nephew, Andrew, was at the shower (it was held at his house...), he is 2 1/2. He was fascinated with all the cool toys for the baby, and would make this funny little laugh as he examined them all (huh, huh was kinda what it sounded like, with a lot of enthusiasm of course), and then he noticed Kaylie, (who I let come with me that night, for a little girl bonding time)...Well, she was sitting on my lap. Once he noticed her there, he came and brought her his little toy car. Followed by the guy that goes in the car. Followed by the box of chocolates (party favors). Followed by all of the baby's presents. And as he brought each, it was followed by the huh huh laugh. This ended for a moment, he got somehow distracted after bringing her like 10 gifts. Then as he was coming up the stairs, he saw her again, and insisted on holding her hand. When she finally agreed, he huh huh'ed, and led her down the hallway to his parent's room! Ha! We are all dying laughing at this point. His mom follows them in, ya know, to chaperone! Then a few mins later comes out and tells me I have to come see them, they are playing on his parent's bed! Ha!!! I love it! So, I have apparently had my camera on a weird setting, so this is blurry too, but I had to post it:Sadly though, the night did not end as well as it had been going. Andrew was chasing Kaylie, and she caught the corner of the counter in the kitchen. OUCH! She was such a trooper. Her very first shiner, caused by her very first boyfriend! Ha!
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Swimming Lessons Round 1 came to an end, sadly. It was soooo much fun! One day we actually let the little guys in on the shower fun...their diapers got so huge, it was hilarious!

James had gotten off early for the Preschool program, so he got to chill with us at Swim Lessons for a day, the kids LOVED having him there to play on the rock wall, and foam pads!I know, this is super blurry, but their faces were perfect...

Kaylie on the last day with her ROCKIN teachers, JJ and Lauren. The first day of lessons, Lauren just held her and walked around the pool with her, and by the end of that first day she was kicking on the side of the pool with the rest of the class! She LOVED swim lessons, thanks to these two super cute girls!!! And I am proud to report, she is ready for Level 2! Yay!

And the randomness continues at our house:

Blanket fun takes place daily!

Why eat at the table...when you could eat under it?

Kaylie's plant head:

Painting in Pajamas:Who doesn't feed their kids whipped cream once in a while?
Fun on the couch. Isn't that what all families do in their living room?Yay for May, hope ya'll are enjoying it as much as we are!

Fun little tidbit:

So, just recently Kaylie was sitting at the dinner table, I was in the kitchen and I heard her say: "E A Sports, it's in the game." What? And so I prompted it again, I say "EA Sports." She says "It's in the game." Yup, someone has been watching someone's daddy play a little too many video games! Ha!
Then I remembered a long time ago about how she used to say "Bia bia." Not sure how to spell that, and I actually never heard the song that it came from, but once again, someone was influenced by her daddy listening to something a little too much!
We learned early that this little gal is a sponge, she soaks up everything she hears, so we have to be sooooo careful, and it doesn't surprise me one bit when she says things to me that sound a LOT like myself talking to her... he he he!