Hey y'all! It's been crazy this year!!! Does anyone else feel that way?! I swear its been one thing after another and blogging has definitely not been on my mind. A few highlights of our past couple months:
1) Boating, hiking, running, biking, camping, swimming, playing, and working were our main activities in the Greiner household for the months of August and September. We've spent a lot of time together and it's been such a blessing to me to have my two boys in my life! We love to go boating with Carly and Logan Peterson, we hike, bike, and/or run at least once a day around our area and went swimming at least 5 times a week sometimes more before Ivory Ridge closed in September. Our boy is becoming quite a little fish! It's hard to remember that he's only 17 months old, he does so much!
2) Gregor is ROCKING at Bluehost! I'm still kind of out-of-the-loop on exactly what he does there, but he is getting tons of recognition from the big bosses and his team loves him. I'm so glad I married such a hard worker, definitely beats a lazy butt!
3) I was MEGA busy during August and September. Working four jobs is not something I would suggest to anyone. Teaching Elementary Orchestra, Aquatics Director at Ivory, Assistant Lone Peak Swim coach, and running my own private violin studio along with three church callings has left me a little worn out. Oh, did I mention I have the most rambunctous 1-year old ever and was training for my first marathon?! Oh, yeah. Did that, too! SHEESH! I'm seriously turning into my MOM!
4) Austin is a TALKER! That's been his big advancement of the past couple months! He has a few words that are understandable, but he loves to go off in his own jabber giving us full sentences and getting upset when we don't understand! I'm pretty sure he's speaking Adamic, but I don't really know that one yet. Gregor speaks almost exclusively in German to him and I'm the English speaker, so maybe its a combination of both?
5) My hubby is a mountain biker! His transition to cycling has been fun to watch! He and Logan go a bunch, but he goes by himself a lot, too! Lambert Park is the biggest attraction as of late and he always comes home mega sweaty and tired. What a stud!
6) I ran my first Marathon in September! It was such a great/hard experience! Top of Utah is a great race and beautiful to boot! I had a PR in my half marathon split and did pretty well up until mile 18 and then I pulled my hip/butt muscles hardcore. My sweet husband came and walked/supported my little broken body for a few miles and then I was able to finish pretty strong. Anyone have any suggestions to prevent hip injuries? I swear ever since having Austin, those babies have not been the same! Even so, I learned a lot and hopefully will do even better in the future.
7) We had our family pictures taken by the fabulous Christina Kreitel. She's my hairstylist and runs a photography company as well. I had a fun idea for our family pictures and she totally went with it! We were going for a early 1900's throwback and did the shoot out on the Great Salt Lake near the Salt Flatts. We drove for 8 miles on this salty dirt road (I swear you could dump a body out there and no one would EVER find it, food for thought...), but ended up at the coolest magnesium field. Magnesium turns salt water pink, so the pictures had this cool effect of the white salt and then the pink water slowing changing to blue. Gorgeous! If you want to use Christina for your pix, let me know and I'll get you hooked up!
8) Grandma (Mana) and Ta'te (Grandpa) Greiner came up the last week of September as well! It's always such a pleasure to have them around, and Austin ADORES them! He doesn't get too much exposure to the Greiner side of the family since they live in Texas, so it was awesome to have them up here for a few days! We went for an amazing hike up in Park City, hung out around American Fork, and just spent good time together. I'm so lucky to have GREAT in-laws! I've heard some horror stories about in-laws and I can honestly say that mine are fabulous!
As you can tell, we're doing pretty good over here! I'm excited for the remainder of the year and seeing what the future brings!
At the Dinosaur Museum!
At the Dinosaur Museum in August with Aunt Kate!
Dad hold Aus holding Tate. Hmmm.
Tuckered out little boy!
Camping at Strawberry
Austin doesn't really fit in there anymore.
Our dishwasher broke and that was the result!
Our new dog! Just kidding, just a cool neighbor dog!
After Top of Utah. I didn't really feel THAT good.
Family Pics 2012
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