Cousins

When my sister-in-law, her husband and their kids came into town for the race we all went to Seaside for a couple of days. Calvin had tons of fun playing with his cousins and with all the rocks he could carry. We had to set a limit at one rock per hand so at every rock pile he saw he would drop one and search for the perfect rock to replace the one he dropped. Here are  some cute pictures I got of the cousins together in the tub!

Calvin loved giving Jamis hugs...It was so cute!

2:00:08

Yes, I managed to do another half marathon. Why???.....I seriously questioned that on many occasions. That is until I crossed the finnish line, grabbed my jamba juice and took a long hard breath. Nothing feels better then running until you think you cannot go anymore and then pushing an extra 3 miles. This year was not my fastest time....8 stupid seconds over 2 hours....YUCK! But I have no one to blame but myself. I have run this course before so I knew there would be hills but I didn't train for them. Oh well, there is nothing I can do about it now. And the important thing is that I finished and I finished strong. Emily (who ran this with me last year) was at the finish line with my family. She managed to take the beautiful marching picture of me :) I missed her this year.....it was lonely without her and I'm sure she would have pushed me that extra bit to finish under 2 hours. She promised me that next year she wont be pregnant!!! 

Here we all are at the end of the race....sweat and all. Meagan, Traci (who ran with a fracture and is now in a leg brace), Kim, me, and even my sister-in-law Amber made it in from Denver to run!

My marching finish..... I hate running pictures they always look awful.

Easter Egg Hunt

Today we took our little man to an easter egg hunt at the school by our house. There were so many kids there it was crazy! I didn't know there were this many kids in the area. The hunt lasted about 2 minutes before all the eggs were snatched up. Luckily with the help of daddy we managed to get a couple eggs.

Brazil....or in Portuguese Brasil!

Eric and I went to Brazil for 10 days! It was wonderful...the weather was warm (about 90 degrees everyday) and the water was perfect. We first stayed in Rio for 3 days. Our hotel was on Cococabana Beach and it was nice but we have decided that Rio is not our favorite place. We left Monday for Buzios and we were so happy to get there. It's only about 3 hours by bus so it wasn't too bad. Our hotel in Buzios was amazing. The pool deck where we had breakfast every morning looked out over the bay. It was so much fun to watch the little tour and fishing boats go in and out for the day. Again the weather was perfectly hot and we had plenty of time to expolore the 9 beaches in Buzios. We were walking distance to 3 of them which we visited often. I have to admit we didn't take a lot of pictures because we had been there before so we mainly used our video camera. But here are the pictures we did take.

The second day we were in Rio it turned a little cloudy so we threw some clothes over our swim suits and grabbed a cab to the bottom of Sugar Loaf. We had to take 2 different trams to get to the top of the mountain so here we are after the first tram. 

Here are the picture of rio from the top. It's a huge amazing city the sits among these beautiful mountains. It's kinda crazy how close the beach and mountains are.  The poor areas are always up on the mountains.....so they get the million dollar views. Opposite of the states.

Here is the view of Cococabana Beach. Our hotel is someplace down there.

Eric looking sexy in his magnums....when he went to Nordstrom to buy them the girl didn't know what he was talking about when we asked for magnums. I guess he's getting old! ;)

Here is the view from our Rio hotel of Cococabana Beach. It was kinda crazy because on Sunday they closed down one lane of traffic and opened it up to walkers, bikers, and rollerbladers. They also had some fun street fair type stuff going on too.  

Here we are in Buzios!!!! This is our view from the pool deck.

One day we took a 10 hour cruise to different beaches outside of Buzios...I guess the 9 that Buzios offered was not enough. So here we are trying to look cute on top of the boat.

This was the first beach we stopped at and it was amazing. You can only get there by boat so the beaches were clean and so white. The water was even more clear than at the other beaches too! The guy you see in the picture was so weird...he came alone on the tour. And he had a permanent grin on the entire time. It was weird.

This was our last picture before taking our long journey home. Here is our hotel in Buzios. We will miss it but at the same time we were happy to come home and see our little man again. 

Our New Bathroom.....finally!

We finally did what we have been wanting to do for over 3 years..... we completely gutted our master bath and started all over again, at least almost. We did keep our tub and toilet but besides those two things everything from the tile floor, tile shower, vanity, sinks, mirror, and cupboards are brand spanking new. Here are some pics of our new sanctuary. This was finished in February so I guess it took me a few months to post some pictures. 

Let it Snow...Let it Snow....Let it Snow!

We have all been enjoying this rare treat of snow. I got Calvin all bundled up, with the exception of his gloves because he wouldn't keep them on. He almost looked like the brother from the Christmas Story...."I can't put my arms down"....but he wasn't quite that bad. At first he didn't know what to do until we went over to our neighbors and their son starting throwing snowballs. After that Calvin starting touching the snow and laughing. Later we went on a walk around the neighborhood where we ran into some friends who had a sled. So of course Calvin got on while one of the girls pulled him around on it and he was laughing so hard! I guess I need to get him one before we go to Bend, OR next.

After we got back from our walk Calvin was at the door begging to go back outside!

Aren't those snow pants adorable????

Big Helper

Calvin was helping Eric the other day rake up all the leaves in the back yard! He loves being outdoors especially now that he is walking so well. A few days after that I had to sweep up more leaves on the front sidewalk and as soon as I put the broom down he picked it up and started sweeping for me! It was so adorable. Now when Calvin is inside the house and sees the broom he grabs it and starts dragging it around the floor. I guess he is already OCD like his daddy. :)