Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Cousins, Cousins, Cousins

The best part of the summer (so far) has been all of the time spent with our family.

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We swam in the Manila Pond.

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I saw MY cousin at a concert with our husbands.
There's been even MORE trail running.
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Liza makes a break for it.

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I saw my uncle and aunt at George's birthday party.

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We've gone on picnics in the canyon.

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Sophie came from Arizona to visit us!

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In her non-family time, Kiki gives me hell about getting her hair just right, then in the next moment goes and plays in the rain.

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The Hatch/Haws/Whittaker kids.
We visited the girls' great-grandparents graves in Brigham City.
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We have worn these kids right out.

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We always love to play at the river park by our house.

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"The better to eat you with my dear!"

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My kids played with my cousins' kids.

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We did some science.

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Grandma Ellie took us to a concert at the conference center.

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Kiki made her very first deposit into a savings account.

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And, Uncle John and Aunt Lindsay gave us a NEW COUSIN!
Baby Alice.

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This is literally the first baby ever that Kiki hasn't hated.

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Kate's been baking.  

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Grandma Ellie had a birthday.  This is her with almost all of her grandkids.

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Whitney loves her Uncle Dan.
Liza and I took our kids to Timpanogos Cave.
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It got us reminiscing about when Kate and Elise were little and we would hike the cave for exercise.
So we put the girls on our backs for old times' sake.
More.  Trail.  Running.
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My children.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Summer Running

Once, my friend Michelle remarked that if she were to ever run a marathon, she didn't want the stress of training, she just wanted to show up and run it.  In a separate conversation, another friend had mentioned that she could perhaps procure an entry or two to a local marathon.  All the piece fell into place, and 6 days before the race, I sent Michelle a text during church that said, "Go to bed early on Friday because you are running a marathon on Saturday."

And guys, she totally did it!
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...and she only cried two times.
 Once that was over with, I devoted myself to trail running for the summer.
It is sublime and beautiful and lovely always.

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Lani is HERE!

The most exciting part of this whole summer is that Kiki's cousin Lani moved here.
With her family, of course.

We have wasted no time integrating her right into our lives.
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We eat at Taco Amigo.

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We walk on water.
This is Utah County after all.
 In other news, I spend my time cuddling Dobermans and making pies.
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 In other (sad) news, our dear friends, the Church family, moved away.
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I think 6 of the 8 of us cried.

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It's definitely summer.

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More swimming with Lani.

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A rainbow coming out of Grove Creek Canyon.
It never gets old.

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I'm working on my photo editing.

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Plagued with indecision.