A little family update

Anna will be 3 in August and I cannot believe the little person she has become. She is smart and funny and kind. Here are a couple of her favorite things:
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1. She LOVES fruit. Especially grapes and banana's. She would gladly have a piece of fruit over a piece of candy any day. I admire her for this.
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2. She loves watching Scooby Doo. And not the cartoon, the actual movie with Sarah Michelle Geller/Freddie Prince Jr. Aunt Stephy sent it home with her and she's watched it so much she pretty much tells you the story as you watch it with her. Oh and she does the funniest "Scooby, Doobie Doo" face!
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3. She loves to play outside. Climbing, running, swinging, it doesn't matter. She is like her dad. Anything outside and she's there.
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4. She's my soul mender. Anytime I am feeling down or sad thinking about my dad, she comes up, hugs me and wipes my tears and tells me I'll be okay. She's a 3yr old with an old soul.
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5. She loves to get her own drinks/food. She'll get out the cereal, the milk, a bowl and a spoon and if I'm not quick enough, she'll try to pour her own milk!
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6. She loves to help me out. Feeding the dogs has become her chore.
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7. She has eyes like Chris. She can spot an animal/balloon/sign a mile away. I'm trying to train her to spot the cops on Legacy Highway!
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8. She loves her friends. She's always saying she wants to go swimming with Kaylee, Alle, Avva, Erica, Big Chris and Jason. She repeats their names in that order over and over until I agree. She loves to play with the neighbor girl and will keep up with any kid of any age.
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9. She LOVES to sing. She will sing a trio of ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle and Itsy Bitsy Spider. She even puts a little twang on it.
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10. She LOVES to dance. Anything she can dance or shake her booty too, she will.
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11. She is a tease. She will tease you until you're laughing out loud.
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12. Barbies have become her favorite toys. She plays with her cousin Haylee's Barbie house. She sets up the entire thing and will make 2 Barbie's have conversations with each other.

Percolator update

13 weeks and counting

Everything is going great with my pregnancy. The morning sickness and fatigue have lightened up and the belly is starting to stick out. My doctor tried to figure out the sex at our appointment last week but it was just a tad too early. Our next appointment in 4 weeks should be the big reveal! I'm so excited!

It looks like a little alien with a big brain.

Mother's Day

On Mother's Day we headed to the zoo after Chris made us a great breakfast. I thought it wouldn't be that busy since A) Mom & Me at the Zoo was on Saturday and B) all the church goers would be in church. Well all the church goers were in church so we got stuck with the...well I'll just say it was a VERY colorful crowd. Chris was standing in line and commented that he couldn't believe the conversations he was hearing.

Here is a quick summary of what we saw:
1. LOTS of teen moms! It was like a Bristol Palin-Jamie Lynn Spears high school reunion.

2. A lot of very over weight people. Good for them for walking the zoo but 300+lb, 60yr old women should NOT wear belly shirts!

3. I actually saw a girl, probably no older than 12, get on the scale by the elephants and it read 184! 12yrs old and she weighs 184? What on earth is wrong with her parents???

4. Meth mouths (if you've ever seen anyone who does/did Meth, you know what this means).

5. A lot of people who seem to wander around with no goals, no dreams, no ambitions. It's really quite sad because "it's never to late to be what you might have been".

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We still had a great time. Just watching Anna was the best part of all. She walked that zoo from start to finish and never once pooped out.

Moab Part 2

We stopped for lunch at Top of the World. I think Bear likes Josh.

Just a sample of what we had to drive up.
Josh rallied his Jeep up the slick rock by our camp site. Show off!!
We drove a fun little trail into the back of Arches National Park

Three Nuns
The great thing about having the top off the Jeep, you can look straight up and see the amazing sights!

On Sunday we drove up Little Lions Back again. This time I stayed in the Jeep. There was a fun little puddle at the end.

We decided to do a short trail called Fins & Things on Sunday. It was a fun trail full of challenging hills!

I love this picture of ChrisMe and Virginia

This section of the trail had one very steep climb down. It's amazing how simple the pictures make it look. But when you are standing there, you can really feel the adrenaline rushing even if you're just watching.

Hiking the Power Dam

The dogs LOVED playing in the river

Moab Part 1

Chris and I took off for a long weekend to Moab. He wanted to break the Jeep in, and I wanted some grown up time. We had a great time!

Bear on the drive down. She was so excited.

Hiking Slick Rock
Chris rallying his Jeep up Little Lions Back

Josh & Virginia met us later Friday night. Our first camp site was good, but as we drove up the trail a bit and found an even better one that was more secluded. Since we had already put the tent up, Chris decided to carry it up the trail rather than take it down. He got a lot of funny looks from other campers!

Chris calls this "morning eyes". Morning came early on Saturday.
The first trail we did on Saturday was Top of the World
Josh's Jeep Cherokee

Now you know why it's called Top of the World. The view was amazing!!

Chris, Josh & Virginia (and the pups)