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1 year!

Dear Huds, It's been the best year of my life, largely because of you! You have brought the cheeriest happiest soul into our home! You were born smiling, well the day after you smiled all morning. Since than that's pretty much all you've known. You don't even need sleep to be happy. You usually fall asleep with a smile and wake up with one too. Your first two words that you really know and say are Dada and TJ. You and dad have such a special bond I love it! You took your first steps at church today and didn't even realize it because you were having too much fun with other kids. You are Mr Social Pants, and have the most beautiful eyes that no one can get enough of. Everyone loves to smile at you and you love to wave and smile at everyone too. You love balls and cars. You also love snuggling all your stuffed animals. Oh and you love music! Your latest is Adele. You stayed with your Yia Yia for the weekend and when I picked you up, you were singing to Adele, and Yia Yia said that was your favorite. Along with Adele you like The Samples, Fictionist, Jack Johnson, The Beetles, and Coldplay. I must say you have good taste! You love singing, drumming, and conducting with two hands. You love to help with laundry even though it usually consists of flicking clothes out of the basket and than back in sometimes the same item of clothing over and over again. It's ok I know that's what mom looks like to you. You also love any kind of screw and often unscrew the knobs off of dressers or other random screws, mom has to watch you carefully! You love dogs and have no fear of them, you will stick your hands in their mouths and laugh your head off whenever they move. Your latest favorite food is peaches and nectarines. Once when you were a new baby you sucked on mom's nectarine, all on your own accord. You eat a whole one every morning, skin and all, all the way to the pit! Now when we go grocery shopping you yell when we go past them and I have to put one in your hands. Then the whole trip you will wait for me to give you permission to eat it, always trying to sneak in a bite when I'm not looking, with your mischievous, twinkly eyes. About those, you have the cutest flick of your eyebrow, that lets me know you are up to something. Usually you found an iphone or are about to empty the cupboards or drink out of my water bottle. Don't try to hide anything from me in the future buddy, I know you well! You had 2 parties for your first birthday, well so far. One was with Yia Yia and your cousins Vince and Lydia. We had a big bash planned for Saturday night when monsoon season rolled in, unfortunately we couldn't fit everyone into our place, so dad and I fed you your bear cake, it was supposed to be a monkey but it looked like a bear. At first you pushed it away from you, then dad gave you a few pointers and you gobbled it by the handfuls. Then you wanted a hot dog. We love you so much Huds and would do anything for you! I hope you are this awesome through your teenage years! XOXO Love, Mom

What Life's All About

I love waking up to my two sweet men. Having them in my life is what makes me happy. I would trade any home, money, title, etc. for these two men. Sometimes I forget but really happiness is that simple for me. I sometime forget how fortunate I am but really where would I be with all the pretty things in the world and not these two, not where I want to be is the answer.

Sisters in Seattle

Best Ice Cream Ever, seriously, Molly Moon's, I had the Salted Caramel Cone and Lavender, I think about it every night!

My cute nephew, I love his dirt smudged nose!

First look at Seattle, also thanks to UPS for funding my trip!

This guy knows how to put on a show!

My sister Kate who is out there with her hubby for an internship for Amazon, morning run around Green Lake

the gum wall

The Crumpet Shop, a must try!

Kerry Park

Space Needle

after our reflexology massage, don't you love our hair?

Lake Union, we went for a 6.2 mile run and ended up on a 9 miler, in Seattle the water connects, so don't just follow the water like us!

Gassworks Park

The troll, I don't know why this is blurry

Kerry Park take II

I love all the flowers, Pikes Place

Portage Bay Cafe, so yummy, I recommend going for the berry bar and skip the bacon

Seattle, I'm not sure I can find the words to justify it's pure awesomeness. After a month of 90 degree weather it was heaven sent. The company was the best, my sisters know how to have fun, eat good fun, and never stop talking! There was much divine food made of nutritious ingredients consumed. Even the chocolate and ice cream was original and heavenly. I've been contemplating making my own lavender ice cream everyday since I left. I saw so many UPS trucks, I may have asked TJ a couple times if we could transfer there. However it was nice to come back to my nice quiet mountain town. Although the super cute Amish tourists have taken over while I was gone and the firework ban ruined my favorite holiday. Maybe next year, Huds and I just got home from the hospital last year, so I am minus 2 years on fireworks, boorah! After this trip and being in Seattle,Salt Lake, Provo, Price, and Glenwood, I'm feeling kind of homeless. I've been reluctant do dive back in the everyday, so weird.

Hud the Stud

 

Hud the Stud, latest nickname from daddy

eating wheat thins by the river

 

We were merely trying to take a picture when he dove in!

ice cream addict

Hayes Falls

 

will do anything for golf balls

grill master

too much fun

take me with you!

 

I always loved those ads for Eternity, now I have one for myself every morning

Calvin Klein ad

The Snow Globe

Did I tell you about our wild and crazy night last night?  Last night Hudson woke up crying, he's been sleeping all the way through the night as of late, so I was a bit disoriented.  That and I had stayed up till midnight reading Homeless Bird  all in one sitting.  So I woke up to flashing lights and Hudson crying.  I immediately said "TJ, what's going on!" he woke up assuming something bad was happening.  Oh and did I mention I smelled smoke.  Yes, I smelled smoke.  So as I woke up TJ I ran looked at Hudson who was just crying in his crib and looked out our front window to see a fire truck.  I didn't see a fire, so I didn't know if I was smelling smoke from Ft Collins or New Mexico, and one of my neighbors had a wild party or what.  TJ gave Hudson a bottle and he went back to sleep.  Then just as I fell back asleep, I hear a music box play Come, Come Ye Saints, my first thought was, maybe this is what the fire truck plays at night, but I quickly remembered we weren't in UT and that wouldn't be PC anyway, I went through my brain of all Hudson's toys, nope no religious toys.  TJ than reminded me that it was our snow globe of Temple Square that hasn't played music in over a year, with the exception of a Sis Missionary who shook it and it worked about 2 months ago.  I was totally wierded out, so I went to explore the condo.  I checked little Huds and he had his blanket wrapped around his head.  Granted it was a thin, blanket, but still, I took it off and he rolled to the side, whimpered and went back to sleep.  Coincidence, I leave that up to you to decide, but I think not.

   So poor Huds is now blanket free at night.  He snuggled himself into his mattress tonight.  It's hot so it really doesn't matter.  Also my neighbor called me tonight to inform me that there really was a fire here last night.  Kind of creepy, I can't decide what is better to live around lots of people that could go up in smoke at any time.  Or to live far away from everyone where no one would be there to help.  I think I'll go with option C, far enough so the fire doesn't spread, but close enough to run over to a neighbors.

That was our night and now I must head to bed and pray we all get some safe rest tonight!

Ask nothing from your running...., and you'll get more than you ever imagined . . .

That's from the book Born to Run, and yes I feel I was born to run, well I also feel I was born to do many other things.  Running is just something I LOVE to do.

Yesterday I went out for a 5 mile run, somewhere around mile 4 my Nike + system informed me I was running a 10 minute mile, to which I yelled, like out loud, like so everyone, even the large group of Amish in matching royal blue at the bus stop could hear me "AHHHH,  I DON'T RUN 10 MIN/MILES" and than ran a 7 min/mile home.

Today I did speed workouts at the track.  My first mile was a 6 min one, after that I got a little slower.....

I would also like to mention that my GPS system decided to not average in the last 5 years of running as of today, I think I might have hurt it's feelings.  However, it listened and now those pregnancy months are not counting against me, dragging me down whenever I look at my overall average.  All it shows is my run yesterday and today.  It feels great, actually!

I feel like a new woman, well a new runner anyway.

I used to hate doing speed workouts, but now that I see them as a ticket to becoming a better runner, something I have wanted for a long time, I love them!

I don't know why it took me so long to look into how to improve my running, all those wasted childfree years.  Oh well, I probably didn't have time to research it till I became a mom, and Hudson is pretty darn cute, and more than being a fast runner I want to be a mom, so whatev.

Also I'm really excited, I have pink running shoes.  I've always wanted bright pink running shoes but you know the shoe that fits you normally only comes in puce or tan.  Finally Asics read my mind and made me some hot pink running shoes.  Then I lost my armband and found a hot pink one on Amazon (bless you) for $16 vs the $40 I paid for the first one.   I love my life!  Not just because of my pink get up, but isn't it awesome!?