More Pictures from Susie's Visit

Susie came to visit us on April 15th until April 20th.
I taught Susie how to crochet while she was here.

Lizzy enjoyed spending time with her auntie, especially on the piano.

People always notice how long Susie's hair is when she runs.
Her hair is super long.

We went for an evening stroll on Thursday night.

Friday morning we went to the Taylorsville dog park. Then we went walking along the Jordan River Parkway.

We found some pelicans swimming in the river.

We also found a friendly cat.

And we spotted lots of birds, including this cute little quail.

Saturday morning we went to the Gateway to watch Susie finish the marathon.

Scott and Emma were very patient.

Susie ran the 26.2 mile marathon in less than six hours. YAY!

Scott and Emma love to climb trees when the weather is warm.

We took family pictures on Sunday morning. All of us wore purple.

On Monday Susie and I had yummy Sushi for lunch.
This has become a new tradition of ours.

We had our Family Home Evening outdoors that night. Lizzy loved it!

We loved having Susie with us.

My Athletic Sister

Susie came to run in the Salt Lake City Marathon on April 17th. It was her first time running in a full length marathon, and I admire her for her dedication and endurance. Her goal was to run the 26 miles within 6 hours and she just barely made it. Go Susie! It was fun watching and cheering for her at the finish line. She is quite an amazing woman.

A Silly Lizzy Moment: The Dog's Dish

Lizzy decided to dump the dog's water dish all over her head today. I heard a loud WOOSH and the sound of water sloshing all over the tiled floor. A small little cry of alarm let me know exactly what had happened. I found Lizzy drenched from head to toe with a look of "WOW" on her face. She wasn't sure whether to be scared, sad, or happy about the experience until she saw me bent over laughing. Then she thought it was funny and proceeded to "tell me" all about it. It was quite a hilarious sight!

Emma's April Fools Snowman

This snowman isn't going to have much luck finding Spring flowers to water on this snowy day.

9 Month Old Lizzy

My beautiful girl turned nine months old this past March. During that time she mastered her crawling skills and learned how to stand up holding furniture. She'll be walking very soon. She has become more vocal lately and really, really wants to talk. She can say "Ma-Ma" and "Da-Da," and "ba-ba-da-da-dra," whatever that means. She likes to point at things and babble about them. She has developed a little bit of a temper when things don't go her way, but she's still very calm and easy-going most of the time, and she's very easily comforted. She is a happy baby and loves to laugh at everything she considers funny, which can be the most random things, such as Mama sneezing. She is VERY active and cannot sit still for ANYTHING-- sometimes not even food. She still loves to nurse with her mama, but becomes distracted very easily, so the nursing sessions have been cut back to twice a day. She drinks formula at other feeding times. She's eating a variety of finger foods now, which mainly consist of crackers, bananas, Cheerios, vegetables, eggs, potatoes, noodles, and rice. She adores her big brother and big sister. She loves it when Scott holds her upside down. Her favorite things are kitties, doggies, touch lamps, phones, TV remotes, her butterfly mobile, and the dog's water dish.

She's my funny girl!