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Dylan, Devyn, and Marshal stickin' their heads out of a log at the Zoo

Devyn helping Mama in the yard!

Mud Wraslin'

Dylan practicing T-Ball with Papa!

Oops, two of the same pics, sorry!

Devyn and Mama at Swim Lessons

Dylan at Swim Lessons

Check out that hole!

Ok, A LOT has been going on the last couple of weeks, hence the lack in posts! So, I'm going to just lay it all out here in this one post! Ready...Set...Go!

I'm up to running 7 Miles! Woo Hoo! I'm pretty sure that if Jill hadn't started running with me I would have quit, but she's been a great motivator! We're running 3x a week with the kids in strollers! Hoo YAH! We're super-moms! Our time is cut almost in half when we go solo, but we enjoy the thought of extra calorie burn. I read in Fitness Magazine last month that pushing a strollers boots calorie burn 20% Oh YA baby!


To go with the running theme, we registered for the Ogden 5k May 17 and we'll be pushing the children for that one! We're looking into the Farmington Half Marathon in July, and we've registered for the St. George Marathon Oct. 4. We will find out the first week of May if we were accepted since the race is a lottery and they only accept 7000 people.

Speaking of Lotteries...we entered Dylan into the Spanish Immersion program at Eagle Bay and she got in! So she's going to be speaking Spanish 1/2 her day from Kindergarten to 6th grade! She's sooo excited! We went to Orientation Friday and she met her teacher and played on the playround, she asks everyday when she gets to go to Kindergarten!

Devyn is growing up so fast I can't believe it. She knows most of her colors, shapes, and is starting to count..."One...Two...Six...Three...GO!" is what she says. She's become a little singer. She just sings and sings and sings where ever she goes, and it drives Dylan NUTS! :-)

I've been doing Boot Camp for 4 weeks and feeling stronger and stronger all the time. I'm starting to see definition return to my arms and legs! :-) If I get 2 people to join with me I'll get the next one half off...so I'm recruiting! Anyone interested? http://www.fitcorefit.com/ I absolutely LOVE it!

While Mike, Shane and Doug worked in the backyard Sunday to try and allieveate our flooding problem, Jill and I went to the Zoo! The girls just LOVE to see all the animals and trying to make their noises. Devyn was terrified of the giant Elephant Statue..."Scawey" she said and walked wide around him keeping her eyes on him the whole time.

Devy and I did a Mom & Tot class at South Davis Rec Center the last 4 weeks! Devyn is a fish and wants no help from me "I do it Mom, I do it!" Dylan seemed to have fun, I couldn't watch her since I was in the water with Devyn the whole time :-(

Dylan starts T-ball this week so we've been practicing! She only wants to hit the ball, not play catch! We're on a team with the rest of our neighborhood, so she's super excited for her first game Thursday!

Few...that's it for now! Katies in the Hospital Today, so hopefully we'll get to meet baby Ricki today, and I'll have more to blog about then!

Happy Earth Day!

Isn't it such a beautiful place we live? I LOVE IT! I'm starting to be teased by friends and family about being a tree hugger, but let me say to you...I'm PROUD of it!

It all started when I was young. My Mom taught me to take care of the place we live in. Some of my favorite sayings were..."If everyone picked just one wildflower, there wouldn't be any left for our eyes to enjoy", "If everyone threw their litter on the ground, we would live in garbage", and whenever we went camping her motto was "Leave the place cleaner than when you found it" so we'd go around and do a garbage pick up!

Thanks Mom for instilling in me the desire to make our World a better, more beautiful place. Now even SHE thinks that I'm a little nuts about some things...like not using windex or clorox because of the chemicals. But that's my part to help out the next generation!

I want my girls to be able to go camping and swim in the lakes and eat the fish that we catch. So I've turned my house into a no toxic chemical zone (or I try, I'm still working on converting Mike 100%, every little bit counts)! I use all natural cleaners, laundry detergents, hair and body wash, natural lawn care and pesticides.

I know there's still more I could do, and I'm trying to think of new ways everyday! I challenge you to pick one new thing to work on a day, week, month or year, anything will help!

I LOVE YOU EARTH!

Potty!

OK, so Dev decided she didn't want diapers anymore! After her nap one day she said "NO Mom, No diapers!" So I've officially started potty training. I was planning on starting next week since Sat is my last day of work. But when she says she's ready...I'm gonna take it and run with it! Today is my first full day since I worked Mon and Tues night. So far so good! I'm so proud of her being a big girl and wanting to do this, even though I wasn't fully ready! Go Devy!