Update!

Wow, have about a million and a half things happened lately. Madden's walking like a champ. He said, "See ya," and "Ba-bye" to me yesterday. London's absolutely hilarious. She says and asks the funniest things. Half of the time I'm in shock and the other half I'm laughing at the maturity and comicality of her statements. I'll get to her specific comments later on...I guess our time lately has been spent walking, swimming at Mimi's, and going to the park. Madden's actually pretty good in floaties and keeps his head up by himself! He loves the pool, as does London. They're my little fishies. I miss Cherry Hill already...sigh....Oh well, next summer I guess. We've been able to babysit Gabe a couple times. It was pretty funny because London was bossing these boys around. At one point I heard her say, "Here Gabe!....Brought to you by....DISNEYLAND!!!" I'm pretty sure the commercial said, "Brought to you by Disney," But, that doesn't matter to her! I went down there and this was the mess I found with the kids playing in the baker's rack. I'm pretty grateful at how much love cousins and siblings have for each other in my family. Unfortunately, Madden and Gabe have had a cold and I was wiping noses like it was going out of style! Madden has taken to climbing and opening everything. He's quite fond of climbing on our glass, round coffee table and crawling around it in circles. Madden also stands up in his high chair and throws his tray. aye, aye, aye! Last Sunday, prior to General Conference, we went on a walk to the elementary school so London and Madden could go down the slides. Madden ate the bark, or course, and basically lounged down the slides on his back. What a character. Okay, now for the funny musings of London whilst looking at the park pics: The other day I lost my phone. I looked for three hours straight! Finally, I asked London, "Louie, do you know where Mommy's phone is? I can't find it anywhere." "Sure, I do. Follow me." She said. I was kind of shocked but, followed her to the basement where she picked up her purse. She flung it on her shoulder, paused, then pulled out my phone (My actual phone) and said, "Hello? Oh yes, she's right here." She handed out the phone to me and said, "It's for you." I was kind of ticked but, amused at the same time. Another funny moment would have to be moments while I'm driving. Some lady cut us off and I yelled, "You stupid lady!" London promptly said, "Mom, we don't say stupid." I agreed with her and apologized. She then asked why I said that lady was stupid. I said, "Because she's an idiot, London, and she doesn't know how to drive." London asked, "What's id-it?" I answered, "An idiot is someone whose not as smart as your mother." She said, "Yep, she is an id-it." When Madden is happy, London says he's being "Smilish." She told Tyler the other night that he was tacky. (No idea where she comes up with some things.) London asks me frequently what words are good or bad. Tyler and I were talking about something and London said, "Mom and Dad....we don't say boobs." Ty and I tried not to burst out laughing so we just agreed and looked straight forward with smiles on our faces. I seriously can't quit laughing sometimes. London has become a cook, a baker, and a decorator. She tells me exactly how to make her lunch, bake cookies, and the other day instructed me on our to decorate our porch. She's just growing way too fast! I'll definitely try to write these things down as soon as they happen because I just forget everything! Until next time!

The Dirty Dash!

So yesterday I ran the Dirty Dash with some friends. The race is a 10k obstacle course. I know crazy isn't?! It was unbelievably fun. Sorry about the blurry pics. They're from another camera and I couldn't download them very well. Our team was called "Good Girls Gone Dirty." I have to say there were some funny, dirty, and unique team names! I can't even tell you some of them! I started the day with a car not starting. Lucky for me, my friend, Beth, came and got me. This made us late in picking up the other girls. Along with me causing the girls to be late, there was traffic and we were afraid we wouldn't make our heat. We literally got there, our heat left three minutes before us, and we took off! We set an awesome pace, catching up to our heat, passing them, and then finishing as one of the first teams in our heat!We did the whole thing in 1 hr and 10 min! Obstacles and all! You start out running up a muddy (imagine losing-your-shoe kind of muddy) steep hill. It was alot of up hills and fortunately, down hills too. We had to climb over hay bales, walls, crawl through tunnels, run through a marsh, tire-ladder runs, slip n slide, and finish an army crawl through a mud pit. Or I should say sh#! pit because it definitely wasn't mud...It was a blast! We were so filthy. They had ice cold showers at the end of the race. You couldn't even get close to clean. There was no privacy whatsoever and we ended up changing right next to our car. These guys kept honking their horn for us to hurry up because we clearly weren't decent. Oh well! I totally just left my shoes and socks right by the showers. There was no way I was keeping those poo-smelling things! Orbit commercial, anyone?! We ran most of the race with a group of shirtless guys in swim shorts. It was fun to have the competition as well as the encouragement, so Thanks Guys! London was so shocked to see her momma so dirty. Madden wouldn't even look at me! I saw my cousin while running it and even saw my Aunt and Uncle by the finish line! Thanks for Mom, Dad, and Ty willing to come support me. They love me, smell and all! This was the first time this kind of race has come to UT. If they do it again, totally sign up!

So, What's New?

I'll tell you what's new, my kids are growing faster than I can blink! Madden is starting to stand on his own but, continues to be a coward. He's been such a naughty boy lately! He intentionally spills his milk on the floor and then lays in it. He also broke two ceramic pieces of mine also intentionally. I cleaned the first mess up and he marched right back and broke another one. I almost screamed!!! The other day he was making a mess on the floor with his milk and I was cleaning it up. Next thing I know he's in the lid drawer sucking on long lost bottles. I quickly took a picture and London says, "Mom, there's poo on the floor." I said, "There is not, don't be so dramatic." She just gave me this noble look and replied haughtily, "Then why don't you smell it?" I did. She was right. So I had to frantically pull Madden out of the lids and saw that his diaps was leaking. Eww, right? So then I had to clean him, mop the floors, and wash everything in the lid drawer. See?! He's a stink! London is really funny lately. She thinks she's such a big girl. We went to Crystal Hot Springs with our friends and London only wanted to play with the "Big Girls." Madden was content playing with his little girlfriend, Tate. Oh, to be so easily content. I totally forgot to post about Cherry Hill this summer. Finally, the last week it was opened I decided to take some pictures. London is continually in her own world. Yep, that's her completely alone out in Pirate's Cove singing to herself. She played most of the summer with Cherry Hill friends, but more often than not, by herself. Madden played with Gabe in the water and luckily his sister would bless him with much needed attention. I'm just glad that he would eat for an hour straight in his stroller to give me some down time! It was nice to have my sisters there this summer too. Mandy was such a trooper because she came regardless of the pain in her hands. Luckily, she's had surgery on one so let's cross our fingers and hope the next hand goes well! (I guess I better be careful who I post in their suits now because my brother, Dean, got mad at me. Thanks alot Chase!!!) But, Gabe took his first couple steps yesterday and I was there to witness it! They are getting so big! The other week we went to the fair, as is tradition over Dean's birthday. Tyler and I debated whether or not to follow through with an earlier consequence given to London that day. It was really hard but, we decided to go through with the consequence. This meant that London could go on the rides but, not go to the rodeo. This is also meant that no one else could go. It was definitely an annoying moment in parental responsibilities. But, she did have a blast with her cousins as always, and I got some earrings! I also got to chat with Mary and Maddie while the kids went on the rides! The other day was Mom's and my nephew, Sam's, birthdays! The next day we decided as a family to go on a hike up Logan canyon. Funny thing about that, Ty has been to Logan twice in his life. Once for a wedding, and the second time for a graduation. While on this hike (I carried Madden and he helped London) we ran into the very person whose wedding Ty went to go see. Small world I guess! It was fun to have my Uncle David, Trenton, and my Aunt Sissy and cousin Kara there too. We love you guys! It was a nice hike and we went to a park afterwards to eat lunch. Yep, that's me stuffing my face in every pictures. C'est la vie! That's about it for now! Adieu!