The Color Run

January 26, 2013 

 I posted an invite to all my facebook friends to come to Phoenix and run in the color run with me.  My friend Sharon accepted that challenge and I am so glad she did.  The color run is a 5K and they throw different colors of powder on you as you run by.  So you start out all clean and at the end your very colorful.  They call it the happiest 5K.  I admit I doubted it was going to be the "happiest" run when it started rainin the night before and rained all through the night and then all day. 

 

We started with rain coats.

It's a little dreary out.  This is in the path of Phoenix Sky Harbor airport.  It is so cloudy that you can hear all the planes coming in and leaving but you can't see them.  They are typically so low in this area you can read the airline name on the side of the plane. The crowd wasn't letting it get them down.  It was chilly though and I am not afraid to admitt I was worried I was going to be cold the whole time.  

Two colors down, raincoats are off.  We warmed up really fast and then the coats became a bit of a nuissance the rest of the time.  I definetly look wet.

We took one last picture under the bridge, right before the finish line.  We took it here so the camera wouldn't get wet in the rain.  Since it was STILL raining. The last station that we went to was blue and I kind of egged on the color thrower to hit me with her best shot.  Let's just say she didn't disappoint.  I had blue running down my arm and caked into my hair and all over my neck. 

This was a lot of fun.  It would have been even more fun without all of the rain. 



January 1, 2013

We celebrated New Years Day with a late breakfast at Denny's with the whole family.  We had a lot of fun.

January 7, 2013

With year around school we have long breaks.  We topped our winter break off with some cake pops and a movie sleepover in our ultimate fort.  I must say the idea for the fort turned out even better then I thought it would.  You could fit all 4 kids twin mattresses under it. 

We tied some old sheets together and placed some removable hooks stuck to the wall. I tied all the sheets together with some old crappy ribbon that I would have never had a use for.  Now I am sure there is a much prettier way of doing this. I'm all about fast and efficient.  The kids love it and we actually can put ultimate fort up whenever we want.  We just left the hooks up and roll the whole mess of sheets into a ball and keep it in a cupboard until the next use.   We can take it down or put it up now in a couple of minutes. 

                            

 My cake pops need some work.  They were delicious but a little on the ugly side. 

Need to put a little more planning into them for next time. 

We shall end this blog with some photos taken from a young budding photographer.  May you enjoy these pictures in a style all their own. 

ADORABLE!!



 HAPPY NEW YEAR!  2013

The kids and I decorated and then dragged some mattresses down to the family room for a make it to midnight movie.  

Oliver took a power nap to make it to midnight.

 Now for the count down....10......5...4..3..2..1....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

This is our first year throwing confetti.  The kids had a blast. They gathered it up and threw it over and over again. I tried to control the mess to some extent by throwing it on the tile by the front door.  Let it be known that you can't really "control" confetti.  Especially when you don't factor in static electricity.  I ended up doing lots of vacumming while the kids finished their movie.  I still have some up high on the wall but it was worth it. 

April 28, 2011

There is nothing like a man with a fabulous moustache.

The kids thought this was great!

This is Andrew's awesome project about Maine.

He did such a great job. He also wrote a paper and gave

a presentation to his class.

April 25, 2011

Oliver and Luke who have been mortal enemies are now best friends.

Realizing that they have a lot in common starting with a mutual enemy.

Which is their mother, then cleanliness, and order

It's the day after Easter. We had company over the weekend,

so the house was all clean, to clean.

Now we started the day with this. This represents the appropriate photo to describe what I saw when I looked out the sliding door to check on the kids today. Oliver had decided that coming inside to use the restroom was to much of a bother and I looked just as he stepped out of these and was taking aim.

Then the boys came into the front room and tore it up.

Then helped finish off the kitchen. What wasn't already there from breakfast they dragged in from the surrounding rooms to really do it in. It's a wonder I have a life outside of cleaning up after these monkeys.

April 27, 2011

This was to cute to pass up. Oliver decided to have lunch with some of his favorite toys. It made a big mess but was super cute. I am a much bigger fan of "pretend" lunches.

He sat them all together and served them a drink and cornbread. Which of course left crumbs everywhere.

Mrs. Potatohead out with Darth Tator.

He then served himself with his favorite mug he found in the cabinet. Could he look more proud of himself? If your going to make a mess, make a cute mess, they'll keep you out of trouble every time.

April 24, 2011

HAPPY EASTER!!

Now the kids have to line up and all go at the same time to find their easter baskets.

Everyone helped until they were all found.

Oliver didn't know what was going on but he was "nuggling" his basket as soon as he saw it.

Then they discovered that the Easter bunny left an Easter egg hunt for them in the backyard. Must be an Arizona thing. The Utah Easter bunny never did this. Since it feels like Summer outside she went all out this year.

The kids basically dumped all their toys out of their baskets so they could refill them with eggs.

We lost count of how many their were.

This was an exceptional event the Easter bunny put on for us this year. Creative with the whole egg in the branch trick.

Oliver showing off his spoils.

Look at how pretty all the eggs on the floor look.

This bubble blower was very popular. It said it blew big bubbles. I have to admit I didn't think it really could. It was very cool.

Oliver and Luke showing off their cute haircuts I gave them. Look at them playing like pals.

They are the cutest co-conspirators I have ever seen.

Super handsome as well.