Fun Times

Last weekend our ward put together a Hoedown. It was a lot of fun and there were lots of people there. We enjoyed a nice BBQ, great friends, and a pie eating contest. We all wore our best cowboy attire. Jude even had a cute outfit.

Last week was the first day of swim lessons. Yes, we signed Jude up for a water babies class. He LOVES the water, and he loved it. We learned how to kick, although he was more interested in jumping in off the side and slashing. We are excited for our weekly swim class.

This weekend we are off to support John run his marathon!!

Happiness

Jude is so happy. He is always smiling. He loves people. He loves to play. And he brings his parents so much happiness.

Here is our happy boy in action.

One of his loves:
The bath. Lately he loves to stand up in the tub. Smiling and singing.

First Visit to the dentist. ( okay not really, just hanging out in daddy's dental chair.)

Okay, I know I need to post a video or something because Jude is totally walking around. It is no longer just taking a few steps than falling. He can walk from the kitchen all the way into the family room, and he can even walk and turn around!! He is going to be running soon!! I am scared.

Labor Day Weekend

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day Weekend. We really enjoyed our time we were able to spend as a family.

First of all I have to tell of this SWEET deal. Over the summer we purchased a used kelty kids carrier backpack from craigslist. We used it for our backpacking trip and it was great. There was a hinge/pole that was lose and broken. It was covered under warrenty so we sent it in, expecting to receive the same backpack once fixed. Well, we just received the backpack back, and it is NOT our backpack. No, they gave us a brand new top of the line carrier. This thing is sweet. So we bought a carrier for $45 (already a really good deal), and we recive a brand new $230 backback. We love kelty!!! Here is John and Jude trying it out!!

Anyway, back to the weekend, we spent the afternoon on Saturday at the National Buffalo wing festival. We saw several of our friends while there. There were TONS of wings, and some festivities like the wing eating contest but we missed it!

Here is Jude munching on John's ear while riding his shoulders at the wing festival.

Family Pic

I just love getting kisses from Jude.

On Monday, I ran the 15K run into buffalo. I ran this race a few years back. This time around I did not train as much as I needed too, and was not looking forward to it. I was lucky enough to run it with a few girls from the ward and it ended up being a nice run!

Here I come running to the finish line!

Check out my breathing skills.

Crescent, Me, Caroline, and Katie. Great job girls!

After the race with my boys.

Here are the husbands and kids who came to support their wives.

On the way home from the race, Jude loved to chew on my apple.

That night John and I had a little date night and watched 17 again while enjoying ice cold root beer and sparkling Italian lemon beverage! It might have been a little easier for me to watch the movie than John thanks to Zac Efron.

Today I go to the Doctor for Jude, so I will let you know his stats.

And I will leave you with these:

Yes, I caught Jude playing in the toilet and digging through the trash.

September

Good News

* I took a little run today and saw three little dear running through a creek. It made my run a little more enjoyable.

* I got my teeth cleaned yesterday. It had been over 18 months:(

* Jude took his steps on September 1st!! Crazy

* The weather is Beautiful! Sunny and clear high 78, lows in the 50's= Cool and crisp at night.

* Made some new goals, one of which is to keep a budget. We will see. . .

Not so good news

* I have insidious lesions in between my teeth. Don't know what that means. But I need to floss more or else I will get cavities within the dentin= bad news and fillings.

* I will not be done with school until August, I was planning on being done in March.

* Jude is taking steps. Which means he will be walking soon, which means he will be running soon= growing up way too fast.

* Maxima is still not working. . . What is new? I am so ready for a new car.

Happy September to ALL!