Spring City

This weekend our friends the Carlile's invited us down to their family house in Spring City. We had such a good time. The boys had so much fun. We roasted marshmallows and starbursts and made tinfoil dinners in the fire.

The boys both loved roasting the marshmallows.

Kambree loved the marshmallows!

There was also a tire swing that the boys loved! They kept wanting to get pushed higher and higher!

It is hard to say what there favorite part was, but I would guess for Brock it was the creek that ran through the property. He loved going and throwing rocks in. We brought Samson too and he loved the creek. He kept getting in it and playing. I didn't even know he liked water!

Samson had about as much fun there as the boys did. He played in the creek, wandered the huge property, ate bones, and even barried his bone! I didn't even know dogs really did that. It was so fun!

The whole city is pretty old and historical. Seth loves old buildings so he was in heaven! Here is a picture of the boys in front of the old general nerchandise store.... I wish they still had 5 cent squirts!!!

Lagoon

Seth's work summer party was at lagoon this last Saturday and it was a really fun day! It started out pretty rough though.... When we first got there we went on the haunted house ride that is right by the entrance and neither of the boys liked it. Doran went with me and I covered his eyes most of the ride! Next we went to puff the dragon rollercoaster and the little ride next to it... Brock was crying the whole time and it looked like he wasn't going to like any of the rides at all. About half way through the day he started to warm up though and would go on some of them.

Doran loved pretty much all of the rides. I think his favorite two were puff and the whale ride. The whale ride was not very fun but he just liked it because they were whales!

Doran made a new buddy while we were there too. One of Seth's friends at work has a little boy just about Doran's age. Doran had so much fun with him and keeps talking about him going to the dinosaur museum with us soon.

More whale rides! It is fun to see your kids have so much fun!

Farm country

We have been doing play dates lately with the 'girlfriends'. We met up last week at farm country and we had so much fun! They added a new room called from soil to market and the kids had so much fun in it. It is all about planting seeds and growing crops. It was really a fun room!

Here Brock Rod is driving a tractor in the soil to market room. I have been calling him Brock Rod for a few months because I think it sounds cute. When I try to get his attention I call him Brock Rodney. The other day when I called him Brock Rodney he got mad at me and said, 'I not Brock Mardney. You're Brock Mardney!' It was so funny! Now he knows it is cute and will tell me all the time that he isn't Brock Mardney!

We went on a wagon ride at farm country and the kids were so cute! This is Halle, Doran's 'girlfriend'. I couldn't get one with Haisley in it, she is Brocky's little lady. This picture also shows Doran's recently developed bad habit... Nail biting! Seth thinks it is my fault that he does it since I bite mine, but I think if he is going to blame me then I will blame my Dad since he does it! Haha! Probably not but it makes me feel a little better!

4 year old checkup

Today Doran had his 4 year old check up. It was a long day where he ocassionally would freak out when he heard us say he was going to the doctor and would tell us, "just only daddy." As in he wanted Seth to go to the doctor and not himself. So when we pulled in the parking lot he started freaking out! He freaked out while I checked him in and while we waited. Once the nurse called him back and he was fine. He loved having his blood pressure checked, standing on the scale, he stood on his tippy toes when they were measuring his heighth, and he really loved peeing in a cup too! Then the nurse was done and Dr. Kendall came in to check him out. She always asks if we have any questions so we talked a little about Kindergarten since he is a summer birthday and then we asked her about Doran's allergies. She listened to his lungs and said they sounded really bad and that he was wheezing. She said every breath he was wheezing! So she gave him a steroid to try to help clear out his lungs, prescription eye drops, and a neb treatment. We don't have a nebulizer, but with the frequency my kids need them I had decided next time we went in and they need one and she asked if we want to buy one I would. The last time was in May and now here it is August and we need it again... and these are the summer months! So we told her we were going to just buy one and so she gave a years worth of breathing treatment prescription as well as a card that would make it free! We talked about what to try to do to help prevent them from getting this bad again. She said to buy a hypoallergenic pillow case and bed cover that will make it so allergens don't settle in to either of them. She also said to give him a shower every night before bed. We will probably take him to an allergenist to make sure this is just outdoor allergies as well. Poor little guy!

Allergies and home runs

Poor Doran has had a hard several days and there still seems to be no end in sight! Ever since his birthday he has had horrible allergies. He will cough all night and his eyes will swell and get so blood shot. I feel so bad for him. He is still as sweet as can be but I can not even imagine how miserable he must feel. I think he realizes they get worse when he goes outside because today he wouldn't even go with me to 'the poop park' to walk the dog and that is normally one of his favorite things to do. I am hoping this passes soon because I hate seeing him so miserable.

You can tell in this picture even his cheeks swell. One night he woke up and his eyes were like two little slits and he could barely open them!

On other happier news softball is over! Seth was the home run champ of his league. They played in this huge park and the fences were so high and he could just drill it right over the fence! In the last game I was catcher and the ump said Seth was the only guy he has seen hit a ball over their fence! It must be his huge muscles! :) (He is gonna kill me for posting this!) Way to go Seth!

My First Half Marathon

Today I ran my first half marathon. I have been really nervous all week about it and yesterday I even felt a little nauseated thinking about it because of nerves! Then last night I went to Olive Garden with two of my friends from high school and I carb loaded big time! I ate a whole basket of breadsticks by myself! So that was fun and finally got my nerves calm. So this morning I woke up at 3 a.m. because I had to take a bus up to the starting line and I had to catch the bus at 4:30. So I got on the first bus and up the canyon we went! Then all the sudden the bus driver came to a dead end sign on one road (it was a fork at the end of South Fork canyon in Provo canyon) and a road closed construction on the other one. He had no idea where he was even going! So someone on the bus said they have done it before and that it starts at a park a few miles down the road. So the bus driver does about a 20 point turn around and we head down to the park. When we got there it was obvious right away that this was not the right spot either. At this point several other buses have caught up to us and don't know either so they are just following us. Then another guy on the bus said it is where the road closed sign is and they bet they have the sign up so no one would park there. So he turns around again and we go back up. When he got back to the fork two guys got out and moved the sign and then we drove back up. When he got to the parking lot up there nobody was there either and no portopotties! Everyone was getting a little irritated that no one knew what was going on. Then a guy got off and went to look around and a way off in the bushes (it is pitch black outside still because it is about 5:30 now) is a row of twenty portopotties! So we knew it was there afterall. So we all got off and sat around and were waiting. Then a guy with a megaphone said the race starts a mile down the street and to walk down and wait. So we walk down and a race official comes up and tells us the race starts up at the top of the road and we need to go back up. So we do. When we are about 3/4 of the way up the first guy tells us to go back down. At this point an 'official race car' comes driving up and they have the timing mats so we ask them where we start and they had no idea! Finally they set them up just a little bit down the hill and all the sudden we hear someone scream go! It was pretty crazy how unorganized it was! But something fun that happened during all of that was a deer was walking through the crowds trying to get food from everyone and letting everyone pet him! I have never seen a deer act like that! It was like he was a dog. While waiting I met a cute little lady who lives in North Hollywood and she does a half marathon every month! She is amazing at running and I hope I can be like her! But once the race started I forgot all about how unorganized it was because it was so beautiful and fun! My ipod did a good job picking good songs for me to run to too ;) ! On certain parts of the course there would be people there looking for their family member racing. I loved all the little kids because they thought we were so cool! I loved giving them high fives! When I crossed the line Seth and the boys were right there! I was so happy they were so easy to find!

I was really happy about my time! I did it in 2:13:39. My last long run I did while training was 11 miles and I did it in about 2:17! So I was shocked that I finished in that time! Right now my legs are really tired and my knees are pretty achey but I am happy I finally did a half marathon, I have been wanting to for over 2 years now. I had the best running buddy, Julie! Even after her half she would go on my long runs and coach me and motivate me! And my other neighbor Whitney got me back into running mode by having me sign up for a 5K! Who knew running could be so fun! Yay!

4 years old!!!

I can not believe Doran is already 4! It seems like just yesterday that I was working at DMBA and throwing up in everyone elses trash cans.... And now he is 4! I have never been sad before about them growing up and hitting milestones, but this is sad. He is totally a little boy now and not my little baby. But I guess I can just enjoy every minute and blog so I never forget all the wonderful memories! His birthday was on Sunday. He has learned that his birthday is August 1st and has been telling people for months. He also has been excited because he knew shark week started August 1st! Well we took him to Brick Oven and got him his free meal and he loved being sung to! He was so happy! That night when he was laying in bed he was squirming and told me, "I am so excited Mom!" I loved it! I have never seen someone so excited for their birthday as he has been.

Then when his birthday came he had bad allergies all day! I even gave him a little allergy medicine and it didn't help much. Luckily it didn't slow him down too much.

I found the perfect shirt for him at Old Navy... Jaws! He loved it so much I had to wash it so her could wear it again today... He might make me do it again tomorrow too.

We made Dad's Favorite Dessert again for him since he can't eat cake but this year he demanded that I decorate it. He said he wanted a racecar cake and a shark party. So Julie figured out how I could do both... A race track around water with a shark in it. It wasn't my best cake but he loved it!

Brock just had fun playing at the park. Man they are good lookin little guys!

Here he is eating some dessert with his 'sister'. Sometimes they look so much alike!

Here he is with Grandma G. He still didn't really eat this, I don't think he believed me that there wasn't egg in it.

Present time!

You gotta love how helpful little kids are when it comes to unwrapping presents. Always makes me laugh!

Woody! Brock and Doran have discovered the Toy Story movies this summer and Doran loves Woody and Brock loves Buzz. When they watch them the whole time they say who is each character. I am Bo Peep, Daddy is Zurg, Doran is Woody, Brock says he is Buzz and Buster, Jayce is Jessie, Jenny is a Barbie... It never stops!

I love the way his hands are in this picture! You can tell how excited he is... BUBBLES!!!

A bag... and another bag... and another bag... AND ANOTHER... bag... and a SHARK WEEK DVD!

I think he is a sharkaholic!

And they are pooped! Another birthday come and gone! I love you Doran!

Good times!

Doran loves when his cousin Jayce comes over because she always gets in the Halloween costumes. This is how they were playing the other day. Doran has grown so much since Halloween I am suprised it didn't rip while we were putting it on! The one Jayce is wearing was supposed to be his costume this year and the other two were previous years. Maybe I should change it since there is an abvious common theme here...

The other day our friends the Carlile's introduced to a place Seth thinks might really be heaven... Leatherby's! Julie had told me how good this place was so we planned a day to go up and get it. Seth and I both love icecream so we were excited. Well... this place is incredible! It is the yummiest icecream we have ever had! It was so huge we all four just split one. Doran kept saying it was like a waterfall and Brock was in heaven! He loved it and ate and ate. We are thinking of having his birthday party there! I can't wait to go back!

New Pictures!!!

Last week the boys had their pictures taken and they turned out so awesome! They are so handsome and the pictures definately show their personalities.

This is Brock's pirate face. He will just open up one side of his mouth and talk and smile through it... A little wierd, but really cute!

So a couple cute stories... First of all the other day the boys were playing around and Brock would scream, "I'm a monster!" (in a Dracula like voice) and then Doran would scream, "A cookie monster!" It was so funny!

A few days later I was talking to Doran about his birthday and Brock said, "No it's my birthday." Doran told him, "No Brock, it's mine." Then Brock screamed, "No! It's my birthday!" Then Doran as sweet as can be said, "No. Your birthday is January eighth." I started laughing. I couldn't believe that he knew Brock's birthday. It is crazy the things little ears hear!