Katie's Wedding!!

Katie got hitched! This past week we traveled to Utah for my sister Katie's wedding. She had a beautiful ceremony and reception, and is now a very happily married girl. Her husband, Colton fits right in the family, and we're excited to have him. Here are a few pictures from the reception, courtesy of Lloyd Eldredge.

whoever gave my son a blue snow cone is gonna pay...

grant, darby (scott's amazing girlfriend!), mom eldredge, me and mom harris

colton and katie - the happy couple

4th of July 5k

Most of you know that I love to run, and that I have a goal to run a 5k this summer with each of the boys.  I ran a 5k with Gabe on the 4th.  He did really well until the 2 mile mark, when we made our first loop past the finish line.  He saw daddy and the crowd and figured we were done.... until we kept going.  He was really upset that we kept going and started bawling.  I made it about 50 meters past the finish area before I had to turn around with him and drop him off with Michael.  :)  I then finished the race feeling light as a feather without the stroller!  The amazing part was that even with my set back with Gabe, I still managed to run my fasted 5k ever!  Yay!

Rarrrrr!!  Be scared, be very scared

Our first loop, just before the meltdown

A picture from our first race 2 years ago

Wrestling and fun with Nana

The boys had their first wrastlin' match tonight (with help from daddy).  Grant squealed and smiled the entire time.  We also enjoyed some quality tummy time with Nana, who we love having visit every night.  Yesterday Gabe had a blast with our Mac camera, so I included a few of those pictures.  

we heart yard sales!!!

One of my absolute favorite things to do in the summer is find yard sales.  We find so many great cheap toys for the boys!  Here are a few of my favorite latest finds, featuring the 2 cutest models I've ever seen... :)

Grant in his exersaucer - $5

(Ok, not a yard sale find, but a dang cute eating picture)

Snow cones... free

Gabe's new car $3 (I looked everywhere last summer and never found one, so I was VERY excited to find one this morning!)

My personal favorite find... ever!  You can't put a price on this puppy!

Freihoffer's 5k

On May 30th I had the opportunity to run in the Freihoffer's Run for Women 5k.  It is an amazing race celebrating women, and over 4000 women ran that day.  I trained a group of women following the "couch to 5k" program - some of whom had never run before.  Everyone in my group finished and it was a very proud day for all of us.  The finishing prize was a box of chocolate chip cookies... much better than a medal!  (only half kidding... I love both!)  I'm excited to kick off my running "season".  Next I plan on running a few 5k's with each of the boys, and then if I can really be tough, running with both of them in the double jogging stroller.  *flex*  

(i cannot for the life of me get this picture to rotate correctly!  sorry for the kinked neck you're about to get!)

Ashely, me and Beth.  We ran the entire race together!

Road trip!!!

This past weekend, I had a moment of total insanity and decided to take just me and the 2 monkeys on a road trip.  Our friends Steve and Renee were getting married in Maryland, and I thought it would be a good idea to drive the rest of the way down to Virginia to introduce our friends to Grant and pick up all the baby clothes and toys we'd left in the attic during the move.  Michael was originally going to come, but he needed to stay and take care of a family member who had been hurt in an accident.  Apparently, my brain had completely fallen out of my head when I had the brilliant (and by brilliant I really mean very, very, very stupid!) idea that I could handle 24 hours of driving in the car with 2 kids all by myself.  Fortunately I did have a few scheduled stops.  We spent the first night in New Jersey with my friend Nancy from high school who I hadn't seen in years.  She took us to a fun fountain on Princeton campus where Gabe was in total heaven.  The tantrum he threw when it was time to leave was Oscar worthy.  We got up early the next morning and drove to Maryland where Steve and Renee had a beautiful wedding on the beach beside a lighthouse.  It was fun to see some of our closest friends from Buena Vista.  Then we made the drive to Virginia and spent the night at our house.  Thanks to McDonald's play places and many a stops on the side of the road, we finally made it home in one piece.  If you look carefully in the car, you'll see wads of my hair, most of my fingernails, and the steering wheel which now looks crooked from being gripped so tightly and punched.  I've decided that 12 hours in the car with 2 kids may very well be worse than the 12 hours of labor it took Gabe to get here...

Gabe and Kaden 

Mommy and the monkeys

Nancy and I

Lighthouse wedding

Havre de Grace beach

Gabe on the beach

Grant eating rice cereal

Today Grant had rice cereal for the first time today.  Gabe was very eager to help, so I let him have a turn feeding Grant.  He did a really good job, and was very gentle, and even served Grant small spoonfuls.  It was very sweet to see Gabe take such good care of Grant.  Grant seemed to enjoy the rice cereal quite a bit.  It's hard to believe he's already almost 5 months and eating rice cereal.  He'll be running along side Gabe in no time!