Inspirational

July has been a great month and I will share some of our fun later but I received this email today and I thought it was too good not to share.
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There was this young man and his father...

The son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?'. The father, despite having a heart condition, said 'Yes'.

They went on to complete the marathon together.

Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through the race together.

One day the son made a suggestion - 'Dad, let's do the Ironman together.' Again, his father said, 'Yes'.

For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon of all. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island. The father and son went on to complete the race together.

Brace yourself and watch the VIDEO.

For anyone that doesn't know just click on the word VIDEO above.

Little Book Worm

So I have an idea and I want some feed back. I'm thinking about starting a side blog about children's books. Hayden loves books and I go to the library and pick out random books and some are awesome and some not so awesome (which I guess is part of the fun), but I was thinking it would be cool to have a place where you could get suggestions for tried and true awesome kids books. So my question is: what do you think? Would you check out that kind of blog or no? Would you like to be a contributor on a blog like that?

Here is a taste of one of the cute books I found this time at the library.

It's called "Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?" By Karen Beaumont



Hayden really liked this book. The repetition and rhymes reminded me of the question-and-answer rhythm of Bill Martin, Jr.'s "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?". This book was great for chant-along story time with Hayden he loved joining in asking "who ate all the cookie dough?". It would also work for beginning readers.

Anyway, I have always loved children's books even before I had Hayden so I think this would be fun. Let me know what you think.

Happy Birthday Ty!!

Here is a little trip down memory lane for Tyler. Happy Birthday babe! We are so blessed to have you in our lives.

We had such a fun weekend celebrating Ty's birthday. Kit (Ty's brother) came down and took him to Indiana Jones and hung out with us during the day. Then for dinner Ty, Hayden and I went to Rodizio's Grill,(Ty's favorite restaurant)SO YUMMY. Then on Friday we went to the Zoo, rode the train and the new carousel and also went and saw Wall.E. Then Saturday we went up to Kamas and ate at the Gateway Grill with Ty's family, sent Hayden home with Grandma and Grandpa and went and stayed at the Blue Boar Inn in Midway. So it was a fun filled weekend.

Welcome Home Elder Lloyd

Tyler's little brother got back from his mission on Wednesday. It was great to go get him from the airport and to hear him speak on Sunday. We are very proud of you Kit and so glad to have you home.

Love to the Dads

I just wanted to do a shout out to the great dads in my life. 1st of all my dad. I feel very blessed to have him as a dad. He has always been a great example to me. Thanks for all the fun memories and great advice and help you have given me throughout my life. Thanks dad I love you.


Then there is my wonderful husband who is an awesome dad to Hayden. Hayden just loves his daddy. When dad comes home Hayden couldn't care less if mom wasn't there it's time to play, wrestle, laugh, tickle etc. Thanks for being such a great dad Ty it makes me so happy to watch you two.





















I also am blessed to have a wonderful Papa and Grandpa. I love their stories and wisdom. Since I was the first grandaughter on both sides I have a lot of great memories with them. I LOVE YOU!






















I picked such a good guy to marry that I also got a great Father in Law. Thanks for all you do for us and being a great dad to Ty. You did a great job.

















Last but not least my brother who I know is a great dad because I see how much his little adorable kids love and play with him.



So Happy Father's Day to all those great dads out there. You know who you are. Keep up the good work we truly appreciate you.

I Love Weddings!

We had a fun highlight to our weekend. One of my former roommates got married. It was a very nice ceremony and she looked so beautiful and happy. Hayden learned that weddings are a good place to pick up chicks. :) Just watch the slideshow and you will see what I mean. Congratulations Melissa and Clay, may you live happily ever after!!

(Sophie is my other former roommates little girl and she and Hayden were so cute together. They just cracked me up.)

Changing Wards is Dangerous!

This is how my child came back after going to nursery on Sunday. I was worried about him going to nursery when we moved here because there are three nurseries in our ward. Well the first Sunday he ran right in and this Sunday he did the same thing but when Tyler walked up to me this week after nursery this is what Hayden's little face looked liked.
I asked Tyler if he asked the leaders what happened and he didn't so who knows what happened. I ask Hayden and he says mean boy hit him in the eye, but who knows if that is what really happened either. I suppose I will never know. The ward besides the nursery mishap is really great. People are very friendly and inclusive (if that is a word). So we are enjoying it so far.
As you can see Hayden is no worse for the wear. :)