Finally - Pictures!

I finally downloaded the pictures of hiking to Stewart Falls, Dave's Echo triathlon, and a few extra summer pictures. Enjoy!



There are two pictures of Dave and Kimball having a water fight. They had a water fight with water wienies made out of surgical tubing. That brought back a lot of memories because when we were growing up we always had surgical tubing and half a pen to make water wienies for our water fights. Good Memory! I had forgotten about them. Anyway, we got to spend a Friday night with the Hansen family. We love this cute little family and really miss living close by them. They are so much fun and great friends. Thanks for everthing Hansens!

No Camera!

I haven't been carrying my camera with me the last couple of weeks so I don't have any new pictures. I decided to update my blog though with a little bit about my family.

Taylor is growing so quickly and I am starting to think I don't have a baby anymore. He goes off and plays by himself most of the time and is starting to watch movies and loves to be independent. He is very interested in cooking and has to watch me prepare meals, which makes me nervous because of the stove and the knives. He also loves to help with loading the dishwasher and loading the washer and dryer. He is becoming a great helper. He loves pulling everything out but also loves putting it away. One of his favorite new things to do is folding his arms. In church he sees everyone folding their arms and he loves to copy them. Every time we say, "It is time for prayer" he folds his arms (it never lasts throughout the prayer). He doesn't say too many new words but his most recent is "Banpa", translation - Grandpa. He is really into climbing and has found out that if he pushes his fire engine up to the couch he can climb on it and then onto the couch. Swimming has been a lot of fun these last few weeks. Today we went swimming with Amy, Kassidy, Lesa, Jake, Stevie, Natalie, Sara, Issac, and Colin. Taylor loves trying to follow everyone around but doesn't want anyone to touch him. He is learning to float on his back, kick his legs, blow bubbles, and how to hold his breath.

That was a lot about Taylor, now a little about Dave. He did his second triathlon and this one was at Echo Reservoir in Coalville. Dave said he didn't feel great during the swim but I think he did an incredible job. He took 5th in his age group and 49th overall. This triathlon was much larger than his last one. This one had over 900 participants. Way to go Dave! His next triathlon is on August 23 at Jordanelle Reservoir.

As for me - nothing exciting. I have started working out everyday which I haven't done for awhile. Taylor and I have been going for a lot of long walks, bike rides, and hikes. These are not vigorous workouts but at least it is something. I do have pictures of our hiking trip to Stewart Falls with the Drapers I will have to post those another time. I have been working a little more. I have been running a day camp program where I work. I have only done a two week session but it took a lot out of me. Everyday I was running to WalMart or a craft store and staying up late at night trying out different crafts and games. Dave really helped me out with testing everything. Right now I have no more day camps scheduled but we might have one in August.

I hope you enjoyed this little update about our family.