A Lazy Friday

Well, it is another boring Friday afternoon. Livvy wanted to show everyone how she can hold her bottle all by herself.


"I don't see what the big fuss is. Look it is SO easy!


"I can do it with my eyes closed...


"I can even do it with my feet in the air. Oops, it's slipping.


"There we go, I just have to lower my legs a little."



Now to be fair she can usually only hold it for about 30 seconds before it slips out of her hands, but she sure is proud.


Also we got a new, well a first swimsuit this past weekend, for Olivia, and tried it on today. Here is what she thought about it.


"Mommy, what is this thing. It feels weird.


"Mommy, I'm not sure that I like this thing."

She may still be iffy, but I think it is cute. We can't wait to break it in at Bear Lake, and then use it on the cruise!

I finished my quilt!

So, in April Marcus, Olivia and I went to Dallas to visit Marcus parents. Ann is an excellent quilter, so while I was there I decided that I wanted to learn how to make a quilt.


I'm piecing the little pieces together and getting the squares started.


Now, I'm sewing the squares together to make the rows.


Now, I'm putting the rows together to create the front.


The quilt is together, I just have to flip the binding to the back and sew it on.




Finally Olivia's quilt is all done! She even tried it out and she loved it! I know that because it went straight to her mouth. :)

Relay Races and Baby Showers

This weekend was a pretty busy one for us. Marcus met at work at 6:30 Friday morning to head up to Logan. He was going to run the Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay Race with work from Logan to Park City. Now before you freak out and say, "That is so far!" there are 12 people on each team and they each run 3 legs, so not as far. Unfortunately, he found out he was going to run two days before, when one of the members of Winders team cut off his own thumb. So, needless to say, Marcus was a little less than prepared. They did have some 'adventures' with their team, however none were due to Marcus collapsing. One of his team members got dehydrated, which then turned into heat exhaustion. When they took her to the medics tent he tried to cool her down too quickly and put her into shock and gave her hypothermia. So, she had to be wisked away via ambulance to the hospital. Two other Winder team members went with her because they couldn't get ahold of her husband and they didn't want her to be alone. So Marcus van which had the first 6 runners, now had 3. His team had to pick up the extra legs and run a little more than first expected. Marcus did complete all his legs, and fortunately was able to walk the next day. He also said he ran one of the most beautiful runs he's ever run. He ran somewhere between Kamas and Heber at about 12:20-1:40 in the morning. It was pitch black, except for the sky, which he said was very clear. He didn't take many picutres, but here are a few.







These are the 6 team members who were in Marcus van.

This is their group at the starting line. They took off at 9am with 40 other teams.





This is Marcus finishing his first leg and handing of the'baton' to the next runner.

While riding in the van Marcus looked up and saw a dog running across the road and following one of the runners. But wait, it wasn't a dog. After a second glance he realized it was a goat. The goat followed this runner for about half a mile.

Marcus got home around 3pm on Saturday.

On Firday Olivia decided she loved her mommy and took a nice long afternoon nap. I took advantage of my time and worked on the quilt that Ann had helped me start during our trip to Texas. It is now almost all done. I just have to tie it and finish the binding! Later that night my sister Monica came and slept over so me and Olivia didn't have to be all alone while Marcus was gone for his race. We partied pretty hard. I did the dishes and then we watched the new 'What Not To Wear.' Then on Saturday I went to a baby shower with both my sisters for my cousin Lindsay. It was a big family shower with all our cousins and aunts, and also Lindsay's mother and sister in law. It was lots of fun. Afterwards, a bunch of us went to the mall and went shopping and then went to Olive Garden for dinner.

Don't you miss...

Don't you miss the days when you could lie around all day. You had no cares and people served you hand and foot. And...you could sleep with your foot on your chest.

Gum Brush

I felt bad that I hadn't posted anything of us in a while, so I thought I'd throw this picture on. Livvy likes to chew on anything she can get in her mouth, shocking from an infant huh? :) This is her gum brush. She discovered it recently and it was love at first bite. Now it goes everywhere with her.





I had to include this one too. She also loves her carrots!

Britian's Got Talent

Of course my first post in a week and a half isn't even of us. However, for those of you who are 'American Idol' fans here is a clip from the British version. And for those of you who are Andre Bocelli fans, the contestant is singing 'Time to Say Goddbye.'

A Good Weekend

Well, our weekend was pretty good. We started off Friday by seeing the doctor and getting our 4 month shots. Certainly not a favorite. Afterwards we visited some friends and spent most of the day being cranky. Saturday was a much less uncomfortable day. I tried to massage Livvy's chunky little thighs to make sure the shots were not making them stiff, but she thought it was so funny. At least the shots weren't hurting her anymore. The rest of the day we just hung out and relaxed. On Sunday we went to our new ward. We also tried Sweet Potatoes. They were an immediate favorite.