Denver

We made a trip to Denver to see the new Andersen cousin. Baby Ryder! He is such a cutie! Ryan loved being with his older cousins. The weather was a little different there than in CA. All we brought was sweatshirts and it turned out to be 19 degrees! So we bundled Ryan up in my sweatshirts and he still had fun in the cold!The Andersen Boys We went to an indoor play place called Monkey Bizness. One of our ( I liked it as much as the kids did) favorite things was the 15 foot slide. I was a little nervous at first, but I had to be brave for Ryan.
Our first ride!After a few tries, Ryan was ready to go all by himself. It was hard for me to let him go, but he loved it. That will be the story of my life as he is growing up, right?Brooklyn and Ryan
The kids helped my make caramel apples. Always a delicious treat.Too bad Denver is so far away! We miss you guys!

Sunday

Gotta love days like this:

Ryan went to sleep late and woke up early.

Ate 2 packs of M&Ms during sacracment meeting to keep him quiet ( at 9:00am).

Wouldn't go to nursery ( like he ever has) so we spent the last 2 hours running around the church.

Afterward, we went to our new house to try to get Ryan to take a nap.

He wouldn't.

Waited for the bishop where Ryan soaked himself while trying to get a drink out of the drinking fountian. I should have stopped him, but it was too funny.

Met with the bishop where Ryan pulled pictures off the wall, pulled stuff out of drawers and colored on himself and the bishop's desk with a highlighter.

We then shoved the screaming child into his car seat to drive home.

And then he crashed.

Isn't he an ANGEL!

Ryan's First Trip to Disneyland

My good friend wWendy took us to Disneyland. Tyler got to go with us. We had a blast. Ryan, on the otherhand, wasn't so sure.

This pictures sums up how he felt about Disneyland. Insert a " NOOOOO" here!Tyler had fun! We were glad he could come!

Thanks, Wendy!

St. George Marathon

Over Conference weekend, my friend Wendy and I ran the St. George Marathon. It was #2 for both of us! We had a great time! We drove up with Brett and Ryan Friday night, ran the marathon Saturday morning and hopped back... ok more like dragged ourselves into the car and went home that afternoon. Yes, we are crazy.

They drove us up the canyon at 5:30 am. Wendy and I were on the last bus in the last seat. Great timing. They started the race about 10 minutes after we arrived. I was a little nervous about how I would feel during the race being that the last time I ran 26.2 miles, I was 20. But, I felt even better this this time. No walls, no blisters, no hurt toenails and I was 5 minutes faster than I was back then! It was a great experience. The best part of the race was as I approached the finish line and I saw Ryan on Brett's shoulders. It was such a sight for sore legs to see my two favorite boys waiting there for me. This is the third race in a year that they have supported me through. What great guys I have.

More marathons to come... who is with me?

( I already know that Wendy and Lorraine are in!)

sorry about the small pictures... I copied them from the marathon site and this is as big as they would get!