Im starting it again...

Running. Shortly after I had Liane, Salomon and I started training for and completed the Salt Lake City Half Marathon and we LOVED it!! The running bug bit us and we have been wanting to get back into it since then. Well Salomon is now training for the Park City Marathon (the full one!) in August while I have been sitting back thinking to myself... "that looks fun and all, but I wont concern myself with really getting back into running since we are trying to get pregnant and I will probably get prego soon so.... " Well "so" is right! I have come to learn over and over that God has different timing than me. I have held myself back hoping for one thing (which has not come to pass) when all the while I could have been doing something good for my health and spirit. Shame on me! So come what may, I am starting running again and am going to sign up for a race or two (just 5k's or 10k's for now) and take it from there. Im super excited and know that God does have a plan for me, will bless me with more children, but first things first, or, in the meantime, do something fun! :-)

Liane's 1st year scrapbook... COMPLETED!!

Ok so it took me a while, but I finally finished it, Liane's "1st year" scrapbook is completed and Im actaully happy with the way it came out! Not every page is perfect and Im not the best scrapbooker in the world, but I enjoy it and find happiness in doing it. My tradition with each child will be to make a "1st year" scrapbook and with the rest of the bazillion pics we will take over the years I will probably just make an online scrapbook every so often. So much easier and sometimes more cost effective.

Boy is she growing!

So a few things Liane has said this week that have made me laugh and amazed me... she sure is growing up fast!

Her little ponytail was messed up the other day (because she keeps messin' with it :-) and while playing with it she said "uh-oh hair, fix it?"

She fell down a few stairs the other day as well (she is fine :-), and now when she walks down the stairs she says (while holding her forehead)... " fall down, oooh, careful." lol poor thing!

Today while on a walk she pointed out every trash can in the neighborhood (and lucky me it was trash day lol) and then she started counting them. She said "one, two, three, four, five, six" She is a great little counter.

Tonight after her bath, I called downstairs for Salomon by saying "Babe!"so he could come up for family prayer. Liane then too came out of her room to yell "Babe! After putting her to bed I turned the monitor on as I went downstairs and I heard Liane repeating a loud "Babe, Babe, Babe, Babe... lol so funny! Becareful what you say around kids!!

Mother's Day

Liane's gift to me each Mother's Day has been a beautiful picture together! She seems to get the smile just right on this special day. So it looks like we have a little tradition starting :-)
For Mother's Day I really wanted to go to Temple Square and walk around. The weather was gorgeous and being on the temple grounds is always uplifting. Liane had fun pointing out the temple and the pictures of Jesus. We had fun watching her develop her little testimony. What a wonderful Mother's Day gift!!

Bday/Mother's Day BBQ

We got the family together to celebrate Jake and my dad's birthdays as well as Mother's Day, as it all happened during the same week. We had a good time playing with the kids, had an amazing bbq and just enjoyed each others company. Good time had by all!

Hogle Zoo

The playgroup went to the Hogle Zoo this past week. The weather was perfect! Good to go before the summer heat hits! Not many of the animals seemed to be out or really doing anything, but the kids didnt seem to care and us girls enjoyed the time to talk so Id say it was a good day for all!

Decker Lake with the playgroup

The weather was so nice that we just had to be outside! We all met at Decker Lake not far from our house to feed ducks and let the kids run wild. It was kinda crazy trying to keep up with the older kids who were running around wild, but so fun to watch them have a blast! Yeah for nice weather and free activities!!

Word update

Here are the latest additions to Liane's words... ( I post these for my journaling benefit :-)

nappy, nite nite, chocolate, dress, shirt, top, elbow, shoulder, knee, I see you, bettle, rock, pine cone, cheek, music, singing, four, five, lid, excuse me, Boots (from Dora), medicine, monkey, snake, funny, silly, elephant, pretzle, piggie, birthday, cake, Abby (Seseme Street ), Telly (SS), vitamins, lion, window, paint, color, farm, prophet, Monson (current Prophet of our church), temple, dinner, bed, Noodie (Grandma's dog), nice, listen, I sorry, I love you, Ken, Katie, Koral, Charly (all these names are family related).

Spanish-
casa - house
baño - bathroom/bath
nariz - nose
dos - two
mucho - a lot/much
luego - (hasta luego) - see you later
gracias - thank you
noches - night
mañana - tomorrow
libro - book
pato - duck
tele- TV
bola - ball
zana - (manzana) - apple
Beto- Bert from Seseme Street

One day we were walking up the stairs in our house and counting them as we go....

Me: one
Liane: two
Me: three
Liane: four, five, six

Another day, same situation...

Me: uno, dos, tres, quatro
Liane: cinco, seis, siete, ocho

My in-laws watch Liane every Wednesday night so Salomon and I can go to the temple. One Wednesday I was preping Liane for the evening...

Me: Liane, you are going to go to Grandma and Grandpa Cano's house tonight.
Liane: "temple?"

LOL she knows!

During the colder months my Dad would come over every so often to use our treadmill to exercise. One day we were outside and my Dad had just gotten home from work (he lives next door)...

Me: oh look Liane its Grandpa!
Liane: exercise?

LOL she is too funny!!

The beginnings of my new garden space

We make a good team! For one of the first times I did the heavy lifting, moving and demo, while Salomon did the clean up/detail work (which was not easy by any means). My brother Ken built us a garden box that has 5 separate areas (of which I am SO excited about!). We put it in the same area we have always planted our garden, but we just made it bigger and more organized (i.e. the box). Concrete had to be moved and torn out, grass had to be cut and removed (which I did by jumping on the shovel to lift the grass - a video of that would have been nice) and leveling needed to happen. All of that was accomplished today and then we move to phase two of filling it with soil and then planting!! Yeah!! I love Spring! Thanks to my fantastic helpers... hubby and Liane!! You both are amazing!

Salomon's Birthday Party

Salomon's birthday is on the 30th, but we had a party for him on Saturday. We really wanted to have a BBQ at a park, but as April typically is in Utah, the weather was not good for it. We did bbq, but at our house. We ate GREAT food, played a game, ate the yummiest cheesecake ever (made by yours truly) and had Salomon open some presants. I had given him an early birthday presant a few weeks ago ( a piano - nothing fancy, but it works!), but couldnt pass up the opportunity to get him tickets to see Depeche Mode in concert when they come to UT in August. He has never been to a concert and has always wanted to go (and he LOVES DP) so I had to do it! He had a great birthday and was blessed with wonderful gifts from our families. Happy birthday to my hubby! I tried hard to make this day special for him because he deserves it and I hope I was successful.