And another one bites the dust...

Literally. This is what happens when you go mountain biking with my husband. Judd's older brother Justin went biking with him the other day and this is how he looked after... Well, this is how he looked after he was cleaned up. It would have been a more comical picture if I took it before he had a chance to clean off all the mud and blood.

Further evidence.

I look OK, but I broke a rib with this one.

Word to the wise: Don't try to keep up with Judd.


4 Years

Wow. I can't believe that it has been four years since we were married. Here's a little math for you just for fun (and fyi, click on the links... Judd read this and was so confused by the 2 adopted children comment):

2.8 children
+
2 adopted children
+
A few bike wrecks
+
Race + Race + Race + Race + Race + Many many more I didn't blog about :)
+
1 House??
+
Too many renovations to count.... Seriously.
+
Us
=

4 amazing years. I wouldn't change a thing.

What big sisters are for

Judd-slash-Dad

For fathers day Judd got new mountain biking shoes....

 a sweet card I made at tiny prints....

And a vasectomy. HAAAA Only I would think this is funny (and take pictures).

To the guy whos genius has no bounds. Here he is squeezing some limes for me. (I don't have a juicer/citrus squeezer)

So handy...



hilarious...



Just plain fabulous.

Looks great in white.

Always good for some snuggles

and some stories



To my wonderful husband, I love you!

The death of the pines...

So Judd decided he was done with sap, pine needles, and pine cones and murdered our pine trees. My brother Andrew (he came in handy) and Judd cut them down. Actually, Judd did the second tree by himself.

Just like a man to cut the tree down FIRST then take the bird house out of the tree.



Tree numero uno



Judd in tree number two.

The unimog REALLY came in handy. It only took 2 trips to the green dumps as opposed to the first tree that took 5 trips.

And then there were none. We are going to grind out the tree stumps this Saturday and put sod over the top.

Kennedy in her pj's in front of a teeny tiny bit of the wood. We have SO much! Now we need to get out and do a lot of camping.

How much wood could a wood chuck chuck?

We aren't total anti-earth people. We ordered a Tulip poplar and an Autumn Blaze Maple. I thought they would be a tad bit bigger, but they are supposed to grow pretty quickly.



More wood.



Sundance Showdown

I raced my first race this year at Sundance on Saturday. Here is the  race summary. The race went pretty well, I thought for sure we would be racing in the mud but the trails were actually pretty nice. I also thought I was going to be racing in the rain a couple times but luckily it just teased. I have biked Sundance quite a bit so I already knew the course but I forgot about the very last turn onto the road and how much of a game player that one is. Should have practiced just that turn a few times. In the actual race I was feeling really good throughout the run until that very last turn. I mess that one up and it put me back about 30 sec. Would have placed 1st in the class I was racing and my time was fast enough to take at least 2nd in the expert class or 1st. If I would have actually done some endurance training before I also would have had a fast enough time to place 2nd or 3rd in the pro class. That last turn gets to me but all in all I raced pretty good and am pretty happy with the way I rode the rest of the course. I think Kennedy won the award for most improved rider though. She is getting stinking fast. It's time to get a brake for her bike because her feet don't do the job anymore.

Kennedy brought her bike and rode around at the base of the mountain until the race started. She is getting so fast, that I have to run to keep up with her.

This moose was only about 40 feet from us.

Judd coming across the finish line. The last part of the course is a long steep incline... Didn't look like fun to me.

Yup...He looks TIRED. Doesn't look like fun.

Waiting for dad, playing in the dirt.

Rain... BOO

A few pictures while we waited for the results.

Eating crackers in the truck waiting for dad.

Tonsils Schmonsils

So, I forgot to post this... Probably because it ended up being a semi-disaster, and I spent the next few weeks taking care of three kids who were either sick or doped up. These are all before pictures from when Judd had his tonsils taken out a couple weeks before Thanksgiving (I wish I took after photos, but things were a tad hectic). It is supposed to be a quick in and out, hour long surgery, which was not the case here. It was a 3 hour long surgery and we spent the rest of the day in the hospital... Turns out (they told me when I came to get him) that he had stopped breathing when they gave him Morphine at the end of surgery. He is either a) super sensitive to morphine or b) was given too large of a dose. They had to give him Narcan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naloxone , basically this bumps the Morphine off of the pain receptor sites, leaving him with no pain killer in his system. We spent the rest of the day trying to get his blood pressure down from 200/160. They gave him multiple meds one after the other, but it still wouldn't come down. After spending about 8 hours in the hospital we were finally released with the warning to return if his blood pressure didn't return to normal within the next few hours. (I have a blood pressure cuff and stethoscope at home... I know... I know.. I'm weird.) It finally started coming down that night, and was normal by the end of the next night.
Judd spent the next two weeks eating (slurping) Jello. He lost a good 15 pounds, MAN what a great diet!! Not to worry though, he put it all back on plus some as soon as he could wrap his grubby little paws around some Costa Vida.

A little Christmas cheer.

Unfortunately this is rapidly becoming a family tradition to do this....

For my blog stalker Katie:

Hmmph :( How did she get so big?

Giving daddy "bonks"

Peach yogurt anyone? I walked out of the room for a second and this is what happened. I think it was her way of protesting that I had left :). The picture doesn't do the mess justice, it was EVERYWHERE.

We went to feed the ducks at BYU the other day with my nephew Jameson. We discovered that they aren't big fans of stale Triscuts, and that Zesta crackers make for a good meal for both the ducks and Kennedy.

MMMMM... Saltine crackers. She didn't quite get that she was supposed to give the crackers to the ducks and not eat them.

Chasing the ducks :)

More chasing of the ducks. She LOVED it. She ran around pointing at them and quacking like a duck.

Goldfish.... Great for what ails ya.

Laying on mom.

32 weeks prego. Kennedy thinks I'm comfy :)

Wearing dads shoes

Our new toy!!!! I sold my single running stroller (which I will miss dearly) and we got a double wide :) It has attachments for running and for biking so we will be doing a lot of both this summer! I can't wait to RUN.

"Swim-eeem Swim-eem" Kennedy's new favorite word. We go at least twice a week to the indoor pool at the rec center. She loves wearing her "swim soup" and I love seeing how excited she gets... Everybody wins :)