Gavin's First Haircut...

Gavin was pretty good for his first hair cut! He looks like a big boy now!

Who should have won...you decide

Yesterday Matt and I ran in a 5K. I was so excited because I was ahead of Matt most of the race (which NEVER happens), and then in the last 200 yards he pulled ahead (actually FLEW by me) and finished 10 seconds before me!!! That stinker! My time was 25:44 and Matt's was 25:34. There were about 2000 runners. I placed 458th or 114th in women's division or 19th in my age division. Matt came in 448th place or 336th for men or 37th for his age division. It was a nice cool day and was a fun run, it would have been funner if I beat Matt :) (is funner a word???)

Emma's New Do...

Last night I went to get Luke's hair trimmed and Emma begged to get hers cut...so here she is! She wanted it short like mommy's! I had them cut it to her shoulders and she told them it wasn't short enough...she knew what she wanted!

New Skill...Riding a bike without training wheels!!!

We had such an exciting day yesterday! Luke and Emma BOTH learned how to ride their bikes without training wheels!!!!! It was so exciting! We took a family bike ride to the park...(I was secretly planning on working on taking their training wheels off, but I didn't want to tell them that) so Matt had a wrench on his bike. We got there and took them off. We started with Luke, Matt was kind of holding him up and running along side of him. Soon I could see that he was holding on to him with just one hand. Then I saw that he was just touching his back with the one hand, then half way around the circle he had let go and was jogging along side of Luke! It was so exciting! I can't believe he caught on so quick on just the first time around the circle. I had been trying in the weeks leading up to it and he was not willing to do it...so all he needed was his dad! And all Emma needed was to see her brother get it and she couldn't be out done and she was already asking to take her training wheels off by the time Luke made it all the way around. She needed a little more help and had a few more spills in the grass, but she was determined, and sure enough she was on her own! They are so excited.

Gavin turns 1 Year Old!!!!

I can't believe how fast a year can go! My little baby is now 1 year old! We had the Lopez family over with us for dinner and cake to celebrate. And at age 1 here is all the mischief that Gavin is into...now that he is a big one year old, he has 2 molars coming in! Poor kid has been in pain. He now has 10 teeth! He took about 5 steps this week and is getting more and more daring. I'm sure by my next blog I will be telling you he is running all over the house. He is quite the climber now. Every time I turn around he is climbing on top of our little kids table, or on a chair, or on the stool in the bathroom trying to get to the sink. He loves to destroy books :( He tore a page in the hymn book at church. He tore the introduction our of Luke's scriptures, he tore 2 pages out of my friends book I was borrowing (which is now my book and I will have to buy her a new book). Yes he is a handful, but at the same time he is SOOOOOOOOOO darn cute! He now gives "5", and will even put your hand out for you so he can slap it. He is so funny because when we are walking into the grocery store or something he will wave to the people we pass on the way in. He really knows how to make people smile, even if they are complete strangers!

Merry Christmas 2007!!!

It was a wonderful Christmas! Christmas Eve we went to my friend Amy Lopez's house. She had about 6 or 7 families over and we had a fun gift exchange. Then we hurried home and the kids "caught" Santa peering through our window. They ran next door to tell their friends Nicholas and Brooke to come see him. It was so cute. We said that Santa comes and looks in everyone's window to see if they are being nice before he heads out that night to deliver gifts. They were so excited. Christmas morning was so fun, the kids were grateful for everything they received. Luke got a scooter, moon sand, legos (from Grandma and Grandpa Rose), the Webkinz he has been wanting (from Grandma and Grandpa Gillespie), a Leapster game (from Grandma and Grandpa Gillespie), and some DVDs. Emma got the Elephant from Barbie Island Princess, a Barbie car, the Webkinz poodle she has been wanting (from Grandma and Grandpa Gillespie), a Leapster game (from Grandma and Grandpa Gillespie), a cute little high chair that can also be a doll chair with a little table (from Grandma and Grandpa Rose) and some DVDs. Then Matt TOTALLY surprised them with a Play Station 3. I think that was more for him :)...It was fun.

Happy 8th Anniversary!!!

Matt and I celebrated our 8th anniversary. It never fails that every time Matt and I have plans to leave the kids and celebrate our anniversary one of them gets sick, and sure enough Gavin was miserable with double ear infections! He was up all night the nights prior to us leaving. We weren't going to leave him, but my awesomely amazing neighbor Liz said "I'm not afraid of Gavin". She talked me into leaving him with her...which I'm so glad that we did. We stayed at the Portofino Bay Hotel that is located on the Universal Studios property. They have it decorated like Italy and we had a blast. We ate dinner then took a water taxi to City Walk, which is a bunch of dance clubs and restaurants. We kind of felt old seeing all the teeny boppers, but it was so fun because one of the clubs had a GREAT band playing. So we stayed and listened to the band and danced a little. The next morning we went jogging together, which we never get to do, and it was so fun because we could go jog around City Walk and near Universal Studios before everything was open! It was so fun.